Order 03-02-8

Order 03-02-8

Glenwood Aviation, LLC d/b/a America Rising

Order 03-02-8
OST-02-13365

Issued and Served February 7, 2003

Order to Show Cause - Proposing Issuance of Certificate Authority

Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Interstate Scheduled Air Transportation of Persons, Property and Mail - Washington, D.C.-New York Helicopter Shuttles

If found fit, Glenwood proposes to provide scheduled downtown-to-downtown helicopter shuttle service between New York City and Washington, DC, potentially expanding to other markets in the northeast corridor. Using three leased Sikorsky S-76 helicopters, each having six passenger seats, Glenwood plans to operate six daily round-trip flights between New York City (W. 30th Street Heliport) and Washington, DC (the South Capitol Street Heliport or Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)). Glenwood initially plans to operate six round-trip flights each weekday, between New York and Washington. These services will be provided to corporations and individuals on the share/seat-capacity basis described above. In 2004, the carrier expects to transition its scheduled operations to Sikorsky S-92 aircraft configured with eighteen passenger seats.

By: Read C. Van de Water