OST Filings for March 20, 2000

OST Docket Filings for March 20, 2000

Last Updated 03/21/00 10:59 AM

Applications and Renewals:

A Ball - Certificate of Public Convenience | Air Canada - U.S.- Canada Renewal | Air Pacific - Hawaii- New Zealand Renewal

American - U.S.- France Codeshare w/ Swiss Air | AVCOM - U.S.- Mexico | Delta - U.S.- South America

Answers and Replies:

Continental - Certification of Service List | IATA - Letters in Opposition | U.S.T.A.R. - Answer of the ACAA | TWA - Answer of St. Louis

UPS/Challenge - Objections of Challenge Pilots

Notices of Action Taken:

Carthright

Notices and Orders:

Alaska Mail Rates - Updating Fuel Costs | Taquan - Extending Service Obligation

Air Canada

OST-00-7101	March 20, 2000	Application for Renewal of Statement of Authorization	U.S.- Canada
		Service List

Renewal of this authorization would enable Air Canada to continue to display the Lufthansa "LH" airline designator code on Air Canada flights operated between points in Canada and points in the United States. Lufthansa offers service from Germany to several points in Canada. Under the agreement between Air Canada and Lufthansa, Lufthansa holds out service to points in the United States beyond its Canadian gateways by placing its "LH" designator code on transborder services currently operated by Air Canada, or on services which Air Canada might introduce in the future. Lufthansa does not hold out Fifth Freedom services on local U.S.-Canada segments.

Counsel: GKMG Consulting, Anita Mosner, 703.312.1446

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Air Pacific Limited

OST-99-5520	March 20, 2000	Application for Renewal of it Statement of Authorization to Code Share w/Qantas	Aukland, New Zealand - Honolulu, Hawaii
		Service List

Specifically, Air Pacific seeks renewal of its authority to display the code of Qantas on Air Pacific flights between: (1) Los Angeles and points in Australia via Nadi, Fiji; (2) Honolulu and Sydney, Australia via Nadi, Fiji; and (3) Honolulu and Auckland, New Zealand.

Counsel: Condon Forsyth, Evelyn Sahr for Air Pacific, 202.289.0500

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Alaska Scenic Air, LLC d/b/a A Ball Air

OST-00-7102	March 20, 2000	Application for Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity	Interstate Air Transportation
		Affidavit of A. Newton Ball
		Index of Exhibits
		Exhibit A: Index of Regulatory Requirements
		Exhibit B: Affidavit of Citizenship
		Exhibit C: Biographies of Key Personnel
		Exhibit D: Verification of Funds on Account
		Exhibit E: Description of Current Fleet
		Exhibit F: Affidavit of Aircraft Compliance
		Exhibit G: Authorities Currently Held
		Exhibit H: Map of Area
		Exhibit I: Fuel Use Estimate
		Exhibit J: Forecast Financial Results
		Exhibit K: Corporate Certification (to be supplied)
		Exhibit L: Agreement 18900
		Service List

Scenic will begin scheduled service on a small scale. It currently operates on-demand air service at Dillingham to Clark's Point, supplementing the scheduled service of several other carriers. Scenic will begin service with one round trip a day, three days a week, anticipating startup prior to the summer commercial fishing season. Scenic will continue to offer general air taxi and charter service.

Counsel: A Ball Air, Albert Ball, 907.842.4180

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American Airlines, Inc.

OST-00-7100

March 20, 2000

Application for Third Country Codeshare Opportunity

U.S.- France via Switzerland; w/Swissair

American Airlines, Inc. hereby applies for the additional U.S.-France third-country codeshare opportunity that becomes available on April 1, 2000 under the U.S.-France Air Transport Agreement. American requests this opportunity in order to engage in third-country codeshare operations between the U.S. and France, via points in Switzerland, with Swissair. As of April 1, 2000, the U.S. may designate three U.S. carriers to provide codeshare services with a total of six partnerships with third-country airlines. The three designated carriers are United, Northwest, and American. Four such partnerships have been awarded -- United/Lufthansa (Order 98-6-5, June 4, 1998); Northwest/KLM (Order 98-6-5) and Northwest/ Alitalia (Notice of Action Taken, OST-99-6537, February 3, 2000); and American/Sabena (Notice of Action Taken, OST-99-6540, February 3, 2000).

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

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Aviacion Comercial de America, S.A. de C.V.

OST-97-2073	March 20, 2000	Application for Renewal of Exemption	U.S.-Mexico Charter Air Transportation
		Service List

Counsel: Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P., Carl Vogt, 202.662.4500

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Chartright Air, Inc.

OST-00-6885

Filed February 9, 2000
Issued March 20, 2000

Notice of Action Taken

U.S.- Canada On-Demand Charters

Exemption from 49 USC section 41301 to permit the applicant to conduct charter operations, carrying persons, property and mail, between Canada and the United States and other charters pursuant to 14 CFR Part 212, using aircraft having a maximum passenger capacity of not more than 60 seats and a maximum payload capacity of not more than 18,000 pounds.

By: Paul Gretch

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Continental Airlines, Inc.

OST-99-6082

March 20, 2000

Re: Service List Certification

Amendment to Statement of Authorization

Counsel: Crowell Moring, Bruce Keiner, 202-624-2500

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Delta Air Lines, Inc.

OST-00-7104 OST-97-3218	March 20, 2000	Application for Allocation of Seven Weekly Frequencies and Motion to Consolidate Scanned Copy	Atlanta/New York- South America: U.S.- Belize; Atlanta, Georgia- Bogotá, Columbia
		Attachments: Proposed Service (Winter, Summer)
		Service List

Delta has been aggressively seeking expansion opportunities in South America and rapidly developing Atlanta as a major competitive gateway for service to Latin America. The recent MOC provides the Department with a valuable opportunity to inject Delta as a strong new network competitor to Colombia and to establish Atlanta as a new competitive U.S. gateway to Colombia. Grant of authority to Delta will improve the market structure to Colombia and help improve the overall market structure to Latin America by helping Deltas efforts to achieve parity with its three larger U.S. carrier rivals. Delta requests that it be issued a certificate and frequencies authorizing Atlanta-Colombia nonstop service as soon as possible and that such authority be granted for an indefinite term. Delta further requests route integration authority to permit Delta to combine its Colombia service with all other Delta services authorized by certificates and exemptions, to the extent permitted by applicable international agreements.

The new MOC provides for an additional seven weekly frequencies, which can be used immediately on any route except Miami and New York/Newark. Delta hereby requests seven weekly combination frequencies to allow it to operate daily roundtrip Atlanta-Bogota service, and hereby further moves to consolidate this request with its pending Atlanta-Bogota certificate application.

Counsel: Delta and Shaw Pittman, Robert Cohn, 202-663-8060

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Intra-Alaska Class Service Mail Rates

Order 00-3-13 OST-95-429	Issued March 20, 2000 Served March 22, 2000	Order Updating Quarterly Fuel Costs	80-11-12 Intra- Alaska Class Service Mail Rates (Vol. 1-4)
		Exhibit A: Mail Lines Rates
		Exhibit B: Adjustment Factors
		Exhibit C: Cost for QE December 31, 1999

Order 2000-3-13 is increasing the line haul portion of the Intra-Alaska mainline mail rates by 2.78%, effective April 1, 2000, to reflect recent large fuel price increases consistent with the methodology established in Order 99-12-15.

By: Bradley Mims

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Taquan Air Service, Inc.

Order 00-3-14
OST-99-6244
OST-99-6245

Issued March 20, 2000
Served March 23, 2000

Order Extending Service Obligation

90-Day Notice to Terminate Essential Service at Port Alexander, Alaska

By: Randall Bennet

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Trans World Airlines, Inc.

OST-98-3419	March 20, 2000	Answer of the St. Louis Parties	St. Louis - Tokyo
		Service List

As pointed out in their support of TWA's extension request last year, the St. Louis Parties have been attempting for a long time to obtain U.S. carrier nonstop service to Japan. The current award to TWA provides that opportunity and it is essential that such authority be preserved to ensure that the St. Louis market area finally gains the access to Japan it urgently needs.

Counsel: Steptoe & Johnson, Richard Taylor, 202.429.6459

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United Parcel Service Co. and Challenge Air Cargo, Inc.

OST-99-6345

March 20, 2000

Objections of the Challenge Air Cargo Pilots

Transfer of Route Authority

By: John Madden

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United States Travel Agent Registry

OST-00-6821	March 17, 2000	Answer of the Air Carrier Association of America	Unfair and Deceptive Practices and Unfair Methods of Competition in the Sale of Air Transportation
		Service List