OST Docket Filings for March 16, 1998
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OST Docket Filings for March 16, 1998
Aerosafin | Polynesian | Uzbekistan Airways (2) | WestJet
Answers and Replies:
British Airways | KAL | Kenya Airways and Northwest | US-Colombia All-Cargo (3)
Notices of Action Taken:
None
Notices and Orders:
1998 US-Japan Combination | Volga-Dnepr | Winair | IATA (2)
Aerosafin, S.A. de C.V. - (Exemption Renewal, Mexico-US Charter)
OST-97-2215 | March 16, 1998
Application for Renewal of Exemption
Counsel: Roller & Bauer, Lee Bauer, 202-962-9440
British Airways Plc - (London Gatwick-Denver)
OST-98-3595 | March 16, 1998
Answer of The City and County of Denver
Denver's position is that it would be completely unfair to impose sanctions on Denver, which has no London service, for an unrelated dispute that has nothing whatsoever to do with Denver's need for access to Europe. U.S. Airways, in Docket OST-98-3615, expressed its commendable concern for the people of Charlotte by asking that British Airways' service to that city not be suspended. The people of Denver are no less worthy of London service. Respectfully submitted,
Counsel: Denver and Reid Priest, Stephen Minikes, 202-508-4000
Kenya Airways Limited and Northwest Airlines, Inc. - (US-Amsterdam-Nairobi-Beyond)
OST-98-3515 | Undocketed | March 16, 1998
Reply of Kenya Airways and Northwest Airlines
Kenya Airways and Northwest believe the procedure recommended above would address the concerns of United relative to future service in markets where United or other carriers might express an interest. At the same time, the procedure would provide the flexibility for Kenya Airways and Northwest to implement new services in U.S.-Africa markets without the lengthy delays, and additional costs, involved in repeated applications filed with the Department.
Counsel: Zuckert Scoutt, James Devall, 202-298-8660 for Kenya / Northwest Airlines, Megan Rae Poldy, 202-842-3193
OST-95-911 | March 16, 1998
Reply of Korean Air Lines to Answer of World
Airways
When stripped of its rhetoric, World's answer does not raise any issues that have not already been addressed by the Department in dealing with several applications submitted by KAL in the last twelve months or so. The fundamental thrust of World's objection is its claim that the Government of the Republic of Korea has not allowed World to institute new scheduled all-cargo service in the U.S.-Korea market with beyond service from Korea to Malaysia. While KAL does not have firsthand knowledge of the discussions between World and the Korean civil aviation authorities regarding this matter, KAL understands that the service proposed by World would have replaced a service that was previously operated by a non-U.S. carrier pursuant to a wet lease agreement with World. KAL also understands that the Korean Government raised what appear to have been legitimate questions regarding such an operation and -- more than a year ago -- requested additional information from World regarding the proposed new service. KAL further understands that World has yet to respond fully to the Korean Government's request.
Counsel: Herbert Rosenthal, 202.785.9773
Polynesian Limited - (Exemption, Maota-Pago Pago)
OST-98-3631 | March 16, 1998
Application for Emergency Exemption
Polynesian Limited ("Polynesian") hereby requests an emergency exemption from 49 U.S.C. 41301 and from any other provisions of Title 49 and the Economic Regulations of the Department of Transportation ("Department") to the extent necessary to permit it to engage in the scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Maota, Samoa and Pago Pago. American Samoa. Polynesian requests that any exemption granted by the Department pursuant to this application remain in effect tor a period of at least one year. Polynesian intends to commence service between Maota and Pago Pago on March 20, 1998.
Counsel: Squire Sanders, Edward Sauer, 202-626-6641
Uzbekistan Airways (Foreign Air Carrier Permit and Exemption)
OST-98-3633 | March 16, 1998
UZB respectfully amends its Application for Issuance of a Foreign Air Carrier Permit to incorporate the rights detailed above as provided in the new Open Skies Agreement between the U.S. and the Republic of Uzbekistan. UZB further requests that, on the basis of the foregoing as well as UZB's original application, a foreign air carrier permit incorporating the requested authority be issued promptly, and that the Department grant such other and different relief as the Department deems to be consistent with the public interest.
Attachment: Specimen Foreign Air Carrier Permit
Answers are due by April 13, 1998, Subpart Q
OST-98-3632 | March 16, 1998
UZB respectfully requests an exemption from 49 as detailed above, authorizing UZB to implement the rights contained in the recently concluded Open Skies Agreement between the United States and the Republic of Uzbekistan, and that the Department grant such other and different relief as the Department deems to be consistent with the public interest.
Counsel: Ginsburg Feldman, Jeffrey Manley, 202-637-9057
U.S.-Colombia All-Cargo Services
OST-98-3543 | March 16, 1998
Answer of Atlas Air to Objections to Order
98-2-24
Atlas has proposed to provide daily B-747 freighter service in the Miami-Colombia market, and it will provide that service. The same business flexibility that supported its decision to enter the U.S.-Colombia market also supports its intent not to offer U.S.-Colombia scheduled service exclusively to any single consolidator. forwarder, or other customer. As the Department and Atlas's competitors are aware, there is a strong array of potential customers for scheduled U.S.-Colombia service, and Atlas can draw on its own customers and contacts in South America for business as well.
Attachment: Fine Air Schedule
from Web Site | [Hard Copy of Attachment]
Counsel: Verner Liipfert, William Evans, 202-371-6000
The fact that the Department did not have before it Fine Air's service proposal renders its assessment of the relative merits of Fine Air's application compared to Polar's application just as invalid as its assessment of the merits of Fine Air's application compared to Atlas's application. Applying the Department's criteria to the service proposals of all three carriers now on the record, Polar's application clearly ranks a distant third. Accordingly, there is no basis to conclude that Polar merits the designation that will become available in September 1998. Rather, if for whatever reason Fine Air is not awarded Millon's authority in the instant proceeding, Fine Air should be awarded the designation that becomes available in September 1998 on the basis of its clearly superior service proposal.
Counsel: Wilmer Cutler, Jeffrey Shane, 202-663-6000
Polar, unlike Fine, has requested the award of the September 1, 1998, U.S.-Colombia all-cargo designation in the event the Department decides, contrary to both carriers' objections, to proceed with a final decision on the basis of the present record. The Department has already reached a tentative conclusion that Polar's proposed schedule of three weekly B747 round trips is superior to the services proposed by Fine. The amended proposal of Fine, submitted after the Department noted the defects of its original proposal, should not be considered by the Department for purposes of adjudicating between Polar and Fine for the reasons already discussed.
Counsel: Ginsburg Feldman, Jeffrey Manley, 202-637-9057
1998 U.S.-Japan Combination Service Proceeding
Order 98-3-15 | OST-98-3419 | Issued and Served March 16, 1998
By this order, we have tentatively decided to (a) allocate 64 of the available 90 weekly frequencies available under the January 30, 1998 U.S.-Japan Memorandum of Consultations to American Airlines, Inc., Continental Airlines, Inc., and Delta Air Lines, I-nc., as set forth in this order; (b) authorize Trans World Airlines, Inc. to serve the St. Louis-Tokyo (Narita) market under the first new entrant opportunity and allocate it seven weekly frequencies for this service, (c) authorize Hawaiian Airlines, Inc., for services in the Maui-Tokyo (Narita) market commencing January 1, 2000, using the second new entrant opportunity and allocate it seven weekly frequencies for this service; and (d) allocate the 28 weekly frequencies for U S -Japan code-share services by U. S carriers equally to Trans World Airlines for its code-share services with Delta and to Continental for its code-share services with Northwest Airlines. We will afford interested parties ten days to object to our tentative decisions and seven calendar days for replies to any objections filed. Also, we have decided, by final action in this order, to allocate the 21 weekly frequencies available for beyond-Japan code-sharing services to Continental Airlines and Northwest Airlines for services beyond Japan to Seoul, Korea (or, alternatively. Taipei, Taiwan); Singapore; and Bangkok, Thailand.
By: Patrick Murphy
Volga-Dnepr J.S. Cargo Airlines
Order 98-3-13 | OST-95-733 | No Issue or Serve Date
By: Charles Hunnicutt
WestJet Express Airlines, Inc.
OST-97-3270 | March 16, 1998
WestJetExpress Airlines, Inc. has confirmed that its current Director of Maintenance, Mr. David Estrada has accepted a recall from furlough to his former position at US Airways, Inc. and subsequently has terminated his employment with WestJet effective March 15, 1998. Effective March 16, 1998, Mr. Robert S. Toth has been named to fill the position vacated by Mr. Estrada. His resume and qualifications statement are attached to this amendment.
By: Mitchell Allee, Chairman/CEO, 209.455.5715
Order 98-3-10 | OST-97-2937 | Issued March 10, 1998 | Served March 16, 1998
Order Issuing Effective Foreign Certificate and Confirming Oral
Action
Our review of WINAIR's amended Operations Specifications found them to be satisfactory. Therefore, on March 4, we notified WINAIR that we were making its section 41102 foreign charter certificate effective on that same date. By this order, we confirm that oral action.
Certificate | Attachment A - Service List
NOTICE OF APPROVAL OF IATA AGREEMENTS
By: Paul Gretch
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