OST Filings for January 4, 2000

OST Docket Filings for January 4, 2000

Last Updated 01/06/00 11:43 AM

Applications and Renewals:

Aer Lingus (2) - U.S.- Ireland | American - U.S.- Ireland | IATA | State of Maryland - U.S.- Ireland | Northwest - U.S.- U.K.

Answers and Replies:

A.S.T.A. - Answer of American Trans | Atlantic Coast Jet - Additional Information

Notices of Action Taken:

AUSA | Servicios Aeronauticos

Notices and Orders:

IATA (2) | Motor Carrier Safety - Final Rule

Aer Lingus Limited

OST-00-6726	January 4, 2000	Application for Approval Under the Cities Program Scanned Copy	Dublin/Shannon - Baltimore
		Service List

Baltimore qualifies as an underserved U. S. community with regard to transatlantic air service. In fact, Baltimore/Washington International Airport's transatlantic service is currently limited to London, England and Reykjavik, Iceland. Consequently, approval of this Cities Program Application would permit the addition of direct service between Dublin/Shannon and Baltimore, and thus, substantially improve BWI's transatlantic service. At the present time, there is no direct, same-plane service between Dublin/Shannon and Baltimore. Instead, with regard to the greater Baltimore-Washington area, there is only one service per week between Dulles and Dublin/Shannon with Aeroflot. Otherwise, passengers must fly between Dublin/Shannon and other cities, such as London, Boston and New York, and arrange for connecting flights to and from Baltimore. Accordingly, apart from the service offered once per week by Aeroflot to Dulles, there is no direct, single-plane service between Dublin/Shannon and the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area. Therefore, granting this application would benefit the Baltimore community as well as the entire Washington-Baltimore area by adding direct, single-plane service between Dublin/Shannon and Baltimore.

Aer Lingus intends to operate the service proposed in this Cities Program Application provided its application for approval of a code-sharing arrangement with American Airlines is granted in full by the Department. In addition, Aer Lingus intends to commence the proposed Dublin/Shannon-Baltimore service if approval by the Department authorizes service for the Summer 2000 season.

Counsel: Robins Kaplan, Harold E. Mesirow, 202.775.0725

OST-00-6728	January 4, 2000	Application for a Statement of Authorization Scanned Copy	Dublin/Shannon - Baltimore
		Codeshare Agreement
		Annex A: Definitions
		Annex B: Codeshare Routes
		Annex C: Minimum Standards of Ground and In-Flight Services
		Annex D: Financial Settlement
		Annex E: Government Approvals
		Service List

Counsel: Robins Kaplan, Harold E. Mesirow, 202.775.0725

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Aerolineas Uruguayas, S.A.

OST-99-6675

Filed December 17, 1999
Issued January 4, 2000

Notice of Action Taken

U.S.- Montevideo, Uruguay

Exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 to engage in charter foreign air transportation of property and mail between Uruguay and the United States; and other all-cargo charters in accordance with Part 212 of our rules.

By: Paul Gretch

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American Airlines, Inc.

OST-00-6725	January 4, 2000	Application for Exemption	New York- Shannon/Dublin; Codesharing with Aer Lingus
		Service List

Counsel: American, Carl Nelson, 202.496.5647, carl_nelson@amrcorp.com

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American Society of Travel Agents, Inc. and Joseph Galloway

OST-99-6410	January 3, 2000	Answer of American Trans Air	Alleged Violations of the Act Regarding Unfair Method of Competition in Air Transportation
		Service List

Counsel: Buehler Atkins, J.C. Buehler

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Atlantic Coast Jet, Inc.

OST-99-6249	January 4, 2000	Re: Additional Information HTML	Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Interstate Scheduled
		Richard Surratt: Experience
		Stephen Tremel: Experience
		Operational Control
		General Procedures Manual

As you know, Atlantic Coast Jet, Inc. has had discussions with the Federal Aviation Administration regarding organizational issues and operational control matters. The purpose of this letter is to inform the Department of the nature of those discussions. Specifically, the FAA has sought assurance from Atlantic Coast Jet that it was organized in a way that will assure the FAA that Atlantic Coast Jet will be in operational control of the carrier. Operational control, as defined by the FAA with respect to a flight, means the exercise of authority over initiating, conducting or terminating a flight. These functions include crewing the aircraft with qualified pilots, flight planning, dispatching and maintaining the aircraft. After consultation with the FAA, Atlantic Coast Jet has decided to restructure its organization and to establish a new senior management position to be known as the General Manager. This individual will have reporting directly to him the following FAA-required employees; Director of Operations, Director of Safety, Chief Inspector, and Director of Maintenance. The Chief Pilot will report to the General Manager up through the Director of Operations. The General Manager will report to Mr. Thomas Moore, President of Atlantic Coast Airlines Holdings, Inc. and Atlantic Coast Airlines.

Atlantic Coast Jet believes this organizational structure removes any FAA concern regarding whether Atlantic Coast Jet would be deemed to be in operational control of the airline in view of its affiliation with Atlantic Coast Airlines. The General Manager of Atlantic Coast Jet and all of the individuals holding the positions in the organizational diagram enclosed with this letter, will be exclusive employees of Atlantic Coast Jet. Based on this organizational structure, Atlantic Coast Airlines will not be able to influence the operational decisions of Atlantic Coast Jet. A complete description of the qualifications, authority and responsibilities of each of the key technical employees of the applicant carrier is generally set forth in Section 3 and 4 of each volume of the Atlantic Coast Jet General Procedures Manual which has been submitted to the FAA for its approval. These manual provisions also describe the chain of command of the subordinate officers up through the General Manager. A representative sample of these sections of Atlantic Coast Jet's General Procedures Manual is enclosed.

Counsel: Silverberg Goldman, Robert Silverberg, 202-944-3300

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Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration

OST-99-6681

January 4, 2000

U.S. DOT/OST - Final Rule

Organization and Delegation of Powers and Duties; Delegation to the Administrator

By: Office of Motor Carrier Research and Standards, Neil Thomas

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State of Maryland

OST-00-6727	January 4, 2000	Application for Approval Under the Cities Program	Dublin/Shannon- Baltimore
		Service List

No U.S. or foreign air carrier provides nonstop or one-stop, single-plane international air service to Baltimore from Ireland. Further, Maryland is not aware of any U.S. carrier with firm plans to provide the proposed nonstop service within a reasonable time frame.

Counsel: Preston Gates, Jonathan Blank, 202.662.8450

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Northwest Airlines, Inc.

OST-00-6724	January 4, 2000	Application for Designation HTML	Minneapolis, Minnesota- London/Heathrow and Detroit, Michigan- London/Heathrow
		Service List

Hereby requests designation, or such other authority as may be deemed necessary, to enable Northwest to launch nonstop service to London's Heathrow Airport from Northwest's Detroit, Michigan and Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota hubs. Northwest recognizes that under the highly restrictive U.S.-U.K. bilateral status quo, only two U.S. carriers may be designated to operate to Heathrow Airport, and currently those airlines are United Airlines and American Airlines. A new round of U.S.-U.K. bilateral consultations is scheduled to begin in Washington, D.C. this morning, however, and it is Northwest's understanding that the two governments will consider entering into a limited new accord. Northwest urges the Department to ensure that any incremental accord with the U.K.

It remains Northwest's considered opinion that overall U.S. objectives would best be served by U.S. negotiators holding steadfast in their demand for open skies with the U.K., and refusing to engage in incremental negotiations. In the event U.S. negotiators reach a different conclusion, Northwest asks, at a minimum, that the Heathrow entitlements of the cities of Detroit and Minneapolis/St. Paul be addressed in any incremental agreement address the unsatisfied Heathrow entitlements of the cities of Detroit and Minneapolis/St. Paul; and that the Department promptly award Northwest whatever new authority it deems necessary to enable Northwest to implement nonstop Detroit-Heathrow and Minneapolis/St. Paul Heathrow service at the earliest possible opportunity.

Counsel: Northwest, Megan Rae Rosia, 202.842.3193

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Servicios Aeronauticos Z, S.A. de C.V.

OST-97-2651

Filed October 27, 1999
Issued January 4, 2000

Notice of Action Taken

U.S.- Mexico

By: Paul Gretch

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International Air Transport Association