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Jerr y M . Pachec o City Maijage r Th e City [o

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n S t Pueblo , (i o 8100 3 Dea r Mr.lPacheco : I woul dlike t o updat e yo u o n th e essentia l ai r servic e situatio n a

t Puebl o an dgiv e yo u a n opportlunit

y t o submi t

an y comment s i

f yo u wish . I n anticipatio n o f th e en do f

Grea t Lakes ' curren t

contrac t o n Januar y 31 , 2012 , th e Departmen t issue dOrde r

2011-8-18 , Augus t 16 , 2011 , t o solici t

proposal s fromal l intereste dai r carrier s t o provid e EA S at Puebl o foj r ane w two-year

ter mbeginnin g Februar y 1 . A t thi s stage , w e woul dnormall y as k for yc^u r preference s fo r

variou s carrie r

an dservic e options . However , i n respons e t o tha t orderj . Grea t

Lakes , th e incumbent , wa s th e or^l y carrie r t o submi t

aproposal . Nonetheless , w e wan t

t o giv e yo u an opportunit y t o submi t an y final comment s for

th e recor dtha t

yo u ma y have . A cop y o f Grea t Lakes ' proposa l ma y b e accesse donlin e at : http://ww^.regulations.go v b y enterin g DOT-OST-1999-658 9 i n th e "Enter Keywor do r ID " section . Great Lakes ' proposa l offer s tw o options , eac h for atwo-year

period . Th e firs t

optio n i s tw o noijisto

p roun dtrip s eac h weekda y an dweeken dt o Denve r (1 2 pe r week) , th e leve l o f servic e tha t

th e Departmen t

i s currentl y subsidizing , for apropose dannua l subsid y o f $1,592,27|6 , compare dt o th e curren t aimual subsid y o f

$1,299,821 . Th e secondoptio n i s thre e nonsto p roun dtrip s eac h weekda y an dweeken dt o Denve r (1 8 pe r week) , for

a n annua l su^)sid

y o f $1,988,345 . W e ar e currentl y reviewin g Grea t Lakes ' compensatio n requiremelnts . Orde r

2011-8-1 8 requeste d1 2 nonsto p roun dtrip s pe r wee k with 15-sea

t o r large r aircraf t o r 1 8 nonsto p roun dtrip s pe r wee k o n aircraf

t wit h les s than 1 5 passenge r seats . Grea t

Lakes ' three

- round-tri p pattern exceed s ou r requeste dleve l o f service. Pleas e hot e that

th e averag e passenge r

fare s show n i n th e proposa l d o no t necessaril y reflec t th e averag e local fare Puebl o passenger s woul dactuall y pay . but , rather , reflec t a prorate dpprtio n of

th e total ticke t

price , e.g. . th e Puebl o - Denve r portio n of

aPuebl o -2 -

Denve r - I Washington , D.C . ticke t that Great Lake s woul drealize . Also , th e fare show n i s ne t of certai n charge s suc h a s Federa l transportatio n security fees , excis e o r ticke t taxes , an dPassenge r

Facility Charges . O f

course , carrier s hav e th e discretio n t o charg e fare s the y dee mappropriate , an dth e passenge r fare s presente din thi s proposa l hav e bee n develope dfor

subsid y rat e computatio n purpose s only . Yo u shoul dals o not e that th e schedule s that

th e carrie r

ha s submitte dar e illustrativ e only , an( | that

the y may mak e schedul e change s t o reflec t changin g conditions , e.g. , t o bette r mep t shiftin g cormectin g ban k time s a t th e hub . Th e Departmen t expect s subsidizej dai r

carrier s t o maintai n well-time dan dwell-space dflights i n orde r t o ensur e full combensation . W e as k that yo u submi t

an y comment s yo u ma y hav e a s soo n a s possible , bu t i n an y cas e n o lifte

r than Octobe r

12 , 2011 . W e wil l carefull y conside r you r comment s befor e w e submi t

arecommendatio n t o th e Assistan t Secretar y for

adecision . Shoul dyo u hav e an y quesljion s o r

nee dadditiona l tim e t o draf t you r comments , pleas e le t

u s know . Pleas e sen dyou r

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

f yo u hav e an y questions , pleas e fee l fre e t o contac t Kevi n Schlemme r

o f m y staf f a t kevin.sch|lemmer@dot.go v o r 202-366-3176 . A similar lette r ha s bee n sen t

t o th e Directo r

o f Aviation . Sincerely , 

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# y. Denni s J . DeVan y Chief , Essentia l Ai r

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