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y o f Transportatio n Jul y 26 , 201 0 Ala n Clar k Cit y Administrato r Cit y o f Sain t Rober t 19 4 Eastlaw n Ave . St e A Sain t Robert , M O 6558 4 Dea r Mr . Clark : I woul d like t o updat e yo u o n th e essentia l ai r servic e (EAS ) situatio n a t Jopli n and For

t Leonar d Wood , an d giv e yo u a

n opportunit

y t o submi t

an y comment s o n th e recor d befor e we submi t

a recommendatio n t o th e Assistan t Secretar y for Aviatio n and Internationa l Affairs . I n respons e t o Grea t Lake s Aviation' s notic e o f inten t t o terminat e it s schedule d ai r servic e a t Jopli n and For

t Leonar d Wood , th e Departmen t issue d Orde r

2010-6-9 , Jun e 8 , 2010 , to solici t proposal s fro

m al l intereste d ai r

carrier s t o provid e EA S a t Jopli n and/o r

For t Leonar d Wood . I

n respons e to tha t order , w e receive d proposal s fromfou r carriers : Alask aJuneau Aeronautics , Inc . d/b/ aSeaPor t Airline s (SeaPort) , Hyanni s Ai r Service , Inc . d/b/aCap e Ai r (Cap e Air), Executiv e Airline s d/b/a American Eagl e Airline s (American Eagle) , an d Multi-Aero , Inc . d/b/ aAi r Choic e On e (Air Choic e One) . Copie s of th e proposal s ma

y b e accesse d onlin e throug h th e Federa l Docke t Management

Syste m (FDMS ) at : http://www.regulations.gov/ b y enterin g DOT-OST-2006-2393 2 fo r Jopli n o r DOT

OST-1996-116 7 fo

r For t Leonard Woo d i n th e "Ente r Keywor d o r

ID " field . SeaPor t propose s t o serv e For

t Leonard Woo d wit

h tw o dail y nonsto p roim

d trip s to St . Loui s (1 4 total per

week ) an d tw o dail y nonsto p roun d trip s t o Kansa s Cit y (1 4 total per week) , utilizin g 9-passenge r

Pilatu s PC-1 2 aircraft . It s firs t yea r subsid y reques t

i s $1,838,255 , an

d it s secon d yea

r subsid y reques t

i s $1,888,509 . Cap e Ai r ha s propose d servic e fro

mFor t Leonar d Woo d t o St . Loui s usin g 9-passenger Cessn a 40 2 aircraft . I

t propose s t o operat e fou

r nonsto p roun d trip s eac h day (2 8 total pe r week ) t o St . Loui s fo r a n aimua l subsidy o f

$1,478,102 . Dependin g o n th e community' s luggag e demand , Cap e Ai r propose s combinatio n passenge r an d freighter

service . Th e freighter

servic e woul d onl y b e use d whe n required . A s a n example , i

f 70 % o f departure s require d th e freighte r service , i t woul d resul t

in a n additional $959,66 4 in annua l subsidy .American Eagl e propose s to operat e tw o dail y nonsto p roun d trip s (1 4 total pe r week ) fro m Jopli n to Dallas/For

t Wort h International Airport , fo r a n annual subsidy rate of

$2,778,756 . American Eagl e propose s t o operat e 66-passenge r ATR-7 2 aircraft' . Ai r Choic e On e ha s propose d servic e t o Jopli n an d For t Leonard Wood . I

t woul d operat e 9-passenge r

Cessn aCaravan aircraf

t t o St . Loui s unde r

al l o f it s proposals . There are tw o option s fo r Jopli n - fou

r nonsto p roun d trip s eac h weekday an d weeken d (2 4 tota l pe r week) fo r a n annual subsid y o

f $2,054,483 , or

fiv e nonsto p roun d trip s eac h weekday and weeken d (3 0 tota l per week) , fo r a n annual subsidy of

$2,442,623 . Ther e are thre e option s fo r For t Leonard Woo d - fou

r nonsto p roun d trip s eac h weekday an d weeken d (2 4 total pe r week ) fo r a n annual subsidy o f $1,704,203 , fiv e nonsto p roun d trip s eac h weekday an d weeken d (3 0 tota l pe r week) , fo r a n annua l subsid y o f

$1,960,797 , or

si x nonsto p roun d trip s eac h weekday an d weeken d (3 6 tota l pe r week) , fo r a n annual subsid y o f

2,263,853 . Th e schedule s tha

t th e carrier s hav e propose d are illustrativ e only , an d the y ma y make schedul e change s to reflec t

changin g conditions , e.g. , t o bette r mee t shiftin g connectin g ban

k time s a t th e hub . Th e Departmen t

expect s subsidize d ai r

carrier s to maintai n well-time d and well-space d flight s in order

to ensur e ful

l compensation . W e reques t

tha t yo u revie w eac h proposal and submi t an y comment s yo u ma

y hav e a s soo n a s possible , bu t

n o late r tha n Augus t 9 , 2010 . W e wil l carefull y conside r your comment s befor

e w e submi t areconunendatio n to th e Assistan t Secretar y fo r adecision . Letter s requestin g feedbac k hav e als o bee n sent

to official s of

bot h communities . Pleas e sen d you

r comment s vi ae-mai l to : EAS@dot.go v or b y fa x to 202-366-7638 . I

f you hav e an y questions , pleas e fee

l free t o contac t

Kevi n Schlemme r

o f m y staf f a t kevin.schlemmer@dot.go v o r 202-366-3176 . Sincerely ,

Denni s J . DeVany Chief , Essential Air

Servic e Division , X-5 3 Offic e of Aviatio n Analysi s

cc : Jeffre y Hartz , American Eagl e Airline s Andre w Bonney , Hyanni s Ai r Service , Inc . d/b/ aCap e Ai r Shan e Storz , Multi-Aero , Inc . d^/ aAi r Choic e On e Ro b McKinney , Alask aJunea u Aeronautics , Inc . d/b/aSeaPor t Airline s

' America n Eagl e request s t

o substitute , whe

n needed , a44-passenge r

Embrae r 14 0 o r a50-passenge r

Embraer 14 5 aircraft , to b e reimburse d a t th e same subsid

y rate .