July 9, 2009 UNITED STATES of AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF
Order 2009-7-9 Served: July 9, 2009 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C. Issued by the Department of Transportation on the 9th day of July, 2009 Essential Air Service at DECATUR, ILLINOIS Docket DOT-OST-2006-23929 MARION/HERRIN, ILLINOIS Docket DOT-OST-2000-7881 QUINCY, ILLINOIS Docket DOT-OST-2003-14492 BURLINGTON, IOWA Docket DOT-OST-2001-8731 CAPE GIRARDEAU, MISSOURI Docket DOT-OST-1996-1559 FORT LEONARD WOOD, MISSOURI Docket DOT-OST-1996-1167 Under 49 U.S.C. 41731 et seq. ORDER REQUESTING PROPOSALS Summary By this order, the Department is requesting proposals from carriers interested in providing essential air service (EAS) at any or all of the communities from November 1, 2009, through October 31, 2011, with or without subsidy, by August 12. (See Appendix A for a map.) Background Great Lakes was selected to provide EAS at these communities by a series of orders.1 Decatur was to receive 24 weekly round trips at an annual subsidy of $1,350,256 for the first year, and an annual subsidy of $1,055,844 for the second year. Marion/Herrin was to receive 26 weekly round trips at an annual subsidy of $1,126,810. Quincy was to 1 Order 2007-3-5, March 9, 2007, for Burlington Fort Leonard Wood, and Marion/Herrin, Order 2007-3- 10, March 13, 2007, for Quincy, Order 2007-4-12, April 10, 2007, for Decatur, and Order 2008-2-1, February 1, 2008, for Cape Girardeau. - 2 - receive 24 weekly round trips at an annual subsidy of $1,532,891 for the first year and $1,421,614 for the second year.
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