Order 201M2-16 

Served: December 21, 2011 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 

'*'*«^'" WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Issued by the Department of Transportation 

on the 21" day of December, 2011 

Essential Air Service at: 

RHINELANDER, WISCONSIN 

Under 49 U.S.C. 41731 et seq. 

Docket DOT-OST-2011-0109 

ORDER EXTENDING SERVICE OBLIGATION 

Summary 

By this Order, the Department of Transportation extends the Essential Air Service (EAS) 

obligation of Chautauqua Airlines, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Republic Airways 

Holdings and doing business as Frontier Airlines (Chautauqua), at Rhinelander, 

Wisconsin, for an additional 30 days, through February 9, 2012. 

Background 

On September 12, 2012, Chautauqua filed a 90-day notice with the Department of its 

intent to terminate its unsubsidized service at Rhinelander effective December 11, 2011. 

By Order 2011-10-15, issued October 20, 2011, the Department prohibited Chautauqua 

from suspending service through December 11, 2011 and requested proposals from 

carriers interested in providing replacement service. 

At the request of several interested carriers and with the support of the community, we 

extended the due date for proposals from November 18,2011, to December 5, 2011. We 

received a proposal for EAS at Rhinelander by the extended due date and by 

Order 2011-12-1, December 7, 2012, extended Chautauqua's service obligation through 

January 10, 2012. We are currently awaiting comments from the community on the 

proposal, which are due by January 17, 2012. We will not have completed the carrierselection case by January 10, 2012, the end of the first 30-day hold-in period. In 

accordance with 49 U.S.C. 41734(c), we must extend Chautauqua's service obligation 

for an additional 30 days, or until replacement service actually begins, whichever occurs 

first. 

This Order is issued under authority assigned in 14 CFR 385.12(k)(5). 
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ACCORDINGLY, 

1. We require Chautauqua Airlines, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Republic Airways 

Holdings and doing business as Frontier Airlines, to maintain its current level of service 

at Rhinelander, Wisconsin, as set forth in Appendix A, for an additional 30-day period 

through February 9,2012, or until a carrier capable of providing reliable EAS actually 

begins service, whichever is first^; 

2. We direct Chautauqua Airlines, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Republic Airways 

Holdings and doing business as Frontier Airlines, to retain all books, records, and other 

source and summary documentation to support subsidy claims for payment, and to 

preserve and maintain such documentation in a manner that readily permits its audit and 

examination by representatives of the Department. Such documentation shall be retained 

for seven years from when EAS begins or until the Department indicates that the records 

may be destroyed, whichever comes first. Copies of flight logs for aircraft sold or 

disposed of must be retained. The carrier may forfeit its compensation for any claim that 

is not supported under the terms of this Order; 

3. This Docket will remain open until further Order of the Department; and 

4. We will serve copies of this Order on the parties listed in Appendix B; 

Persons entitled to petition the Department for review of this Order under the 

Department's Aviation Economic Regulations, 14 CFR 385.50, must file such petitions 

within ten (10) days after the date of service of this Order. 

This Order will be effective immediately, and the filing of a petition for review shall not 

preclude its effectiveness. 

By: 

TODD M. HOMAN 

Director 

Office of Aviation Analysis 

(SEAL) 

An electronic version of this document is available 

on the World Wide Web at http://www. regulations, gov 

' In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 41734(c), we will extend Chautauqua's service obligation for successive 

30-day periods as necessary until replacement service actually begins. 
Appendix A 

Chautauqua Airlines, Inc., d/b/a Frontier Airlines 

Provision of Essential Air Service at Rhinelander, Wisconsin 

Summary of Service To Be Provided 

Effective Period: 

Scheduled Service: 

Aircraft tvne: 

Intermediate stops and 

upline service: 

Timing of flights: 

From January 10,2012 through February 9, 2012 

13 nonstop round trips each week to Milwaukee 

Embraer 135 (37-seats). 

No service to any other mtermediate point is contemplated under the 

terms of the carrier's proposal; accordingly, no such service may be 

provided on subsidized flights without prior Department approval. 

Flights must be well-timed and well-spaced in order to ensure full 

compensation. 
Appendix B 

SERVICE LIST 

Chautauqua Airlines, Josh Pascoe 

Frontier Airlines, Daniel Shurz 

Rhinelander/Oneida County Airport, Joseph Brauer