Order 2013-6-15

Served: June 19, 2013

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation

on the 19th of June, 2013

INTRA-ALASKA MAINLINE

SERVICE MAIL RATES

under 49 U.S.C. 41901 et seq.

Docket OST-2003-14695

(Docket 95-429)

Mainline Quarterly Fuel Update

The Department has indicated that we would update mail rates on a quarterly basis as more recent 

fuel data became available, with typically a one-quarter lag between the end of the reporting period 

and the effective period of the new rate. Consistent with that longstanding program practice, we 

here update the current rates, set by Order 2013-4-8, April 12, 2013, and based on fuel costs for the 

quarter ended December 31, 2012, to reflect fuel costs for the quarter ended March 31, 2013, as 

shown in the Appendices to this Order. The next quarterly fuel update will be based on data for the 

quarter ended June 30, 2013, and would be effective on or about October 1, 2013.

This Order is issued under authority delegated in 49 CFR Part 1.25 a(b) and re-delegated to the 

Director, Office of Aviation Analysis.

ACCORDINGLY,

1. We make final the rates set forth in Appendix A of this Order, effective the second Saturday after 

the service date of this order, i.e., June 29, 2013;

2. This docket shall remain open until further Order of the Department; and

3. We will serve this order upon all parties on the Service List for this Docket.

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

Regulations, 14 CFR 385.31 (a), must file such petitions within seven (7) 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
Appendix A

INTRA-ALASKA MAINLINE CLASS SERVICE MAIL RATES

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5)

Effective

Base Year Adjustment June 29, 2013 Change from

Rates 1/ Factors 2/ Final Rates 3/ Current Rate 4/ Current Rate 5/

Linehaul Charge per Billing Ton-Mile

Priority $1.1969 209.88% $3.7090 $3.5534 4.38%

Non-priority $0.7246 209.88% $2.2454 $2.1512 4.38%

Terminal Charge per Pound Originated

Priority $0.1697 112.07% $.3599 $.3599 0.00%

Non-priority $0.1458 112.07% $.3092 $.3092 0.00%

1/ Per Order 82-11-23.

2/ See Appendix B of this order. Unlike the linehaul charge, the terminal charge will not change from quarter to 

quarter with the quarterly fuel updates.

3/ Column (1) increased by Column (2).

4/ Per Order 2013-4-8.

5/ Column 3 ÷ Column 4 minus 1. Any differences between priority and nonpriority elements are due to rounding.
Appendix B

INTRA-ALASKA MAINLINE CLASS SERVICE MAIL RATES COST ADJUSTMENT FACTORS

Base Year

Ended Current New

9/30/80 Costs 2/ Costs

Unit Cost per Available Ton-Mile

 Fuel $0.52411 $0.57605 3/

 Nonfuel $0.66184 $0.66184 4/

 Total $0.399469 1/ $1.18595 $1.23789

Percentage Change from Base Year 196.88% 209.88% 5/

Unit Cost per Ton Enplaned $191.54 1/ $406.19 $406.19 4/

Percentage Change from Base Year 112.07% 112.07% 6/

1/ Order 82-11-23, updated most recently in Order 97-12-24.

2/ Appendix B of Order 2013-4-8.

3/ Appendix C of this Order.

4/ Appendix B of Order 2012-9-4.

5/ ($1.23789/$0.399469)-1.

6/ ($406.19/$191.54)-1.
Appendix C

 Operating Expenses, Alaska Airlines, Northern Air Cargo, Lynden Air Cargo, Peninsula Airways, Era Aviation, and Tatonduk Outfitters, Ltd.

Intra-Alaska Class Service Mail Rates--Quarter Ended March 31, 2013

Lynden Northern Peninsula

Alaska ERA Air Cargo Air Cargo Airways 4/ Tatonduk Outfitters, Ltd.

Not by Aircraft Type AS 7H L2 NC KS 3Z

1 Skd. P-12, Skd. Intra-Alaska Costs $15,105,074 NA $587,887 $3,063,712 NA $2,845,195

2 Skd. P-12, Skd. Intra-Alaska Gallons 4,716,299 NA 161,678 929,191 NA 678,506

3 Cost per Gallon 1/ $3.20 NA $3.64 $3.30 NA $4.19

AS 7H L2 NC KS 3Z 3Z 3Z

#617 #483 #556 #620 456 #218 #461 640

By Aircraft Type Total B-737-400 DHC-8-100 Hercules 737-200 SF-340B DC-6 Brasilia DC-9-30

4 Domestic Gallons 2/ 16,220,000 564,830 793,503 1,018,642 809,124 355,141 10,027 427,879

5 Burn per Hour 3/ 782 169 867 880 144 390 173 926

6 Fuel 4/ $2,106,134 $3,235,244 $1,798,966 $39,481 $1,762,852

7 Intra-AK Skd. Blk.Hrs.5/ 12,289 6,499 2,548 365 1,035 645 688 56 453

8 Domestic Block Hours 6/ 33,188 20,734 3,338 915 1,158 5,612 911 58 462

9 Intra-AK Fuel Exp. 7/ $25,525,381 $16,263,098 $1,607,678 $1,151,896 $3,005,640 $371,834 $1,358,604 $38,120 $1,728,511

10 Intra-AK Skd. ATMs 5/ 48,198,503 33,418,383 2,062,250 2,232,803 5,233,255 536,476 1,968,282 44,126 2,702,928

11 Unit Cost/ATM, Fuel 8/ $0.529589 $0.486651 $0.779575 $0.515897 $0.574335 $0.693105 $0.690249 $0.863890 $0.639496

12 Intra-AK Mail RTMs 5/ 5,189,484 1,192,667 52,682 833,088 1,423,399 35,428 703,245 16,841 932,134

13 RTM Percent of Total 9/ 100.00% 22.982% 1.015% 16.053% 27.429% 0.683% 13.551% 0.325% 17.962%

14 Wtd. Cost/ATM, Fuel 10/ $0.57605 $0.11184 $0.00791 $0.08282 $0.15753 $0.00473 $0.09354 $0.00281 $0.11487

1/ Row 1 ÷ Row 2. PenAir and Era do not report Schedule P12. Tatonduk files that report but we do not use it here. It is inlcuded for comparison purposes only.

2/ Per Form 41 except for for PenAir and Era, where we rely on Schedule F2. 

3/ Row 4 ÷ Row 8.

4/ Per Form 41 for Tatonduk, Schedule F2 for PenAir and Era. AS, L2, and NC are excluded, as we rely on their Schedule P12 above.

5/ T-100 Segment Report, except for PenAir. For Penair we rely on its special report for scheduled Intra-Alaska mainline traffic -- Hours, ATMs, and Mail RTMs.

6/ T-100 Segment Report. Starting with QE 3/31/13, PenAir's Schedcule F-2 reflects that carrier's entire operations, both inside and outside of Alaska. 

7/ For AS, LC, and NC: Row 3 x Row 5 x Row 7;

 For 3Z, 7H, and KS: Row 6 ÷ Row 8 x Row 7.

8/ Row 9 ÷ Row 10.

9/ Row 12 for each individual carrier ÷ Total Mail RTMs for all carriers on Row 12.

10/ Row 13 x Row 11 for individual carriers, and then summed across.