OST Filings for January 25, 1999

OST Docket Filings for January 25, 1999

Last Updated 01/26/99 01:38 PM

Aeropostal Attachments Added 1/26 / Reply Available in FastPDF

Applications and Renewals:

American - Miami-Grand Cayman Renewal | Japan TransOcean Air - Designation from JTA | Turkish - Istanbul-Miami

Answers and Replies:

Aeropostal and American - Reply of Aeropostal | United and Mexicana - Answer of American

Notices of Action Taken:

Aeroservicios Ejecutivis de Occidente

Notices and Orders:

IATA - Add-On Fares US-UK

Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela, C.A. and American Airlines, Inc.

OST-98-4917 OST-98-4911 Undocketed	January 25, 1999	Consolidated Reply of Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela to Anwers of Alas International and Aerovias Venezolana Scanned Version	US-Venezuela Codesharing
	Attachments Added Jan 26th	Tab 1: Affirmation of Michael S. Devorkin in Support of Application of Aeropostal Alas De Venezuela, C.A., Docket OST-98-4917	Dated: New York, New York, January 22, 1999
		Tab 2: Affidavit of Alfonso J. Perez	January 22, 1999

The key dispute between the parties concerns the restraints in Venezuela regarding use of certain DC-9 aircraft. CAV asserts that the aircraft were acquired from the bankruptcy estate of the old Aeropostal with the intent, for the purpose, and pursuant to the requirement of the Venezuelan Government that the successful bidder could only dedicate these aircraft to the operation of a new Venezuelan airline. CAV asserts that Alas' intent was to remove these aircraft from Venezuela without the permission of the Venezuelan Government and to disregard the contractual commitments to the Venezuelan Government, the Bankruptcy Court and the Bankruptcy Court-appointed Receivers.

Counsel: Pierre Murphy, 202-872-1679

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Aeroservicios Ejecutivas de Occidente, S.A. de C.V.

OST-97-2917

Filed December 18, 1998
Issued January 25, 1999

Notice of Action Taken

Mexico-US Charters

Exemption from 49 USC section 41301 to permit the applicant to continue to conduct passenger charter operations between Mexico and the United States, and other passenger charter operations in accordance with 14 CFR Part 212, using small equipment.

By: Paul Gretch

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American Airlines, Inc.

OST-96-1141	January 25, 1999	Application for Renewal of Frequency Allocation	Miami-Grand Cayman
		Service List

American Airlines, Inc. hereby applies for renewal of its allocation, most recently renewed by Notice of Action Taken in this docket on May 15, 1998, of seven weekly combination . frequencies to provide additional nonstop service between Miami and Grand. Cayman. American has used this allocation since June 1, 1996 to operate a third daily nonstop roundtrip in the Miami-Grand Cayman market.

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

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Japan TransOcean Air Co., Ltd.

OST-99-4982

January 25, 1999

Re: Letter from Japanese Minsitry of Transports Concerning Designation

Japan-US

In connection with the above, we enclose a copy of a letter from the Japanese Ministry of Transport concerning the designation of JTA pursuant to section IV.D. of the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Japan which entered into force on April 20, 1998 pursuant to an exchange of notes. Also enclosed is a copy of the relevant operating authority issued to JTA by the Japanese Ministry of Transport.

Counsel: Steptoe Johnson, William Karas, 202-429-6223, wkaras@steptoe.com

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Turkish Airlines (Turk Hava Yollaru, A.O.)

OST-99-5039	January 25, 1999	Application for an Exemption	Turkey-Miami via Amsterdam/Brussels - Coterminalization with Chicago/New York
		Exhibit 1: Planned Schedule of Operations
		Exhibit 2: Turkish License
		Service List

Exemption authorizing it to engage in the scheduled foreien air transportation of persons, property and mail between a point or points in Turkey and the U S coterminal point Miami, Florida. on a nonstop basis or via the intermediate points Amsterdam and Brussels Turkish Airlines also requests that its operations to Miami be coterminalized with its existing authority to serve New York and Chicago.

Beginning on or about May 1, 1999. Turkish Airlines plans to operate nonstop service between Istanbul and Miami using A-340-300 aircraft.

Counsel: Zuckert Scoutt, Charles Simpson, 202-298-8660

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United Air Lines, Inc. and Compania Mexicana de Aviacion, S.A. de C.V.

OST-97-3237

January 25, 1999

Answer of American Airlines to Motion for Immediate Action

US-Mexico Codesharing

As United and Mexicana acknowledge, "[t]he Department has imposed an informal moratorium on the expansion of U.S.-Mexico transborder code shares involving U.S. and Mexicana carriers pending bilateral resolution of code-share issues between the two governments" However, they urge that their request should fall outside the moratorium because Mexicana is proposing to operate the Mexico City/Huatulco segment in place of Transportes Aeromar, a commuter carrier with which United had a prior codeshare arrangement.

The Department should reject such an argument. Authorizing large jet operations by Mexicana in place of commuter service by Transportes Aeromar would be a material change that should only be authorized under a new codesharing provision. in the U.S.-Mexico Air Transport Agreement. As the Department well knows, Mexicana and Aeromexico, as part of the Cintra Group, have been the principal impediment to the negotiation of such a bilateral provision. If the Department continues to grant extrabilateral authorizations to the benefit of Mexicana and Aeromexico, those carriers will have no incentive to urge the Government of Mexico to conclude a bilateral agreement: with the United States.

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

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International Air Transport Association

Order 99-1-12
OST-99-4984

Issued January 25, 1999
Served January 30, 1999

Order

Resolution 015h - US-UK Add-On Fares

The agreement concerns proportional fares, established under the provisions of Resolution 0l5h, which are used to construct through fares between interior U.S. points and the United Kingdom. As part of an automated biannual review process under that resolution, the agreement revises add-on fare levels for approximately 360 U.S. cities to be used in constructions over a total of 22 U S. gateways to reflect changes in U.S domestic fares.2/ while the specific gateway for each interior point is named in the agreement, through fares constructed using the revised add-on fares are available for travel via any gateway. A carrier may also amend the add-on amounts at any time. The proposed add-on fares reflect current U.S. domestic fares between each U.S. interior point and the named U.S. gateway.

By: Paul Gretch

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