Essential Air Service at Victoria, Texas

Order 2005-03-13
OST-2005-20454 - EAS at Victoria, TX

Issued March 8, 2005 | Served March 11, 2005

Order Prohibiting Suspension of Service and Requesting Replacement Proposals

By this order, the Department is (a) prohibiting SkyWest Airlines, Inc., d/b/a Continental Connection, from suspending its scheduled service at Victoria, Texas, beyond the end of its 90-day notice period, and (b) requesting proposals from carriers interested in providing replacement service at Victoria, with or without subsidy.

While we acknowledge Colgan's readiness to replace Sky West at Victoria for the remainder of the current rate term, we will not select Colgan to do so. Instead, we will follow our normal practice of requesting proposals from all carriers interested in providing service at Victoria, with or without subsidy, for a new two‑year rate period. Carriers should file their proposals within 30 days of the date of service of this order. At the end of that period, our staff will docket the proposals, thereby making them public, and direct each carrier to serve a copy of its proposal on the civic parties and other applicants. Shortly afterwards, we will provide a summary of the proposals to the community and ask it to submit its final comments. We will give full consideration to all proposals that are timely filed.

During calendar year 2004, the most recent 12‑month period for which data are available, Victoria averaged 33.2 enplanernents per service day, a decline of 12.8 percent from the previous calendar year

By: Karan Bhatia