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US. Oepartment of 

Transportation 

Office of the Secretary 

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February 16,2011 

Ms. Margi Holmstrom 

Vice President-Administration 

Carlsbad-Palomar Airlines, Inc. 

d/b/a California Pacific Airlines 

5670 El Camino Real, Suite D 

Carlsbad. CA 92008 

'"IT, P >• 35 1200 New Jersey Avanue, SE 

Washington, DC 20590 

Re: Docket DOT-OST-2010-0126, Application of 

Carlsbad-Palomar Airlines, inc. d/b/a California 

Pacific Airlines for certificates of public convenience 

and necessity 

Dear Ms. Holmstrom: 

We have completed our initial review information filed by Carlsbad-Palomar Airlines, Inc. 

d/b/a California Pacific Airlines ("CP Air") by letter dated February 4, 2011. 

This review has revealed the need for additional and/or claiifying information before we 

can complete processing of CP Air's application. The attached Information Request lists 

the areas where fiirther and/or clarification information is necessary, I ask that you 

respond fiilly to this request within 30 days of the date of this letter. The original plus 6 

copies of your response should be mailed to U.S. Department of Transportation, Docket 

Operations, (M-30, Room W12-140), 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E., West Building 

Ground Floor, Washington, D.C. 20590, or you may electronically file your response at 

w ww.regulations • pov. 

As is the Department's practice, further processing of CP Air's application will be deferred 

pending receipt of this material. In addition, please remember that CP Air should promptly 

provide the Department with any information regarding changes it may undergo in areas 

affecting its fitness (i.e., management, operating plans or fmancial condition, compliance 

disposition, or ownership) while its application is under review by the Department. 
If you have any questions regarding this letter or the requested information, please feel free 

to contact me at (202) 366-9721. 

Sincerely, 

il-**a-.<fH 

Damon Walker 

Transportation Industry Analyst 

Air Carrier Fitness Division 

Enclosure 

cc: Docket DOT-OST-2010-0126 
INFORMATION REQUEST 

CARLSBAD-PALOMAR AIRLINES, INC. 

D/B/A CALIFORNIA PACIFIC AIRLINES 

FINANCIAL AND OPERATIONS 

1. Please provide a revise list of pre-operating expenses and start-up cost associated with 

the initiation of the proposed service that distinguishes between expenses that have 

been paid, and those which remain to be paid. 

2. Please provide a revised expense forecast with an aircraft induction schedule and that 

distinguishes domestic and foreign operating statistics and related expenses. If CP 

Air's service proposal has changes, please identify the markets and frequencies of its 

revised service proposal. The revised expense forecast should also include the 

appropriate footnotes explaining how expense forecast were derived and account for 

the various user fees and excise taxes imposed on air transportation. 

3. Please explain where CP Air has accounted for station expenses, such as, gate 

expenses, landing fees, and ground handling, at each of the aiiports it proposes to 

operate. 

4. Please explain the "Station Incentives" line items included in CP Air's expense 

forecast. 

The information provided pursuant to this Information Request should be 

accompanied by the following certification: 

The contents of this application and the attached exhibit (s) are true and correct to 

the best of my knowledge and belief Pursuant to Title 18 United States Code 

Section 1001, I [the individual signing the application, who shall be a principal 

owner, senior officer, or internal counsel of the applicant], in my individual 

capacity and as the authorized representative of the applicant, have not in any 

manner knowingly and willfully falsified, concealed or failed to disclose any 

material fact or made any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or knowingly 

used any documents which contain such statements in connection with the 

preparation, filing or prosecution of the application. I understand that an 

individual who is found to have violated the provisions of 18 U.S.C section 1001 

shall be fined or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.