1. Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.
Provider of Essential Air Service for over 30 years throughout Midwest and Western regions of the United States.

2. Meet Our Fleet Beechcraft 1900D 28 aircraft EMB120 Brasilia 6 aircraft
19 seat turboprop
EMB120 Brasilia aircraft
30 seat turboprop
Flight Attendant
Lavatory

3. Business Model Equipment branded as Great Lakes
Local segment service sold as Great Lakes (ZK)
Codeshare with United Airlines (UA).
Electronic Interline ticketing agreements with American Airlines, Delta Airlines, and United Airlines.

4. Codeshare with United Airlines
Allows passengers to effortlessly transfer to a United flight.
Baggage transfer to final destination.
Access to over 100 domestic and international destinations

5. Marketing &Ticketing Sold on major travel agencies Expedia Travelocity
Priceline
Also sold on our website
Flygreatlakes.com

6. Before the United States Department of Transportation
Washington, DC
February 22, 2016
Essential Air Service at
PAGE, ARIZONA
Docket OST
under 49 U.S.C et.seq.
This document contains the response of Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. to Order Requesting
Proposals
Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. is pleased to submit these proposals to provide essential air transportation to Page, Arizona and the Lake Powell region.
Our proposals provide conveniently timed schedules to our Phoenix, Los Angeles and Denver hubs, whereby passengers may utilize our code-share agreement with United Airlines. In addition to our code-share agreement with United Airlines, Great Lakes maintains electronic interline ticketing and baggage agreements with American, Delta and United. Passengers will also be eligible for Delta Sky Miles Frequent Flyer program when travel is booked through Delta's sales channels. All of which will offer passengers traveling to and from these communities supplemental access to the domestic and international air transportation system.
The Company has created a pilot domiciling program that facilitates a significantly improved quality of life by enabling pilots to return home every night. By not relying on pilots that routinely commute to a hub to originate their duty day a pilot can enjoy more time available to be home with family. This practice will improve the quality of service and contribute to improved reliability of service for the communities.
Great Lakes is proposing two service alternatives for Page. The first proposal consists of Beech 1900D service configured with 19 seats in a schedule that follows historical seasonal patterns. As a optional summer seasonal service the company would be prepared to offer a Regional Jet rate subject to additional US DOT and community negotiation regarding optimal scheduling and the airport meeting the additional certification requirements for a 50 seat regional jet.
Questions and comments may be referred to:
Philip Lundeen
Chief Financial Officer
Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.
1022 Airport Parkway
Cheyenne, WY
(307)

7. Phoenix (non-stop) and/or 19 Seat Beech 1900D $2,282,818 20,000 $92.94
Table of Contents:
Subsidy
Passengers
Avg
Bid
Service Points
Hub Options
Equipment
Requirement
Forecast
Fare 1
Page
Phoenix (non-stop) and/or
19 Seat Beech 1900D
$2,282,818
20,000
$92.94
Denver (one-stop) /and or
Los Angeles (one-stop) 2
Denver (non-stop)
124 departures in 37 to 50 seat
$482,112
3,000
$114.75
Regional Jet option

8. Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.
Annual Compensation Requirements for Essential Air Service at
Page, Arizona to Phoenix (PHX), Los Angeles (LAX) and/or (DEN) one-stop
B (nineteen seat configuration)
(at 98 percent completion)
Departures:
1,936
Operating Revenues:
Passenger:
PGA
20,000
psgrs at
$92.94
$1,858,800
Other:
(at 0.62% of passenger revenue)
$11,525
Total Operating Revenues:
$1,870,325
Operating Expenses:
Direct:
Aircraft and Hull Insurance
$395,725
Fuel and Oil
$870,315
Flying Operations
$640,879
Maintenance
$1,015,914
Total Direct Expenses:
$2,922,833
Total Indirect Expenses:
$1,032,541
Total Operating Expenses:
$3,955,374
Operating Loss
($2,085,049)
Profit Element (5.0% of Total Operating Expenses)
$197,769
Annual Compensation Requirement:
$2,282,818
Historical published schedules should be used as sample service levels. Hub options eligible
for subsidy are Phoenix (non-stop) and/or Denver (one-stop) or Los Angeles (one-stop).
As has been occurring in recent years, Great Lakes would operate four peak day round trip
departures with reduced service to three round trips in shoulder periods and two round trips
per day in off peak seasonal periods. Schedules would be coordinated with community input.
No less than 1,936 annual departures would be operated assuming a 98% completion factor.
This Proposal is submitted with no upline scheduling restrictions

9. Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.
Optional Compensation Requirements for Essential Air Service at
Page, Arizona to Denver (DEN)
Season Regional Jet option - Three round trips per week for 21 weeks
(at 98 percent completion)
Departures:
21 weeks - May 15th through October 6th
124
Block Hours
189
RPM's
PGA- DEN miles
420
1,260,000
ASM'S
available seats/dept 50
2,604,000
Load Factor
48.4%
Operating Revenues:
Passenger:
PGA
3,000
psgrs at
$114.75
$344,250
Other:
(at 0.62% of passenger revenue)
$2,134
Total Operating Revenues:
$346,384
Operating Expenses:
Direct:
Aircraft and Hull Insurance
$84,207
Fuel and Oil
$220,462
Flying Operations
$71,847
Maintenance
$184,318
Total Direct Expenses:
$560,834
Total Indirect Expenses:
$228,210
Total Operating Expenses:
$789,044
Operating Loss
($442,660)
Profit Element (5.0% of Total Operating Expenses)
$39,452
Annual Compensation Requirement:
$482,112
Subsidy per departure
$3,888
Subsidy per passenger
$161
If the community is interested in negotiating Regional Jet service, Great Lakes would provide
the community with 3 round trips per week of service for the Summer season peak.
The schedule recommended for this type of product offering would be a overnight aircraft with
a 7:00 AM departure to Denver and a evening return leaving Denver at 6:30 PM.
This Regional Jet offering relies upon use of a contracted partnership with a FAR Part 121 air carrier
and Great Lakes. The proposal also assumes that all FAA FAR part 139 airport certification requirements
can be complied with for the operation of the regional jet aircraft.