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Filing of Airline Codesharing Agreements and Statement of Authorization | PDF | HTML
Filing of Commuter Air Carrier Fitness Applications | PDF | HTML
Applications and Renewals:
America West -O'Hare Slots | Delta and China Southern | La Valenciana Taxi | LAPA - Renewal | NPRM: Fees & Charges
Answers and Replies:
None
Notices of Action Taken:
American and Air Pacific | Amerijet | Delta and China Southern | Harlequin | Polar
Notices and Orders:
EAS - Bangor, Maine/Delta | Edelweiss | 1998 US-Japan - Memorandum of DOT
| OST-99-5030 | January 21, 1999 | Application for an Exemption |
High Density Rule - Reno/Las Vegas-O'Hare | HTML |
| Exhibit 1: Proposed Chicago-Las Vegas-Reno Schedule | ||||
| Exhibit 2: Las Vegas is the second most capacity constrained market fron Chicago, carrying five times as many passengers as Reno | ||||
| Exhibit 3: Demand for Chicago O'Hare-Las Vegas Service far Exceeds that of Reno | ||||
| Exhibit 4: Reno operates one non-slotted flight between Reno and O'Hare | ||||
| Exhibit 5: 45% of America West's O'Hare operations are outside slotted time periods | ||||
| Exhibit 6: America West's additional Phoenix-O'Hare flying provided immediate consumer benefit |
The acquisition of Reno Air by American, provides the Department with a unique opportunity to help America West establish a viable competitive presence in the O'Hare - Las Vegas market and to enter the Reno market. The presence of America West will promote competition in these under-served markets. Whether American chooses to continue to serve the Reno-O'Hare market, Section 41714 precludes its retention of the Reno Air exemption slots -withdrawal of the slots is required by law. America West desires to serve Reno from O'Hare even if American remains in the market. Reallocation of five of those slots to America West will serve the public interest. As already found by the Department, use of those slots for service from O'Hare to Reno and Las Vegas constitutes an exceptional circumstance. Although America West believes the law requires the reallocation of the Reno slots, at a minimum the Department should immediately rc allocate the two slots which are not being used by Reno Air to enable America West to provide a much needed competitive roundtrip in the O'Hare - Las Vegas market.
Counsel: Baker Hostetler, Joanne Young
| OST-98-4915 | Filed December 15, 1998 Issued January 21, 1999 |
 Notice of Action Taken |
Los Angeles-Nadi, Fiji Codeshare with Air Pacific |
Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Los Angeles, California, and Nadi, Fiji. American plans to use this authority to implement a code-share arrangement with Air Pacific Limited.
By: Paul Gretch
| OST-96-1046 | Filed December 23, 1997 Issued January 21, 1999 |
Notice of Action Taken |
Miami-Panama City; Combine This Authority with Existing Authority to Serve Points in Caribbean, Mexcio, and Central and South America - All-Cargo |
Scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail between Miami, Florida, and Panama City, Panama, and to combine this authority with its existing authority to serve points in the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central and South America.
Counsel: Paul Gretch
| Order 99-1-8 OST-98-4837 |
Issued January 21, 1999 Served January 25, 1999 |
Order on Essential Air
Service Note: Bad PDF Copy Will Be Corrected as Soon As DOT Posts |
EAS - Bangor, Maine - Delta Air Lines |
By: Charles Hunnicutt
Delta Air Lines, Inc. and China Southern Airlines Limited
| OST-99-5031 | January 21, 1999 | Joint Application for an
Exemption and Statement of Authorization |
US-China Codesharing |
| Exhibit A: Flight Sectors Behind US Gateways for Which Delta and China Southern Request a Statement of Authorization | |||
| Service List |
Delta and China Southern are planning to implement their code-share arrangement on or about March 1, 1999. Consistent with recent: policy, the Joint Applicants request that the exemption be granted for a term of no less than two years and that the code-share authorization be granted for an indefinite duration, subject to the Department's normal requirement that the applicants continue to hold the necessary underlying economic authority.
Counsel: Delta and Shaw Pittman, Robert Cohn, 202-663-8060 / Shaw Pittman, Robert Cohn for China Southern
| OST-97-2653 | Filed June 26, 1997 Supplemented January 6, 1999 Issued January 21, 1999 |
Notice of Action Taken |
US-China Codeshare |
Exemption under 49 U.S.C. 40109 for Delta to provide the following service:
Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Los Angeles, California, and Guangzhou, China, and to integrate this authority with its existing certificate and exemption authority, consistent with applicable international agreements. Delta intends to operate this service under a code-share/blocked space agreement with China Southern on flights operated by China Southern. Delta has requested the authority for a period of two years.
Statement of Authorization under 14 CFR Part 212 for China Southern to:
Display Delta's "DL" designator code on flights operated by China Southern between Los Angeles, California, and Guangzhou, China.
By: Paul Gretch
Edelweiss Holdings, Inc. d/b/a Edelweiss Air d/b/a Rio Grande Air
| Order 99-1-7 | Issued January 20, 1999 Served January 22, 1999 |
Order Issuing Effective
Commuter Authorization and Confirming Oral Action |
Commuter Air Carrier |
By: John Coleman
| OST-97-3276 | Filed January 4, 1999 Issued January 21, 1999 |
Notice of Action Taken |
Japan-US Charters |
Exemption from 49 U.S.C. 41301 to engage in charter foreign air transportation of persons. property and mail between Japan and the United States; and other charters in accordance with Part 212 of the Department's rules.
By: Paul Gretch
La Valenciana Taxi Aereo, S.A. de C.V.
| OST-96-1681 | January 15, 1999 | Application for Renwal of Exemption |
Mexico-US Charters |
| Attachment: Foreign Air Carriers Certificate of Insurance |
Counsel: Julio Gonzalez Santos, 011-52-8-319-7785
Lineas Aereas Privadas Argentinas, S.A.
| OST-96-986 | January 21, 1999 | Application for Renewal of Exemption Authority |
Argentina-US Charter Transportation |
Lineas Aereas Privadas Argentinas, S.A. respectfully requests that the Department renew its exemption authority to the extent necessary to enable it to continue to conduct charter foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Argentina and the United States; and to perform other charters in accordance with Part 212 of the Department’s regulations. In the alternative, LAPA requests such other, further or different relief as the Department may deem necessary and proper.
Counsel: Pierre Murphy, 202-872-1679
Notice of Proposed Rulemaking: Fees and Charges for Special Services
| OST-99-5003 | January 21, 1999 | Fees and Charges for
Special Services |
Fees and Charges | HTML |
The Department is proposing a major reorganization of the processing fee schedule contained in existing section 389.25(a). Of the 50 fee items listed in the schedule, we are proposing to eliminate 10 and to retain or revise the remaining 40. We also are proposing various new items, resulting in a net change from 50 to 76 schedule items. All items considered, there are 55 fee increases, 6 fee decreases, 9 instances in which the fee is unchanged and 6 instances in which an item is reserved for future use. Under the proposed fee schedule, prospective or incumbent U.S. air carriers that apply for new or modified interstate certificate authority involving the use of ``small'' aircraft, defined as aircraft with 60 seats or less or with a maximum payload capacity of 18,000 pounds or less, are grouped with U.S. commuter air carriers with regard to the processing of initial applications for economic operating authority, amendments to initial applications, and/or applications for various exemptions or waivers from our regulations. Under the current schedule, the fees levied for these special services to U.S. certificated air carriers operating small aircraft are the same as the fees for U.S. certificated air carriers operating aircraft with more than 60 seats. Our analysis has determined that the costs to process applications involving the former are substantially lower than the costs for the latter, yet are similar to the processing costs for U.S. commuter air carrier authorizations. We are also proposing a new, incremental fee in the case of applications for various international air service rights when the Department must conduct a comparative proceeding to distribute those rights among multiple applicants. This comparative process entails significantly higher costs to the Department than those incurred when a comparative proceeding is not necessary. Additionally, except in the case of a treaty or an agreement, we are proposing to eliminate existing section 389.24, which authorizes the waiver of processing fees for foreign air carriers under certain circumstances. Currently, 235 foreign air carriers that have been granted U.S. economic operating authority qualify for this waiver, and the annual costs we incur to process service applications from such carriers amount to $248,000. We have concluded that it is neither necessary nor appropriate for the U.S. government to continue to absorb these costs.
By: James New / John Miller
| OST-96-2022 | Filed December 30, 1998 Issued January 21, 1999 |
Notice of Action Taken |
U.S. - Brazil All-Cargo |
Scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail between points in the United States and Sao Paula, Rio de Janeiro, and Manaus, Brazil.
By: Paul Gretch
1998 U.S.-Japan Combination Service Proceeding
| OST-98-3419 | January 21, 1999 | Memorandum of DOT |
1998 US-Japan Combination Service Proceeding |
Memorandum of the Office of General Counsel submitting the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) regarding the Prevention of Alien Species Introduction through the Kahului Airport among the U. S. Department of Transportation, U.S. Department of the Interior, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Hawaii Department of Transportation, Hawaii Department of Agriculture, Hawaii Department of Land and National Resources, and the Hawaii Department of Health
By: DOT, Office of International Law
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