Essential Air Service at Farmington, New Mexico

OST-2007-28304

May 21, 2007

Notice of Air Midwest to Terminate Essential Air Service

Air Midwest, Inc. respectfully serves notice upon the Department of Transportation, in accordance with 14 C.F.R. 323.3 and 14 C.F.R. 323.4, of its intent to discontinue scheduled subsidized Essential Air Service between Farmington, New Mexico and Albuquerque, New Mexico effective August 19, 2007.

At present, Air Midwest is the sole provider of certificated scheduled air service at Farmington, New Mexico. Air Midwest is hereby providing public notice of its intent to terminate scheduled air service with the expiration of the 90-day notice as required. Any objections to this Notice to Terminate Service must be filed within twenty days from the date of this filing, in accordance with 14 C.F.R. 323.10.

By: Mesa, Tom Bacon, 602-685-4352

Order 2007-6-4
OST-2007-28304

Issued June 7, 2007 | Served June 12, 2007

Order Allowing Suspension of Service

By this order, the Department is allowing Air Midwest, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Mesa Air Group, Inc., to suspend its unsubsidized service in the Farmington - Albuquerque market.

We will allow Air Midwest to suspend its Farmington - Albuquerque service at the end of its 90-day notice period. As we have noted, even without Air Midwest's Albuquerque service, Farmington will continue to receive four round trips a day to Denver by Great Lakes and two round trips a day to Phoenix by Air Midwest. Consequently, the community will continue to have significant access to the national air transportation system.

Before Air Midwest suspends service however, we expect it to contact all travelers holding reservations for flights after the suspension date, to notify them of the suspension and the availability of other service at the community, and to offer assistance in arranging alternate transportation for such travelers or to provide them with a full refund of the ticket price, without penalty if requested

By: Andrew Steinberg