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Order 2008-5-6 - EAS at Kearney, North Platte and Scottsbluff, NE - Requesting Proposals

http://www.cityofkearney.org/index.asp?ID=21 - Kearney Municipal Airport
http://www.northplatteairport.com/ - North Platte Regional Airport - Lee Bird Field
http://www.flyscottsbluff.com/ - Western Nebraska Regional Airport


Essential Air Service at Kearney, North Platte and Scottsbluff, Nebraska

Order 2008-5-6
OST-1996-1715 - Kearney, NE
OST-1999-5173 - North Platte, NE
OST-2003-14535 - Scottsbluff, NE

Issued and Served May 7, 2008

Order Requesting Proposals | Word

By this order, the Department is requesting proposals from carriers interested in providing essential air service at Kearney, North Platte, and Scottsbluff, Nebraska, for the two-year period beginning November 1, 2008, with or without subsidy. Proposals are due June 20, 2008.

With specific respect to Kearney, North Platte, and Scottsbluff, we expect proposals to Denver or another suitable hub with connections to the national air transportation system with 15-seat or larger, pressured aircraft, with three nonstop round trips a day (18 per week).

Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. was selected to provide essential air service with subsidy support at Kearney, North Platte, and Scottsbluff, for two years, beginning when Air Midwest, Inc. d/b/a US Airways Express, inaugurated service at Grand Island and McCook, which it did on October 29, 2006, at a total annual subsidy of $2,393,305 ($897,142 for Kearney; $976,026 for North Platte; and $520,137 for Scottsbluff). Each community currently receives three nonstop round trips to Denver each weekday and weekend (18 total round trips per week) with Beech 1900-D aircraft.

By: Todd Homan



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