	Served: July 24, 2003

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation

on the  23rd day of July, 2003

Essential Air Service at

ESCANABA, MICHIGAN

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

DOCKET OST-2003-15128





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 2003-6-19, issued June 13, 2003, served June 18, 2003, the
Department requested proposals from air carriers interested in providing
essential air service at Escanaba, Michigan.  These proposals were due
within 20 days after the date of service of Order 2003-6-19, i.e. by
July 8, 2003.  By Notice dated July 8, 2003, we extended the deadline
to July 23, 2003.

We have received a request from Mesaba Aviation, d/b/a Northwest
Airlink, for an additional one-week extension.  We will grant this
request.  As is our normal practice, we will therefore grant all
potentially interested applicants until July 30, 2003, to submit
service proposals for the subject point.

This action is effective immediately.

Action taken by:	Dennis J. DeVany, Chief

			EAS and Domestic Analysis Division, X-53

			Office of Aviation Analysis

			Office of the Secretary

An electronic version of this document is available on the World Wide
Web at

http://dms.dot.gov

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