SAMUEL H. SMITH

TRESPEAKER

DISTRICT OFFICES

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PO BOX 202066

HARRISBURG, PA 17120-2066

PHONE: (717) 787-3845

FAX: (717) 787-6564

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PHONE: (814) 938-4225

June 18,2014

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Harrisburg

12S-A MAIN STREET

BROOKVILLE, PA 15825

PHONE: (814J.:-~9-8008

Mr. Michael D. Gormas

United States Department of Transportation Office of Aviation Analysis

1200 New Jersey Avenue SE

Washington, DC 20590

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RE: US DOT Request For Comments, Essential Air Service for Dubois, Order 2014-3-12

Dear Mr. Gormas:

I am writing to offer my support for Silver Airways to provide service from DuBois, PA to

Washington Dulles airport as part of the Essential Air Service at DuBois, PA. As you know, this

is also the recommendation of the Clearfield-Jefferson Counties Regional Airport Authority.

After reviewing the proposals of the four bidders, it is clear that Silver Airways offers the most

number of flights and the greatest ease of access to a major airport hub in Washington Dulles.

Certainly, Silver's affiliation with US Airways will also provide a continuous level of service for

passengers from our local airport, through their final destination. Because Silver has been flying

through DuBois the last few years, there is a level of comfort with the airline, and a willingness

to continue fostering a positive relationship to the benefit of our local airport and community.

I appreciate your careful consideration of my request and look forward to your timely response.

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STATE REPRESENTATIVE

66th Legislative District

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Cc: Loren Bishop, Chairman, Clearfield-Jefferson Counties Regional Airport Authority
CITY OF DuBOIS, PENNSYLVANIA

16 W. SCRIBNER AVE. PO BOX 408 DuBOiS. PENNSYLVANIA 15801

TELEPHONE: (814) 371-2000. E(t. 135

FAX: (814) 371-1290

Office of the City Manager

Department of Admimnistration & Finance

June 18, 2014

RE: Essential Air Service at DuBois, PA, Order 2014-3-12

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Dear Mr. Gormas,

The City of DuBois supports the recommendation of the Clearfield Jefferson Counties Regional Airport

Authority in accepting the proposal of Silver Airways to provide service from DuBois, PA to Washington

Dulles Airport.

it is essential to the growth of our local economy that reliable airline service is available to businesses

interested in relocating to our area. In the past few years, we have been in negotiations with large

corporations that would not have given our community a second glance without a local airline service.

We feel that the Authority's decision was based on educated discussions and reviews of the proposals.

It is our understanding that the Authority based their decision on several factors: the location of a

maintenance facility, ticket price as proposed in the bids, number of flights weekly, final destination,

baggage carrying capability, interline agreement (seamless ticketing and baggage transfer), type of

equipment proposed and total subsidy requested by the provider. These are all items that unless YjOU

deal closely with the industry you would not consider; therefore we feel that the Clearfield Jeffers n

Counties Regional Airport Authority is more than qualified to recommend a provider.

at 814-371-2000

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