OST Filings for January 19, 1999

Letter of the Ministry of Transport, Japan, in support of All Nippon Airways' request for exemption from the related regulation on slots at Chicago O'Hare International Airport.

By: Ministry of Transport Japan, Yasutaka Tsuruno, Deputy Director, General for International Affairs Civil Aviation Bureau

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AllCanada Express Limited / Royal Aviation Express, Inc. / Voyageur Airways Limited

Order 99-1-4
OST-98-4406
OST-98-3733
OST-98-4148

Issued January 12, 1999
Served January 15, 1999

Order Issuing Foreign Air Carrier Permits

Foreign Air Carrier Permits - Canada-US

By: Charles Hunnicutt

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America West Airlines, Inc.

OST-95-736	January 19, 1999	Application for Renewal of Exemption Authority	US-Mexico
		Service List

America West respectfully requests that theDepartment of Transportation grant its application to renew its exemption authority to conduct service between. on the one hand. Phoenix, Arizona, and, on the other hand, San Jose del Cabo,Mazatlan, Mexico City, Puerto Vallarta, Manzanillo, and Acapulco, Mexico, and between LasVegas, NevacLa, and Mexico City, Mexico, for the period ending February 4, 2001.

Counsel: Baker Hostetler, Joanne Young, 202-861-1532

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Delta Air Lines, Inc.

OST-97-3289	January 19, 1999	Application for Renewal of Exemption Authority Scanned Version	US-Mexico; Codesharing with Aeromexico
		Exhibit A: Delta Seeks Renewal of its Exemption Authority for Service Between the Following City Pairs
		Service List

Scheduled foreign air transportation between Atlanta, Dallas/Ft. Worth, New York, and Los Angleles, on the one hand, and the points in Mexico.

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

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.Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.

OST-98-4890

January 15, 1999

Ministry of Transport Japan - Letter in Support

Exemption - Slots - Chicago - Osaka, Japan

By: Ministry of Transport Japan, Yasutaka Tsuruno, Deputy Director, General for International Affairs Civil Aviation Bureau

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Reno Air, Inc.

OST-97-2771 49743	January 19, 1999	Answer of American Airlines to Motion of United Air Lines to Reopen the Record	High Density Rule - Chicago O'Hare	HTML
		Attachment: Letter from Nevada Delegation to Secy Slater

United's effort to destroy the City of Reno's critically important service link to O'Hare is simply one more episode in United's unrelenting campaign to maintain and advance its slot advantage at O'Hare. The compelling needs of the City of Reno and other Nevada interests for continued nonstop access to the Chicago hub should not be sacrificed to United's agenda for continued slot dominance at O'Hare.

Counsel: American, Carl Nelson, 202-496-5647, carl_nelson@amrcorp.com

OST-97-2771
49743

January 19, 1999

Answer of Reno Air to Motion of United Air Lines to Reopen the Record

High Density Rule - Chicago O'Hare

HTML

By acquiring Reno Air, American will be able to continue to provide service over the Reno-Chicago route with the dedicated O'Hare exemption slots. While the Department retains the authority to modify the exemption, no action should be taken if American continues, as it has pledged, to serve the Reno-Chicago O'Hare market. The Department also should proceed very cautiously since profound and serious effects on the communities, the State of Nevada, businesses and the traveling and shipping public obviously would result from the kind of precipitous action urged by United.

Counsel: Reno and Stephen Lachter, 202-862-4321

OST-97-2771 49743	January 19, 1999	Answer of The Reno/Tahoe Parties in Opposition to Motion of United Air Lines to Reopen the Record	High Density Rule - Chicago O'Hare	HTML
		Exhibit 1: Reno Air's Entry into the Reno-O'Hare Market Dramatically Reversed Several Years of Market Decline
		Exhibit 2: The Reno-O'Hare Local O&D Market Doubled in Size Immediately After Reno Air's Entry in Late 1994 and is Now Three Times its Previous Level
		Exhibit 3: Reno Air Departures, Passengers, and Load Factors in the Reno-O'Hare Market
		Exhibit 4: American's Operation of the Reno-O'Hare Service will Generate Almost $300 Million of Economic Benefits to the Reno/Tahoe Region

On all counts, United is wrong. United's assertions that the Department should reallocate slots dedicated to the Reno market is without legal foundation, is contrary to the public interest, and should be rejected summarily by the Department. Most importantly, United apparently has lost sight of the compelling public interest factors that support the retention of all Reno Air O'Hare slots by American to be used for Reno-Chicago O'Hare service. The withdrawal of slots and the resulting elimination of Reno-Chicago O'Hare service, would have severe adverse economic consequences and would be contrary to the public interest.

Counsel: Stephen Lachter, 202-862-4321

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Thai Airways International Public Company Limited

OST-98-4796

Issued December 29, 1998

Notice of Action Taken

Thailand and Atlanta, Dallas, Miami, and New York via Frankfurt (Code-Share)

Thai Airways requested and received exemption from 49 U.S.C. 41301 to conduct scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Thailand and Atlanta, GA; Dallas, TX; Miami, FL; and New York, NY; via Frankfut, Germany (without local Frankfurt-lJ.S. traffic rights) on a code-share basis.

Applicant Rep.: Mark Bisnow, 202.966.1200

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Trans World Airlines, Inc.

OST-97-2292	January 19, 1999	Application for Renewal of Exemption	St. Louis-Mexico and Jamaica Service
		Service List

TWA hereby applies for renewal of its exemption most recently granted by NOAT dated April 24, 1997 (Order 97-6-26). authorizing foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between St. Louis and Montego Bay, Jamaica, and between St. Louis and Cancun, Puerto Vallarta, and Ixtapa/Zihuatenejo, Mexico.

Counsel: TWA and Richard Fahy, 703-684-4422, rfahy@ibm.net

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1999 U.S.-Italy Combination Service Case

OST-98-4854	January 19, 1999	Re: Letters in Support of US Airways' Service Proposal	1999 US-Italy Combination Service Case
	Letters Added 1/21	Letters in Support: Pt.1 \| Pt.2

Counsel: O'Melveney Myers, Joel Burton

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International Air Transport Association

OST-99-5015	January 19, 1999	Application for Approval of Agreements	Japan-Hawaii Spouse Fares - Reso 091p
OST-99-5017	January 19, 1999	Application for Approval of Agreements	PEX Fares between Argentina and Paraguay

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

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