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Essential Air Service at Merced, California Order 2006-3-28 Issued March 28, 2006 | Served March 31, 2006 Order Selecting Carrier | Word By this order, we are selecting Scenic Airlines to provide essential air service with 19-passenger Beechcraft 1900 aircraft at Merced, California, for two years beginning April 1, 2006. The annual subsidy rate will be set at $696,788. By Order 2004-3-6, issued March 9, 2004, the Department selected Eagle Canyon Airlines, Inc. d/b/a Scenic Airlines to provide subsidized EAS at Merced for a two-year period. That order established a subsidy of $645,751 per year for service consisting of 14 nonstop round trips each week to North Las Vegas with 19-seat Beech 1900. The carrier's contract expires March 31, 2006. Scenic submitted a proposal to continue to provide 14 round trips per week to North Las Vegas with 19-passenger Beech 1900 aircraft for annual subsidy of $696,788, the same level of service that it has provided for the last two years. We shall make this selection at Merced contingent upon the Department’s receiving properly executed certifications from Scenic Airlines, that it is in compliance with the Department’s regulations regarding drug-free workplaces and nondiscrimination, as well as the regulations governing lobbying activities. By: Michael Reynolds |
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