Trans States Airlines, Inc. d/b/a American Connection

OST-2006-23933

February 9, 2006

Notice of Termination of Service at Springfield, Missouri

The routing and schedule of the service that TS is terminating on or after May 9, 2006, is as follows:

Springfield, Missouri has service to several hubs throughout the US. After TS terminates service, Springfield, MO will have no service to St. Louis.

Counsel: Trans States, Hulas Kanodia, 314-222-4300

Order 2006-3-14
OST-2006-23933

Issued March 15, 2006 | Served March 20, 2006

Order

On February 10, 2006, Trans States filed a 90-day notice of its intent to suspend its unsubsidized scheduled air service at Springfield, Missouri, on or after May 11. Trans States currently operates two round trips each weekday and three each weekend to St. Louis with 30-seat Jetstream 41 aircraft. Springfield also receives regional jet services to numerous destinations, including Chicago, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Denver and Memphis, by a variety of carriers.

We will allow Trans States to suspend its service at Springfield at the end of its 90-day notice period.

Springfield receives a substantial amount of jet services to other hubs in addition to the turboprop service to St. Louis that Trans States has been operating, so the community’s services will thus continue to be well beyond the level that the essential air service program was designed to ensure. Under the circumstances, we will allow Trans States to suspend its services at Springfield at the end of its 90-day notice period.

By: Michael Reynolds