Essential Air Service at Alamosa and Cortez, Colorado

Order 2006-7-19
OST-1997-2960 - Alamosa
OST-1998-3508 - Cortez

Issued July 17, 2006 | Served July 20, 2006

Order Selecting Carrier

By Order 2004-7-10, issued July 20, 2004, the Department selected Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., to provide subsidized EAS at Alamosa and Cortez for the two-year period through July 31, 2006. That order established subsidy rates of $1,083,538 and $853,587 per year for Alamosa and Cortez, respectively, with each community receiving three weekday and three weekend nonstop round trips to Denver with 19-passenger Beech 1900D aircraft.

In anticipation of the end of the rate term, the Department issued Order 2006-4-5 on April 10, 2006, soliciting proposals to provide efficient essential air service, with subsidy support if necessary. at Alamosa and Cortez, for a new, two-year period.

By this order, we are selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. to provide subsidized essential air service at Alamosa and Cortez, Colorado, for two years, beginning August 1, 2006. Alamosa will receive three nonstop round trips to Denver each weekday and weekend (18 total round trips per week) at an annual subsidy rate of $1,150,268. Cortez will receive three nonstop round trips to Denver each weekday and weekend at an annual subsidy rate of $796,577. Each community will be served with 19- passenger Beech 1900-D aircraft.

By: Michael Reynolds