Order 2004-6-3 - Intra-Alaska Class Service Mail Rates - Setting Final Rate Until Further Department Action
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Intra-Alaska Class Service Mail Rates Order 04-06-03 Issued and Served June 8, 2004 Order Setting Final Rate Until Further Department Action and Requesting Comments By this order, the Department is adjusting the linehaul portion of the mail rate set by Order 2004-2-12 payable to intra-Alaska bush mail carriers providing service with Part 121 bush aircraft. These rates will be effective on the first Saturday after the service date of this order on a final basis, not subject to retroactive adjustment, and will remain in effect until further Department action. The terminal portion of the rate will remain unchanged from that set in Order 2002-8-7. We have made three changes to the ratemaking methodology in Order 2004‑2‑12: (1) we have excluded from the rate calculation data of bush carriers operating on mainline routes, (2) we have established a separate, higher 121 rate for short‑runway airports that only STOL2 aircraft with higher operating costs, such as Era Aviation's DeHavilland Twin Otters, can operate into, and (3) we have, for the first time in the bush mail rates proceeding, established a "taper" to the payout provisions of the rate. By: Karan Bhatia |
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