OST Filings for January 25, 2001

American Airlines, Inc. hereby applies for renewal of its allocation, most recently renewed by Notice of Action Taken in this docket on April 4, 2000, of seven weekly combination frequencies to provide additional nonstop service between Miami and Grand Cayman. American has used this allocation since June 1, 1996 to operate a third daily nonstop roundtrip in the Miami-Grand Cayman market.

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

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American Airlines, Inc. and N.V. Sabena S.A.

OST-99-5943	January 25, 2001	Notice of Additional Code-Sharing Services	Blanket Statements of Authorization to Engage in Reciprocal Codesharing Services
		Service List

American Airlines, Inc., under condition (c) I of Department Action, November 2, 1999 (OST-99-5943), hereby gives notice that it will display Sabena's “SN” designator code on flights operated by American between Dallas/Ft. Worth and Lima, Peru, and between New York (JFK) and San Juan, Puerto Rico, effective no sooner than March 25, 2001.

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

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CommutAir

OST-00-8012	January 24, 2001	Request for Comments	90 Day Notice to Terminate EAS at Northern Maine Regional Airport
		Appendixes: EAS to be Provided

By: Dennis DeVany

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Era Aviation, Inc. d/b/a Era Aviation

Order 01-1-18 OST-00-8488	Issued January 25, 2001 Served January 29, 2001	Order Prohibiting Suspension of Service and Requesting Proposals	90-Day Notice to Terminate Essential Air Service Between Anchorage and Iliamma, Alaska
		Attachments: Map, Mail Freight
		Service List

By: Susan McDermott

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Family Assistance Plans

OST-98-3304

January 24, 2001

Servicios de Transportes Aereos Fueguinos, S.A: Revised Aviation Disaster Family Assistance Plan

Foreign Air Carrier Plans to Address Needs of Families of Victims of Aircraft Accidents

By: Baker Hostetler, Joanne Young

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Registration of DHL Worldwide Express, Inc. as a Foreign Air Freight Forwarder Pursuant to 14 CFR 297

OST-01-8732	January 25, 2001	Motion of DHL Worldwide Express for Extension of Time	Registration of DHL Worldwide Express, Inc. as a Foreign Air Freight Forwarder Pursuant to 14 CFR 297
		Service List

On January 18, 2001, UPS filed a Petition for Review of Staff Action granting DHLWE authority to operate as a foreign air freight forwarder under Part 297 of the Department's Regulations. The Petition was accompanied by a Motion for Leave to File since the time afforded to seek review of the staff action had expired. Pursuant to Parts 302.6 and 385.31 of the Department's Regulations, answers to the UPS filing would be due on January 29, 2001. In light of the broad assertions made by UPS in its Petition and Motion, additional time is required by DHLWE to prepare its answer. No person will be harmed by this short delay; UPS, the sole petitioner in this docket, has agreed to the extension sought.

Counsel: Stephan Lachter, 202.862.4321, lachter@stawpower.net

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Skyservice Airlines Inc./Linges Aeriennes Skyservice Inc.

OST-01-8735

Filed January 19, 2001
Issued January 25, 2001

Notice of Action Taken

U.S.- Canada Scheduled Services

By: Paul Gretch

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The Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (Slot Exemptions)

OST-00-7179	January 25, 2001	Certification of American Eagle	ORD Slots
		Attachment: Service Effective March 2, 2001
		Service List

American Eagle Airlines, Inc., pursuant to the Department's Notice of April 14, 2000, and the blanket exemp-tion authority granted by Order 2000-4-14, April 14, 2000, hereby submits its certification for an exemption from 14 CFR part 93, under 49 USC 41716(a), to secure (1) two Chicago O'Hare (ORD) arrival slots and one ORD departure slot for -regional jet service to Greensboro, North Carolina, and (2) one ORD arrival slot and two ORD departure slots for regional jet service to Norfolk, Virginia.

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

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U.S.- Brazil All Cargo Charters

Undocketed

Served January 25, 2001

Notice

U.S.- Brazil All- Cargo Charters

By this notice we invite all eligible carriers interested in operating all-cargo charters in the U.S.-Brazil market for the month of February to file applications with the Department, as set forth in this notice, no later than January 29, 2001.

Under the U.S.-Brazil Air Transport Agreement both parties are entitled to operate 750 round-trip all-cargo charters per year (July through June). Under procedures established in Orders 98-4-19 and 98-6-14, and by Notice dated April 13, 2000, for the 2000/2001 charter year, we allocated a portion of the available charters in advance to carriers based on their historic operations and reserved the balance in a charter pool for distribution on a first-come, first-served basis.

Currently there are 105 charters remaining in the charter pool for the balance of the charter year from February I through June 30. Based on the pattern of service by carriers using the charter pool, this will not be sufficient to meet the demand for service for this charter year.

Against this background, we have decided to take special measures to ensure that the charter pool requests of all properly eligible carriers through the remaining months of the charter year can be accommodated to the extent possible. Specifically, we will strictly limit the number of charters available each month and will allocate within those limits. To this end, and taking into account the five months remaining, we have decided to limit the number of charters available for February to 21 charters (i.e., a pro rata portion of the remaining charters).

Given this time-sensitive situation, with respect to charter requests for February, we will require that applications for the month of February be filed no later than January 29. We will allocate the February flights by dividing them equally by the number of applicants to the extent such allocations are equal to or fewer than requested, and allocate the remaining flights using a round-robin procedure on a first-come, first-served basis.

Consistent with current application procedures, eligible U.S. carriers may apply for up to ten charters for the month of February. Applications for charters above that number must be accompanied by a request for waiver of the ten-charter limit and served on all carriers that have operated charters in the U.S.-Brazil market this charter year. Charter allocation applications must specify the number of Rights requested; the points to be served; the type of aircraft to be used; the type of cargo; dates of the proposed flights; and must be accompanied by a copy of the signed charter contract for the flights requested.

Because of the limited number of charters available for the remainder of the charter year, we will exclude from consideration for February flights those U.S. carriers that currently hold an advance allocation of U.S.-Brazil charters or that hold scheduled combination or all-cargo service authority to Brazil. Thus, carriers still holding charters under an advance allocation will not be eligible to apply for charters from the charter pool for the month of February. We will soon issue a show-cause order establishing application/allocation procedures for the remaining four months of the charter year, and all carTiers will have a full opportunity at that time to comment on those procedures before they are made final. Therefore, applicants for February charters should limit the material submitted to the information requested by this notice. We will serve this notice on all U.S. certificated carriers operating large aircraft, the Air Transport Association, and the National Air Carrier Association.

By: Paul Gretch

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