OST Filings for January 21, 2000

OST Docket Filings for January 21, 2000

Last Updated 01/23/00 04:55 PM

Applications and Renewals:

Aeromexico/Delta - U.S.- Mexico | Air Canada/Mexicana - Mexico- U.S.- Canada Renewal | Transportes Aeromar - Mexico - Houston

Answers and Replies:

Aer Lingus - Request to File Unauthorized Document/Reply | American Trans - Answer of Queens Borough President | Legend - Correction

U.S.- Brazil - Response of United

Notices of Action Taken:

None

Notices and Orders:

IATA | TACA - Denial of Application

Aer Lingus Limited

OST-00-6726 OST-00-6728	January 21, 2000	Re: Request for Leave to File an Otherwise Unauthorized Document and Reply	Baltimore- Shannon/Dublin
		Service List

Please be advised that, given the February 2, 2000, deadline for United Air Lines, Inc. ("United") and Northwest Airlines, Inc. ("Northwest") in Dockets OST-00-6726 and 6728, counsel for United and Northwest, and counsel for Delta Air Lines; Inc., have agreed with counsel for Aer Lingus Limited ("Aer Lingus") that the date upon which Aer Lingus may file a consolidated reply as to both dockets is February 9, 2000.

Counsel: Robins Kaplan, Harold Mesirow, 202.736.2700

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Aerovias de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. and Delta Air Lines, Inc.

OST-00-6816	January 21, 2000	Joint Application for Exemptions and Code-Share Statement of Authorization	U.S.- Mexico Codeshare
		Letter to Secretary of Transportation (In Spanish)
		Service List

Respectfully request that the Department grant the following authorizations to permit Joint Applicants to expand their Mexico-U.S. code-share/blocked space services:

a. Exemption authority for one year to Aeromexico to the extent necessary to permit it to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between (1) Mexico City, Mexico, and Chicago, Illinois, and (2) Guaymas, Mexico and Los Angeles, California.
b. Exemption authority for two years to Delta to the extent necessary to permit it to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between (1) Mexico City, Mexico, and Chicago, Illinois, and (2) Guaymas, Mexico and Los Angeles, California, and to combine this exemption authority with all of Delta's existing certificate and exemption authority, consistent with international agreements.
c. Statement of authorization for an indefinite period to permit Aeromexico to display Delta's "DL" code on flights operated by Aeromexico between (1) Mexico City, Mexico, and Chicago, Illinois, and (2) Guaymas, Mexico and Los Angeles, California.

Counsel: Shaw Pittman, Robert Cohn, 202.663.8060, and Verner Liipfert, William Evans, 202.371.6030

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Air Canada and Compania Mexicana de Aviacion S.A. de C.V.

OST-00-6815	January 21, 2000	Joint Application for Renewal and Amendment of Statement of Authorization	Mexico City- Chicago- Toronto/ Montreal/ Ottawa/ Winnipeg
		Appendix A: Designated Flights
		Service List

Hereby request the Department to renew the statements of authorization issued by Notice of Action Taken dated February 18, 1999, and which will expire on February 18, 2000, that authorize Air Canada and Mexicana to code-share with each other on a Mexico City-Chicago-Toronto/Montreal/Ottawa/ Winnipeg routing. Air Canada and Mexicana also request that these statements of authorization be amended to include authority for the carriers to offer code-share services between all Air Canada transborder gateways (Montreal, Toronto, Ottawa, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Vancouver, Calgary and Halifax), via any U.S. point or points, to any point in Mexico served by Mexicana, on a blind-sector basis. Although Air Canada and Mexicana are seeking blanket approval for Canada-U.S.-Mexico code-sharing services, Appendix A contains an illustration of the specific U.S.-Canada and U.S.-Mexico city-pair sectors to be served by the carriers.

Counsel: GKMG Consulting, Anita Mosner, 202.342.5201 and Squire Sanders Dempsey, Robert Papkin, 202.626.6601

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American Trans Air, Inc.

OST-00-6731	January 21, 2000	Answer of the Queens Borough President, City of New York in Opposition of American Trans Air's Application	Chicago Midway- LaGuardia
		Service List

For all the reasons stated above, the Borough President's Office requests that ATA's application be denied in its entirety. The applicant has not presented a compelling case under the controlling laws in support of its application, particularly when one considers the negative impact that any new flights at LaGuardia would have. While a strategy to add flights at LaGuardia might fit within ATA's business plans, that strategy is not necessarily consistent with the slot exemption requirements imposed by Congress. If DOT is not inclined to deny the application outright on the grounds that ATA has simply failed to meet the applicable statutory requirements, then the Borough President's Office requests in the alternative that DOT do the following: postpone a decision until Congress acts on the FAA reauthorization bill and, in any case, commission a substantive and comprehensive environmental impact study with respect to LaGuardia.

Counsel: Queens Borough Presidents Office, Hugh Weinberg, 718.286.2880

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Legend Airlines, Inc.

OST-00-6788	January 21, 2000	Re: Correction	Dallas/Ft. Worth
		Re: Corrected Correspondence
		Re: Letter Dated October 22, 1999
		Service List

Counsel: Andrews Kurth, Alan Harris

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TACA International Airlines

OST-99-6503

Filed November 12, 1999
Denied January 21, 2000

U.S. DOT/OST- Decision/Denial of Application

All-Cargo Charter Flights on Behalf of BWIA; Miami- Port of Spain/ Barbados/St. Lucia

By: Paul Gretch

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Transportes Aeromar, S.A. de C.V.

OST-95-379	January 21, 2000	Application for Renewal and Amendment of Temporary Exemption	Chihuahua, Monterrey, San Luis Potosi, Guadalajara, Puerto Vallarta and Manzanillo, Mexico and Houston, Texas
		Service List

Aeromar is currently operating transborder flights between San Antonio, Texas (SAT), and San Luis Potosi/Guadalajara, Mexico. Aeromar plans to continue those services and intends to institute passenger and/or all-cargo services in the SAT-Puerta Vallarta (PVR) market in the near term and San Antonio – Saltillo later this year. For flexibility to respond to demand, Aeromar seeks renewal of those San Antonio segments where it may not operate direct service in 2000. Nonstop service between Puebla and Houston and Queretaro - Houston with Aeromar-operated aircraft is planned for the fourth quarter of 2000. Aeromar seeks the necessary authority so that it can code share on Aeromexico-operated flights on this segment and thus offer single carrier service from Queretaro and Puebla to Houston with a stop and plane change in Monterrey.

Counsel: Herbert Rosenthal, 202-785-9773

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1999 U.S.- Brazil Combination Service Case/ Continental Arilines, Inc.

OST-99-6284 OST-00-6759	January 21, 2000	Consolidated Response of United Air Lines and Motion for Leave to File	U.S.- Brazil
		Service List

United seeks leave to file to address issues raised by Continental and Delta relating to their proposed bifurcation of the procedures for allocation of U.S. -Brazil frequencies. These carriers are in effect seeking reconsideration of the Department's Order 99-12-27. United's response will clarify its position and provide a more balanced record on which the Department can reach a decision.

Counsel: Kirkland Ellis, Jeffery Manley, 202.879.5161, jeffery_manley@kirkland.com

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International Air Transport Association

OST-00-6802

Filed January 17, 2000

Approved January 19, 2000

Approval of Agreements

By: Paul Gretch

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