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Order 2006-7-2 - EAS at Beckley, WV - Selecting Carrier and Establishing Subsidy Rates
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Essential Air Service at Beckley, West Virginia Order 2006-7-2 Issued July 3, 2006 | Served July 7, 2006 Order Selecting Carrier and Establishing Subsidy Rates After a thorough review of the carriers' proposals and the community's comments, we have decided to select Colgan for a new two‑year period. Colgan's proposed subsidy is reasonable for the service at issue, and its performance continues to be satisfactory. In authorizing subsidy for Colgan's service, we will establish rates for both 18 round trips a week with 19‑seat aircraft and, alternatively, 12 round trips a week with 30‑seat aircraft. RegionsAir's Option 2 was the only proposal that included subsidized service for Bluefield/Princeton. Although RegionsAir's subsidy request for Bluefield/Princeton falls within the $200 ceiling, Option 2 is problematic and deficient in other respects. It is predicated on RegionsAir's being able to operate the route as US Airways Express, but RegionsAir does not currently have a code-share alliance with US Airways at Charlotte or anywhere else. Furthermore, RegionsAir was able to limit its subsidy requirement only by limiting Beckley to just two round trips a day, or a total of 38 seats a day in each direction, less seat preemption at Bluefield/Princeton. By: Michael Reynolds |
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