OST-01-9564

OST-01-9564

Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc.

OST-01-9564	April 26, 2001	Ninety Day Notice of Termination of Service	Wichita Falls, Texas
		Attachments: Estimated, Current Air Service
		Service List

By Order 84-5-77 issued by the Civil Aeronautics Board on May 22, 1984, the Board last determined essential air service (EAS) for Wichita Falls as at least two daily nonstop roundtrips to Dallas/Ft. Worth providing in the aggregate at least 80 available seats inbound and 80 available seats outbound if aircraft of nine or fewer seats are used and 62 seats in each direction if aircraft with 14 or more seats are used. Wichita Falls currently receives service from American Eagle, in addition to ASA. After ASA's termination of service, Wichita Falls will continue to receive substantially more than the level of service established by the Department as essential. Based on the latest information available, American Eagle will serve Wichita Falls with five daily nonstop round-trip flights to and from American's major hub at Dallas/Ft. Worth with at least 170 seats each way each weekday.

Attachments 1 and 2 provide a detailed description of the service by ASA and American Eagle at Wichita Falls for the May 1, 2001 and August 1, 2001 schedules (before and after ASA's termination, respectively, assuming no change to American Eagle's schedules). As these attachments demonstrate, Wichita Falls will continue to receive levels of service that significantly exceed the city's EAS requirements after ASA's service is terminated. Accordingly, there is no basis in law or policy for the Department to prevent ASA from terminating service after July 31, 2001.

Before terminating its service to and from Wichita Falls, ASA or Delta will contact all passengers holding reservations on the discontinued flights to notify them of the termination of ASA's service and to assist them in arranging alternative transportation.

Counsel: Delta, Paul Zampol, 404.715.2779

Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc.

Order 01-6-9 OST-01-9564 OST-01-9565	Issued June 14, 2001 Served June 19, 2001	Order Allowing Suspension of Service	Termination of Service Wichita Falls, Texas, Lawton/Ft. Still, Oklahoma
		Attachments: Map, Historical Traffic

By: Susan McDermott