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Applications and Renewals:
Aero Roca - U.S.- Mexico Taxi | ATA (2) - Chicago- Cancun/Puerto Vallarta; Chicago- Liberia
Delta and Czech - Amended Statement of Authorization | Taxi Aereo - U.S.- Mexico Taxi renewal
Answers and Replies:
American/Turkish - Answer of United | Delta and Czech - Notice of Additional Codesharing
Express I - Financials for Proposal of Corporate Airlines | Malaysia - Answer of Northwest
U.S.- Colombia - Answers of American/Continental | Wendell Ford - Certification of US Airways Express
Notices of Action Taken:s
Air Japan - Department Action | Northwest - China Codeshare
Notices and Orders:
Alaska Mail Rates - Terminating Rate
| OST-01-9076 | March 6, 2001 | Application
for Exemption |
U.S.- Mexico |
| Exhibit A: Ownership | |||
| Exhibit B: International Air Taxi Permit | |||
| Exhibit C: List of Key Personnel | |||
| Exhibit D: Financial Statement | |||
| Exhibit E: Certificate of Insurance |
Counsel: Aeronaves, Eugene Smith, 210.590.1630
| OST-01-8965 | Filed February 22, 2001 Date of Action March 6, 2001 |
Department Action on Application |
U.S.- Japan Same Country Codesharing |
Application of Air Japan Co., Ltd. for a statement of authorization to display All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.'s code on Air Japan's Osaka, Japan-Guam flights.
By: Gordon Bingham
American Airlines, Inc. and Turkish Airlines and Turkish Airlines (Turk Hava Yollari, A.O.)
| OST-00-7151 OST-00-7154 |
March 6, 2001 | Consolidated Answer of United Air Lines |
U.S.- Turkey Codesharing |
| Service List |
United objects to any favorable action being taken on the American/THY applications for additional code-share authority until the Department has issued a final order in Docket OST-01-8781. It is because THY and its government have insisted upon transitional limits on U.S. carrier code-share services that the Department must engage in carrier selection in Docket OST-01-8781. These transitional limits are designed to protect THY and its chosen U.S. partner from full marketplace competition by other U.S. carrier code-share alliances during a three-year transitional period. It would be fundamentally unfair to U.S - carriers if the Department were to allow THY and its partner, American, to expand their U.S.-Turkey code-share services before other U.S. carriers were authorized to expand their reciprocally agreed services in competition with American and THY. Indeed, three of the additional U.S. points where THY and American would add one-stop code-share connections are among the cities where United is seeking authority in Docket OST-01 -8781 to expand its one-stop code share to Istanbul with Lufthansa via Frankfurt: Detroit, Denver, and Philadelphia.
American and THY urge expeditious approval so that they can begin marketing these additional code-share services as far in advance of the bilaterally-agreed effective date of April 1, 2001, as possible. United needs the same lead time to market its own expanded services which include the first U.S. carrier service to a new point in Turkey -- Ankara -- as well as additional service to Istanbul.
Counsel: Wilmer Cutler, Jeffery Manley, 202.663.6670, jmanley@wilmer.com
| OST-01-9074 | March 6, 2001 | Application
for Exemption |
Chicago Midway- Cancun/Puerto Vallarta, Mexico |
| Attachment: Proposed Service | |||
| Service List |
Prompt approval of ATA's proposed Chicago-Cancun and Chicago-Puerto Vallarta service would be clearly consistent with the public interest. Currently, only American Airlines provides nonstop service between Chicago and Cancun on Saturdays and Sundays, and only Aero Mexicana provides scheduled nonstop service between Chicago and Puerto Vallarta. Accordingly, designations are available for these markets. A new Customs and Immigration Facility is scheduled to open at Midway Airport in September/October 2001. ATA's proposed nonstop service will provide passengers with a needed competitive alternative, in the case of Cancun service, and more convenient service to one of the principal Mexican vacation areas, in the case of Puerto Vallarta. ATA's proposed service will also guarantee that valuable bilateral rights are utilized fully by United States carriers.
ATA proposes to operate scheduled combination service between Chicago and Cancun, and Chicago and Puerto Vallarta on a nonstop basis, beginning November 21, 2001. ATA plans to use Boeing 757-200 aircraft, configured for 216 passengers, and Boeing 737-800 aircraft, configured for 175 passengers, at a frequency of 5 round trips per week for Cancun and 2 round trips per week for Puerto Vallarta. Service patterns may vary seasonally depending on passenger demand.
Counsel: ATA, Brian Hunt, 317.240.7006
| OST-01-9075 | March 6, 2001 | Application
for Exemption |
Chicago Midway- Liberia, Costa Rica |
| Attachment: Proposed Service | |||
| Service List |
Prompt approval of ATA's proposed Chicago-Liberia service would be clearly consistent with the public interest. Currently, no carrier provides scheduled nonstop service between Chicago and Liberia. A new Customs and Immigration Facility is scheduled to open at Midway Airport in September/October 2001. ATA's proposed nonstop service will provide passengers with more convenient service to one of the principal Costa Rican vacation areas. ATA's proposed service will also guarantee that valuable bilateral rights are utilized fully by United States carriers.
ATA proposes to operate scheduled combination service between Chicago and Liberia on a nonstop basis, beginning December 17, 2001. ATA plans to use Boeing 757-200 aircraft, configured for 216 passengers, and Boeing 737-800 aircraft, configured for 175 passengers, at a frequency of I round trip per week. Service patterns may vary seasonally depending on passenger demand.
Counsel: ATA, Brian Hunt, 317.240.7006
Delta Air Lines, Inc., Czech Airlines, Southeast Airlines, Inc. and Comair, Inc.
| OST-00-8207 | March 5, 2001 Not Released to Public |
Joint Application for an
Amended Statement of Authorization |
U.S.- Czech Republic Codesharing - Blanket Statements of Authorization |
| Exhibit A: Codeshare Points | |||
| Exhibit B: Codesharing Agreement | |||
| Service List |
Delta and CSA propose to commence CSA codeshare service from New York (JFK) to six additional U.S. cities served by ASA and Comair. The operating carriers for the specific proposed routes are set forth in Exhibit A of this application. Delta and CSA plan to begin operations utilizing Delta Connection services on or about April 9, 2001. Accordingly, the Joint Applicants request that this amendment to the previously issued blanket statement of authorization be granted as expeditiously as possible. The Joint Applicants will poll all carriers on the attached service list, and advise the Department of the results.
ASA will Display CSA's "OK" Code on Flights Operated By ASA Between New York (JFK-) and Each of the Following Points:
Comair will Display CSA 's "OK" Code on Flights Operated By Comair Between New York (JFK) and Each of the Following Points:
Counsel: Shaw Pittman, Alexander Van der Bellen, 202.663.8060, and Constance O'Keefe, 202.775.0680
| OST-00-8207 | March 6, 2001 | 30-Day Notice Regarding Additional Codeshare Services |
U.S.- Czech Republic Codeshare |
Counsel: Shaw Pittman, Alexander Van der Bellen, 202.663.8060, and Constance O'Keefe, 202.775.0680
Express I, Inc. d/b/a Northwest Airlink
| OST-00-7857 | March 6, 2001 | Proposals of Corporate
Airlines to Provide EAS |
Terminate Air Service at Jackson, Tennessee |
By: Corporate Airlines, Fred Breeden
Intra-Alaska Mainline Class Service Mail Rates
| Order 01-3-5 OST-95-429 Docket 38961 |
Issued March 6, 2001 Served March 9, 2001 |
Order
Terminating The Reeve Territorial Rate |
Alaska Mail Rates |
The Department has not updated the Reeve rate in almost 20 years because Reeve never petitioned the Department to make an inflation adjustment. Also, special factors present when the rate was created no longer apply. For example, when the territorial rate was established, Reeve was the only carrier operating in the Aleutians, it did not operate outside the Aleutians, and the aircraft types used by Reeve that were severely weight limited due to the long stage lengths and few alternate airports have since been replaced.
Now, of course, Reeve is not operating scheduled service, while Alaska Airlines and Northern Air Cargo both operate in the Aleutians, but with different aircraft types than Reeve operated. The intra-Alaska mainline rate in some respects now exceeds the Reeve rate, even though the Reeve territorial rate was initially carved out from the rest of Alaska to account for Reeve's higher costs, at the time, of operating in the Aleutians. By letter to the carriers and the Postal Service dated December 19, 2000, the Department affirmed that the Reeve territorial rate would continue to apply in the Aleutians until further Department action, notwithstanding that Reeve had ceased scheduled operations. The letter also requested comments about phasing out the Reeve rate. Options specifically addressed were to end the Reeve rate altogether at a pre-agreed to date; make the higher intra-Alaska mainline priority rate apply to priority mail service in the Aleutians and have the higher Reeve rate apply as the non-priority rate until the nonpriority rate exceeded the Reeve rate; and selectively phase out the Reeve rate in specific markets.
All parties agree that the Reeve territorial rate should end. While Alaska Airlines indicates that it would accept April 1 as the transition date, the Postal Service is silent on the date. However, there is no justification for extending the non-compensatory Reeve rate beyond the time needed for an orderly transition. Service to most markets in the Aleutians is now provided with bush-only aircraft, and so the much higher intra-Alaska bush rate applies. However, at Dutch Harbor Peninsula Airways has equalized to the Reeve rate for its service with bush aircraft. Peninsula is entitled to the higher rate, and by offering a higher rate Peninsula may be able to expand service and reduce some apparent capacity shortfalls in the market. We will therefore terminate the Reeve rate effective five days after the service date of this order, and incorporate the Aleutians in the intra-Alaska mainline and bush mail rate system that is applied to the rest of Alaska.
We note the Postal Service's comment that its primary concern is to ensure that the Aleutians receive reliable and dependable mail service and that the mail rates must be high enough to attract and compensate carriers to serve the more remote, smaller Aleutian communities. In that context, the Postal Service has asked that we meet with it and the parties to discuss market specific contracting and perhaps other options for service in the Aleutians. Given these outstanding issues in the Aleutians and the Postal Service's request, we will arrange to meet with the Postal Service, the carriers, and the State of Alaska to examine mail issues in the Aleutians.
By: Susan McDermott
| OST-01-8975 | February 23, 2001 | Preliminary Answer of Northwest Airlines |
U.S.- Malaysia/India |
| Service List |
Northwest Airlines, Inc. hereby submits this preliminary answer to the above-captioned application of Malaysia Airlines for a statement of authorization to allow MAS to place the airline designator code of Air-India Limited on flights operated by MAS between the U.S. and India and between the U.S. and Malaysia. Answers to MAS's application for a statement of authorization are due March 6, 2001 (seven business days after the filing of the application). However, answers to Air-India's exemption application for underlying authority to codeshare on MAS flights, filed in docket OST-01-8976, are not due until March 12, 2001 (15 days after the filing of Air-India's exemption application). Northwest files this preliminary answer to give notice to the parties and the Department that Northwest intends to file an answer in opposition to both MAS's application for a statement of authorization in this docket and Air-India's application for an exemption to codeshare with MAS in docket OST-01-8976 by March 12, 2001.
Counsel: Northwest, Megan Rae Rosia, 202.842.3193, megan.rosia@nwa.com
| OST-99-5443 | Filed February 2, 2001 Issued March 6, 2001 |
Notice of Action Taken |
U.S.- China |
Scheduled foreign air transportation of mail between New York, New York (JFK-), on the one hand, and Beijing and Shanghai, People's Republic of China (PRC), on the other hand. Northwest intends to operate this service under a code-share arrangement with Air China International Corp.
Amend exemption to: Add authority to integrate the above-described authority with Northwest's other exemption and certificate authorities to the extent permissible under applicable law and governing bilateral agreements.
By: Paul Gretch
Taxi Aereo de Veracruz, S.A. de C.V.
| OST-96-1909 | March 6, 2001 | Application
for Renewal of Exemption |
U.S.- Mexico |
| Attachment 1: Operations | |||
| Attachment 2: Flight Routes | |||
| Attachment 3: Airports | |||
| Attachment 4: Aircraft Type & Model | |||
| Attachment 5: Learjet 35A | |||
| Attachment 6: Air Taxi Permit | |||
| Attachment 7: Balance Sheet | |||
| Attachment 8: Certificate of Insurance |
Counsel: Taxi Aereo, Eugene Smith, 210.590.1630
U.S.- Colombia Scheduled Combination Service Opportunities
| OST-01-8910 | March 6, 2001 | Answer of American Airlines |
U.S.- Columbia Combination Service |
| Service List |
The Department's Notice called for applications for U.S.-Colombia route authority and the allocation of up to 14 weekly frequencies (seven effective October 1, 2001, and seven effective October 1, 2002), consistent with the U.S.-Colombia Memorandum of Consultations of March 15, 2000. Since American and Continental are the only carriers to respond to the Notice, since each is seeking only seven of the 14 available frequen-cies, and since Continental proposes to start on October 1, 2001, while American proposes to start on October 1, 2002, the two applications are not mutually exclusive. Both may be granted in their entirety, without the need for a carrier-selection case.
Accordingly, the Department should promptly grant the applications for route authority and frequencies submitted on March 2, 2001 by American and Continental, without further procedures.
Continental's proposal to add Medellin as a one-stop tag beyond Cali, effective October 1, 2002, does not require addi-tional frequencies; the seven frequencies that Continental would receive for service to Cali would also be sufficient to operate beyond to Medellin. Nor is there any limitation on the number of U.S. carriers that may be authorized to serve Medellin as of October 1, 2002.
Counsel: American, Carl Nelson, 202.496.5647, carl_nelson@aa.com
| OST-01-8910 | March 6, 2001 | 
Answer of Continental Airlines |
U.S.- Columbia Combination Service |
American’s proposal to initiate daily nonstop Miami-Medellin service on October 1, 2002, using the seven weekly frequencies which become available on that date presents no conflict with Continental’s proposal to initiate daily nonstop New York/Newark-Cali service using the seven weekly frequencies which become available October 1, 2001, and to add Medellin to the flights on October 1, 2002, when that point becomes available. Thus, Continental urges the Department to grant the Continental and American applications for frequencies and certificate authority, subject to the Department’s normal conditions, as promptly as possible so Continental can begin securing foreign approval, planning the institution of its new services and marketing them. Continental has attached, for the Department’s convenience, a draft Continental certificate reflecting the authority sought.
Although the certificate does not explicitly defer Continental’s authority to institute Medellin service until October 1, 2002, provision (2) precludes Continental from instituting service at Medellin prior to that date so long as the U.S.-Colombia agreement continues to preclude such service.
Counsel: Continental and Crowell Moring, Bruce Keiner, rbkeiner@cromor.com
Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century
| OST-00-7175 | March 6, 2001 | Supplemental
Certification of US Airways Express Carriers |
LaGuardia Regional Jet; LaGuardia- Ithaca, NY |
| Exhibit A: LGA Air 21 Slot Schedule | |||
| Service List |
As set forth in the schedule attached hereto as Exhibit A, US Airways Express Carriers intend to operate the one slot for service from LaGuardia to Greenville/Spartanburg (SC), which qualifies as a small hub airport as determined under the FAA's Primary Airport Enplanement Activity Summary for Calendar Year 1997.
Counsel: US Airways Express, Thomas Hanley
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