OST-98-4911
Undocketed
Motion Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela for
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OST Docket Filings for January 20, 1999 |
Last Updated 01/21/99 11:48 AM
An Answer to Something that Involved Northwest Was Filed at 4:59,
but Rejected by the Docket Section Due to Unkown Reasons
Applications and Renewals:
Sun Jet - Supplemental Submission
Answers and Replies:
Aeropostal and American | Competitive Issues Affecting Domestic Airline Industry | Love Field - Reply of Legend Airlines
O'Hare Slots - Consolidated Answer of Chicago | US-Brazil - Supplemental Answer of United / Answer of Continental
Notices of Action Taken:
None
Notices and Orders:
None
Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela, C.A. and American Airlines, Inc.
| OST-98-4917 OST-98-4911 Undocketed |
January 20, 1999 | Motion Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela for
Additional Time to Reply to Answers of Alas International and Aerovias Venezolana |
US-Venezuela Codesharing |
Since the issues raised by Alas in its Answer require a detailed response involving a complete summary of the status of legal proceedings in Venezuela, the Dominican Republic and New York a response by January 20 has not been possible due to the inability to complete the detailed affirmations of the appropriate counsel regarding those proceedings. To enable a complete response to be filed, an extension until January 25, 1999 is therefore requested. This brief extension will enable complete and detailed affirmations to be completed by the appropriate counsel summarizing the Venezuelan, Dominican and New York legal proceedings to enable Aeropostal to respond to the charges of Alas and Avensa. No party shall be prejudiced by this brief extension of time.
Counsel: Pierre Murphy, 202-872-1679
AIR FRANCE / SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINE SYSTEM / LUFTHANSA GERMAN AIRLINES / JAPAN AIRLINES CO., LTD. / ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS CO., LTD. / COMPANIA MEXICANA DE AVIACION, S.A. DE C.V. / IBERIA LÍNEAS AÉREAS DE ESPAÑA, S.A. / CZECH AIRLINES (CSA)
| OST-98-4824 OST-98-4826 OST-98-4869 OST-98-4890 OST-98-4902 OST-98-4946 OST-99-4981 OST-99-4998 |
January 20, 1999 |  Motion for Leave to File
and Consolidated Answer of The City of Chicago |
High Density Rule - Chicago O'Hare |  HTML |
For several reasons, Chicago strongly urges the Department to grant expeditiously the slot exemptions requested in these eight applications for the purpose of initiating or continuing air service at O’Hare. First, grant of these exemptions is in the public interest, providing both inter- and intra-gateway competition, while benefiting the traveling and shipping public. Chicago conservatively estimates the collective economic benefit of this international air service to be over $964 million for the Chicago region in terms of increased jobs, trade, and tourism. Second, unlike the only occasion in which the Department turned down a foreign air carrier application for a slot exemption at O’Hare, each of the carriers in the instant proceedings except Czech Airlines filed a timely request for slots with the FAA. And, in the case of Czech Airlines, it filed a late application with the FAA only because it was unable to finalize plans to obtain the necessary equipment to serve the flight.
Counsel: Chicago and Winthrop Stimson, Kenneth Quinn, (202) 775-9898, quinnk@winstim.com
Competitive Issues Affecting the Domestic Airline Industry
| OST-98-4025 | January 20, 1999 | Motion for Leave to File Late and Comments of The Air
Carrier Association of America |
Competitive Issues Affecting the Domestic Airline Industry | HTML |
Among the anti-competitive airport gate tactics employed by the US airlines are:
For the past decade, competition has been limited by lack of adequate airport facilities. The Department should continue this review and act decisively whenever airport practices limit competition and deprive travelers and communities of opportunities for competitive service. The Department's review should not be deterred by misleading statements by those who benefit from further airline consolidation.
Counsel: ACA, Edward Faberman, 202-778-4422
Love Field Interpretation Service Proceeding
| OST-98-4363 | January 20, 1999 | Reply of Legend
Airlines to Petitions of The City of Fort Worth and DFW International Airport |
Love Field | HTML |
In an attempt to create an inaccurate portrayal of the Love Field Interpretation Proceeding and once again attack Departmental officials, Fort Worth and DFW have filed another series of petitions in this docket: Fort Worth’s Petitions for Reconsideration of the Declaratory and Procedural Orders, and DFW’s Petition for Reconsideration of the Declaratory Record. In the interest of preserving a factual chronology and account of this proceeding, Legend hereby submits this response to dispel the flagrant mischaracterizations presented by these parties.
Counsel: Ungaretti Harris, Edward Faberman, 202-778-4460
| OST-98-3957 | January 19, 1999 | Supplemental Submission |
Personnel Change |
| Resume for Randy Earl Ryhal, Chief Inspector | |||
| Service List |
By: P. Thomas Kolfenbach, President, Sun Jet Intl, Inc.
1998 U.S.-Brazil Combination Service Proceeding
| OST-98-3863 | January 20, 1999 | Answer of Continental Airlines in Opposition |
1998 US-Brazil Combination | HTML |
Continental believes the Department should deny Delta's motion to reopen the record at this stage of the proceeding. If the Department disagrees, however, and grants Delta's motion, fundamental fairness requires that the Department open the record in its entirety to receive evidence related to other developments since the parties filed their rebuttal exhibits. Such evidence would include information related to Delta's allocation of aircraft to other routes and admission that it lacks the aircraft to institute JFK-Sao Paulo service this summer, the deterioration in Brazil's economic condition, and current traffic information for all U.S. carriers operating on U.S.-Brazil routes.
Counsel: Continental and Crowell Moring, Bruce Keiner, 202-624-2500
| OST-98-3863 | January 20, 1999 | Supplemental Answer of United Air Lines to
Motion of Delta Air Lines to Reopen the Record |
1998 US-Brazil Combination | HTML |
Because of fundamental changes in the Brazilian economic situation as a result of the devaluation of that country's currency on January 13, 1999, United is no longer in a position to undertake the risk of starting Los Angeles-Sao Paulo service on an interim basis. In these circumstances, United urges the Department to reopen the record as Delta requests in order to focus on the results achieved in the New York/Newark-Brazil market. United is confident that such a reopened investigation will demonstrate that the additional frequencies would produce greater public benefits if they were awarded to United on a permanent basis for its proposed Los Angeles-Sao Paulo service. A reopened record will demonstrate that services between Houston and Sao Paulo as proposed by Continental can be operated within that carrier's existing 14 frequency allocation without any detriment to the already well-served New York/Newark-Brazil market.
United also urges the Department in reopening the record to direct American and United to submit updated results on their experienced load factors for New York-Brazil nonstop flights. These results should be filed on the same day as that set for submission of Continental's updated results. This will allow a comparison to be made with Continental's results in the New York/Newark-Brazil market.
Counsel: United and Kirkland Ellis, Jeffrey Manley, 202-879-5161, jeffrey_manley@kirkland.com
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