Order 2010-12-25

Served: December 21, 2010

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation

on the 21st day of December, 2010

Essential Air Service at

JOPLIN, MISSOURI

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

DOCKET OST-2006-23932

ORDER EXTENDING SERVICE OBLIGATION

Summary

By this order, the Department of Transportation extends the essential air service (EAS) 

obligation of Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (Great Lakes), at Joplin, MO, for an additional 30 days, 

through February 2, 2011.

Background

On May 4, 2010, Great Lakes filed a 90-day notice with the Department of its intent to terminate 

its subsidized service at Fort Leonard Wood and Joplin effective August 2, 2010. By

Order 2010-6-9, June 8, 2010, the Department prohibited Great Lakes from suspending service

through September 2 at the communities, and requested proposals, with subsidy if necessary, 

from carriers interested in providing replacement service. As required by 49 U.S.C. 41734, we 

have extended Great Lakes’ service obligation for additional 30-day periods, the latest through 

January 3, 2011, by Order 2010-12-1.

By Order 2010-9-9, September 8, 2010, the Department selected Executive Airlines d/b/a 

American Eagle Airlines to provide EAS at Joplin, and Hyannis Air Service, Inc. d/b/a Cape Air 

(Cape Air) to provide EAS at Fort Leonard Wood, for a two-year period beginning when service 

is inaugurated at each community. On December 14, 2010, Cape Air inaugurated service at Fort 

Leonard Wood.

Carrier transition has not yet taken place at Joplin. Therefore, in accordance with 49 U.S.C. 

41734(c), we will require Great Lakes to continue to provide service at the community at the 

levels prescribed in the Order 2010-2008-7-8, for another 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 Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., to maintain the level of essential air service at Joplin, 

Missouri, as described in Order 2008-7-8, for an additional 30 days, through February 2, 2011, or 

until replacement service actually begins, whichever occurs first;

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2. We direct Great Lakes Aviation 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 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. Docket DOT-OST-2006-23932 will remain open until further order of the Department; and

4. We will serve copies of this order on the mayor and airport manager of Joplin, MO, and on 

Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.

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

www.regulations.gov

 

1 In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 41734(c), we will extend Great Lakes’ service obligation for successive 30-day 

periods, as necessary, until suitable replacement service actually begins.