OST Docket Filings for May 22, 1997

OST Docket Filings for May 22, 1997

Applications, Comments, and Responses

Notices of Action Taken

American | Amerijet

Notices and Orders

Business Express and Business Express Airlines

American Airlines, Inc. (Notice of Action Taken - Renew)

OST-95-660 | May 22, 1997

Notice of Action

Renew for two years exemption under 49 U. S. C. 40109 to provide the following service: Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Los Angeles, California, and Melbourne, Australia, via Auckland, New Zealand. American plans to operate this service pursuant to a code-share arrangement with Qantas Airways Limited.

By: Paul Gretch

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American Airlines, Inc. and Aero California S.A. de C.V. (Exemption and Statements of Authorization, US-Mexico Codesharing)

OST-97-2477 & 97-2481 & Undocketed | May 22, 1997

Consolidated Answer of Alaska Airlines

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Alaska has one further potential concern about America's pending codeshare agreement - the Los Angeles-Mexico City market. Since the code-share agreement indicates that Mexico City is one of the Mexican behind-the-gateway cities to which American intends to display its code on Aero California's internal Mexican sectors, it is unclear whether American therefore intends to hold out Los Angeles-Mexico City services on a connecting flight, code-share basis. It is also unclear whether the Mexican Government's code-share policy would extend to such connecting flight-"behind-the-gateway" operations. With the well-known history of Alaska's interest in the Los Angeles-Mexico City market, Alaska would strongly object to any entry of American in that market as long as the Mexican Government intends to limit the number of U.S. carriers in the largest and most important U.S. Mexico market.

Counsel: Alaska and Squire Sanders, Marshall Sinick, 202-626-6651

Joint Consolidated Answer of United Air Lines and Compania Mexicana de Aviacion

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American and Aero California, unlike United/Mexicana, have chosen not to restrict the city pairs in which they propose to code share. The Department will have to address the issue of whether such unlimited, systemwide U.S.-Mexico code shares may be approved consistent with the terms of the U.S./Mexico bilateral air services agreement as well as with the public interest. Implementation of these services may also require bilateral consultations to determine the extent to which such systemwide code sharing will be allowed and under what conditions.

Counsel: Squire Sanders, Robert Papkin, 202-626-6601 for Mexicana | United and Ginsburg Feldman, Joel Burton, 202-637-9130

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American Airlines, Inc. and British Airways PLC (Antitrust Immunity)

OST-97-2058 | May 22, 1997

Confidentiality Affidavit for Northwest Airlines

Counsel: Northwest, Megan Rae Poldy, 202-842-3193

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American Airlines, Inc. et al. and the TACA Group Reciprocal Codesharing Services Proceeding

OST-96-1700 | May 22, 1997

Confidentiality Affidavit for TACA, COPA, TACA de Honduras, AVIATECA and NICA

Counsel: Mullenholz Brimsek, John Brimsek, 202-296-8000

Confidentiality Affidavit on Behalf of TACA International

By: Simat Hellieson, Donald Garvett

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Amerijet International, Inc. (Notice of Action Taken - Renew)

OST-97-2183 | May 22, 1997

Notice of Action Taken

Renew for two years exemption under 49 U. S. C. 40109 to provide the following service: Scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail between Miami and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, on the one hand, and the Turks and Caicos Islands, on the other.

By: Paul Gretch

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Business Express, Inc. and Business Express Airlines, Inc. (Transfer of Certificate)

Order 97-5-19 | OST-97-2220 | Issued and Served May 22, 1997

Order Making Fitness Determination and Transferring and Reissuing Certificate

By this order, we find that Business Express Airlines, Inc. ("BEXA") is fit, willing, and able to conduct certificated air carrier operations, and we transfer and reissue to BEXA the interstate scheduled passenger certificate reissued to Business Express, Inc. ("BEX") by Order 88-8-46 on August 15, 1988.

Attachment A - Service List | Certificate of Public Convenience

By: Charles Hunnicutt

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Jim Air, Inc.

OST-96-1676 | May 22, 1997

Cover Letter

By: Jim Air, James Bern, President, 907-243-5161

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Millon Air, Inc. (Fitness Review)

OST-96-2012 | May 22, 1997

Re: Fitness Review of Millon Air

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Balance sheet indicates an increase in redeemable preferred stock reflecting the following transactions: J. B. Power (engine shop) agreed to convert approximately $87,000 in debt owed by Millon Air to preferred stock; Serrano & Henao, Millon Air's agent in South America agreed to exchange $50,000 in debt owed by Millon Air into preferred stock; Juan B. Millon and Emesto Millon agreed to convert $176,000 in debt owed to them by the airline into preferred stock. In addition, the airline's President and majority stockholder Juan B. Millon has pledged to contribute a B707 aircraft owned by him (paid in capital) to the airline after the DoT issues a final order finding Millon Air fit to recommence operations. The value of this aircraft is approximately $1 million (book value $700,000.)

Attachment A - Letters in Support | Attachment B - Letter from Almasur with Attachments | Attachment C - Letter from Pan Airlines Cargo | Attachment D - Letter from Counsel for Millon Air Cargo | Attachment E - Affidavit of Ernesto Millon Regarding Financial Statements | Balance Sheet for 12/31/96 | Income Statement of 12/31/96 | Attachment F - Balance Sheet for 4/30/97 | Attachment G - Letter of Intent from Juan Millon | Attachment H - Letter from FAA Miami Flight Standards District Office

Counsel: Suzette Matthews, 540-364-3470

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Nations Air Express, Inc. (Exemption, Miami-Maracaibo)

OST-97-2551 | May 22, 1997

Application for an Exemption

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Nations Air intends to operate the above service on a daily basis using 142-seat B727-200 aircraft from its existing fleet. The anticipated commencement date of the service is June 1, 1997. Nations Air's planned Miami - Maracaibo service will represent the only nonstop or direct passenger service by a U.S. air carrier between Miami International Airport and Maracaibo, Venezuela, providing a new option for South Florida- and Venezuelan-originating local passengers. Furthermore, only one foreign (Venezuelan) carrier currently provides such service, and that carrier is subject to FAA Category II country restrictions; as such, the foreign carrier in unable to expand existing service.

Exhibit A - Service Proposal | Service List

Counsel: Vincent Berg, Thomas Stalzer, 404-812-5680

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Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Passenger Manifest

OST-97-2198

Comments of Elliott Aviation

By: Gene Langfeldt

Comments of JA Air Center

By: Bernie Klotz

Comments of Mac Air Corp

By: Jennifer Wuertz

Comments of Phoenix Air

By: Randall Davis

Comments of Richard Sobel (Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University)

Comments of Southwest Safaris

By: Bruce Adams

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Pro Air, Inc. (Certificate of Public Convenience, Interstate Scheduled)

OST-96-1075 | May 22, 1997

Amended FAA Operations Specification

Counsel: McGuire Woods, Curtis Coward, 703-712-5000

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U.S. - South Africa Third-Country Code-Share Opportunities

May 22, 1997

Application of Continental Airlines - OST-97-2554

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Continental has extremely limited transatlantic code-share authority and does not participate in any U.S.-France code-share operations at this time. Air France does not participate in any U.S.-France code-share operations at this time. The public will benefit from addition of a new transatlantic code-share alliance and the enhanced competition it will provide. Continental's U.S.-South Africa third-country code-sharing in cooperation with Air France will also provide substantial benefits to the traveling public.

Service List

Answers are due by June 2, 1997

Counsel: Continental and Crowell Moring, Bruce Keiner, 202-624-2615

Application of Delta Air Lines - OST-97-2553

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Delta also requests one of the two available designations to provide third-country code-share service between the United States and South Africa. Delta proposes to offer a total of five weekly roundtrip code-share flights between Zurich and South Africa, in conjunction with services operated by Swissair. Swissair operates between Zurich and Johannesburg five days per week, with continuing single-plane service to Capetown three days per week, using MD-11 aircraft

DL-1 - Code Share Service | DL-2 - Delta will Offer 63 Weekly Nonstop Connections to South Africa | DL-3 - Map | DL-4 - Delta's Proposed South Africa-Zurich Code Share Would Provide Connections to 124 Cities via the Atlanta-Zurich Route | DL-5 - Delta's Proposed South Africa-Zurich Code Share Service would Provide Connections to 92 Cities via the Cincinnati-Zurich Route | DL-6 - Delta's Proposed South Africa-Zurich Code Share would Provide Conenctions to 27 Cities via the Boston-Zurich Route | DL-7 - Delta's Proposed South Africa-Zurich Code Share would Provide Conenctions to 23 Cities via the Los Angeles-Zurich Route | DL-8 -Delta's Proposed South Africa-Zurich Code Share would Provide Conenctions to 22 Cities via the New York-Zurich Route | DL-9 - Delta's Atlanta Hub is the Largest Hub in Terms of Daily Departures | DL-10 - Atlanta Hub is the Largest Hub in Terms of Nonstop Citypairs Served | DL-11 - Atlanta Hub is the Largest Hub in Terms of Enplanements | DL-12 - Nonstop to Nonstop Connections to Over 61% of the Total Johannesburg-US Passengers | DL-13 - Atlanta Catchment Area will Capture Over 99% of the Johannesburg-US Passengers | DL-14 - Atlanta Catchment Area will Capture over 99% fo the Capetown-US Passengers | DL-15 - New York JFK Catchment Area will Capture 88% of the Johannesburg-US Passengers | DL-16 - New York JFK Catchment Area will Capture 88% of the Capetown-US Passengers | DL-17 - Total Catchment Area will Capture Nearly 100% of the Johannesburg-US Passengers | DL-18 - Total Catchment Area will Capture Nearly 100% of the Capetown-US Passengers | Service List

Answers are due by June 2, 1997

Counsel: Delta and Shaw Pittman, Robert Cohn, 202-663-8060

Applicaiton of Northwest Airlines - OST-97-2552

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Northwest has been waiting to provide code-share service to South Africa for almost four years . However, Northwest has been unable to implement its proposed U.S.-South Africa code-share service due to the Government of South Africa's refusal to authorize the proposed service. With the signing of the ad referendum Air Transport Agreement between the United States and South Africa on March 29, 1996, the impediment to Northwest's U.S.-Johannesburg/Capetown code-share service will no longer exist as of November 1, 1997. Indeed, Northwest was instrumental in urging the inclusion of third-country codesharing authority in the agreement with South Africa.

NW-1- Map | NW-2 - Schedule | Service List

Answers are due by June 2, 1997

Counsel: Northwest, Megan Rae Poldy, 202-842-3193

Application of United Air Lines - OST-95-498 (formerly 48305) and Lufthansa German Airlines - Undocketed / Amendment to Application of United Air Lines for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and Amendment to Application of Lufthansa for a Statement of Authorization

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United proposes to operate services between the U.S. and both South Africa and Zimbabwe in conjunction with Lufthansa. Lufthansa has an application on file in which it seeks a statement of authorization to code share for United, inter alIa, between Frankfurt and both Johannesburg and Cape Town, South Africa. That application was filed on July 25, 1994, and was granted by the Department in part on August 29, 1994. At that time, the Department specifically deferred that portion of Lufthansa's application dealing with code-share services between Frankfurt and South Africa. The deferred Frankfurt-Johannesburg/ Cape Town portion of Lufthansa's application remains pending. Lufthansa also hereby amends that application to include the right to code share to Harare, Zimbabwe, as a point beyond Frankfurt.

Exhibit UA-100 - Frankfurt-South AFrica Winter 1997 Schedule | UA-101 - Proposal for US-South Africa Online Code Share Service | Service List

Subpart Q, Answers are due by June 2, 1997

Counsel: United and Ginsburg Feldman, Joel Burton, 202-637-9130

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ValuJet Airlines, Inc. (Exemption, LaGuardia Slots)

OST-97-2442 | May 22, 1997

Re: Applicaiton of ValuJet

Correction for page 3 for Reply of Valujet filed May 21, 1997

By: ValuJet, Joespeh Corr, President and CEO, 770-907-2580

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Yugoslov Airlines - JAT

OST-96-1182 & 96-1183 | May 22, 1997

Letter from Senior Deputy Asst for European and Canadian Affairs, US Dept of State, to Paul Gretch - Dated May 2, 1997

Requests that the processing of the JAT application for air service to the US continue to be held in abeyabce on foreign policy grounds until further notice.

By: Rudolf V. Perina

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