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Old 04-09-2020 | 05:32 AM
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Looks like someone beat me to posting the link to Actual final order, it wasn’t available when I created the thread.

I think this portion of the order is probably the most significant. Some guys probably won’t want to browse the entire document.

Starting page 7.

“The Department recognizes the objections of NACA and the low-cost and ultra-low-cost carriers. The Department has determined that the impact on these carriers from the approach proposed in the Show Cause Order would be disproportionate and potentially at odds with the aims of the CARES Act. The Department will therefore modify its tentative findings by adjusting the minimum service levels for all carriers by, in effect, creating a third category. The Department will now require that any carrier with a greater than 10 percent share of total industry domestic capacity23 in calendar year 2019 that served a point more than 25 times per week will need to continue serving that point at least five times per week; for points served between five and 25 times per week, the carrier would need to provide at least three weekly flights; and for points served less than five times per week, it would only need to provide one weekly flight. For covered carriers with less than a 10 percent share of total industry domestic capacity in calendar year 2019 that served a point five or more times per week, it would only need to provide three weekly flights and for points served less than five times per week, it would only need to provide one weekly flight. Some carriers, including Allegiant and Frontier, provided additional specific recommendations for the Service Obligation and exemptions that the Department is declining to adopt here. The CARES Act provides the Department with broad discretion to impose service obligations on carriers receiving financial assistance, as it deems necessary and we believe the approach outlined here is appropriate. The modified methodology adopted by DOT results in minimum service obligations that are significantly below carriers’ full pre-pandemic schedules, and provides sufficient flexibility for carriers of all business models to meet their service obligations. The Department believes this modification strikes an appropriate balance between the needs of communities to retain at least minimal connections to the national air transportation system during the public health emergency, as required by the CARES Act, and the economic needs of certain segments of the industry on which the original proposal would have had a disproportionate impact.”
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