OST-1997-2943 - Aeromexico - Guadalajara-Ontario

By this order the Department of Transportation is soliciting proposals from air carriers interested in providing essential air service at Alamosa, Colorado; North Platte and Scottsbluff, Nebraska; and Laramie, Riverton/Lander (Riverton), Rock Springs, and Worland, Wyoming. (See Appendix A for a map of the service area.) The Department will also require Mesa Airlines, Inc., d/b/a United Express (Mesa), to continue serving these points for an additional 30-day period, through January 29, 1998, or until replacement service is secured, whichever occurs first. The Department is also amending the essential air service determination for Lovell/Powell/Cody (Cody), Wyoming, to require service to either Denver or Salt Lake City. Finally, the Department takes no action to prohibit Mesa from suspending service at Cody or at Pueblo, Colorado, on or after December 30, 1997.

Appendix A - Map of Area
Appendix B - Historical Origin-Destination Passenger Traffic (both directions) / Historical Average Daily Emplanements
Appendix C - Detailed Historical Origin-Destination Passenger Traffic at Cody, WY
Appendix D - Mesa Airlines d/b/a United Express EAS at Alamosa, CO; North Platte and Scottsbluff, NB; and Laramie, Riverton, Rock Springs, and Workland, WY
Appendix E - Service List

By: Charles Hunnicutt