Essential Air Service at Gulkana, May Creek, and McCarthy, Alaska

Order 2005-03-14
OST-95-492 - EAS at Gulkana, McCarthy, and May Creek, AK
OST-96-2009 - EAS at Cape Yakataga and Icy Bay, AK

Issued March 8, 2005 | Served March 11, 2005

Order Tentatively Selecting Carrier and Setting Subsidy Rate | Word

By this order, the Department is tentatively reselecting Ellis Air Taxi, Inc., to provide essential air service at Gulkana, May Creek and, McCarthy, Alaska, for the two-year period from February 1, 2005, through January 31, 2007, at a combined annual subsidy of $339,356.

Ellis Air submitted a proposal to provide essential air service at all three communities for a new two‑year rate term. The carrier proposes to continue to provide the communities with their historical service levels in all respects: frequencies and routings. Gulkana would receive two nonstop round trips to Anchorage each week with 6‑seat Piper PA‑3 1, twinengine aircraft; May Creek and McCarthy would receive two round trips each week over a Gulkana‑McCarthy‑May Creek‑Gulkana routing with 3‑seat, ski‑equipped, Cessna 185 during the 6‑month winter season, and 4‑seat Cessna 206 aircraft during the 6‑month summer season. Ellis Air proposes to provide this level of service at annual subsidies of $199,839 for service at Gulkana and $139,517 for service at May Creek and McCarthy.

By: Karan Bhatia