OST Docket Filings for June 16, 1997

OST Docket Filings for June 16, 1997

Pleadings:

Notices of Action Taken:

United and Mexicana

Notices and Orders:

None

Federal Express Corporation and Arrow Air, Inc. and Florida West International Airways, Inc. (Transfer of Frequency Allocations, US-Argentina All-Cargo)

OST-97-2548 | June 16, 1997

Response of Polar Air Cargo and Motion for Leave to File

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The Joint Applicants attempt to shade the consequences of their proposal by pointing to the four weekly scheduled all-cargo frequency allocations that would not be controlled by Fed Ex after the transaction. If those four allocations were available to a carrier such as Polar Air that would use them to mount multiple weekly 747-F operations, the contentions of the Joint Applicants regarding potential competition might be credible. Here, however, two of those four frequencies are not being used for scheduled service but rather have been long pocketed by the carrier to which they were awarded. That carrier has contended that it has met the conditions for retaining those allocations by operating an extension of its Sao Paulo service over to Buenos Aires, Argentina once within a 90-day time frame. If the Department accepts that tactic as legitimate and grants the request of the Joint Applicants, there is no opportunity for Polar Air to secure the second flight that it needs to operate viably in the market, increasing the chance that Federal limpness will soon achieve a U.S. flag monopoly in U.S.-Argentina air freight service.

Counsel: Ginsburg Feldman, Alfred Eichenlaub, 202-637-9034

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

OST-97-2551 | June 16, 1997

Answer to Petition for Review of Staff Action

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EURAM and STS have a private civil dispute with Nations Air stemming from two charter contracts, neither of which was signed by Nations Air, and under which Nations Air received no money or other consideration. EURAM/STS allegedly paid $250,000.00 to World Pacific Airways, Inc., and/or its President, Mr. Robert Young, as a deposit for charter air transportation, without verifying with Nations Air beforehand whether World Pacific Airways, Inc., and/or Robert Young had authority to sign contracts for or on behalf of Nations Air or to accept money for or on behalf of the air carrier. In sum, the negligence of EURAM/STS is the sole and proximate cause of whatever loss they may have sustained in dealing with World Pacific Airways, Inc., and Robert Young.

Counsel: Vincent Berg, Thomas Stalzer, Atlanta, GA

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Petition for Rulemaking: Truth in Airfares

OST-97-2622 | June 16, 1997

Petition for Rulemaking by Consumers Union

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The rule proposed by Consumers Union is a consumer information measure, aimed at furthering the Department of Transportation's policy of fostering competition, that would consist of two elements:

Airlines would be required to make available to Computer Reservation Systems accurate data on the average and lowest fares the carrier charges for each class of service on each route served by the carrier, based on the latest available quarterly fare data in the US DOT's Origin & Destination Databank #1.
Airlines, their agents, and computer reservation system vendors of airline tickets, would be required to disclose this information to any person to whom they quote fares for a specific route and class of service.

By: Mark Silbergeld, 202-462-6262

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United Air Lines, Inc. and Compania Mexicana de Aviacion, S.A. de C.V. (Notice of Action Taken)

OST-96-1988 | Posted June 13, 1997

Notice of Action

Exemption to permit Mexicana to conduct scheduled, combination services in certain US-Mexico markets, including both Zacatecas-San Francisco and Tijuana-San Francisco for one year. In reaching our decision to grant Compania Mexicana authority to conduct Zacatecas-San Francisco and Tijuana-San Francisco services, we found that the subject operations are encompassed by the U. S.-Mexico Agreement, and we noted that the Mexican carrier's request for underlying authority to conduct these operations is unopposed. We determined that the circumstances of this case warranted duration of authority for one year (which is consistent with our usual policy of granting interim exemption authority).

By: Paul Gretch / Counsel: Robert D. Papkin for Mexicana

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U.S. – Russia Overflight Rights

OST-97-2610 | June 16, 1997

Consolidated Response of United Air Lines and Motion for Leave to File

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Now that the FAA has opened Afghanistan airspace to U.S. carrier operations, there is no need to waste fuel and suffer other useless expense to operate over the more circuitous southern routes. Since the FAA opened Afghanistan airspace on May 9, 1997, United has operated daily flights between Delhi and London which could have benefitted from the more direct routings now available. United urges that it be granted immediately the Russian overflight frequencies it needs in order to avoid the unnecessary expenditure associated with operations via the more southerly routes as well as the unnecessary inconvenience to its Delhi-London passengers.

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

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ValuJet Airlines, Inc. (Exemption, LaGuardia Slots)

OST-97-2442 | June 13, 1997

Letter in Opposition from Leonard Stavinsky, New York State Senate

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Application for Approval of Agreements by the International Air Transport Association

OST-97-2621 | June 16, 1997

Application

TC2 – Middle East-Africa

Counsel: IATA, David O’Connor, 202-624-2977

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