Order: 2014

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Served: March 7, 2014



### UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation

on the 7th day of March, 2014

Essential Air Service at

SHOW LOW

, ARIZONA

Under 49 U.S.C. 41731 et seq

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### ORDER APPROVING ALTERNATE SERVICE PATTERN

Summary

By this Order, the Department is approving the request of Great Lakes Aviat ion, Ltd. (Great

Lakes) to change par t o f its service pattern at Show Low , Arizo na

, to include the option of

nonstop service to Denver International Airport (Denver) via Farmington, New Mexico,

effective March 9

, 2014.

Background

By Order 2013

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- selected Gr eat Lakes to provide

subsidized Essential Air Service (EAS) at Show Low for the two

- year period through

April 30, 2015 . That Order establis hed a subsidy rate of $1,672,000 for service consisting of

18 weekly nonstop round trips during peak season, and 12 weekly nonstop round trips during

off

- peak season to either Los Angeles International Airport (Los Angeles) or Phoenix Sky

Harbor International Airport (Phoenix) using 19

- passenger Beec hcraft 1900 D aircraft.

Airline Proposal

A s a result of the severe pilot shortage at Great Lakes

, the airline has requested that the

Department allow the m the option to serve Show Low from i t s Denver hub, effective

March 9, 2014

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Community Comments

Glen Boyd, Manager of Show Low Regional Airport, submitted comments on March 3, 2014,

stating that he concurred with Great Lakes’ request to include Denver as a hub from which to

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Decision

We will approve Great Lakes’ request, which meets the three conditions necessary for approval

u nder authority assigned under 14 CFR Part 385.12 (k)(3) of the Department’s Regu l at ions: (1)

the alternate service pattern is equal or greater than that determined to be essential; (2) the

community does not object to the alternate service pattern; and (3) the alternate service pattern

will not increase Great Lakes’ subsidy.

This Order is issued under authority delegated in 14 CFR Part 385.12k(3).

ACCORDINGLY,

1. We hereby approve the alternate service pattern requested by Grea t Lak es Aviation, Ltd., to

serve Show Low , Arizona

, from the hubs of Denver (via Farmington, New Mexico)

, Los Angeles , and Phoenix effective March 9 , 2014 through April 30 , 2015 ;

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. This docket will remain open until further order of the Department; and

3. The Department will serve a copy of this O rder on the Mayor of Show Low

, the manager of

Show Low Regional Airport, and Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.

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

Regulations, 14 CFR Part 385.31 (a) , mus t file such petitions within seven (7 ) days aft er the

date of service of this O rder.

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

preclude its effectiveness.

By:

TODD M. HOMAN

Direc tor

Office of Aviation Analysis

(SEAL)

An electronic version of this document is available at

www.regulations.gov