Essential Air Service at Dodge City, Garden City, and Liberal, Kansas / Ponca City and Enid, Oklahoma

Order 2005-03-12
OST-97-2401 - EAS at Enid and Ponca City, Oklahoma
OST-98-3502 - EAS at Dodge City, KS
OST-98-3503 - EAS at Garden City, KS
OST-98-3498 - EAS at Liberal, KS

Issued March 8, 2005 | Served March 11, 2005

Order Approving Alternative Service Pattern

In a letter dated February 28, Great Lakes requests that it be permitted to implement an alternate service pattern for Enid and Ponca City by operating their services to Denver, rather than Dallas/Ft. Worth as originally proposed, at the subsidy rate authorized by Order 2005‑1‑14. Great Lakes intends operating Enid's service to Denver via Liberal, Kansas, and Ponca City's service to Denver via Dodge City, Kansas. Great Lakes' service at Garden City, Kansas, would also he affected.2 Great Lakes intends to implement the alternate service pattern on March 13.

We will approve Great Lakes' proposal, which meets the three conditions necessary for approval under authority assigned under 14 CFR 395.12(k)(3) of the Department's Regulations: (1) the alternate service pattern is equal to or greater than that determined to be essential; (2) the communities do not object to the alternate service pattern; and (3) the alternate service pattern will not increase Great Lakes' subsidy.

By: Randall Bennett