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OST-1995-492
Essential Air Service at May Creek, McCarthy and Gulkana, Alaska
| Order 1999-1-3 OST-1996-2009 OST-1995-492 |
Issued January 8, 1999 Served January 12, 1999 |
Order Tentatively Reselecting Carrier and Setting Subsidy Rates | EAS - Ellis Air Taxi |
By: Charles Hunnicutt
| OST-95-492 OST-96-2009 |
January 5, 2003 Docketed January 6, 2003 |
Correspondence | Essential Air Service at Gulkana, AK, Cape Yakatage, AK and Icy Bay, AK |
Correspondence of Ellis Air Taxi, Inc. submitting their proposal for continuation of essential air service for Gulkana, McCarthy and May Creek, Alaska. Ellis Air Taxi, Inc. requests to provide the same level of service for a new two-year rate term. Ellis would operate over a Gulkana-McCarthy-Maycreek-GulkanaAnchorage-Gulkana routing with a change of gauge at Gulkana. The carrier would provide two round trips a week year-round between Gulkana and Anchorage with Cessna 310 aircraft for an annual subsidy need of $129,963 and two round trips a week yearround from Gulkana to Maycreek and McCarthy with either Cessna 185 or 206 aircraft for an annual subsidy of $84,171.
By: Lynn Ellis
| Order 03-03-16 OST-96-2009 OST-95-492 |
March 20, 2003 | Order Tentatively Selecting Carrier and Setting Subsidy Rate | Essential Air Service at Cape Yakataga and Icy Bay, Alaska - Ellis Air Taxi |
By this order, the Department is tentatively reselecting Ellis Air Taxi, Inc., to provide essential air service at Gulkana, May Creek and, McCarthy, Alaska, for the two-year period from February 1, 2003, through January 31, 2005, at a combined annual subsidy of $231,101.
By: Read C. Van de Water
OST-95-492 - EAS at Gulkana, McCarthy, and May Creek, AK
OST-96-2009 - EAS at Cape Yakataga and Icy Bay, AK
January 13, 2005
Ellis would operate over a Gullcana‑McCarthy‑Maycreek‑GulkanaAnchorage‑Gulkana routing with a change of gauge at Gulkana. The carrier would provide two round trips a week year‑round between Guilcana and Anchorage with Piper PA‑31 aircraft for an annual subsidy need of $199,875 and two round trips a week yearround from Gulkana to Maycreek and McCarthy with either Cessna 185 or 206 aircraft for an annual subsidy of $139,517.
By: Lynn Ellis
Order 2005-03-14
OST-95-492 - EAS at Gulkana, McCarthy, and May Creek, AK
OST-96-2009 - EAS at Cape Yakataga and Icy Bay, AK
Issued March 8, 2005 | Served March 11, 2005
Order Tentatively Selecting Carrier and Setting Subsidy Rate | Word
By this order, the Department is tentatively reselecting Ellis Air Taxi, Inc., to provide essential air service at Gulkana, May Creek and, McCarthy, Alaska, for the two-year period from February 1, 2005, through January 31, 2007, at a combined annual subsidy of $339,356.
Ellis Air submitted a proposal to provide essential air service at all three communities for a new two‑year rate term. The carrier proposes to continue to provide the communities with their historical service levels in all respects: frequencies and routings. Gulkana would receive two nonstop round trips to Anchorage each week with 6‑seat Piper PA‑3 1, twinengine aircraft; May Creek and McCarthy would receive two round trips each week over a Gulkana‑McCarthy‑May Creek‑Gulkana routing with 3‑seat, ski‑equipped, Cessna 185 during the 6‑month winter season, and 4‑seat Cessna 206 aircraft during the 6‑month summer season. Ellis Air proposes to provide this level of service at annual subsidies of $199,839 for service at Gulkana and $139,517 for service at May Creek and McCarthy.
By: Karan Bhatia
Order 2006-9-6
OST-1995-492 - Gulkana
OST-1996-2009 - May Creek and McCarthy
Issued September 11, 2006 | Served September 14, 2006
By Order 2005-3-14, March 8, 2005, the Department selected Ellis Air Taxi, Inc., to provide subsidized essential air service at Gulkana, May Creek, and McCarthy, Alaska, for the two-year period from February 1, 2005, through January 31, 2007, at a combined annual subsidy of $339,356. Gulkana's service consists of two nonstop round trips a week between Guikaiia and Anchorage with six-seat, Piper PA-3 1, twin-engine aircraft. May Creek and McCarthy receive two round trips a week over a Gulkana-McCarthy-May Creek-Gulkana routing with four-seat Cessna 206 aircraft during the six-month summer season, and with three-seat, Cessna 185, ski-equiped aircraft during the six-month winter season. An annual subsidy rate of $199,839 was set for the Gulkana-Anchorage service, and an annual subsidy rate of $139,517 was set for the Gulkana-McCarthy-May Creek-Gulkana service. The carrier's rate term for both services will expire January 31, 2007.
With specific respect to Gulkana, we expect proposals consisting of two nonstop round trips to Anchorage each week with aircraft having a capacity of four to six seats. At May Creek and McCarthy, we expect proposals consisting of two round trips each week over a GulkanaMcCarthy‑May Creek‑Gulkana routing with aircraft having a capacity of at least three seats during the six‑month winter season, and having a capacity of four seats during the six‑month summer season. Such service is consistent with what the communities currently receive, and fully satisfies their essential air service requirements. We encourage proposals that meet those requirements in an efficient manner. Carriers are also welcome to propose more than one service option, if they choose; they need not limit themselves to those requirements if they envision other, potentially more attractive service possibilities ‑‑ different hubs, for example ‑with subsidy requirements that remain competitive.
By: Todd Harmon
Order 2006-9-17
OST-1995-492 - EAS at Gulkana, AK
OST-2006-25542 - EAS at Angoon & Tenakee, AK
Issued September 19, 2006 | Served September 22, 2006
Order Allowing Carrier to Suspend Service
By this order, the Department is allowing Alaska Juneau Aeronautics, Inc., d/b/a Wings of Alaska to suspend its scheduled service at Angoon and Tenakee, Alaska, on September 23, 2006, less than the full 90 days' notice. Both communities receive scheduled service from another carrier, Alaska Seaplane Service, LLC, at levels at least equal to those required by their essential air service determinations, and both communities are amenable to the early suspension.
By: Michael Reynolds
OST-1995-492 - Gulkana
OST-1996-2009 - May Creek and McCarthy
October 3, 2006
Ellis would operate over a Gulkana-McCarthy-May Creek-Gulkana-Anchorage-Gulkana routing with a change of gauge at Gulkana. The carrier would provide two round trips a week year-round between Gulkana and Anchorage with Piper PA-31 aircraft for an annual subsidy need of $224,890 and two round trips a week year-round from Gulkana to May Creek and McCarthy with either Cessna 185 or 206 aircraft for an annual subsidy of $167,284.
By: Ellis, Lynn Ellis, 907-822-3368, lellis@alaska.net
OST-1995-492 - Gulkana
OST-1996-2009 - May Creek and McCarthy
October 19, 2006
DOT Letter Requesting Comments
In anticipation of the end of Ellis Air Taxi's current contract on January 31, 2007, the Department issued Order 2006-9-6 on September 11, 2006, to solicit proposals from all interested air carriers to provide EAS at the three communities for a new, two-year term. At this stage, we would normally ask for your preferences for various carrier and service options. However, the incumbent carrier, Ellis Air, was the only carrier to submit a proposal. Nonetheless, we want to give you an opportunity to submit any comments for the record that you may have.
We request that you review the proposal and submit any comments you may have before we submit a recommendation to the Assistant Secretary. We ask that you submit any comments as soon as possible, but in any case no later than November 9, 2006.
By: Dennis DeVany
OST-1995-492 - Gulkana
OST-1996-2009 - May Creek and McCarthy
November 20, 2006
Email Message - Comments of Alaska DOT
Alaska DOT&PF Northern Region is are in receipt of your letter and have no objection to Ellis Air Taxi continuing their mail/passenger service to Gulkana, May Creek and McCarthy. My understanding is that Ellis has operated the mail contract along with Security Aviation of Anchorage from Gulkana to May Creek and McCarthy for quite some time. I have not heard any complaints about the level of service to either community (Gulkana itself is accessible via an interstate highway and is not as reliant on mail/passenger transport, whereas McCarthy has only seasonal road access and May Creek has no road access at all).
By: Judy Chapman
Order 2006-11-23
OST-1995-492 - Gulkana
OST-1996-2009 - May Creek and McCarthy
Issued November 27, 2006 | Served November 30, 2006
Order Selecting Carrier and Establishing Subsidy Rate
By this order, the Department is re-selecting Ellis Air Taxi, Inc., to provide essential air service at Gulkana, May Creek, and McCarthy, Alaska, for the two-year period beginning February 1, 2007, at an annual subsidy rate of $392,174.
By: Andrew Steinberg
Order 2008-9-9
OST-1995-492 - Gulkana
OST-1996-2009 - May Creek and McCarthy
Issued and Served September 9, 2008
Order Requesting Proposals | Word
By this order, the Department is requesting proposals by September 25 from carriers interested in providing essential air service at Gulkana, May Creek, and McCarthy, Alaska, for the two-year period beginning February 1, 2009, with or without subsidy.
With specific respect to Gulkana, we expect proposals consisting of two nonstop round trips to Anchorage each week with aircraft having a capacity of four to six seats. At May Creek and McCarthy, we expect proposals consisting of two round trips each week over a Gulkana-McCarthy-May Creek-Gulkana routing with aircraft having a capacity of at least three seats during the six-month winter season, and having a capacity of four seats during the six-month summer season.
By Order 2006-11-23, November 27, 2006, the Department re-selected Ellis Air Taxi, Inc. to provide subsidized essential air service at Gulkana, May Creek, and McCarthy for the two-year period from February 1, 2007, through January 31, 2009, at a combined annual subsidy of $392,174. Gulkana’s service consists of two nonstop round trips a week between Gulkana and Anchorage with six-seat, Piper PA-31, twin-engine aircraft. May Creek and McCarthy receive two round trips a week over a Gulkana-McCarthy-May Creek-Gulkana routing with four-seat Cessna 206 aircraft during the six-month summer season, and with three-seat, Cessna 185, skiequiped aircraft during the six-month winter season. An annual subsidy rate of $224,890 was set for the Gulkana-Anchorage service, and an annual subsidy rate of $167,284 was set for the Gulkana-McCarthy-May Creek-Gulkana service. The carrier’s rate term for both services will expire January 31, 2009.
By: Todd Homan
September 11, 2008
Re: Proposal of Ellis Air Taxi
Service Proposal Feb.1, 2009 to Jan. 31, 2011:
Ellis would operate over a Gulkana-McCarthy-Maycreek-Gulkana-Anchorage-Gulkana routing with a change of gauge at Gulkana. The carrier would provide two round trips a week year-round between Gulkana and Anchorage with Piper PA-31 aircraft for an annual subsidy need of $251,300.00 and two round trips a week year-round from Gulkana to Maycreek and McCarthy with either Cessna 185 or 206 aircraft for an annual subsidy of $73,352.00.
By: Ellis Air Taxi, Dave Parmenter, 907-822-4200
September 11, 2008
Re: Proposal of Ellis Air Taxi d/b/a Copper Valley Air Service
From Anchorage International Airport two times per week with full IFR Piper PA-31 Twin engine aircraft with six passenger seats. Year-round service. Ellis Air Taxi would reserve the option to use a Cessna 441 Conquest twin Prop-Jet nine passenger seats for aircraft backup, or to meet greater than six passenger seat demand if needed to Gulkana Alaska.
From Gulkana to McCarthy and May Creek Alaska, two times per week scheduled service for 52 weeks per year. Proposed service with Cessna 185 wheel ski equipped, three passenger aircraft, winter months, Cessna 206 four passenger aircraft for summer months.
Ellis Air Taxi would reserve the option to use a Piper Navajo twin engine aircraft eight passenger seats for aircraft backup or to meet greater than four passenger seats demand if needed to McCarthy and May Creek. In Summer months.By: Ellis Air, Dave Parmenter
OST-1995-492 - May Creek, McCarthy and Gulkana
OST-1996-2009 - Cape Yakataga and Icy Bay
October 7, 2008
Re: Requests for Community Comments of:
Gulkana Village Council, Regional Native Corporation and Native Housing Authority
As you may know, by Order 2008-9-9, issued September 9, 2008, the Department solicited proposals from all air carriers interested in providing essential air service at the communities in anticipation of the end of the current contract on January 31, 2009. In response to that order, the incumbent, Ellis Air Taxi, Inc. was the only carrier to submit a proposal.
My purpose in writing to you at this time is to request any final comments you might have on the carrier's subsidy proposal. While there are no options from which to choose, we nonetheless wanted to give you an opportunity to submit any comments on the record, if you wish, before we make a final decision in this case.
We request that you review this information as expeditiously as possible and submit any comments you may have on the carrier selection case as soon as possible, but in any case no later than October 24, 2008.
By: Dennis DeVany
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