 

         UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

   DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

           OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

                  WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation 

on the 27th day of May 2003

Essential Air Service at

SCOTTSBLUFF, NEBRASKA

under 49 U.S.C. 41731 et seq.

Served: May 30, 2003

     Docket OST-2003-14535

Notice of Extension

This serves as notice to the public of the action described below, taken
by the Department official indicated.  (No additional confirming order
will be issued in this matter.)

By Order 2003-5-3, served May 6, 2003, the Department requested
proposals from air carriers interested in providing essential air
service at Scottsbluff, Nebraska.  These proposals were due within 20
days after the date of service of Order 2003-5-3, i.e., by May 27,
2003.

We have received a request from MultiAero, Inc., for a one-month
extension of this due date.  In support of its request, MultiAero states
that it has not had time to prepare a proposal and affirms that it will
deliver to the Department of Transportation all required documentation
on or before June 26, 2003.

We are disposed to make our proceedings as open as possible,
particularly to prospective new entrants.  Accordingly, we have a
pratice of granting extensions to file proposals with a fairly liberal
hand.  In keeping with this practice, we will grant an extension in this
case as well.  We find, though, that an entire additional month is an
unrealistic amount of time to request.  We will therefore grant all
potentially interested applicants two additional weeks, until June 10,
2003, to submit service proposals for Scottsbluff.

This action is effective immediately.

Action taken by:	Dennis DeVany, Chief

					EAS and Domestic Analysis Division, X-53

					Office of Aviation Analysis

					Office of the Secretary

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