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Applications and Renewals:
Antonov | Braathens - Add'l Information | Northwest - US-Mexico Amend # 2
Answers and Replies:
Air Aruba - Answer of Aeropostal | New Air - Answer of Spirit Airlines | USTAR v Delta - Surreply of Delta
U.S. - Italy - Ex Parte Letter to Marvin Strong, Jr. in Support of Delta
Notices of Action Taken:
Aeromexico (3) | Turkish
Notices and Orders:
Alaska Airlines - EAS at Cordova, Gustuvus, et al | AIA - 'Kitty Hawk International' Trade Name Registration
Fairmont/Norfolk/Yankton - EAS | Great Lakes Aviation - EAS at Ottumwa, IA, Sterling/Rock Falls, IL - O'Hare Slots
SAS / Lufthansa - O'Hare | Trans International Express
Aerovias de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
| OST-98-4492 | Filed September 23, 1998 Issued February 24, 1999 |
Notice of Action Taken |
Hermosillo-San Diego |
Exemption from 49 USC section 41301 to permit He applicant to continue to conduct scheduled, combination service between Hermosillo, Mexico, and San Diego, California.
| OST-96-1896 | Filed September 24, 1998 Issued February 24, 1999 |
Notice of Action Taken |
Mexico City-Austin/Washington, DC |
Exemption from 49 USC section 41301 to permit the applicant to continue to conduct scheduled, combination service between Mexico City, Mexico. and the U.S. coterminal points Austin, Texas, and Washington, D.C.
| OST-96-1304 | Filed September 22, 1998 Issued February 24, 1999 |
Notice of Action Taken |
Mexico City-Phoenix |
Exemption from 49 USC section 41301 to permit the applicant to continue to conduct scheduled. combination service between Mexico City, Mexico, and Phoenix, Arizona.
By: Paul Gretch
| OST-96-1250 OST-96-1146 OST-95-110 |
February 24, 1999 | Answer of Aeropostal Alas de Venezuela |
Resissuance of Exemption / Codeshare with Continental |  HTML |
| Attachment: Air Aruba Advertisement |
Under normal circumstances, Aeropostal would take no position on the authority applied for herein by Air Aruba. However, in light of: (i) the pendency of the Continental/Air Aruba code-share application for, inter alia, Miami - Caracas authority; and (ii) the contingent objection of Aserca's "partner" in Venezuela, Continental, to the American/Aeropostal codeshare, Aeropostal has no choice but to file its Answer herein.
Counsel: Pierre Murphy, 202-872-1679, pmurphy@lopmurphy.com
Reference: United Filed an Undocketed Answer Today (2/24/99)
| Order 99-2-12 OST-98-4899 43145 |
Issued February 12, 1999 Served February 17, 1999 |
Final Order Selecting Alaska Airlines |
EAS |
By Order 93-12-13, served December 14, 1998, the Department tentatively selected Alaska Airlines to provide subsidized EAS at Cordova, Gustavus, Petersburg, Wrangell, and Yakutat, Alaska, and provided 20 days, until January 4, for competing proposals before the order became final. On January 4, 1999, Taquan Air Service requested a 45day extension to submit a competing proposal. Taquan agreed with the staff to a deadline of February 1. The time for filing competing proposals has expired, and we have received none, thus making final Alaska Airlines' tentative reselection.
By: John Coleman
American International Airways, Inc. d/b/a Kitty Hawk International, Inc
| Filed February 11, 1999 Served February 23, 1999 |
Notice of Trade Name Registration |
American International Airways d/b/a Kitty Hawk International, Inc | |
| Service List |
AIA states that its parent, Kitty Hawk, Inc. (also the parent of the certificated air carrier Kitty Hawk Aircargo, Inc.) desires to have AIA identified more closely with the Kitty Hawk family of carriers. VIA declares that it has initiated steps to have its corporate name changed to "Kitty Hawk International, Inc. d/b/a American International Airways" with the appropriate state agency, and that, at the appropriate time, it will file an application with the Department requesting that its certificate and other economic authority be reissued in its new corporate name. In the interim, AIA asks that we acknowledge the registration of the trade name "Kitty Hawk International.
By: John Coleman
| OST-99-5144 | February 24, 1999 | Application for an Emergency Exemption |
Emergency Exemption - Bangor-Waco |
| Attachment: Letters in Support | |||
| Service List |
The two outsized oven units, which are being manufactured by Valmet Inc. in Maine. are urgently needed by Elk Corporation. a manufacturer of rooting materials. at its plant in Ennis, Texas no later than March 1, 1999. Elk uses these large oven units to manufacture fiberglass shingle mats, which are vital to Elk's own rooting production. and distributed to several other roofing manufacturing companies throughout the United States.
Counsel: Shaw Pittman, Robert Cohn, 202-663-8312
| OST-99-5053 OST-95-232 |
February 24, 1999 | Re: Agreement Relating to Liability Limitations of the
Warsaw Convention |
Intra-European Codeshare Operations |
Braathens ASA, a Norwegian air carrier, is an applicant for an exemption and statement of authorization that would permit Braathens to engage in certain intra-European codeshare operations. Braathens' application is pending in Docket OST-99-5053. Enclosed please find Braathens' conditions of carriage, which are being submitted in complete substitution for conditions filed previously with the Department. The enclosed page replaces in full all conditions of carriage filed with the Department prior to today. Braathens requests that the Department of Transportation place a copy of this letter and the attachment in each of the dockets identified above.
Counsel: Squire Sanders, Charles Donley II, 202.626.6600
Fairmont, Minnesota / Norfolk, Nebraska / Yankton, South Dakota
| Order 99-2-20 OST-98-3843 OST-98-3704 OST-98-3703 |
Issued February 22, 1999 Served February 25, 1999 |
Order Extending Service Obligation |
Essential Air Service - Great Lakes Aviation |
We require Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd., d/b/a United Express, to maintain essential air service at Fairmont, Minnesota, Norfolk, Nebraska, and Yankton, South Dakota, as set forth in Appendix C of Order 99-1-15, for an additional 30-day period through March 24, 1999, or until a carrier capable of providing reliable replacement service actually begins service, whichever is first.
By: John Coleman
Great Lakes Aviation - Essential Air Service at Ottumwa, Iowa, Sterling/Rock Falls, Illinois
| Order 99-2-21 OST-96-1247 42911 |
Issued February 22, 1999 Served February 25, 1999 |
Order |
Tentatively Reselecting Great Lakes Aviation |
| Appendix A: Great Lakes Regional Map | |||
| Appendix B: Annual Compensation Requirement for EAS at Ottumwa and Sterling/Rock Falls | |||
| Appendix C: Historical Enplanements at Sterling/Rock Falls and Ottumwa | |||
| Appendix D: Great Lakes Aviation, EAS Brief | |||
| Appendix E: Service List |
Recall of O'Hare Slots Assigned to Great Lakes:
By a series of orders and slot trades, the net effect is that Great Lakes is currently assigned six O'Hare slots to provide service at Sterling/Rock Falls and Ottumwa and is using only four slots to serve Sterling and Ottumwa on a linear routing. When Great Lakes' subsidized service at Sterling/Rock Falls is terminated, the carrier will continue to need four slots for its Ottumwa-O'Hare service. Thus, we direct the Federal Aviation Administration to withdraw two slot exemptions and to work with Great Lakes to identify which two slot exemptions will be withdrawn.
By: Charles Hunnicutt
| OST-99-5085 | February 24, 1999 | Answer of Spirit Airlines and Motion for Leave
to File |
High Density Rule - JFK Int's Airport | HTML |
Spirit takes no position on the New Air application per se. In principle, we would not oppose it, since we view the High Density Rule as an anachronism whose costs significantly outweigh its benefits. However, as a low-fare airline with a large and growing presence at both HDR and non-HDR airports in the New York Metropolitan area, Spirit believes that the broad relief sought in the New Air application must be carefully tailored to ensure that a single exemption from the Rule does not foreclose other approaches to the problem. Moreover, to the extent to which the Department chooses to break new ground and to grant New Air the relief it requests, the Department should do so on behalf of all carriers wishing to inject low-fare competition in the New York market. Spirit perhaps should be heartened by the fact that the regulatory climate has changed to such a degree that new entrants such as New Air believe that major improvements in access to slot-controlled airports are achievable. Spirit wishes to emphasize that it, too, has thus far been encouraged by the clear signals it has seen that the Department wishes to take decisive steps to ensure that competition takes place on a level playing field. Although Spirit would interpret regulatory receptiveness to New Air's application as a further positive signal, this would not be the case if DOT were to conclude its efforts there, thereby according New Air somewhat unique status under the slot rules.
Counsel: GKMG, Anita Mosner, 202-342-5201
| OST-98-4832 | February 24, 1999 | Amendment No. 2 to Application for an Exemption |
US-Mexico Codeshare with Continental |
| Service List |
Requests authority to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Cleveland and Cancun and between San Antonio and San Diego, on the one hand, and Mexico City, on the other hand. In addition, Northwest amends its application by removing the city pair Houston-Mazatlan, which Continental is no longer operating.
Counsel: Northwest, Megan Rae Poldy, 202-842-3193
Scandinavian Airlines System / Lufthansa German Airlines
| Order 99-2-22 OST-98-4826 OST-98-4869 |
Issued and Served February 22, 1999 Department Did NOT Release to Public on Feb 22nd Along with Other Slot Orders |
 Order Granting Exemptions |
High Density Rule - Chicago O'Hare |
We will grant SAS an exemption to enable it to perform one daily late afternoon Copenhagen-Chicago scheduled flight arrival at O’Hare during the l999 summer season; and we will also grant Lufthansa an exemption to enable it to perform one daily Frankfurt-Chicago scheduled flight arrival at O’Hare during the l999 summer season. We find that grant of these exemptions is consistent with the public interest.
By: Charles Hunnicutt
TIE Aviation, Inc. d/b/a Trans International Express
| Order 99-2-17 | Issued February 17, 1999 Served February 22, 1999 |
Order to Show Cause - Proposing Issuance of Commuter Air
Carrier Authority |
Commuter Air Carrier - JFK Intl Airport |
| Attachment: Specimen Certificate | |||
| Service List |
If Tie Aviation is found fit to conduct commuter service, it plans to add scheduled flights to its current operations by offering passenger service six days per week between JFK International Airport and Hartford, Albany, Atlantic City, and Niagara Falls using two 36-seat Shorts SD3-60-300 aircraft that it has recently added to its fleet.
By: Charles Hunnicutt
Turkish Airlines (Turk Hava Yollari, A.O.)
| OST-99-5039 | Filed January 25, 1999 Issued February 24, 1999 |
Notice of Action Taken |
Turkey-Miami via Amsterdam/Brussels; Coterminalize Miami with New York/Chicago |
Exemption from 49 U.S.C. 41301 to conduct scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Turkey and Miami, FL, via the intermediate points Amsterdam and Brussels; and to coterminalize Miami with its existing authority to serve New York and Chicago.
By: Paul Gretch
U.S. - Italy Combination Service Case
| OST-98-4854 | Docketed February 24, 1999 | Ex Parte Letter to Marvin E. Strong, Jr. |
U.S. - Italy |
Ex Parte Letter to Marvin E. Strong, Jr. from Charles A. Hunnicutte re Support of
Delta's application for Atlanta,
Georgia-Rome, Italy service.
By: Charles Hunnicutt
Note: See DOT's Site for Numerous Other Letters in this Docket
United States Travel Agent Registry against Delta Air Lines, Inc.
| OST-98-4776 | February 24, 1999 | Motion for Leave to File
Surreply of Delta Air Lines |
Complaint of USTAR |
USTAR's reply also ignores the factual and policy defects of its complaint, and instead, focuses on other completely irrelevant issues. Thus, almost ten pages of USTAR's Reply involves an extended tirade against airline marketplace practices in general, including protests about domestic travel agent commissions, E-ticketing, and Internet sales. These issues have nothing to do with the subject matter of USTAR's complaint. USTAR spends another ten pages discussing the joint marketing arrangement between American and Canadian Air. Not only is this irrelevant to USTAR's complaint against Delta, USTAR overlooks the fact that the Department granted American and Canadian Air antitrust immunity to coordinate certain activities, including travel agent commissions.
Counsel: Delta and Shaw Pittman, Robert Cohn, 202-663-8060
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