Essential Air Service at DuBois, Pennsylvania

Order 04-08-18
OST-04-17617 - EAS at DuBois, PA

Issued August 16, 2004 | Served August 19, 2004

Order Selecting Carrier and Establishing Subsidy Rates | Word

By this order, the Department is selecting Mesa Air Group, Inc. subsidiary, Air Midwest, Inc., d/b/a US Airways Express, to provide essential air service at DuBois, Pennsylvania, for the period from July 23, 2004, through August 31, 2006, at an annual subsidy rate of $643,818.

We carefully considered the community's request for a fourth round trip to Pittsburgh - Air Midwest's Option 2. While we understand the community's desire for a fourth round trip, the core objective of the EAS program is to ensure access to the Nation's air transportation system. We find that Air Midwest's three-round-trip-a-day option meets that objective. The EAS program typically provides subsidy to support two or three round trips a day to a major hub airport that provides access to the national air transportation system with a 19-seat aircraft, or two round trips a day with a 30-seat or larger aircraft.

By: Karan Bhatia