Order 2012-10-18

Served: October 12, 2012 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation

on the 12th day of October, 2012

ORDER EXTENDING SERVICE OBLIGATION

Summary

By this Order, the Department of Transportation extends the Essential Air Service 

(“EAS”) obligation of Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. (“Great Lakes”), at Clovis and 

Silver City/Hurley/Deming, New Mexico, for an additional 30 days, through 

December 2, 2012.

Background

On June 4, 2012, Great Lakes filed a 90-day notice with the Department of its intent to 

terminate its unsubsidized service at the two communities effective September 3, 2011. 

By Order 2012-7-20, issued on July 17, 2012, the Department prohibited Great Lakes

from suspending service through October 3, 2012, and requested proposals from carriers 

interested in providing replacement service by August 15, 2012. In response to Order 

2012-7-20, two air carriers submitted proposals to serve the communities.

At the request of the communities, we extended the due date for community comments 

and/or preferences from September 10, 2012, to October 10, 2012. We have received 

proposals and comments regarding service at the above-captioned communities. 

However, replacement service may not commence before November 2, 2012, the end of 

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

Great Lakes’ service obligation for an additional 30 days, or until replacement service 

actually begins, whichever occurs first.

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

Essential Air Service at:

CLOVIS, NEW MEXICO

SILVER CITY/HURLEY/DEMING, NEW MEXICO

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

Docket DOT-OST-1996-1902

Docket DOT-OST-1996-1903
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ACCORDINGLY,

1. We require Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. to maintain its current level of service at Clovis 

and Silver City/Hurley/Deming, New Mexico, as set forth in Appendix A, for an 

additional 30-day period through December 2, 2012, or until a carrier capable of 

providing reliable EAS actually begins service, whichever is first1;

2. We direct Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. 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 service date 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 carrier may forfeit its compensation for any claim that 

is not supported under the terms of this order;

3. These Dockets will remain open until further Order of the Department; and

4. We will serve copies of this Order on the parties listed in Appendix B;

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 

petitions 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

 1 In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 41734(c), we will extend Great Lakes’ service obligation for successive 

30-day periods as necessary until replacement service actually begins.

on the World Wide Web at http://www.regulations.gov
Appendix A

Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.

Provision of Essential Air Service at Clovis and Silver City/Hurley/Deming, New Mexico

Summary of Service To Be Provided

Effective Period: Beginning November 2, 2012, through December 2, 2012

Scheduled Service: Clovis: 12 round trips a week to Albuquerque

Silver City/Hurley/Deming: 12 round trips a week to Albuquerque

Aircraft type: Beechcraft B-1900D (19 passenger seats)

Intermediate stops and 

upline service:

No service to any other intermediate point is contemplated under the 

terms of the carrier’s proposal; accordingly, no such service may be 

provided on subsidized flights without prior Department approval.

Timing of flights: Flights must be well-timed and well-spaced in order to ensure full 

compensation.
Appendix B

SERVICE LIST

Great Lakes Aviation, Michael Matthews

Great Lakes Aviation, Chuck Howell

Silver City/Hurley/Deming, Robert Scavron

Clovis Municipal Airport, Gene Bieker