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Applications and Renewals: 

Air Exel - Amsterdam-Antwerp Codeshare w/ Northwest | Aviones Are | Servicios Aereos del Centro | IATA

Japan Air Charter | TWA - Renewal for NY-Amsterdam-Amman Beyond w/ Royal Jordanian

Answers and Replies: 

Colgan Air - Answer of Queens Borough

Form 41 Confidential Treatment:

Delta

Notices of Action Taken:

Continental - Detroit-Cayman Islands Codeshare w/ Northwest

Notices and Orders:

Establishment of the Standard Foreign Fare Level

Air Exel Netherlands B.V.

OST-99-5078	February 4, 1999	Application for Exemption and Statement of Authorization	Amsterdam-Antwerp Codeshare with Northwest
		Service List

AAir Exel is a Dutch carrier that has established a marketing arrangement with KLM that includes codesharing operations, shared ground-handling and common schedule planning. Under its strategic arrangement with KLM, Air Exel will operate the Amsterdam-Antwerp route, adding the code of Northwest to Air Exel's service for the purpose of transporting Northwest's U.S.-originating and U.S.-destined traffic.  Codeshare service will begin on March 28,1999.

Counsel:  Squire Sanders, Robert Papkin, 202-626-6601

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Aviones Are, S.A. de C.V.

OST-96-2038	February 4, 1999	Application for Renewal of Exemption	Mexico-US Charter
		Exhibit A:  Changes in Operations
		Exhibit B:  Ownership
		Service List

The ownership of Aviones Are changed with the death of Manuel Espinosa Rugarcia, who held 25% of the company's capital stock. Mr. Espinosa's estate has redistributed these shares and the current ownership of Aviones Are is as shown in Exhibit B. All shareholders of Aviones Are are citizens of Mexico.

Counsel:  Roller & Bauer, Lee Bauer, 202-331-3300

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Colgan Air, Inc.

OST-97-3086	February 3, 1999 Docketed February 4, 1999	Answer of The Office of The Queens Borough President, City of New York	High Density Rule - New York LaGuardia
		Attachment:   Answer of Queens Borough President to Eastwind Airlines, OST-99-4979, January 21, 1999

This application is a nearly verbatim reiteration of Colgan's November 1997 application which was denied by the Department. In rejecting Colgan's request for slots at that time, the Department noted that while there were transportation benefits to the proposed service, the granting of slot exemptions "would not fill voids, but would merely enable an expansion of incumbent carriers' existing operations, and do not promise a significant enhancement of price competition."' The Department further noted that there was no showing of a "material deficiency of service in any of the markets ...[nor any evidence of] substantial competitive price benefits that [Colgan was] not already in a position to offer." Colgan's proposed service would do little to enhance any of the factors Congress specified that the Department consider in evaluating what was in the public interest. These factors include maintaining safety; enhancing low-priced services; encouraging fair wages and working conditions; increasing competition; encouraging the use of secondary or satellite airports in major urban areas; preventing anticompetitive practices; avoiding market domination by a single carrier; and providing low prices.

Counsel:  Queens, Michael Rogovin, 718-286-2888

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Continental Airlines, Inc.

OST-98-4830

Filed December 1, 1998 Issued February 4, 1999

Notice of Action Taken

Detroit-Grand Cayman Codeshare with Northwest Airlines

Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Detroit, Michigan, and Grand Layman, Cayman Islands. Continental intends to operate this service under a codeshare arrangement with Northwest Airlines, Inc.

By:  Paul Gretch

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Delta Air Lines, Inc.

OST-95-651 48649

February 4, 1999

Application for Confidential Treatment Scanned Version

Form 41 Schedule B-7

Delta respectfully moves the Department to withhold the financial information contained in Delta's Schedule B-7 Report for the quarter ended December 31, 1998, filed concurrently herewith under seal, from public disclosure for a period of ten (10) years, through December 31, 2008, pursuant to Rule 39 of the Rules of Practice.

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

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Establishment of the Standard Foreign Fare Level

Order 99-2-4 37554	Issued February 4, 1999	Order	Standard Foreign Fare Level
		Appendix A:  International Normal Fare Adjustment Factor by Entity to March 1, 1999 over October 1, 1979 Fare Level

Effective February 1, 1999 fares may be increased by the following adjustment factors over the October 1979 level, as amended:

By:  Charles Hunnicutt

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Japan Air Charter Co., Ltd.

OST-99-5076	February 4, 1999	Application for an Exemption	Japan-US Charters
		Service List

hereby applies to the Department of Transportation for an exemption from Section 41301 of the Code to enable it to conduct charter foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Japan and the United States, and other charters subject to Part 212 of the Department's rules. JAZ's previous exemption authority expired on December 1, 1998; a renewal application inadvertently was not filed.  JAZ's charter services are authorized under the 1998 Memorandum of Understanding between the Governments of Japan and the United States and subsequent amendments. Renewal will allow JAZ to continue to offer important charter services between the two countries. In addition, by providing charter service for numerous Japan-originating passengers to the United States, JAZ affords significant economic benefits and conveniences to the traveling public and to the U.S. communities JAZ serves. Accordingly, grant of this exemption is clearly in the public interest.

Counsel:  Steptoe Johnson, William Karas, 202-429-6223

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Servicios Aereos del Centro, S.A. de C.V.

OST-96-1673	February 4, 1999	Application for Renewal of Exemption	Mexico-US Charter
		Exhibit A:  Changes in Operations
		Service List

SACSA added two aircraft to its fleet, a seven passenger Sabreliner 60 with Mexican registration XA-ICK and a nine passenger Lockheed Jetstar 8 with Mexican registration XA-SOC. SACSA's fleet now consists of six executive jet passenger aircraft.

Counsel:  Roller & Bauer, Lee Bauer, 202-331-3300

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Trans World Airlines, Inc.

OST-97-2374 OST-98-3382	February 4, 1999	Application for Renewal of Exemption	New York-Amsterdam-Amman and Beyond; Codeshare with Royal Jordanian
		Service List

Pursuant to the authority granted above, TWA has instituted code share service with Royal Jordanian. TWA currently provides service on the New York - Amsterdam -Amman routing five times weekly. It has been unable to institute service to India because of difficulties with the Government of India, which has refused to accept assurances by Jordan that it would allow code share operations by Indian carriers. TWA is working with the U.S. Government to resolve this problem. TWA has instituted service to the other code share points beyond Amman, except for Aqaba, where current service does not provide useful connections. TWA, nevertheless requests renewal of the Aqaba authority because it is working with Jordanian to improve connections and my place its code on the Amman - Aqaba flight within the next few months.

Foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between New York, Amsterdam, and Amman., and beyond to Delhi, Calcutta and Bombay, India; Karachi, Pakistan; Aqaba, Jordan; Doha, Qatar; and Bahrain.

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

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International Air Transport Association

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

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