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Applications and Renewals: 

Antonov - Columbus-Seattle Emergency Exemption

AUSA - US-Montevideo, Uruguay Cargo Charter Renewal

EAS at Texarkana, AK - 90-Day Notice of Atlantic Southeast to Terminate Service

IATA - Application for Approval of Agreements

Polynesian - Exemption Renewals - Somoa-US

SAS and Mexicana - Suspension of Codeshare

Answers and Replies: 

Victory Air Transport - Information Response

Notices of Action Taken:

American - Miami-Bolivia Renewal

Jet Rent - US-Mexico

Northwest - South America Codeshare w/ Continental Renewal

Notices and Orders:

None

Aerolineas Uruguayas, S.A.

AUSA intends to operate nonscheduled all-cargo flights between the United States and Montevideo, Uruguay as well as other Part 212 all-cargo charter operations between the two countries. Each flight will be operated with DC8-71D or B-767 aircraft registered in Chile and wet-leased by AUSA from a duly certificated Chilean foreign air carrier.

Counsel: Celestino Pena, 305 856 5655

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American Airlines, Inc.

Renew exemption under 49 U.S.C. 41101 to provide the following service: Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Miami, Florida and Santa Cruz and La Paz, Bolivia. American has requested this authority for an indefinite duration.

By:  Paul Gretch

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Antonov Design Bureau

GEAE urgently needs to deliver this GE90-115B engine to Seattle for reinstallation on a B-777-300ER airplane, a newly designed extended range derivative of the Boeing 777, which is currently undergoing an extensive flight test program. The timely delivery of this engine is a critical component of the overall flight test schedule. Shipment of the engine by either truck or rail would take at least ten days, resulting in costly delays that would impose unnecessary hardship on GEAE and Boeing. Thus, GEAE has determined that the urgent need for the engine to reach Boeing's facilities on a timely basis constitutes an emergency requiring the GE90-115B engine to be transported from Columbus to Seattle by air. Due to the outsized nature of the cargo, the only commercially­available aircraft capable of transporting the fully assembled engine is the AN 124-100.

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

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Essential Air Service at Texarkana, Arkansas

90-day Notice of Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc. pursuant to Part 323, of its intent to terminate all of its service at Texarkana, Arkansas after April 30, 2003.

By Order 84-5-78 issued by the Civil Aeronautics Board on May 22, 1984, the Board determined essential air service for Texarkana as at least two daily nonstop roundtrips to Dallas/Ft. Worth and Memphis providing in the aggregate at least 80 available seats inbound and 80 available seats outbound if aircraft of nine or fewer seats are used and 62 seats in each direction if aircraft with 14 or more seats are used. By Order 84-10-54, issued October 12, 1984, the Board allowed Scheduled Skyways to discontinue its Texarkana - Memphis service, effectively removing the Memphis hub from the EAS determination for the point. Texarkana currently receives service from American Eagle, in addition to ASA.

Counsel: Atlantic Southeast, Paul Zampol, 404 715-2779

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International Air Transport Association

CTC COMP 0438 dated 14 January 2003 Mail Vote 262 - Resolution 035 Unethical Disclosure of Information (New) Intended effective date: 1 April 2003

By: David O'Connor

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Jet Rent, S.A. de C.V.

By: Paul Gretch

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Northwest Airlines, Inc.

Renew exemption under 49 U.S.C. 41101 to provide the following service:

Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Newark, New Jersey, on the one hand, and Rio de Janeiro and San Paulo, Brazil; Bogota, Colombia; Quito and Guayaquil, Ecuador; and Lima, Peru, on the other hand; and Houston, Texas, on the one hand, and Bogota, Colombia; Quito and Guayaquil, Ecuador and Lima, Peru, on the other hand. 

By:  Paul Gretch

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Polynesian Limited

hereby requests renewal of the exemption authority granted to it by the Department of Transportation (the "Department") in the above-captioned dockets permitting Polynesian to perform scheduled foreign air transportation between: 

• (i) Docket OST-95-791:  Apia, Samoa and Pago Pago, American Samoa and beyond to Rarotonga, Cook Islands and Papeete, Tahiti; 

• (ii) Docket OST-95-806:  Apia, Samoa, and Honolulu, Hawaii; 

• (iii) Docket OST-96-1687:   Apia, Samoa, and Los Angeles, California; 

• (iv) Docket OST-98-3631: Maota, Samoa and Pago Pago, American Samoa; and 

• (v) Docket OST-2001-9313: Honolulu, Hawaii, and Auckland, New Zealand, via Apia, Samoa. 

Polynesian also requests renewal of its exemption in Docket OST-2002-11657 permitting it to operate charter flights pursuant to Part 212 of the Department's regulations.2 Polynesian requests renewal of these exemptions for a one-year period on their existing terms and conditions. Polynesian relies on the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act and Part 377 of the Department's Procedural Regulations to continue its existing authorizations in these dockets in force pending a final decision on this renewal application.

Polynesian currently operates frequent daily flights between (i) Apia, Samoa and Pago Pago, American Samoa; and (ii) Maota, Samoa and Pago Pago, American Samoa utilizing Twin Otter aircraft. Polynesian also provides scheduled service between Apia and Honolulu with service to Tonga and Auckland. These flights are operated weekly with Polynesian's B737-800 aircraft and crews.

Hawaiian Airlines has previously been authorized by the Government of Samoa to conduct operations between Apia and Los Angeles via Pago Pago and Honolulu. Samoa Air is also authorized by the Samoan Government to operate between Apia/Maota and Pago Pago. Samoa Air currently provides service between these cities. United Air Lines also provides service between Apia and Los Angeles pursuant to its codeshare arrangement with Air New Zealand.

Counsel:  Squire Sanders, Charles Donley, 202-626-6840

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Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS) and Compania Mexicana de Aviacion, S.A. de C.V.

We are writing to advise the Department of Transportation that the codeshare services authorized in the above-captioned docket have been suspended effective January 13, 2003.

Counsel:  Squire Sanders, Charles Donley, 202-626-6840 for Mexicana / Silverberg Goldman, Michael Goldman, 202-944-3305 for SAS

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Victory Air Transport, Inc.

This letter responds to the Department's Information Request, dated December 27, 2002, in connection with the applications of Victory Air Transport, Inc. which are pending in Dockets OST-2002-14027 and 2002-14028. Victory's response follows the order of questions in the Department's Information Request and restates each question.

The Boeing 737-2V6 which Victory proposes to use has been advertised for sale for approximately two years prior to Victory's commencement of the DOT application process. The demand for used Boeing 737-200 aircraft has been negatively affected by a weakened economy and the reaction of airlines to keep newer aircraft in their fleet so as to minimize maintenance, repair and parts costs. Consequently, the market value of the Boeing 737-2V6 has declined significantly. The aircraft lease agreement between SAS and Victory provides that if SAS desires to sell the aircraft and terminate the lease, SAS is obligated to lease to Victory a reasonably equivalent aircraft.

Counsel:  Crowell Moring, Lorraine Halloway, 202 624-2500

Counsel:  Crowell Moring, Lorraine Halloway, 202 624-2500

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