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Merced and Visalia, California (EAS)

Order 97-6-22 | OST-97-2639 (49091) | OST-97-2640 (41599) | Issued June 20, 1997 | Served June 26, 1997

Order Relying on Subsidy-Free Service, Tentatively Reselecting Carrier, Establishing Subsidy Rates, and Requesting Carrier Proposals

By this order, the Department is tentatively reselecting WestAir Commuter Airlines, Inc., d/b/a United Express, to provide subsidized essential air service (EAS) at Merced, California, for the two-year period beginning May 1, 1997. For the first five months of the rate period, May 1, 1997, through September 30, 1997, we tentatively select WestAir to provide ten nonstop round trips a week to San Francisco at the annual subsidy rate of $350,622. For the period beginning October 1, 1997, through April 30, 1999, we tentatively select WestAir to provide Merced with 24 nonstop round trips each week to San Francisco at the annual subsidy rate of $750,890. We also will rely on the subsidy-free essential air service WestAir has proposed between Visalia and Los Angeles.

Appendix A – Map | Appendix B – WestAir EAS at Merced | Appendix C – WestAir EAS at Merced | Service List

By: Charles Hunnicutt