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Applications and Renewals:
Aeromexico - Los Mochis - Phoenix | Continental - New York - Belo Horizonte | Delta/South African - U.S.- South Africa Codesharing
IATA (2) | Lan Peru - Peru- Florida | U.S.- Russia - United Waiver of Dormancy | 1999 U.S.- Brazil - Continental
Answers and Replies:
Air Wisconsin - Answer of Wittman Airport | Gulf and Caribbean - Progress Report | 1999 U.S.- Brazil - Response of Continental
Notices of Action Taken:
American/Finnair - Department Action | American/Lan Chile - Department Action | Mexicana/United | Polar
Notices and Orders:
American/British - Order on Review | American/Swissair/Sabena | IATA | U.S.- Russia Opportunities
Aerovias de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.
| OST-00-6758 | January 7, 2000 | Application for Exemption |
Los Mochis- Phoenix |
| Service List |
By this exemption request, Aeromexico seeks authority to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Los Mochis, Mexico, and Phoenix, Arizona. Initially, Aeromexico will serve the market with two round trips per week (Wednesdays and Thursdays) using 142 seat MD-80 aircraft. This will be first nonstop service in the market and, consequently, will provide significant service benefits to the traveling public.
Counsel: Verner Lipfert, William Evans, 202.371.6030
| OST-99-5712 OST-99-6716 |
January 7, 2000 |  Answer of Wittman
Regional Airport |
Appleton and Central Wisconsin Airport- Chicago O'Hare |
| Service List |
If Air Wisconsin truly wants to benefit the Oshkosh community, it would be welcome to replace Great Lakes Aviation on the Oshkosh-O'Hare routing at Wittman. Should it wish to combine Oshkosh service with the Central Wisconsin Airport, it would be welcome to add seats and frequency to that market by offering two or more one-stop flights to O'Hare via Oshkosh. If the Department determines CWA requires additional O'Hare slots it should grant that airport's request for additional community exemption slots rather than misappropriate any of Oshkosh's EAS slots for that purpose. In sum, granting Air Wisconsin's request would not further the goals of the EAS program or the public interest. To the contrary, it would conflict with the Department's orders requiring continuation of EAS service at Oshkosh with the O'Hare slots Air Wisconsin seeks for other uses. Moreover, granting Air Wisconsin's request would in all likelihood eliminate scheduled air service at Oshkosh, which the EAS is intended to preserve, and prevent Oshkosh from attracting a replacement for Great Lakes.
Counsel: Baker Hostetler, David Kirstein, 202.851.1756
American Airlines, Inc. and British Airways PLC
| Order 00-1-8 OST-99-6507 |
Issued January 7, 2000 Served January 7, 2000 |
Order on Review |
U.S.- U.K. - Reciprocal Codesharing |
| Attachment: Itemized Changes to December 14 Evidentiary Request |
Order 2000-1-8 grants the captioned petitions of American Airlines and British Airways for review of an evidentiary request the Department issued in connection with the captioned joint application and, on review, the Department decided to modify that evidentiary request.
By: Bradley Mims
American Airlines, Inc. and Finnair OYJ
| OST-99-6544 | Filed November 23, 1999 Date of Action January 7, 2000 |
Department Action on Application |
U.S.- Finland |
As an initial matter, we find that the application is now substantially complete. Therefore, in order to provide all interested parties sufficient time to analyze adequately and comment fully on all material in the public and non-public record, under conditions agreed to by the joint applicants and imposed by the Department under similar recent circumstances, we will grant immediate interim access to all documents covered by the Rule 39 Motions to counsel and outside experts for interested parties who file appropriate affidavits with the Department in advance. Moreover, we find it appropriate to grant interim access to any subsequent materials filed in this docket under a Rule 39 Motion to counsel and outside experts for interested parties who file appropriate affidavits with the Department in advance, unless the party filing the motion objects. Finally, we will require that answers to the application be filed no later than 21 days from the service date of this notice, and that replies be filed no later than 7 business days after the last day for filing an answer.
By: Teresa Bingham
American Airlines, Inc. and Lan Chile, S.A.
| OST-99-6546 | Filed November 23, 1999 Date of Action January 7, 2000 |
Department Action on Application |
U.S.- Chile |
By: Teresa Bingham
American Airlines, Inc., Swissair, Swiss Air Transport Company, Ltd., and Sabena S.A. N.V.
| OST-99-6528 | Served January 7, 2000 | Notice |
Approval and Antitrust Immunity for Agreements |
By: Bradley Mims
Compania Mexicana de Aviacion, S.A. de C.V. and United Air Lines, Inc.
| OST-99-6481 | Filed November 10, 1999 Amended November 19, 1999 Served January 6, 2000 |
Notice of Action Taken |
Codeshare Operations - U.S.-Mexico |
For United: Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between (1) the terminal point Chicago, Illinois, and the terminal point Monterrey, Mexico; (2) the terminal point Denver, Colorado, and the terminal point Zacatecas, Mexico; and (3) the terminal point Los Angeles, California, and the terminal point Leon, Mexico. United requests that the authority be granted through June 4, 2001, co-extensive with United's existing exemption authority to serve Mexico pursuant to its code-share arrangement with Compania Mexicana de Aviation, S.A. de C.V. (Mexicana).
For Mexicana: Display United's "UA" designator code on flights operated by Mexicana between (1) Chicago, Illinois, and Monterrey, Mexico; (2) Denver, Colorado, and Zacatecas, Mexico; and (3) Los Angeles, California, and Leon, Mexico.
By: Paul Gretch
| OST-00-6760 | January 7, 2000 | Application for Exemption |
New York/Newark- Belo Horizonte |
| Exhibit A: Proposed Schedule | |||
| Service List |
Provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between New York/Newark and Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Continental intends to provide Belo Horizonte service starting September 7, 2000, in conjunction with its New York/Newark-Rio de Janeiro DC-10 or B-767 flights. Although Continental holds exemption authority to provide Newark-Belo Horizonte service pursuant to its codeshare arrangement with VASP, Continental is applying here for authority to operate its own flights between Newark and Belo Horizonte because its existing exemption authority requires flights to be operated by VASP.
Counsel: Crowell Moring, Bruce Keiner, 202.624.2615
Delta Air Lines, Inc. and South African Airways
| OST-00-6756 | January 7, 2000 | Joint Application for Exemption |
U.S.- South Africa Codesharing |
| Service List |
South African and Delta now are requesting additional authority to operate services between South Africa and Fort Lauderdale in conjunction with SAA'S new Atlanta service. Specifically, South African plans to add an intermediate stop at Fort Lauderdale on three of its seven weekly scheduled flights between South Africa and Atlanta, and South African and Delta jointly will offer code-share services in conjunction with the Fort Lauderdale stop. South African and Delta plan to begin the Fort Lauderdale services, like the Atlanta services, on January 30, 2000.
Counsel: Zuckert Scoutt, David Heffernan, 202.298.8660 and Shaw Pittman, Robert Cohn, 202.663.8060
Gulf & Caribbean Cargo, Inc. d/b/a Gulf & Caribbean Air
| OST-96-1023 OST-96-1071 |
January 7, 2000 | Re: First Year Progress Report |
Interstate and Foreign Scheduled of Persons, Property & Mail |
Counsel: Shaw Pittman, Nathaniel Breed, 202.663.8060
| OST-99-6192 | January 7, 2000 | Application for Amendment to Exemption |
Lima, Peru- Miami, Florida |
| Service List |
Quite apart from the FAA's IASA program, Lan Peru is fully capable of conducting safe operations between the United States and Peru utilizing its own aircraft and crews. Lan Peru has successfully operated domestic services between Lima and Cuzco/Arequipa, Peru since July 2, 1999 utilizing two dry-leased B737-200 aircraft without accident or incident. Since November 19, 1999, Lan Peru has also operated daily nonstop service between Lima and Miami utilizing B767-300 aircraft. The Miami service has been operated with aircraft wet-leased from Lan Chile S.A. Lan Peru now wishes to supplement its wet lease with Lan Chile so that Lan Peru could also dry lease on an interchange basis additional B767-300 aircraft also from Lan Chile. Lan Peru will utilize its own crews to operate and be in full operational control of the interchange flights. Under this arrangement, service will continue to be performed with modern B767-300 aircraft on a daily basis between Lima and Miami. These additional aircraft will continue to be maintained by Lan Chile in accordance with programs that fully comply with the provisions of ICAO Pilots and Airmen Annexes 1, 6 (Part 1) and 7, as well as with all requirements of the FAA applicable to foreign-registered aircraft utilized in operations to the United States.
Counsel: Sanders Dempsey, Marshall Sinick, 202.626.6651
New U.S.- Russia Opportunities
| Order 00-1-9 OST-99-5286 |
Issued January 7, 2000 Served January 7, 2000 |
Order |
New U.S.-Russia Opportunities |
| Attachment: Standard Exemption Conditions |
Order 2000-1-9 authorizes Continental Airlines and American Airlines to operate third country code-share services in the U.S.-Russia market, effective January 22, 2000, with their code-share partners, Czech Airlines (CSA), and Finnair Oyj, respectively. Allocates each carrier seven weekly frequencies for these services. Also authorizes Delta Air Lines to operate its existing third country code-share authorization with either Swissair or Air France.
By: Bradley Mims
| OST-97-2939 | Filed December 21, 1999 Issued January 7, 2000 |
Notice of Action Taken |
U.S.- South Africa |
By Order 98-1-16 the Department granted Polar Air Cargo exemption authority to provide scheduled all-cargo service in the U.S.-South Africa market and allocated it three weekly all-cargo frequencies for this service. That award was subject to the condition that the frequency allocation will expire automatically and the frequencies will revert to the Department for reallocation if they era not used for s period of 90 days. On April 81999, the Department granted Polar s waiver tom the dormancy condition for one of its three frequencies until October 12, 1999. Under the terms of that waiver, Polar's frequency would become dormant and revert to the Department on January 10, 2000. Polar seek: a Author waiver from the 90-day dormancy condition for this one frequency so that the 90-day dormancy period would not begin until January lo, 2000 Polar sterns that certain restrictions for operations via Nairobi and Harare had hampered further development of Polar's service.
By: Paul Gretch
U.S.- Russia Overflight Rights
| OST-97-2610 | January 7, 2000 | Application of United Air Lines for Waiver of
Dormancy Condition |
U.S.-Russia Overflight Rights |
| Service List |
United subsequently determined that it could not efficiently utilize its frequency allocation without overflying Afghanistan territory. United, therefore, has not used its allocation, and the frequencies are set to revert to the Department on January 29, 2000, absent a waiver. Due to the operational impediments imposed by the FAA's Afghanistan overflight ban, the Department has granted two other carriers - Northwest Airlines and Polar Air Cargo - a waiver of the dormancy condition applicable to their frequency allocations that will remain in effect until such time as the FAA reauthorizes flights over Afghanistan. See Notices of Action Taken dated May 25, 1999, October 22, 1998, and September 17, 1998.3 Because United is also subject to the same operating constraints as these carriers with respect to its use of Russian overflight frequencies, and for the sake of administrative efficiency, United respectfully requests a dormancy waiver of the same scope as that granted to Northwest and Polar. The requested dormancy waiver will afford United the same protection as Northwest and Polar have received.
Counsel: Kirkland Ellis, Jeffery Manley, 202.879.5161, jeffery_manley@kirkland.com
1999 U.S.- Brazil Combination Service Case
| OST-99-6284 OST-00-6759 |
January 7, 2000 | Application of Continental Airlines for Exemption and
Frequency Allocation |
U.S.- Brazil |
| Service List |
Continental will offer a daily pattern of Houston-Sao Paulo service this year by operating nonstop service four days per week and one-stop service via Lima three days per week. Despite American's Brazil onslaught at Dallas/Fort Worth, Continental will be able to offer daily Houston-Sao Paulo service on an economically viable basis by combining Houston-Sao Paulo, Houston-Lima and Lima-Sao Paulo traffic flows on a single flight three days per week. Continental will provide more effective competition with American on the Texas-Lima routes (where American operates a daily B-767 between Dallas/Fort Worth and Lima against Continental's daily B-757 service between Houston and Lima), the Texas-Brazil routes (where American will operate 10 weekly Dallas/Fort Worth B-767 flights and Continental is proposing four weekly Houston-Sao Paulo DC-10 flights and three weekly HoustonLima-Sao Paulo B-757 flights) and on the Lima-Sao Paulo route (where Varig operates the only nonstop service and the only online connecting service is offered by American's allies, Lan Chile and Aerolineas Argentinas, and Continental is proposing three weekly nonstop B-757 flights). Allowing Continental to operate daily Houston-Sao Paulo flights, expand the traffic base for its daily Houston-Lima flights and offer an important new intra-South America nonstop flight between Lima and Sao Paulo will enhance Continental's ability to compete with American and its allies for U.S.-South America and intra-South America traffic significantly and provide important new benefits to the public.
American has prevented Continental from gaining access to Argentina despite Continental's plans since at least 1994 to serve Argentina and Continental's diligent and best efforts to secure such authority. Continental's access to Argentina is long overdue and the Department should use the opportunity before it to remedy the most significant deficit by far in U.S. -Argentina service and introduce vigorous competition for American and its allies in South America.
Counsel: Crowell Moring, Bruce Keiner, 202.624.2615
| OST-99-6284 | January 7, 2000 | Response of Continental Airlines |
U.S.- Brazil |
| Service List |
Although Continental has operated daily nonstop Houston-Sao Paulo service during the peak winter season, it will be operating four weekly nonstop Houston-Sao Paulo flights until June 15, 2000, at which time it proposes to offer daily Houston-Sao Paulo service with four weekly nonstops and,three weekly onestops via Lima. Continental's proposal will provide daily service between Houston and Sao Paulo as well as providing other substantial public benefits. As explained more fully in Continental's application for authority to implement its proposal, allowing Continental to retain its Houston-Sao Paulo frequencies is important to enable Continental to compete with American, which is again moving frequencies without seeking approval and adding three additional Dallas/Fort Worth-Sao Paulo frequencies in an attempt to drain connecting traffic from Continental's Houston service. Permitting Continental to expand the amount of traffic carried on its Houston-Lima services by combining Houston-Sao Paulo traffic flows with Houston-Lima traffic flows will enhance Continental's ability to compete with American for Peru traffic. Finally, Continental's proposal will enable it to introduce the first U.S.-flag nonstop Lima-Sao Paulo flights and compete more effectively with American and its allies for intra-South America passengers and for U.S.-South America passengers with multi- destination itineraries.
Counsel: Crowell Moring, Bruce Keiner, 202.624.2615
International Air Transport Association
| Order 00-1-7 OST-99-6037 |
Issued January 6, 2000 Served January 11, 2000 |
Order |
PTC COMP 0486 |
By: Paul Gretch
| OST-00-6754 | January 7, 2000 | Application for Approval of Agreements |
PTC12 MATL-EUR 0042 |
| Memorandum: PTC12 MATL-EUR 0042 | |||
| Memorandum: Part 2 | |||
| Memorandum: Part 3 | |||
| Memorandum: Part 4 | |||
| Service List |
By: David O'Connor
| OST-00-6755 | January 7, 2000 | Application for Approval of Agreements |
PTC2 EUR 0286 |
| Memorandum: PTC2 EUR 0286 | |||
| Memorandum: Part 2 | |||
| Memorandum: Part 3 | |||
| Memorandum: Part 4 | |||
| Memorandum: Part 5 | |||
| Tables: Part 1 | |||
| Tables: Part 2 | |||
| Tables: Part 3 | |||
| Tables: Part 4 | |||
| Tables: Part 5 | |||
| Tables: Part 6 | |||
| Tables: Part 7 | |||
| Tables: Part 8 | |||
| Tables: Part 9 | |||
| Tables: Part 10 | |||
| Tables: Part 11 | |||
| Tables: Part 12 | |||
| Tables: Part 13 | |||
| Tables: Part 14 | |||
| Tables: Part 15 | |||
| Attachment B: Notes | |||
| Service List |
B y: David O'Connor
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