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# e U.S . Departmen t o f 1?° ° "^ T •'^'^'^o^l^"^ ' ^ ^ Transportatio n washmg.on , D C 2059 0 Offic e o f th e Secretar y Jul y 28 , 201 0 o f Transportatio n

M . Alliso n Navi a Airpor t Manager Hancoc k Count y Ba r Harbo r Airpor t Airpor t Manager' s Offic e I] 5 Caius o Driv e Trenton , M

E 0460 5 Dea r Ms . Navia : I woul d like t o updat e yo u o n th e essential ai r servic e (EAS ) situatio n a t August aStat e Aiiport , Hancoc k

Count y Ba r Harbo r Airport , an

d Kno x Count

y Regional Airpor

t a t Rockland , an d giv e you a

n opportunit

y t o offe r an y comment s o n th e record befor e w e submi t arecommendatio n t o th e Assistan t Secretar y for Aviatio n and International Affairs . Th e curren t

EA S contrac t

a t your communit

y expire s Octobe r

31 , 2010 , an

d i n anticipatio n of

that , w e issue d Orde r

2010-6-22 , Jun e 24 , 2010 , solicitin g proposal s fro m carrier s intereste d i n providin g subsidize d EA S fo r anew , two-yea

r period , beginnin g November

1 , 2010 . I

n respons e t o ou

r request , tw o carrier s responded : Hyanni s Air Service , Inc. , operatin g a s Cap e Ai r (Cap e Air) , and Colgan Ai r Inc. , operatin g a s U S Airway s Expres s (Colgan Air) . Yo u shoul d hav e receive d acop y of th e proposal s fromeac h cairier , and the y ca n b e accesse d a t www.regulations.go v b y enterin g th e number DOT-OST-1997-278 4 i

n th e searc h block . A s aresult , w e wil l only briefl y summariz e the mhere . Cap e Ai r ha s propose d on e servic e optio n for AugustaAVatervill e an d Rockland , eac h optio n to b e considere d o n astand-alon e basis . Servic e t o bot h communitie s woul d b e fro mBosto n Logan International Aiiport (Boston ) usin g 9-sea

t Cessn a40 2 aircraft . A

t Augusta/Waterville , Cap e Air propose s fou

r dail y nonsto p roun d trip s (2 8 aweek) fro m Jun e throug h September , an d thre e dail y nonsto p roun d trip s (2 1 aweek ) fro mOctober throug h May , fo

r a n annual subsidy o f

$1,402,04 6 fo

r atwo-yea

r selectio n contract , o r $1,362,61 6 fo

r afour-yea

r selectio n contract . Servic e t o Rocklan d woul d b e fiv e dail y nonsto p roun d trip s in Jul y an d Augus t (3 5 aweek) , fou

r dail y nonsto p roun d trip s (2 8 a week ) in Jun e an d September , and thre e dail y nonsto p roun d trip s (21 aweek ) fro m October throug h May , for

a n annual subsidy o f

$1,461,65 1 fo

r atwo-yea

r selectio n contract , or

a n annual subsid y o f

$1,420,54 5 fo

r afour-yea

r selectio n contract . Colga n Ai r ha s propose d tw o options , bot h servin g Bosto n usin g 34-sea t Saa b 34 0 aircraft . Optio n 1 woul d provid e thre e roun d trip s eac h weekday and tw o eac h weeken d wit h amix o f nonstop s an

d one-sto p servic e ove r

a n AugustaAVaterville-Ba

r Harbor

-- 2

Bosto n routing , o r

Ba r Harbor-Augusta/Waterville-Bosto n routin g fo r a n annua l subsidy of $4,439,041 . Optio n 2 woul d serv e Ba r Harbo r only , wit h tw o dail y nonsto p roun d trip s (1 4 aweek) t o Bosto n fo r a n amiua l subsid y of

$2,298,533 . Th e schedule s tha

t th e carrier s hav e propose d ar e illustrativ e onl y an d the y ma y mak e schedul e change s t o reflec t changin g conditions , e.g. , t o bette r mee t shiftin g connectin g ban k time s a t th e hub . However , th e Departmen t doe s expec t

asubsidize d air

can'ier to maintai n well-time d an d well-space d flight s in orde r to ensur e full compensation . W e reques t tha t you revie w th e proposal s an d submi t an y comment s you ma

y hav e as soo n a s possible , bu t

n o late r tha n Augus t 25 . W e wil l carefull y conside r your comment s befor e w e submi t

arecommendatio n t o th e Assistan t Secretary fo

r adecision . Letter s requestin g feedbac k

hav e als o bee n sen t

to th e community leader s o f th e othe r thre e citie s a s well . Pleas e sen d your

comment s vi ae-mai l to EAS@dot.go v o r b y fa x to 202-366-7638 . I

f yo u hav e any questions , pleas e fee l firee to contac t Michae l Marti n o f

m y staf f a t michael.f.martin@dot.go v o r 202-366-6494 . USi : Sincerely , r \
Denni s J . DeVanLChie f Essential Ai r

Servic e Divisio n Offic e o f Aviatio n Analysi s cc : Andre w Bonney , Hyanni s Ai r Service , Inc . Dou g Shockley , Colgan Air , Inc .