OST Filings for March 16, 2000

OST Docket Filings for March 16, 2000

Last Updated 03/22/00 02:04 PM

Applications and Renewals:

American - Code-Share w/LOT | Continental Express (2) - LaGuardia- Hartford/Springfield/21 Cities | United - U.S.- Vietnam

Answers and Replies:

Aer Lingus/American - Consolidated Reply of Continental | Virgin Atlantic - Motion/Reply of Chicago

Notices of Action Taken:

Japan Asia

Notices and Orders:

Great Lakes- Service Obligation | Markair- Selecting Carrier

Aer Lingus Limited and American Airlines, Inc.

OST-00-6725 OST-00-6728	March 16, 2000	Consolidated Reply of Continental Airlines HTML	New York/Baltimore- Shannon/Dublin
		Service List

American has attempted to dominate airline routes around the world by combining forces with airlines dominating their home markets, particularly on routes where American itself dominates U.S.-flag service. Thus, U.S. airlines require, at the very least, same-country codeshare authority to compete with American and its partners on these routes, particularly where suitable foreign partners are scarce. American has joined forces with the Grupo TACA carriers throughout Central America, where American dominates the critical Miami gateway. Similarly, American secured antitrust immunity with Lan Chile, acquired an interest in Aerolineas Argentinas and had sought to codeshare with both carriers so American, Lan Chile and Aerolineas could continue to dominate service between the U.S. and the Southern Cone of South America.

Counsel: Continental, Hershel Kamen, 713.324.6697

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American Airlines, Inc.

OST-00-7077	March 15, 2000	Application for an Amended Statement of Authorization	Code -Sharing with LOT
		Service List

Application of American Airlines, Inc. under 14 CFR Part 212, applies for an amended statement of authorization to display the "LO" designator code of Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT S.A. on the following additional domestic flights operated by American or American Eagle Chicago-Atlanta; Chicago- Minneapolis/St. Paul; Chicago-Pittsburgh; New York (JFK)-Pittsburgh

Counsel: Carl Nelson, Jr., 202 496 5647, carl_nelson@amrcorp.com

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Continental Express, Inc.

OST-00-7082	March 16, 2000	Application for Exemption Scanned Copy	LaGuardia- 21 U.S.- Cities
		Exhibit A: LaGuardia Arrivals & Departures
		Service List

Thanks to the Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21^st Century and Continental Express, 21 small-hub and nonhub cities starved for competitive New York LaGuardia service can now receive nonstop service using quiet, fuel-efficient Embraer RJ aircraft. To provide such service, Continental Express applies for 146 slot exemptions at LaGuardia.

Counsel: Crowell Moring, Bruce Keiner, 202.624.2500, rbkeiner@cromor.com

OST-00-7083	March 16, 2000	Application for Exemption Scanned Copy	LaGuardia- Hartford/Springfield
		Exhibit A: Proposed Schedule
		Service List

The proposed Continental Express flights would serve the public interest by providing the only existing single-plane service between Hartford and LaGuardia, thereby enhancing the flow of traffic between Hartford/Springfield and New York and offering passengers new service options. Continental Express’ proposed service also would benefit the public by providing alternative connections between Hartford/Springfield and 21 other smaller cities Continental Express intends to serve via LaGuardia.

Counsel: Crowell Moring, Bruce Keiner, 202.624.2500, rbkeiner@cromor.com

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Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd.

Order 00-3-10
OST-99-5712

Issued March 16, 2000
Served March 20, 2000

Order Extending Service Obligation

90-Day Notice to Terminate Essential Air Service at Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Order 2000-3-10 is extending Great Lakes' service obligation at Oshkosh, Wisconsin, for another 30 days, through April 17, 2000. Petitions due March 27, 2000.

By: Randall Bennett

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Japan Asia Airways Co., Ltd.

OST-99-5111

Filed February 28, 2000
Issued March 16, 2000

Notice of Action Taken

Nagoya- Guam/Saipan

Exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Nagoya, Japan, and Guam and Saipan.

By: Paul Gretch

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Markair Express

Order 00-3-9 OST-95-363	Issued March 16, 2000 Served March 20, 2000	Order Tentatively Selecting Carrier	Termination at Atka Island & Umnak Island, Alaska
		Exhibit A: Map
		Exhibit B: Annual Subsidy
		Exhibit C: EAS to be Provided
		Exhibit D: Historical Traffic

Order 2000-3-9 tentatively reselecting Peninsula Airways, Inc., to provide subsidized essential air service at Atka and Umnak Island (Nikolski), Alaska, a new two-year period from December 1, 1999 through November 30, 2000. The annual rates are $156,29 at Atka and $45,033 at Nikolski. Objections due April 10,
2000.

By: Bradley Mims

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United Air Lines, Inc.

OST-00-7085	March 16, 2000	Application for Frequency Allocation	U.S.- Vietnam Code-Share
		Service List

United requests one of these bilaterally-agreed third-country code-share opportunities and 14 weekly frequencies to offer code-share service between the U.S. and Vietnam via Bangkok in conjunction with Thai.

Counsel: Wilmer Cutler, Jeffery Manley, 202.663.6670, jmanley@wilmer.com

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Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited

OST-00-6952	March 16, 2000	Motion for Leave to File and Consolidated Reply of the City of Chicago - Captured PDF Copy Scanned Copy	London's Heathrow Airport-Chicago's O'Hare International Airport
		Attachment: Letter to Rodney Slater
		Service List

Pittsburgh's proposed retaliatory sanction not only harms Chicago and U.S. consumers, but also is clearly inconsistent with Department slot exemption precedent. The Department has never in the history of slot exemptions denied a timely slot exemption request made by a foreign carrier that meets the Department's procedural requirements. Indeed, the Department' wisely has resisted using the slot exemption as an instrument of foreign policy. In fact, the Department has routinely approved foreign carrier slot exemption requests that meet. the Department's minimum criteria and rejected calls by many U.S. carriers to deny a foreign carrier's exemption requests because of alleged reciprocal access issues at foreign airports.5 And, in denying these request, the Department has recognized that retaliatory actions in air service disputes that entail the cessation of existing service are rarely, if ever, in the best interests of the United States.

Counsel: Wintrop Stimson, Kenneth Quinn, 202.775.9898, quinnk@winstim.com

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