Order 2012-7-33

Served: July 27, 2012

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation

on the 27th day of July, 2012

Essential Air Service at 

MACON, GEORGIA

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

DOCKET DOT-OST-2007-28671

 

ORDER EXTENDING SERVICE OBLIGATION

Summary

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

obligation of Pacific Wings, L.L.C., d/b/a Georgia Skies (“Pacific Wings”), at Macon, Georgia, 

for an additional 30 days, through September 24, 2012. 

Background

On April 26, 2012, Pacific Wings filed a 90-day notice with the Department of its intent to 

terminate its unsubsidized service at Macon, effective July 26, 2012. By Order 2012-5-25, 

issued on May 24, 2012, the Department prohibited Pacific Wings from suspending service 

through August 25, 2012, at the above-captioned community, and requested proposals, with 

subsidy if necessary, from air carriers interested in providing replacement service. 

Those proposals were due June 20, 2012. We have received two proposals to provide EAS at 

Macon;1 however, the Department has not yet received community comments, which are due 

August 1, 2012. We will not have completed the carrier-selection case by August 25, 2012, the 

end of the current hold-in period. In accordance with 49 U.S.C. § 41734(c), we must extend the 

service obligation of Pacific Wings for an additional 30 days, or until replacement service 

actually begins, whichever occurs first.

 1 Copies of those proposals may be accessed online through the Department’s Dockets Management System at: 

http://www.regulations.gov by entering Docket number “DOT-OST-2007-28671” in the “Enter Keyword or ID” 

field. 
This Order is issued under the authority assigned in 14 CFR Part 385.12(k)(5). 

ACCORDINGLY,

1. The Department prohibits Pacific Wings, L.L.C., d/b/a Georgia Skies, from suspending its

service at Macon, Georgia, for an additional 30 days, through September 24, 2012, or until an air 

carrier capable of providing reliable Essential Air Service actually begins service, whichever 

comes first;2

2. The Department directs Pacific Wings, L.L.C., d/b/a Georgia Skies, 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 the date of service of this Order, 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 air carrier may forfeit its compensation for any claim that is 

not supported under the terms of this Order; 

3. Docket DOT-OST-2007-28671 will remain open until further order of the Department; and

4. The Department will serve a copy of this Order on the mayor and airport managers of Macon, 

Georgia, and on Pacific Wings, L.L.C., d/b/a Georgia Skies.

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

Aviation Economic Regulations, 14 CFR Part 385.50, must file such petition 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 online at

www.regulations.gov

 2 In accordance with 49 U.S.C. § 41734(c), we will extend the air carrier’s service obligation for successive 30-day 

periods as necessary until replacement service actually begins.