OST-2010-0132 - Statements of Authorization - US-EU Codeshare

January 31, 2012

Application to Amend Statement of Authorization

Applies to amend its blanket statement of authorization, granted on June 23, 2010 in Docket DOT-OST-2010-0132, which allows Aegean Airlines to engage in codeshare services with Continental on flights: (I) between any point or points in the United States and any point or points in any European Union (EU) Member State (either nonstop or via intermediate Open Skies points); (2) between any point or points in the U.S. and any other point or points in the European Common Aviation Area where an Open Skies agreement is being applied; (3) between U.S. points; (4) between EU points; (5) beyond EU to any point or points; and (6) beyond the U.S. to any point or points, to substitute codeshare services by Aegean Airlines with United for those with Continental. This one-for-one substitution is necessary because United and Continental are transitioning to a single passenger service system and will permit Aegean Airlines to continue its valuable codeshare services following the transition.

Counsel: Clyde & Co US, Andrew Harakas, 212-710-3920 for Aegean

OST-2010-0131 - Aegean Airlines - Exemption and Foreign Air Carrier Permit - EU-US Scheduled Passenger

http://en.aegeanair.com/

]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:38:57 -0500 5325949C-6CE8-4D78-8C4A-74F96CBED6CB http://airlineinfo.com Blue1 Ltd.

OST-2010-0171 - Exemption and Statements of Authorization - Codeshare with United Air Lines

February 2, 2012

Application for Amended Statement of Authorization and Exemption Authority

By Notice of Action Taken, dated October 1, 2010, the Department granted Blue1 exemption authority to display Continental's CO* designator code on its intra-European flights and a blanket statement of authorization authorizing the Continental/Blue1 codeshare arrangement. Continental and United are transitioning to a single passenger service system as part of their merger, and Bluel requires the authority requested herein to carry United's UA * code in place of the CO* code so Blue 1 can continue its valuable codeshare services following the transition.

Blue1 requests prompt approval of this Application as soon as possible to facilitate the transition from Continental/Blue1 codesharing to United/Blue1 codesharing. To expedite action, Bluel will poll the U.S. carrier representatives served with this Application and report the results to the Department.

Blue1 intends to codeshare with United pursuant to a codeshare agreement between SAS and United.1 Grant of the requested authority will allow Blue1 to place United's UA * designator code on Blue1 's intra-European city-pair segments. Blue1 will carry traffic under the UA * code only as part of a through transatlantic service operated by United or SAS. Blue1 will not sell seats in its own name for travel to or from the United States and will not operate its aircraft to any U.S. point.

Blue1 also requests an amended blanket statement of authorization to implement its proposed codeshare services with United in place of Continental. Bluel seeks the authority needed to display United's UA * designator code on its intra-European city-pair segments, among others. Specifically, Bluel seeks an amended statement of authorization permitting it to display the UA * designator code of United on flights operated by Bluel (i) between European Union (iiEU") points; (ii) between points in Norway; (iii) between points in the EU and points in the European Common Aviation Area (ECAA) where an open skies agreement is being applied; (iv) between the EU or Norway, and any open skies point or points; and (v) beyond the EU or Norway to any point or points.

The Department issued blanket statements of authorization permitting reciprocal codesharing
between SAS and United by Notices of Action Taken issued in Docket DOT-OST-1999-5251. By Order 2011-3-14, Continental's blanket code-share exemption authority in Docket DOT-OST-2005-20122 to place its code on flights operated by Blue1 and other carriers pursuant to blanket codesharing statements of authorization previously approved by the Department was amended and reissued in the name of "Continental Airlines, Inc. and/or United Air Lines, Inc."

Silverberg Goldman, Michael Goldman, 202-944-3305

http://www.blue1.com

]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:38:35 -0500 C609B014-EFEA-4AFC-8CE5-8AA482FAF173 http://airlineinfo.com Swiss European Air Lines Ltd d/b/a Swiss Too

OST-2005-22725 - Exemption - Swiss-US Codeshare with United Air Lines

February 1, 2012

Application for Renewal of Exemption

Hereby applies for renewal of its exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301, which authorizes Swiss European to transport persons, property and mail by displaying the airline designator code of United Air Lines on flights operated by Swiss European on behalf of Swiss International Air Lines between points in Switzerland and between points in Switzerland and points in third countries.

Counsel: Eckert Seamans, Evelyn Sahr, 202-659-6622

http://www.swiss.com/

]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:38:08 -0500 11D870AE-D76C-410C-8D70-9BE994542D1E http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Presque Isle/Houlton, Maine

OST-2000-8012

January 24, 2012

Re: Comments of Loring Chamber of Commerce

By: Carl Flora

January 26, 2012

Re: Bonnie Wood in Support of PenAir

January 27, 2012

Re: Michael Martin in Support of EAS at Presque Isle

http://www.flypresqueisle.com/

]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:37:42 -0500 F7BEC4A7-5184-4EF2-9ABF-E51E92917DFB http://airlineinfo.com Transportes Aeromar, S.A. de C.V.

OST-1995-379 - Exemption - Mexico-US
OST-2005-20954 - Statement of Authorization - Aeromexico - Mexico-US

January 25, 2012

Re: DOT Clarification

I'm working my way back through the various Aeromar applications that are pending in Docket 1995- 379/2005-20954 and just wanted to check in with you one last time as I prepare to move forward. I understand that Aeromar wishes only to renew its San Luis Potosi/Manzanillo-San Antonio authority and wants grant of the standalone Saltillo-San Antonio authority that it was recently designated for.

I also assume the carrier wants renewal of its charter authority.

With respect to all of the other authority that had previously been granted to Aeromar in the docket by Notices dated 6/22/05 and 11/2/05, we plan to dismiss that authority based upon Aeromar's confirmation to you that indicated as much. That would include any other markets in which Aeromar had previously held authority to operate with its own aircraft, as well as the code-share authority it previously held with Aeromexico in OST-2005-20954.

As a result, Aeromar would then only hold exemption authority in the San Luis Potosi/Manzanillo-San
Antonio markets, the Saltillo-San Antonio market, and charter authority.

By: Robert Finamore

Re: Letter from Counsel for AeroMexico

Aeromexico has confirmed to me that the underlying code-share agreement has terminated. Thus, Aeromexico no longer seeks the renewal for which it applied in Docket OST-2005-20954 on May 24, 2006.

Counsel: John Mietus, 202-747-5212

http://www.aeromar.com.mx/

]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:37:11 -0500 F09994A6-A77E-4C28-9E96-9F6F543CA670 http://airlineinfo.com Aerotransporte de Carga Union, S.A. de C.V.

OST-2006-26562 - Exemption - Monterrey-Chicago All-Cargo

Filed January 12, 2012 | Issued February 2, 2012

Notice of Action Taken

Renewal of exemption under 49 USC §40109 to permit the applicant to conduct scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail between Monterrey, Mexico, and Chicago, Illinois.

By: Paul Gretch

http://www.aerounion.com.mx/

]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:36:43 -0500 54910F14-6823-40A7-86F6-E3B6AF62C7B6 http://airlineinfo.com Sichuan Airlines Co., Ltd.

OST-2010-0299 - Exemption - China-CNMI/Guam and China-US Scheduled Passenger

Filed January 10, 2012 | Issued February 2, 2012

Notice of Action Taken

Renewal of exemption under 49 USC § 40109 to engage in: 1) scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between points in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), on the one hand, and Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Islands, on the other hand; 2) charter foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between the PRC and the United States; and 3) other charters pursuant to the prior approval requirements set forth in the Department’s regulations.

By: Paul Gretch

http://www.scal.com.cn/

]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:36:15 -0500 9C222CE4-DAE0-474A-AC58-613BAA3D0317 http://airlineinfo.com Tyrolean Airways Tiroler Luftfahrt GesmbH (Tyrolean)

OST-2000-7838 - Exemption - EU-US Codeshare

Filed January 12, 2012 | Issued February 2, 2012

Notice of Action Taken

Amendment of exemption from 49 USC §41301 to permit the applicant to conduct scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail by displaying the code of US Airways and any other duly authorized U.S. air carrier on Tyrolean’s flights between any point or points in any Member State of the European Union or European Common Aviation Area countries and beyond to any point or points.

Tyrolean’s current exemption authorizes it to display the airline designator codes of Continental Airlines and United Air Lines on scheduled flights operated by Tyrolean between points in Austria, and between points in Austria and points in third countries (see Notice of Action Taken dated November 23, 2011 in this Docket).

By: Paul Gretch

OST-2012-0005 - Statement of Authorization - Intra-European Codesharing with Brussels Airlines

Filed January 12, 2012 / Approved February 2, 2012

Approval of Application

Application of Tyrolean Airways for a statement of authorization to display the “US” designator code of US Airways on flights operated by Tyrolean within the European Union or European Common Aviation Area countries and beyond to any point or points in conjunction with services held out by US Airways between the United States and the EU or ECAA countries and beyond to any point or points (either non-stop or via third country intermediate points), including flights operated by Tyrolean pursuant to its wet-lease arrangement with Brussels Airlines.

We note that U.S.-Russia third-country code-share opportunities are limited under the U.S.-Russia ad referendum agreement. In this regard, and pursuant to Order 2008-11-5, US Airways is currently authorized to serve between any point or points in the United States and Zurich and beyond Zurich to Moscow and St. Petersburg, pursuant to its code-share arrangement with Swiss International Air Lines. The “US” code may not be displayed on flights to Russia pursuant to this authority unless US Airways substitutes its currently authorized code-share partner and intermediate point, as described in that Order.

By: DOT, Brett Kruger

http://www.tyrolean.at/

]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:35:46 -0500 DE2DF1F4-E7CC-4C6C-A408-E3F1E567CDC6 http://airlineinfo.com Sun Country Airlines

FAA-2012-0089 - Exemption - DCA Slots

January 26, 2012

Re: Petition for Exemption

The introduction of Sun Country Airlines service on the LAN-DCA route has been extremely beneficial to the consumers in that market. According to DOT data for the third quarter of2011, the average fare on that route has decreased by 26% year over year, and the number of daily passengers on the route has risen by 156%. Sun Country has proven that a new entrant carrier at DCA can successfully compete, even with this very limited slot avai lability, and even in a new entrant market. In addition to the competitive benefits enjoyed by consumers in the Lansing metropolitan area, the service has provided additional benefit to consumers in Minneapolis-St. Paul. The LAN-DCA service connects with daily service in the LAN-MSP market, providing citizens of Minneapolis-St. Paul with a low fare alternative to the non-stop service provided to DCA
by Delta Air Lines.

Counsel: Sun Country, John Frederickson

OST-2000-7182 - Application for Exemption (Withdrawn 1/26/2012)

No. 11-1018 - Republic Airline v. US DOT - Decision of US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit

http://www.suncountry.com/

]]> Fri, 03 Feb 2012 07:34:56 -0500 BDED7F70-2B14-4A90-B5C5-779C31B1A80F http://airlineinfo.com Concesionaria Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.P.I. de C.V. d/b/a Volaris

OST-2011-0031 - Exemption - Toluca-Las Vegas

January 31, 2012

Application for Renewal of Exemption

Volaris hereby requests renewal of the exemption authority granted to it by the Department of Transportation in the above-captioned docket to perform scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Toluca, Mexico, and Las Vegas, Nevada. Volaris requests renewal of this exemption for a one-year period on its existing terms and conditions. Volaris relies upon the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act and Part 377 of the Department's procedural regulations to continue its existing authorization in force pending a final decision on this renewal request.

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

OST-2012- Exemption - Mexico City/Toluca-US

February 1, 2012

Application for Exemption

Volaris hereby requests an exemption from 49 USC 41301 and from any other provisions of Title 49 and the Economic Regulations of the Department to the extent necessary to permit Volaris to engage in the scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail on the following routes:

1. Mexico City, Mexico-Austin, Texas
   
2. Mexico City, Mexico-Houston, Texas
   
3. Mexico City, Mexico-Baltimore, Maryland
   
4. Mexico City, Mexico-Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
   
5. Toluca, Mexico-Las Vegas, Nevada
   
6. Toluca, Mexico-Chicago, Illinois
   
7. Toluca, Mexico-New York, New York
   
8. Toluca, Mexico-Miami, Florida
   
9. Toluca, Mexico-San Antonio, Texas
   

Volaris requests that this exemption be granted for at least a one-year period. Volaris ,will utilize Airbus A319/ A320 aircraft on these routes.

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

http://www.volaris.com.mx/

]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:52:59 -0500 C03B2D70-B1C1-4924-BF25-62CEAF1105A8 http://airlineinfo.com Cirrus Airlines Luftfahrtgesellschaft mbH

OST-2011-0207 - Statements of Authorization - EU-US Codesharing with US Airways

January 30, 2012

Withdrawal of Application

On behalf of Cirrus Airlines Luftfahrtgesellschaft GbH & Co., please be advised that due to the filing for bankruptcy relief, and subsequent termination of its air operators certificate by the German authorities, we hereby withdraw the Application for Statement of Authorization filed in Docket No. OST-2011-0207 on November 14, 2011.

Counsel: Lufthansa, Robin McDougall

http://www.cirrusairlines.de/

]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:51:31 -0500 8A2B298A-AEC7-48F0-84F6-5F2CB75E9294 http://airlineinfo.com Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT S.A.

OST-2012-0017 - Exemption and Amended Foreign Air Carrier Permit - EU-US Open-Skies

January 30, 2012

Application for an Exemption and Amended Foreign Air Carrier Permit

LOT requests authority to engage in:

• Foreign scheduled and charter air transportation of persons, property and mail from any point or points behind any Member State of the European Union, via any point or points in any Member State and via intermediate points to any point or points in the United States and beyond;
  
• Foreign scheduled and charter air transportation of persons, property and mail between any point or points in the United States and any point or points in any member of the European Common Aviation Area;
  
• Other charters pursuant to the prior approval requirements set forth in 14 CFR Part 212 of the Department's regulations; and
  
• Transportation authorized by any additional route rights made available to European Union carriers in the future.
  

LOT respectfully requests that the Department issue a single order (1) granting LOT's exemption application for a two-year period or until after the requested permit amendment becomes effective, whichever occurs earlier, and (2) approving the corresponding amended foreign air carrier permit under the procedures set forth in the Department's 2005 Notice.

Counsel: Zuckert Scoutt, John Gillick, 202-973-7939

http://www.lot.com/

]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:51:09 -0500 8BBB9483-F067-413A-AB83-FCAFC17B174B http://airlineinfo.com United Air Lines, Inc. and Spanair, S.A.

OST-2010-0055 - EU-US Codesharing

February 1, 2012

Termination of Codesharing

By Notice of Action Taken on April 6, 2010 in this docket, the Department granted Statements of Authorization and amended exemptions authorizing reciprocal code-share services by United and Spanair. Consistent with condition (c) in Appendix C of that notice, Continental and United notify the Department that they have terminated all code-share services with Spanair as a result of Spanair ceasing all services, effective January 27, 2012.

Counsel: United, Dan Weiss, 312-997-7573

http://www.spanair.com/
http://www.united.com/

]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:50:45 -0500 7869B6C4-E4FE-45E7-B23C-983D5BB99FF7 http://airlineinfo.com Concesionaria Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.P.I. de C.V. d/b/a Volaris

OST-2011-0031 - Exemption - Toluca-Las Vegas

January 31, 2012

Application for Renewal of Exemption

Volaris hereby requests renewal of the exemption authority granted to it by the Department of Transportation in the above-captioned docket to perform scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Toluca, Mexico, and Las Vegas, Nevada. Volaris requests renewal of this exemption for a one-year period on its existing terms and conditions. Volaris relies upon the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act and Part 377 of the Department's procedural regulations to continue its existing authorization in force pending a final decision on this renewal request.

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

OST-2012- Exemption - Mexico City/Toluca-US

February 1, 2012

Application for Exemption

Volaris hereby requests an exemption from 49 USC 41301 and from any other provisions of Title 49 and the Economic Regulations of the Department to the extent necessary to permit Volaris to engage in the scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail on the following routes:

1. Mexico City, Mexico-Austin, Texas
   
2. Mexico City, Mexico-Houston, Texas
   
3. Mexico City, Mexico-Baltimore, Maryland
   
4. Mexico City, Mexico-Ft. Lauderdale, Florida
   
5. Toluca, Mexico-Las Vegas, Nevada
   
6. Toluca, Mexico-Chicago, Illinois
   
7. Toluca, Mexico-New York, New York
   
8. Toluca, Mexico-Miami, Florida
   
9. Toluca, Mexico-San Antonio, Texas
   

Volaris requests that this exemption be granted for at least a one-year period. Volaris ,will utilize Airbus A319/ A320 aircraft on these routes.

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

http://www.volaris.com.mx/

]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:45:31 -0500 665DF240-49B7-40AF-AA82-424AFA3B86B1 http://airlineinfo.com 2012 Chicago-Cancun Combination Service Proceeding

OST-2012-0001
OST-2011-0214 - Frontier - Chicago-Cancun/Puerto Vallarta/San Jose del Cabo
OST-2011-0225 - AirTran - Chicago (Midway)-Cancun

January 31, 2012

Reply of AirTran Airways - Corrected Copy

AirTran and Frontier have already submitted five rounds of pleadings in this carrier selection matter since last November. All relevant evidence is in the record and the case is ripe for decision. Confirmation of this fact is that Frontier’s January 26 Answer contains almost nothing new, but instead just re-hashes the same specious arguments that Frontier advanced in its previous pleadings. At this point the record is clear: AirTran/Southwest should be selected as the carrier that will best meet the Department’s goal of “maximize[ing] public benefits” in the Chicago-Cancun market.

Frontier’s attack on AirTran/Southwest’s connecting potential is especially ironic coming from a carrier that has virtually zero connecting support. Frontier would carry no online connecting passengers at ORD since it has no service at ORD, and instead bases its entire claim of behind-gateway support on interline connections from direct competitors at ORD. But as AirTran has already shown, Frontier has no realistic hope of attracting such passengers except for the few that fall into Frontier’s lap as a result of flight cancellations or oversales by United or American.

Counsel: Southwest, Robert Kneisley, 202-263-6284

February 1, 2012

Erratum to Reply of AirTran Airways

The Reply filed by AirTran Airways in this proceeding on February 1, 2012 contained the following inadvertent errors that AirTran wishes to bring to the attention of the Department and the parties:

• Page 3, third line of carry-over bullet, the phrase “20 of its 23” should be changed to “23 of its 26”.
  
• Page 3, second line of second full bullet, “23” should be changed to “26”.
  
• Page 5, second line, the exhibit reference should be changed from “FL-SR-4” to “FL-SR-2”.
  
• Page 5, third line, the phrase “on Southwest” should be deleted.
  
• Page 10, fourth line from the bottom, the exhibit reference should be changed from “FL-SR-4” to “FL-SR-5”.
  

Counsel: Southwest, Robert Kneisley, 202-263-6284

January 31, 2012

Reply of Frontier Airlines

The Department should recall that Frontier sought this scheduled authority back in November 2011, in part, to provide critical lift to Apple Vacations when its primary carrier, USA3000, decided to cease service in the market. At the same time, Frontier also wanted to commence its own scheduled service in order to make its fares and services more widely available and more competitive with the incumbent legacy and foreign carriers. Frontier should not be penalized for its efforts to provide a stop-gap charter service between Chicago and Cancun to avoid any unnecessary trip cancellations or passenger strandings.

Nor should the Department be moved by Southwest/AirTran's views that Frontier's objective is to block Southwest from the market. First, Frontier applied for this authority before Southwest/AirTran did. If anything, it is Southwest/AirTran with its belated application that is seeking to block a competitor from entering the route in its backyard. Second, unlike Southwest which has never served Mexico from Midway even though designations have been available, Frontier has shown its commitment to serving Mexico with services from cities other than its hub (such as St. Louis and Indianapolis) and, indeed, to other Mexican destinations from Chicago O'Hare (San Jose del Cabo and Puerto Vallarta). Southwest/AirTran should not be allowed to cherry-pick the largest Chicago-Mexico beach route at the expense of a well established, low-fare competitor with extensive Mexico experience, Frontier.

Counsel: Hogan Lovells, Robert Cohn, 202-637-4999

]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:45:05 -0500 87D4FF89-7CAE-4B25-B53E-283B08866029 http://airlineinfo.com Aviation Starlink, Inc. d/b/a Starlink Aviation

OST-2002-12556 - Designation of Agent for Service

January 30, 2012

Designation of Agent

Counsel: Eckert Seamans, Evelyn Sahr

http://www.starlinkaviation.com/

]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:44:36 -0500 A586AFF0-67E1-4EDA-97E5-9266720CA062 http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Hancock/Houghton, Michigan; Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Muskegon, Michigan; and Paducah, Kentucky

Order 2012-2-2
OST-2009-0302 - Hancock/Houghton
OST-2009-0306 - Eau Claire
OST-2009-0301 - Mukegon
OST-2009-0299 - Paducah

Issued and Served February 1, 2012

Order Selecting Carrier

Order 2012-1-24 tentatively selected SkyWest Airlines, Inc., to provide subsidized Essential Air Service at the four communities captioned above and directed all parties to show cause by January 31, 2012, why we should not make that tentative selection final. It delegated authority to the Director, Office of Aviation Analysis, to make that order final, provided there were no objections by the January 31 deadline. That deadline has passed, and at three of the communities -- Eau Claire, Hancock/Houghton, and Paducah – there were no objections, and we are making the tentative selection final.

At Muskegon, the community requested an extension to February 14, 2012, and by Notice dated January 31, 2012, we granted that request. Thus at Muskegon, unlike the other three communities, we will not finalize the selection of SkyWest at this time.

By: Todd Homan

http://www.houghtoncounty.org/ - Hancock/Houghton
http://www.chippewavalleyairport.com/ - Eau Claire
http://www.muskegonairport.com/ - Muskegon
http://www.barkleyregional.com/ - Paducah

]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:44:04 -0500 C6D33103-DE51-4D09-BEC9-2A5C7BE36B51 http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Hagerstown, Maryland and Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Order 2012-2-3
OST-2006-25228 - Hagerstown
OST-2002-11450 - Lancaster

Issued and Served February 1, 2012

Order Extending Essential Air Service Contracts

By this Order, the Department is extending the contract of Cape Air to provide subsidized Essential Air Service at Hagerstown, Maryland, and Lancaster, Pennsylvania, through February 17, 2012. Annual subsidy rates will continue to be set at $1,368,273 for Hagerstown and $1,647,112 for Lancaster.

By: Susan Kurland

http://www.flyhagerstown.com/ - Hagerstown Regional Airport

http://www.lancasterairport.com/ - Lancaster Airport

]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:43:31 -0500 1DDCAE46-5BE9-4AC8-8BD3-0420645CA956 http://airlineinfo.com Yellowstone Mountain Club, LLC

Order 2012-2-1
OST-2011-0139 - Exemption - Bedford/White Plains/North Philadelphia/Los Angeles/San Francisco-Bozeman

Issued and Served February 1, 2012

Order Granting Exemption

Yellowstone proposes to contract with one or more US direct air carriers to provide air transportation to its members between Bedford, Massachusetts; White Plains, New York; North Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Los Angeles, California; and/or the San Francisco California Bay area, on the one hand, and Bozeman, Montana, on the other hand, where the members maintain vacation homes at Yellowstone Club. Yellowstone Club, located in the Rocky Mountains near Big Sky, Montana, is a 13,600 acre members-only resort.

We grant The Yellowstone Mountain Club, LLC, an exemption from the requirements of 49 USC §41101 and applicable economic regulations of the Department to the extent necessary to permit it to engage in indirect air transportation.

The Yellowstone Mountain Club, LLC, must obtain approval from the Department, as described in this order of major changes in the program, including, but not limited to, additions of city-pair markets, or additions to the number of individual participants beyond 350, or the use of more than one aircraft under this exemption.

By: Susan Kurland

http://www.yellowstoneclub.com/

]]> Thu, 02 Feb 2012 07:43:01 -0500 84EAEDE4-6B2B-431C-8579-6CA6D22B1709 http://airlineinfo.com Helicopteros Dominicanos, S.A.

OST-2012-0016 - Exemption and Foreign Air Carrier Permit - US-Dominican Republic

January 30, 2012

Application for a Foreign Air Carrier Permit and Exemption Authority

HELIDOSA requests authority to engage in charter air transportation of passengers and property (i) between points in the Dominican Republic and points in the United States and US Islands and beyond, with or without stopovers, coextensive with the rights provided under the US-Dominican Republic Air Transport Agreement and (ii) Fifth Freedom charter service pursuant to the prior approval requirements set forth in Part 212 of the Department’s Economic Regulations.

HELIDOSA intends to operate the aircraft: Cessna Citation Bravo CE-550 (7 passenger seats)

Counsel: JDA Aviation Technology Solutions, Thomas Stuckey, 301-941-1460

]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:37:57 -0500 77F02940-A018-4ABE-8EF5-24A8EC8F76A7 http://airlineinfo.com International Air Transport Association

OST-2012-0015

January 27, 2012

Application for Approval of Agreements

Mail Vote 696
Resolution 024d
Currency Names, Codes, Rounding Units and Acceptability of Currencies – Denmark, Norway, Sweden
Intended Effective Date: 30 January 2012
(Memo 1657)

Counsel: IATA, Douglas Lavin

http://www.iata.org/

]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:37:34 -0500 98E22AFE-5464-47D3-AF1A-45BC9747AA08 http://airlineinfo.com jetBlue Airways Corporation

OST-2009-0342 - Exemption - US-Dominican Republic

January 31, 2012

Re: Polling Results

We have now heard from all airlines served with jetBlue's renewal application in docket OST-2009-0342 and no one has any objection.

Counsel: Dow Lohnes, Jonathan Hill, 202-776-2725

January 30, 2012 | Issued January 31, 2012

Notice of Action Taken

Scheduled combination service between a point or points in the United States and a point or points in the Dominican Republic.

jetBlue styled its request as a renewal. We note, however, that the applicant’s previous exemption authority in the captioned docket had lapsed before the present application was filed. Our action here, thus, does not in fact constitute a renewal of its previous exemption.

By: Paul Gretch

http://jetblue.com

]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:37:08 -0500 54507B32-61E9-4DCF-9546-73401F161183 http://airlineinfo.com Cyprus Airways Public Limited

Order 2012-1-33
OST-2011-0114 - Exemption and Foreign Air Carrier Permit - EU-US

Issued November 28, 2012 | Served January 31, 2012

Final Order

By Order 2011-7-13, issued July 28, 2011, we directed all interested persons to show cause why we should not make final our tentative findings and conclusions stated therein and award a foreign air carrier permit in the form attached to the Order and subject to the conditions attached thereto. We gave interested persons 21 days to file objections to the Order. We said that if no objections were filed, all further procedural steps would be deemed waived, and the Department would enter an order (subject to Presidential review under 49 USC §41307) which would make final the findings and conclusions of the Order.

No objections were received within the time period provided

By: Paul Gretch

http://cyprusair.com/

]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:36:35 -0500 5ECADB79-8BF7-46CD-84B9-D07ECAFF63CA http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Fort Dodge, Mason City, Sioux City and Waterloo, Iowa, Alpena, Escanaba, Iron Mountain/Kingsford, Pellston and Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan, Bemidji, Brainerd, Chisholm/Hibbing, International Falls and Thief River Falls, Minnesota, Greenville, Laurel/Hattiesburg and Tupelo, Mississippi, Butte, Montana, Devils Lake and Jamestown, North Dakota and Aberdeen, Pierre and Watertown, South Dakota

Order 2012-1-32
OST-2000-7856 - Muscle Shoals, AL
OST-2001-10682 - Mason City
OST-2001-10684 - Fort Dodge, IA
OST-2011-0131 - Sioux City, IA
OST-2011-0132 - Waterloo, IA
OST-2003-15128 - Escanaba, MI
OST-1999-5175 - Iron Mountain/Kingsford, MI
OST-2011-0133 - Pellston, MI
OST-2009-0303 - Sault Ste. Marie, MI
OST-2011-0134 - Bemidji, MN
OST-2011-0135 - Brainerd, MN
OST-2003-15796 - Chisholm/Hibbing, MN
OST-2009-0304 - International Falls, MN
OST-2001-10642 - Thief River Falls, MN
OST-2008-0209 - Greenville, MS
OST-2001-10685 - Laurel/Hattiesburg, MS
OST-2009-0305 - Tupelo, MS
OST-2011-0136 - Butte, MT
OST-1997-2785 - Devils Lake/Jamestown, ND
OST-2011-0137 - Aberdeen, SD
OST-2011-0138 - Pierre, SD
OST-2001-10644 - Watertown, SD

Issued and Served January 31, 2012

Order Extending Service Obligation

By this Order, the Department extends the essential air service obligation of SkyWest Airlines, Inc., d/b/a Delta Connection at Butte, Montana, for an additional 30 days, through March 11, 2012. Additionally by this Order, we extend the EAS obligation of the two wholly owned subsidiaries of Pinnacle Airlines Corporation -- Mesaba Aviation, Inc. and Pinnacle Airlines d/b/a Delta Connection at the 21 remaining communities for 30 days, through, March 11, 2012.

By: Todd Homan

http://www.flytheshoals.com/ - Northwest Alabama Regional Airport
http://www.masoncity.net/departments/Airport%20Commission/index.php?dept=Airport%20Commission - Mason City Municipal Airport
http://www.fortdodgeiowa.org/department/?fDD=5-0 - Fort Dodge Regional Airport
http://www.flysux.com/ - Sioux Gateway Airport
http://www.flyalo.com/ - Waterloo Regional Airport
http://www.deltacountymi.org/airport.php/ - Delta County Airport
http://www.fordairport.org - Ford Airport
http://www.pellstonairport.com/ - Pellston Regional Airport
http://www.saultairport.com/ - Sault Ste. Marie Airport
http://www.bemidjiairport.org/ - Bemidji Regional Airport
http://brainerd.com/airport/ - Brainerd Lakes Regional Airport
http://www.rangeregionalairport.com/ - Range Regional Airport
http://www.internationalfallsairport.com/ - International Falls International Airport
http://www.citytrf.net/transportation.htm - Thief River Falls Regional Airport
http://www.greenville.ms.us/Airport.html - Mid-Delta Regional Airport
http://www.hlrairport.com/ - Hattiesburg/Laurel Regional Airport
http://www.flytupelo.com/ - Tupelo Regional Airport
http://www.butteairport.com/ - Bert Mooney Airport
http://www.devilslakeairport.com/ - Devils Lake Airport
http://www.jamestownnd.com/city/airport.htm - Jamestown Municipal Airport
http://www.aberdeen.sd.us/index.aspx?nid=76 - Aberdeen Regional Airport
http://ci.pierre.sd.us/department.aspx?id=2 - Pierre Regional Airport

http://www.watertownsdairport.com/ - Watertown Regional Airport

]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:36:10 -0500 14D4D8BB-1A6D-4E30-A0A8-50384620E3A0 http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Muskegon, Michigan

OST-2009-0301

January 30, 2012

Request of Muskegon County Airport for an Extension

In response to Order 2012-1-24 dated January 26, 2012, Muskegon County Airport respectfully requests a two-week extension of the January 31, 2012, deadline to submit comments in response to said Order, effectively extending the pending decision to reselect SkyWest Airlines as the community's Essential Air Service provider to February 14, 2012.

By: Marty Piette

Issued and Served January 31, 2012

Notice of Extension

By Order 2012-1-24, January 26, 2012, we directed “all interested parties to show cause by January 31, 2012, why we should not select SkyWest Airlines, Inc., to provide Essential Air Service at Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Hancock/Houghton and Muskegon, Michigan; and Paducah, Kentucky.”

On January 30, the airport manager at Muskegon requested a two-week extension of the deadline for the community of Muskegon, i.e., to February 14. We recognize the importance the community places on this issue, and thus will provide the requested extension.

By: Dennis DeVany

http://www.muskegonairport.com/ - Muskegon County Airport

]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:34:49 -0500 A30B6C89-5B06-43AB-9E0B-237DAE652F72 http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Rhinelander, Wisconsin

Order 2012-1-36
OST-2011-0109

Issued and Served January 31, 2012

Order Extending Service Obligation

By this Order, the Department of Transportation extends the Essential Air Service obligation of Chautauqua Airlines, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings and doing business as Frontier Airlines at Rhinelander, Wisconsin, for an additional 30 days, through March 10, 2012.

By: Todd Homan

http://www.fly-rhi.org/ - Rhinelander/Oneida County Airport

]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:34:16 -0500 E0AF4597-14C0-4961-B2DC-BA292CFC0C7D http://airlineinfo.com Nordic Global Airlines OY

Order 2012-1-29
OST-2011-0172 - Exemption and Foreign Air Carrier Permit - EU-US All-Cargo

Issued November 28, 2011 | Served January 31, 2012

Final Order

By Order 2011-11-6, issued November 3, 2011, we directed all interested persons to show cause why we should not make final our tentative findings and conclusions stated therein and award a foreign air carrier permit in the form attached to the Order and subject to the conditions attached thereto. We gave interested persons 21 days to file objections to the Order. We said that if no objections were filed, all further procedural steps would be deemed waived, and the Department would enter an order (subject to Presidential review under 49 USC §41307) which would make final the findings and conclusions of the Order.

No objections were received within the time period provided.

By: Paul Gretch

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_Global_Airlines

]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:32:53 -0500 802D1973-A04C-4852-92E6-A84B49115DE7 http://airlineinfo.com Triar (Bermuda) Limited

Order 2012-1-34
OST-2002-11966 - Foreign Air Carrier Permit - UK-US Executive Charters

Issued November 28, 2011 | Served January 31, 2012

Final Order

By Order 2011-8-3, issued August 3, 2011, we directed all interested persons to show cause why we should not make final our tentative findings and conclusions stated therein and award an amended foreign air carrier permit in the form attached to the Order and subject to the conditions attached thereto. We gave interested persons 21 days to file objections to the Order. We said that if no objections were filed, all further procedural steps would be deemed waived, and the Department would enter an order (subject to Presidential review under 49 USC §41307) which would make final the findings and conclusions of the Order.

No objections were received within the time period provided.

By: Paul Gretch

http://www.triair.aero/

]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:27:07 -0500 EDC41405-66F2-4589-ABE8-0FAB59174541 http://airlineinfo.com US-Mexico Procedural Docket

Order 2012-1-30
OST-2011-0076
OST-2005-22228 - Streamlining Regulatory Procedures for Licensing US and Foreign Carriers

Issued and Served January 31, 2012

Final Order

By this order, we finalize our tentative actions proposed in Order 2011-9-4, issued September 12, 2011, by modifying certain regulatory procedures for US carriers serving or, in the case of small aircraft operations, seeking to serve the US-Mexico market.

By Order 2011-9-4, we proposed to address a number of informal US-Mexico-related filing arrangements. These informal arrangements have been used by US carriers seeking operational flexibility to adjust, delay, or temporarily cease services, or seeking the designation necessary to provide small-aircraft services in the US-Mexico market. Specifically, we proposed to establish a Mexico Procedural Docket in Docket OST-2011-0076, where US carrier requests and notices, previously filed informally (and generally undocketed), would be filed and where related Department actions would be posted. We tentatively found that by using a more transparent, centralized, and user-friendly approach, as proposed, we would enhance industry and public awareness of newly-available route opportunities, pending requests, and our action on those requests, and would significantly improve administrative efficiency.

No answers or comments were filed in response to our proposals.

By: Susan Kurland

Order 2009-9-4 - jetBlue - Issuing Certificates (US-Mexico)
Order 2010-1-2 - Pinnacle Airlines - Issuing Certificates (US-Mexico)
Order 2010-3-12 - Delta - Issuing Certificate (US-Mexico)
Order 2010-5-17 - United - Issuing Certificate (US-Mexico)
Order 2011-6-11 - American - Issuing Certificate (US-Mexico)
Order 2011-6-12 - Frontier - Issuing Certificate (US-Mexico)

Order 2011-11-19 - American Eagle - Issuing Certificate (US-Mexico)

]]> Wed, 01 Feb 2012 08:25:15 -0500 1B607C85-59C0-4C51-972F-C0E9B43EC661 http://airlineinfo.com Air Norterra Inc. d/b/a Canadian North

OST-2003-15060 - Exemption - Canada-US Passenger Charters

January 25, 2012

Application for Renewal of an Exemption

Canadian North hereby requests renewal of the exemption from 49 USC 41301 granted in this document on March 12, 2010 authorizing the carrier to conduct passenger and cargo charter operations between any points in Canada and any points in the United States, and other charters in accordance with 14 CFR Part 212. This authority was granted for a period of two years and is due to expire on March 12, 2012.

Canadian North conducts a charter passenger and cargo service to points in the United States utilizing eight Boeing 737-200 aircraft and three Boeing 737-300 aircraft.

By: Steve Hankirk, 403-503-2311

http://www.canadiannorth.com/

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:59:09 -0500 AB03EA4E-212C-4D98-9874-62BE0EB5A45A http://airlineinfo.com Horizon Air Industries, Inc.

OST-2008-0172 - Exemption - Los Angeles-La Paz

January 30, 2012

Application for Renewal of Exemption

Horizon hereby requests renewal of the exemption authority granted to it by the Department of Transportation in the above-captioned docket to perform scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Los Angeles, California and La Paz, Mexico. This exemption authority expires on April 22, 2012. Horizon requests renewal of this authority for a two-year period on its existing terms and conditions.

Horizon currently operates roundtrip scheduled flights on the Los Angeles-La Paz route using Bombardier CRJ-700 or Q400 aircraft. Horizon displays Alaska Airlines' two-letter designator code on these flights.

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

http://www.alaskaair.com/

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:58:31 -0500 9751F4B0-2666-4363-8500-351A78B1F28E http://airlineinfo.com jetBlue Airways Corporation

OST-2009-0342 - Exemption - US-Dominican Republic

January 30, 2012

Application for Renewal of Exemption

jetBlue requests that the Department grant it blanket exemption authority to operate scheduled combination service between any point or points in the United States, on the one hand, and any point or points in the Dominican Republic, on the other hand as provide in the NOAT.

Due to inadvertence, while awaiting the issuance of the amended consolidated order, a renewal application was not filed in timely fashion. jetBlue herewith asks that an exemption be issued immediately for the same authority as covered in the NOAT dated January 5, 2010.

Counsel: Dow Lohnes, Jonathan Hill, 202-776-2000

http://jetblue.com

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:58:03 -0500 B865F682-32F9-4BBC-87DE-28710A89B08F http://airlineinfo.com Consecionaria Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.P.I. de C.V. d/b/a Volaris

 

OST-2010-0035 - Exemption - Guadalajara-San Jose/Chicago
OST-2009-0071 - Exemption - Toluca/Guadalajara-Oakland; Toluca-Los Angeles
OST-2009-0036 - Exemption - Toluca-Ft. Lauderdale

January 30, 2012

Application for Renewal of Exemptions

Volaris hereby requests renewal of the exemption authorities granted to it by the Department of Transportation in the above-captioned dockets to perform scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between:

1. Toluca, Mexico and Ft. Lauderdale, Florida;
   
2. Toluca, Mexico and Oakland, California; Guadalajara, Mexico and Oakland, California; and Toluca, Mexico and Los Angeles, California; and
   
3. Guadalajara, Mexico and San Jose, California/Chicago, Illinois.
   

Volaris additionally requests renewal of its exemption to engage in charter foreign air transportation in accordance with 14 CFR 212. Volaris requests renewal of these exemptions for a one-year period on their existing terms and conditions.

Counsel: Squire Sanders, Charles Donley, 202-626-6840
]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:57:42 -0500 D0CD540B-24C4-4F07-9CF1-4E170E91B0D0 http://airlineinfo.com ABX Air, Inc.

OST-2012-0008 - Exemption and Designation - Harlingen, Texas-Monterrey All-Cargo

January 30, 2012

Support Letter of Valley International Airport

Valley International Airport is pleased to support the Application of ABX Air for Exemption and Designation to conduct scheduled all-cargo flights between Harlingen, Texas and Monterrey, Mexico.

In light of the enhanced shipping options that will be made available to the shipping public in the Rio Grande Valley, which are vital to the economic well being of the region, Valley International Airport urges the Department of Transportation to approve ABX Air's request for an exemption and designation enabling the carrier to provide scheduled all-cargo service in the Harlingen-Monterrey market.

By: T. Michael Browning

http://www.abxair.com/

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:57:20 -0500 074A3405-F9CF-497C-8555-EEF81BEC3739 http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Cedar City, Utah

OST-2003-16395

January 27, 2012

DOT Memorandum - Change to EAS Billing

As stated in the Appendix to Order 2011-9-10, SkyWest, operating as Delta Connection, proposed EAS at Cedar City using 50-passenger seat Canadair Regional Jet aircraft. However, SkyWest has informed us that Cedar City does not have the required operational permits for scheduled jet service. Therefore, SkyWest will substitute 30-passenger seat Embraer EMB120 aircraft from January 1, 2012, until they inform us otherwise. We request that you please compensate accordingly.

By: Dennis DeVany

http://www.cedarcity.org/city_government/airport.html - Cedar City Municipal Airport

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:56:54 -0500 5B6554E1-D6C4-488B-A31A-496EA277CE93 http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Karluk, Alaska

OST-2004-19342

January 19, 2012

Karluk IRA Tribal Council in Support of Andrew Airways

The Karluk IRA Tribal Council would like to endorse Andrew Airways for the EAS contract that is up for bid this year. Andrew Airways has offered a tremendous service to our community for years and especially this last year. We feel that their airline is very conscious of the needs that the community of Karluk has when it comes to transportation. They have been serving Karluk with no subsidy which is really great; however, we feel that we need to support an airline that supports us.

By: Joyce Jones, Kathryn Reft, Mary Reft, Gladys Charliaga and Sarah Waselie

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karluk_Airport - Karluk Airport

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:56:30 -0500 3575C64E-1B6A-4389-AD0D-288683056239 http://airlineinfo.com Reciprocity Confirmations

OST-2006-24269

January 27, 2012

Reciprocity Statement

This letter is to confirm that the Civil Aviation Directorate within Transport Malta will grant, on the basis of reciprocity, the US air carries all rights included in the Air Transport Agreement between the European Community and its Member States signed on the 30th April 2007 and in force since the 30th March 2008.

By: Ian Falzon

http://www.dca.gov.mt/

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:56:04 -0500 62D893E1-8CF7-49F3-9393-EE191CF3C615 http://airlineinfo.com AirTran Airways, Inc.

OST-2012-0007 - Exemption - Austin/Denver-Cancun

Filed January 18, 2012 | Issued January 27, 2012

Notice of Action Taken

Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between (1) Austin, Texas and Cancun, Mexico; and (2) Denver, Colorado and Cancun, Mexico.

AirTran proposes to commence year-round services on the Austin-Cancun route on or about May 25, 2012, and on the Denver-Cancun route on or about April 16, 2012.

By: Paul Gretch

http://www.airtran.com/

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:55:39 -0500 ACD28D84-7601-4DB7-8C3D-71933B317209 http://airlineinfo.com TNT Airways S.A.

OST-2012-0009 - Statement of Authorization - Liege-JFK All-Cargo Block Space/Codesharing with CAL Cargo

Filed January 19, 2012 | Approved January 27, 2012

Department Action on Application

Application of TNT Airways S.A. for a statement of authorization to permit TNT to engage in all-cargo block space/code-share services with C.A.L. Cargo Airlines Limited on flights operated by TNT between Liege, Belgium, and New York, New York (JFK). TNT requests that the statement of authorization be granted for an indefinite period and further requests waiver of the 45-day advance filing requirement under 14 CFR Part 212.

TNT states that it proposes to block space to CAL and place CAL's (5C*) designator code on five round-trip flights per week operated by TNT or by Southern Air on behalf of TNT for the purpose of transporting CAL's authorized traffic between Liege and New York (JFK), using B777 or B747-400 aircraft. TNT notes that CAL will not engage in seventh-freedom services.

By: Robert Finamore

http://www.tnt.com/

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:55:13 -0500 8427F71F-6CAB-43CE-A89D-2145DFE2A1F5 http://airlineinfo.com OST-2011-0020 - Exemption - Mexico-US Routes

Filed January 6, 2012 | Issued January 27, 2012

Notice of Action Taken

Renewal of exemption from 49 USC §41301 to permit the applicant to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail on the following Mexico-US routes:

Aguascalientes-Los Angeles
Leon-Oakland Leon-San Jose
Leon-Sacramento
Cancun-New York
Cancun-Los Angeles
Cancun-Chicago
Guadalajara-Fresno
Guadalajara-San Francisco
Guadalajara-Sacramento
Mexico City-Dallas/Ft. Worth
Mexico City-Oakland
Morelia-Sacramento
Mazatlan-Los Angeles
Oaxaca-Los Angeles
Puerto Vallarta-Los Angeles
Puerto Vallarta-Chicago
Puerto Vallarta-San Francisco
San Jose del Cabo-Los Angeles
San Jose del Cabo-Sacramento
Zacatecas-Chicago
Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo-Los Angeles

By: Paul Gretch

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:54:39 -0500 0085E1A6-1E0F-4322-8341-0B413387EE23 http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Alpena, Michigan

OST-2009-0300

January 30, 2012

Request of City of Alpena for Extension

As the newly elected Mayor of Alpena, I am requesting an extension to the RFP regarding Essential Air Service to Alpena, MI. I feel that our city council was not as involved in this process as they should have been, likely due to the fact that the airport is located outside of our city limits and they were under the impression that it was the responsibility of other entities.

Any amount of time you can afford us would give me time to ensure that I have done everything I can for our community. I appreciate your consideration.

By: Mayor Matthew Waligora

Issued and Served January 30, 2012

Notice of Extension

By Order 2012-1-6, January 10, 2012, we re-solicited proposals for Essential Air Service at Alpena, Michigan, no later than January 31, 2012. On January 30, the City of Alpena requested an extension of the deadline, indicating that the city council and newly elected Mayor had not been sufficiently involved in the process. The Mayor indicated that “Any amount of time you can afford us would give me time to ensure that I have done everything I can for our community.”

We recognize the importance the community places on this issue, and thus will grant a two-week extension. However, we note that the initial request for proposals, Order 2011-9-5, was issued on September 13, 2011, and the Department has a duty to relieve the incumbent, Pinnacle Airlines Corporation, d/b/a Delta Connection, of its forced-service obligation.

By: Dennis DeVany

http://www.alpenaairport.com/ - Alpena County Regional Airport

]]> Tue, 31 Jan 2012 07:54:02 -0500 02F151B0-8CF6-4368-AD85-2D5089DC38CD http://airlineinfo.com 2012 Chicago-Cancun Combination Service Proceeding

OST-2012-0001
OST-2011-0214 - Frontier - Chicago-Cancun/Puerto Vallarta/San Jose del Cabo
OST-2011-0225 - AirTran - Chicago (Midway)-Cancun

January 26, 2012

Answer of AirTran Airways - Bookmarked

Beginning with its initial application for exemption on November 21, 2011, Frontier made abundantly clear that its entire motivation in seeking ORD-CUN authority was to provide capacity for Apple Vacations, so that Apple would not suffer disruption due to USA 3000’s planned termination of service at the end of January 2012. As Frontier put it, “Frontier has entered into an agreement with Apple Vacations to replace [its] current allocation of seats on USA 3000’s flights…and ensure Apple Vacation’s customers a seamless transition from USA 3000’s service…” Accordingly, Frontier’s service proposal reflected its assumption of USA 3000’s contract with Apple, proposing to operate one round-trip charter between ORD and CUN approximately 321 days per year. Since then, Frontier has even acquired the USA 3000 aircraft to satisfy Apple’s requirement for 168 seats.

So, the transition from USA 3000 to Frontier is already well underway, and is confirmed by Frontier’s recent disclosure that it “will commence public charters with Apple Vacations on or about January 31, 2012…” In fact, everything Frontier proposed in its original application can be operated with charter authority, as the marketing of the seats by Apple does not require Frontier to hold scheduled authority. This is fully consistent with past practice, since neither Apple nor USA 3000 (despite holding scheduled authority) has historically sold scheduled seats directly to the public in the Chicago-Cancun market.

It was not until Frontier’s January 19 filing, more than eight weeks after its initial application, and six weeks after AirTran’s competing application was filed, that Frontier “amended” its service proposal to reveal a new-found interest in selling individual tickets to the public outside of providing lift for Apple charters.

Counsel: Southwest, Robert Kneisley, 202-263-6284

January 26, 2012

Answer of Frontier Airlines - Bookmarked

Southwest/AirTran's claimed connections are pure fantasy.

• Based on March 2012 schedules and Southwest/AirTran's own exhibit (FL-107), only 7 cities that do not already receive superior nonstop service to Cancun would receive roundtrip connections with less than 40% circuity under Southwest/AirTran's proposal.
  
• Moreover, Southwest and AirTran currently offer no connections between them whatsoever.
  

The so-called "Southwest Effect" at Midway is a myth, and Southwest's claim that its Midway service has reduced fares at O'Hare is ancient history. Southwest's average fares at Midway have steadily increased and at a greater rate than O'Hare's average fares. In fact, SouthwestlAirTran's Midway service is not an economic substitute for, and does not discipline legacy carrier pricing behavior at O'Hare, as reflected in the 22% higher average fares at O'Hare in common nonstop markets.

Nothing in SouthwestlAirTran's supplement undermines the compelling case in favor of Frontier's Chicago (O'Hare)-Cancun proposal. Indeed, comparing Frontier's application with SouthwestlAirTran's conclusively establishes that the selection of Frontier would provide superior public interest and competitive benefits by offering consumers more capacity and better service, and by enhancing the competitive market structure to a much greater degree than an award to Southwest/AirTran.

Counsel: Hogan Lovells, Robert Cohn, 202-637-4999

]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:09:35 -0500 4623AB02-A65B-4400-AB28-3C14D9458125 http://airlineinfo.com OST-2003-14783 - Plattsburgh
OST-2000-8012 - Presque Isle/Houlton
OST-2011-0185 - Bar Harbor

January 27, 2012

Response of Sovereign Air to Comments of Peninsula Airways

1. Sovereign Air has a purchase agreement to purchase a company that has an operating Air Carrier certificate. This will take place when Sovereign is selected to provide subsidized air service.
   
2. Sovereign's proposals are very realistic. Instead of costing millions Sovereign Air will save million. If the ticket prices stay the same PenAir could clear around $13,000,000 extra Profit over 2 yrs.
   
3. Sovereign Air will not have any problem acquiring interline ticket, baggage and cargo agreements as .well as being a frequent flier mileage programs partner when it is EAS selected.
   
4. Sovereign Air has purchase agreements in place for both Dornier 328 Jets and Jetstream 41's with supporting equipment and training.
   
5. Sovereign Air proposals give the Presque Isle/Houlton communities a choice of nonstop or one stop flights giving them more (550 flights per year) than PenAir. Sovereign Air's nonstop Jet service gives the communities 101 more flights a year than PenAir at a less EAS requested funds.
   
6. Sovereign Air handles block time as it should.
   

By: Sovereign Air

http://www.plattsburghinternationalairport.com/ - Plattsburgh International Airport
http://www.flypresqueisle.com/ - Northern Maine Regional Airport
http://www.bhbairport.com/ - Bar Harbor Airport

]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:09:09 -0500 86D154A8-DF3A-4F35-AD2B-10AFC4A636A9 http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at McCook, Nebraska

Order 2012-1-28
OST-1997-3005

Issued and Served January 27, 2012

Order Requesting Proposals

By this Order, the Department is requesting proposals from carriers interested in providing essential air service at McCook, Nebraska, for the next two year period from June 1, 2012, through June 30, 2014, with or without subsidy. Proposals are due March 19, 2012.

With respect to McCook, we expect proposals consisting of service with two-pilot, twin-engine aircraft. For proposals with 19-seat or larger aircraft, we expect proposals offering two round trips each weekday and weekend (12 total round trips per week) to Denver or a suitable hub airport, with numerous connecting opportunities to the national air transportation system. With smaller aircraft, service patterns should consist of three round trips each weekday and weekend (18 total round trips per week).

By: Todd Homan

http://www.cityofmccook.com/airport/about.htm - McCook Regional Airport

]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:08:33 -0500 ABA77CC6-A64D-4939-830A-219307F5D855 http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Plattsburgh, New York, Presque Isle/Houlton and Bar Harbor, Maine

Order 2012-1-27
OST-2003-14783 - Plattsburgh
OST-2000-8012 - Presque Isle/Houlton
OST-2011-0185 - Bar Harbor

Issued and Served January 27, 2012

Order Extending Service Obligation

By this Order, the Department of Transportation extends the Essential Air Service obligation of Colgan Air, Inc., operating as US Airways Express at Bar Harbor and Presque Isle, Maine, and Plattsburgh, New York, for an additional 30 days, through March 7, 2012.

By: Todd Homan
]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:08:03 -0500 39396B57-2651-4D94-813B-C7630CD725F4 http://airlineinfo.com Finnair Plc

Order 2012-1-21
OST-2012-0002 - Violations of 49 USC § 41712 and 14 CFR 399.84

Issued and Served January 27, 2012

Consent Order

This consent order concerns Internet advertisements by Finnair Plc that violate the advertising requirements specified in 14 CFR 399.84, as well as 49 USC § 41712, which prohibits unfair and deceptive practices. It directs Finnair to cease and desist from further violations of this statute and federal regulation and assesses the carrier a compromise civil penalty of $35,000.

From September 15, 2011 to October 25, 2011, Finnair displayed three fare advertisements on its website that made no mention of additional taxes and fees that were applicable to these fares. Rather, once consumers clicked on the advertisements, they were taken to a landing page on Finnair’s website where applicable taxes and fees were displayed in the fine print at the bottom of the page. In one of the three advertisements, consumers could not see the fine print unless they happened to scroll to the bottom of the page. By failing to provide notice of the government-imposed taxes and fees in any of the manners described above when the fares first were advertised, Finnair violated section 399.84 and 49 USC § 41712.

By: Rosalind Knapp

Will the Government Hide More Taxes and Fees in Airfare? - Wall St. Cheat Sheet, January 27, 2012

DOT Fines Finnair for Violating Price Advertising Rules - DOT Press Release - January 27, 2012

http://www.finnair.com/

]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:07:24 -0500 8B230B21-994E-4022-ADCD-3D95D79A3D3D http://airlineinfo.com Aviation Services, Ltd. d/b/a Freedom Air

Order 2012-1-22
OST-2012-0002 - Violations of 49 U.S.C. § 41712

Issued and Served January 27, 2012

Consent Order

This consent order concerns Internet sales activities by Aviation Services, Ltd., d/b/a Freedom Air that violated 49 USC § 41712 because they resulted in double payments by consumers of government taxes and fees. It directs Freedom Air to cease and desist from further violations of this statute and assesses the carrier a compromise civil penalty of $20,000.

For a period of time during 2011, Freedom Air employed a search engine on its website that returned air fare quotes that included all taxes and fees. Upon selecting a fare, consumers were taken to a second landing page that informed them of the applicability of additional taxes and/or fees, specifically passenger facility charges. As a result, customers using Freedom Air’s search engine to purchase air travel were double-charged for the same PFC. By twice charging customers for a single PFC, Freedom Air committed an unfair and deceptive practice in violation of 49 USC § 41712.

By: Rosalind Knapp

Will the Government Hide More Taxes and Fees in Airfare? - Wall St. Cheat Sheet, January 27, 2012

http://www.freedomairguam.com/

]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:06:55 -0500 359E3E97-2229-4828-A16D-57E16518D0F6 http://airlineinfo.com Icelandair ehf.

Order 2012-1-26
OST-2011-0183 - Exemption and Foreign Air Carrier Permit - Iceland/Norway-US

Issued and Served January 27, 2012

Order Granting Exemption and to Show Cause

We grant the request of Icelandair ehf. for an exemption under 49 USC §40109 for the services:

• foreign scheduled and charter air transportation of persons, property, and mail from any point or points behind any Member State of the European Union, via any point or points in any Member State and via intermediate points to any point or points in the United States and beyond;
  
• foreign scheduled and charter air transportation of persons, property, and mail between any point or points in the United States and any point or points in any member of the European Common Aviation Area;
  
• foreign scheduled and charter air transportation of cargo between any point or points in the United States and any other point or points;
  
• other charters pursuant to the prior approval requirements set forth in 14 CFR Part 212 of the Department’s regulations; and
  
• transportation authorized by any additional route rights made available to European Union carriers under the Agreement in the future.
  

With respect to the applicant’s request for an amended foreign air carrier permit in this proceeding, we direct all interested persons to show cause why our tentative decision on that application, set forth above, should not be made final. Any interested person objecting to the issuance of an order making final our tentative findings and conclusions with respect to the applicant’s request for an amended foreign air carrier permit shall, no later than twenty-one calendar days after the date of service of this order, file with the Department.

By: Paul Gretch

http://www.icelandair.com/

]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:06:16 -0500 C1F61AA9-3208-43CF-88D8-900218B736BF http://airlineinfo.com Spirit Airlines, Inc.

Order 2012-1-20
OST-2012-0002 - Violations of 14 CFR Part 382 and 49 USC §§ 41310, 41702, 41705 and 41712

Issued and Served January 27, 2012

Consent Order

This order concerns violations by Spirit Airlines, Inc. of the requirements of 14 CFR Part 382 with respect to properly coding and recording its disability-related complaints in connection with required reporting to the Department of Transportation as well as providing dispositive responses to written complaints alleging a violation of Part 382. Part 382 implements the Air Carrier Access Act, 49 USC § 41705, and violations of that part also violate the ACAA. To the extent that the ACAA and Part 382 violations occurred in interstate air transportation, the incidents are also violations of 49 USC § 41702, which requires that air carriers provide safe and adequate interstate air transportation; to the extent the violations occurred in foreign air transportation, the incidents violate 49 USC § 41310, which, in part, prohibits air carriers and foreign air carriers from unreasonably discriminating against any person in foreign air transportation. Violations of Part 382 also constitute unfair and deceptive practices and unfair methods of competition in violation of 49 USC § 41712. This order directs Spirit to cease and desist from future similar violations and assesses the carrier $100,000 in civil penalties.

In May 2010, staff of the Department’s Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings conducted an on-site regulatory compliance inspection at Spirit’s corporate headquarters in Miramar, Florida. During this inspection, the Enforcement Office reviewed disability-related complaints received by Spirit in calendar year 2009. Subsequent to the compliance inspection the Enforcement Office requested additional disability-related complaints received by Spirit in calendar year 2010.

The review disclosed that Spirit violated section 382.157 by failing to adequately categorize and account for all the disability-related issues that were raised in complaints received during 2009, in its report submitted to the Department in January 2010. In 2009, Spirit reported 55 disability-related complaints in its 2010 annual report to the Department. A review of those 55 complaints revealed disability-related issues that were under-coded and not counted in Spirit’s 2010 annual report to DOT. In addition, the Enforcement Office discovered that there were a large number of additional complaints that were not counted in the 2010 annual report.

Furthermore, Spirit violated section 382.155 by failing to provide dispositive responses to written disability-related complaints it received. The Enforcement Office discovered that Spirit failed to provide a dispositive response in a vast majority of the disability-related complaints it received in 2009 and 2010.

By: Rosalind Knapp

DOT Fines Spirit Airlines Over Handling of Disability Complaints - DOT Press Release - January 27, 2012

http://www.spiritair.com/

]]> Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:05:46 -0500 79B82E96-8044-4DE6-980A-3426BCB667EE http://airlineinfo.com MN Airlines, LLC d/b/a Sun Country Airlines

OST-2000-7182 - DCA Slot Exemptions

January 26, 2012

Withdrawal of Application of Sun Country Airlines

Sun Country Airlines hereby withdraws its Application for an Exemptoin from 14 CFR Part 93, Subparts K and S, filed January 25, 2012.

Counsel: Sun Country, John Fredericksen, 651-681-3948

http://www.suncountry.com/

]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:53:46 -0500 8B2CA980-CFD5-4D58-9DAD-7A07BAE314BE http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Kalaupapa, Hawaii

OST-2000-6773

January 12, 2012

Kalaupapa Federal Advisory Commission in Support of Makani Kai Air Charters

The Commission wholeheartedly supports the EAS contract awarded to Schuman Aviation Company Ltd. d/b/a Makani Kai Air Charters. Since Makani Kai began regular service to Kalaupapa in December it has been like a welcomed breath of fresh air and it has brought a renewed sense of life to the community to have accessible contact with the outside world. Makani Kai's service has contributed to the overall well-being of the community and has made the outside world more accessible and affordable to the residents of Kalaupapa.

By: David Kaupu

January 19, 2012

Comments of Makani Kai Air Charters

Pac Wings is correct that they did not receive much of the tourist Damien Tour business but it had little to do with my company and more to do with their flight time schedule and pricing strategy.

Seems comical that Pac Wings would think they can feed the DOT so much miss information believing the department will gobble it up like ice-cream on a hot summer day.

This whole situation that Pac Wings now brings up is even more comical because it was they who sent a notice to DOT wanting to suspend schedule service to Kalaupapa which triggered this EAS proposal. It was they who decided not to bid on this sen/ice given two separate opportunities and now they claim foul.

As far as them slapping themselves on the back for saving the taxpayers lots of money by suspending the EAS contract when in fact patients. Federal, State, & County personnel, government contracts for support and or any business that had to be conducted in Kalaupapa was eventually paid by the tax payers thru reimbursements for travel at the State and Federal level.

It is for these reasons I believe the Department of Transportation should deny Pacific Wings petition of reconsideration.

By: Schuman Aviation, Richard Schuman

January 19, 2012

Comments of State of Hawaii Department of Health

In terms of median household income, Kalaupapa County is the poorest county in the entire United States of America, according to the 2010 US Census. It is also one of the most isolated. There is no commercial sea transportation to Kalaupapa and the only ground option is by mule, which is not appropriate for many of the residents. Thus, air services are vitally important to this community.

The Essential Air Services subsidy has greatly benefited the residents of this low-income county. The State of Hawaii vigorously advocates for maintaining the EAS subsidy and affordable flights in the strongest possible way. On the other hand, the State has no interest in who provides the air sen/ices as long as the carrier meets the needs of the community. Hence, the State respectfully asks that any decision reached, furthers the prospects of preserving the EAS for the people of Kalaupapa.

By: Loretta Fuddy

http://hawaii.gov/lup - Kalaupapa Airport

]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:53:22 -0500 44090846-866A-4FA5-9624-C3070EFFFF84 http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Karluk, Alaska

OST-2004-19342

January 25, 2012

DOT Request for Community Comments

Island Air - The carrier proposes to provide a total of three nonstop round trips per week to Kodiak, Alaska, for $44,203 annual subsidy for a two-year period. All service would be with 5-seat, Piper PA-32 aircraft.

Andrew Airways - The carrier proposes to operate three nonstop round trips per week to Kodiak, Alaska, for $38,492 annual subsidy for a two-year period. All service would be with 6-seat, Piper PA-32 aircraft.

We know this matter is important to you and we will act as quickly as possible upon receipt of your letter. In order to expedite the case, please submit your comments by February 21.

By: Dennis DeVany

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karluk_Airport - Karluk Airport

]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:52:35 -0500 5CB0E3EE-B442-4EA0-A5B9-A4C4FD0ACB01 http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at West Yellowstone, Montana

OST-2003-14626

January 24, 2012

Proposal of SkyWest Airlines

Attached is SkyWest Airlines’ proposal for service at West Yellowstone, Montana. Our proposal is to provide direct service from West Yellowstone to Salt Lake City International Airport.

As directed by the RFP, we will offer a minimum of 14 round-trip flights per week.

Service will be provided utilizing the Embraer Brasilia 120 (EMB 120) 30-seat turboprop aircraft.

We propose a one-year contract to provide EMB service in West Yellowstone. This would cover the 2012 summer season only.

By: Michael Thompson

January 24, 2012

Proposal of Silver Airways

Service Option 1
38 Weekly frequencies between West Yellowstone National Park, Montana and Billings, Montana.

By: Silver Airways, Mickey Bowman

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_Airport - Yellowstone Airport

]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:51:39 -0500 2523CD78-895D-422D-8003-E5EBB0C33BC7 http://airlineinfo.com TNT Airways S.A.

OST-2012-0009 - Statement of Authorization - Liege-JFK All-Cargo Block Space/Codesharing with CAL Cargo

January 26, 2012

Block Space Arrangement Confirmation

We have confirmed that the block space arrangement between TNT and CAL is for the purpose of transporting cargo between Israel and the US, via Liege. CAL will not engage in seventh freedom services between LGG and JFK under this agreement.

Counsel: Wilmer Hale, Caryn Garvin, 202-247-4196

http://www.tnt.com/

]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:51:04 -0500 AD48254B-057D-4215-A49E-A048A3B19E8E http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Aberdeen, South Dakota; Bemidji, Minnesota; and Butte, Montana

Order 2012-1-23
OST-2011-0137 - Aberdeen
OST-2011-0134 - Bemidji
OST-2011-0136 - Butte

Issued and Served January 26, 2012

Order Selecting Carrier

By this Order, the Department is selecting SkyWest Airlines, Inc. to provide Essential Air Service at the three above-captioned communities as follows: Aberdeen, South Dakota, $1,198,222; Bemidji, Minnesota, $1,338,293; Butte, Montana, $672,230.

By: Susan Kurland

http://www.aberdeen.sd.us/index.aspx?nid=76 - Aberdeen Regional Airport
http://www.bemidjiairport.org/ - Bemidji Regional Airport
http://www.butteairport.com/ - Bert Mooney Airport

]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:50:28 -0500 CC15355D-D5C1-43C3-A372-729DB3544B53 http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Hancock/Houghton, Michigan; Eau Claire, Wisconsin; Muskegon, Michigan; and Paducah, Kentucky

Order 2012-1-24
OST-2009-0302 - Hancock/Houghton
OST-2009-0306 - Eau Claire
OST-2009-0301 - Mukegon
OST-2009-0299 - Paducah

Issued and Served January 26, 2012

Order Tentatively Re-Selecting Carrier

By this Order, the Department is tentatively re-selecting SkyWest Airlines, Inc. to provide Essential Air Service with subsidy rates as follows: Eau Claire, Wisconsin, $1,733,576; Hancock/Houghton, Michigan, $934,156; Muskegon, Michigan, $1,576,067; and Paducah, Kentucky, $1,710,775.

By: Susan Kurland

http://www.houghtoncounty.org/ - Hancock/Houghton
http://www.chippewavalleyairport.com/ - Eau Claire
http://www.muskegonairport.com/ - Muskegon
http://www.barkleyregional.com/ - Paducah

]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 07:50:10 -0500 B8FD7909-E557-4040-83B1-75D747DFA353 http://airlineinfo.com Aerotresalia, S.A. de C.V.

OST-2012- Exemption - Mexico-US Charters

January 25, 2012

Application for an Exemption

Aerotresalia, S.A. de C.V., a Mexican air taxi operator of small executive jet aircraft, requests an exemption from 49 USC § 41301 to authorize it to engage in charter foreign air transportation of passengers between Mexico and the United States and to engage in other passenger charter operations in accordance with 14 CFR Part 212, using small aircraft. Aerotresalia also requests stopover privileges and relief from the Department's requirement to provide prior notice of each flight, or series of flights, between Mexico and the United States.

Aerotresalia seeks the requested exemption from the Department for a period of at least two years.

Counsel: Roller & Bauer, Lee Bauer, 202-331-3300

]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:26:22 -0500 2B5E83F7-9282-4229-92D0-8F03C400A310 http://airlineinfo.com American Airlines, Inc.

OST-2011-0086 - Frequency Allocation - US-Brazil

January 25, 2012

Application for Allocation of Three Weekly Combination Frequencies

American Airlines, Inc. hereby applies for allocation of 3 weekly combination US-Brazil frequencies in order to operate daily nonstop service between Miami and Manaus, Brazil starting June 15, 2012.

By Notice of Action Taken in this docket on May 6, 2011, the Department allocated 19 of 28 incremental frequencies effective October 1, 2011 under the US-Brazil Memorandum of Consultations dated March 18, 2011. American received 10 frequencies, including 4 for Miami-Manaus service with a proposed start date of June 14, 2012, and Delta Air Lines received 9. Accordingly, 9 frequencies remain available for allocation.

American plans to use 160 seat B737-800 aircraft (16C/144Y) on the Miami-Manaus route. Illustrative date is attached to our application filed in this docket on April 21, 2011. American holds exemption authority to serve between the U.S. and numerous points in Brazil, including Manaus. See Notice of Action Taken, OST-1996-1353, May 20, 2011.

Counsel: American, Carl Nelson, 202-496-5647

http://www.aa.com/

]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:25:49 -0500 CF3552D9-DCF8-46A6-BF28-1A607547E323 http://airlineinfo.com MN Airlines, LLC d/b/a Sun Country Airlines

OST-2000-7182 - DCA Slot Exemptions

January 25, 2012

Application for Exemption

This request for exemption is necessary as a result of the recent decision of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit in Republic Airlines, Inc. v. United States Department of Transportation; No. 11-1018 dated January 6, 2012. The Court vacated DOT Order 2010-12-16, and thereby ordered the return of two DCA slots to Republic Airlines. It is important to note that Sun Country was not a party to the Republic Airlines, Inc., case, and the Court's decision was not related in any way to Sun Country's performance under the High Density Rule. In order to return the two slots to Republic, and ensure that Sun Country can continue to provide the existing beneficial service from Lansing to DCA, additional slots must be authorized through this exemption proceeding.

Sun Country currently offers scheduled service for sale on the LAN-DCA-LAN route only through the end of April, due to the Republic Airlines, Inc. decision, and pending a decision by the Department on this Application for Exemption. Summer season sales in the market are largely dependent on availability for sale as soon as possible. Further delay in the ability to offer the market for sale will result in significant negative financial impact.

Sun Country Airlines respectfully requests that the Department grant this Application for Exemption on an expedited basis, with slots as close as possible to the 10:00 and 11:00 time period, so as to avoid any interruption of the LAN-DCA-LAN service.

Counsel: Sun Country, John Fredericksen, 651-681-3948

No. 11-1018 - Republic Airline v. US DOT - Opinion of US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit

http://www.suncountry.com/

]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:25:22 -0500 60952A67-0636-4586-8E3C-13A3C3CBB1FA http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Karluk, Alaska

OST-2004-19342

January 23, 2012

Proposal of Andrew Airways

Andrew Airways is placing this bid for the Essential Air Service contract, for the Village of Karluk, Alaska on Kodiak Island. Under this contract we will operate scheduled service to Karluk from Kodiak State Airport (ADQ) on a non-flag stop basis 3 times per week. This service is bid utilizing a Piper PA-32 Saratoga, having 6 seats available on each flight. Flights that require greater capacity will be moved to a De Havilland DHC-2 Beaver at no additional cost to the DOT.

By: Andrew Airways, Dean Andrew

January 23, 2012

Proposal of Island Air Service

Kodiak-Karluk-Kodiak: 3 round-trips per week using Piper PA-32 aircraft
Back-up aircraft is twin-engine BN-2A Islander

By: Redemption, Inc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karluk_Airport - Karluk Airport

]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:24:54 -0500 0737E3D9-5A9A-4B8F-B470-45F8D9C2E37A http://airlineinfo.com Atlas Air, Inc.

OST-2000-7477 - Exemption - US-Colombia All-Cargo

January 24, 2012

Re: Polling Results

Atlas Air, Inc. has completed its poll of all carriers served with its application, filed January 17, 2012, for renewal of its Colombia exemption authority. Please be advised that no carrier objects to the Atlas request. We therefore request expedited action on this matter.

Counsel: Atlas Air, Russell Pommer, 202-822-9121

Filed January 17, 2012 | Issued January 25, 2012

Notice of Action Taken

Renewal of scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail between a point or points in the United States, via intermediate points, and a point or points in Colombia, and beyond Colombia to points in the Western Hemisphere.

By: Paul Gretch

OST-2002-12503 - US-Ecuador All-Cargo Frequencies

Filed January 18, 2012 | Issued January 24, 2012

Notice of Action Taken

Renewal of scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail between a point or points in the United States and a point or points in Ecuador.

By: Paul Gretch

http://www.atlasair.com/

]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:24:18 -0500 4BD9582C-ECF2-4093-B887-76AEEC282F81 http://airlineinfo.com US Airways, Inc.

Order 2012-1-19
OST-2000-7182 - DCA Slot Exemptions

Issued and Served January 25, 2012

Order Granting Temporary Slot Exemption Authority

The Department grants to US Airways interim authority to operate, if necessary, nonstop service using the two slot exemptions authorized by 49 USC § 41718(b), previously awarded under Order 2004-12-6 at DCA to ASA for service to JAN, commencing on March 4, 2012, following the cessation of DCA-JAN flights by ASA, until such time as a final selection decision is made in the reallocation proceeding and the selected carrier initiates service.

Any flight operations conducted under this Order remain subject to the terms and conditions imposed by Order 2004-12-6, including the use of Stage 3 aircraft and the prohibition of use between the hours of 10:00 p.m. and 6:59 a.m.

By: Susan Kurland

http://www.usairways.com/

]]> Thu, 26 Jan 2012 08:23:44 -0500 1E68D74A-6703-4B75-9DB3-07B3921228DB http://airlineinfo.com Servicios Aereos MTT, S.A. de C.V.

OST-2001-10786 - Exemption - US-Mexico Charters

January 23, 2012

Application for Reinstatement of an Exemption

Servicios Aereos M.T.T., S.A. de C.V. hereby applies for reinstatement of its exemption from 49 USC 41301 which authorizes Servicios to engage in charter foreign air transportation of persons and their accompanying baggage between the United States and Mexico with small aircraft and, subject to prior Department approval, between other countries and the United States. Servicios also requests reinstatement of its stopover privileges and relief from any requirement to obtain advance approval for each Mexico US flight. The Department last granted the above authority to Servicios by Notice of Action Taken dated January 13, 2010. Servicios requests that this authority, which expired on January 13, 2012, be reinstated for a period of two years or alternatively for a period of at least one year.

Counsel: Givens & Johnston, Robert Givens, 713-932-1540

]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:16:59 -0500 0427FDCD-75AF-430C-A2A7-FBB38679DF9D http://airlineinfo.com Aerolineas Mas, S.A.

OST-2011-0224 - Exemption - Dominican Republic-US Charter Passenger

January 17, 2012

Re: Additional Information

• Ownership Confirmation
  

By: Aerolineas Mas, C.A. Southerland, 954-763-4848

http://aerolineasmas.com/

]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:16:36 -0500 FC459801-23BA-4ACF-A322-380FCE6099C2 http://airlineinfo.com Orbest, S.A.

OST-2008-0301 - Foreign Air Carrier Permit and Exemption - EU-US

January 23, 2012

Request for Cancellation of Permit and Transfer of Trade Name

Orbest, S.A. currently holds authority to serve the United States pursuant to its foreign air carrier permit issued in this docket by Order 2009-5-5, dated May 5, 2009. While Orbest continues to be fit, willing and able to conduct operations to the United States, the Department has informed Orbest that it will not grant Iberworld Airlines, S.A. - Orbest's sister carrier authority to utilize the trade-name "Orbest" so long as Orbest maintains permit authority to operate into the United States.

In light of the Department's determination, and in order to allow lberworld Airlines, S.A. to utilize the "Orbest" trade-name, Orbest hereby requests that the Orbest permit be cancelled as soon as possible and that the Department grant Iberworld Airlines, S.A. which holds DOT permit authority under Order 2009-1-14, dated January 23, 2009 - the right to use the "Orbest" trade-name as requested in its June 1, 2011 letter to the Department. Orbest further requests that this cancellation be granted without prej udice to Orbesf s future right to req uest authority to serve the United States in accordance with Departmental requirements.

Counsel: Garofalo Goerlich, Victor Smith, 202-776-3970

http://www.orbest.pt/

]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:16:11 -0500 979160F3-3754-4E58-A730-D2F152097C43 http://airlineinfo.com Polet Airlines

OST-2012-0011 - Emergency Cabotage - Campbell Army Airfield-Victorville

Filed January 23, 2012 | Issued January 24, 2012

Notice of Action Taken

Exemption from 49 USC § 40109(g) to permit the applicant to operate six, one-way, all-cargo charter flights, using its AN-124-100 aircraft, carrying outsized cargo on behalf of US Air Mobility Command, from Campbell AAF, Kentucky, to Victorville, California, during the period January 26-February 2, 2012. The applicant states the flights would in total carry 6 AH-64 helicopters, 11 UH-60M helicopters, 12 OH-58D helicopters, and associated parts. The applicant asserts that AMC needs the subject lift to meet time-sensitive helicopter delivery and training schedules; that the cargo is too large for transportation on any commercially available US aircraft; and that surface transportation is not practical due to location.

By: Susan Kurland

http://www.polet.ru/

]]> Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:15:41 -0500 1F06FF37-19C0-49BB-9A2B-862B9FB2063D http://airlineinfo.com Polet Airlines

OST-2012-0011 - Emergency Cabotage - Campbell Army Airfield-Victorville

January 23, 2012

Application for Emergency Cabotage Exemption

Polet Airlines, a Russian cargo charter air carrier, hereby applies pursuant to 49 USC § 40109(g) for an emergency exemption from the otherwise applicable provisions of the statute and of the Department’s regulations so as to authorize Polet’s operation of six emergency one-way outsized cargo charter flights from Campbell Army Airfield, Kentucky to Victorville, California transporting up to 310,000 pounds total of helicopters and parts, including 6 x AH-64 helicopters with dimensions 592x206x140 inches, each weighing 13,000 pounds; 11 x UH-60M helicopters with dimensions 600x120x148 inches, each weighing 14,660 pounds; 12 x OH-58D helicopters with dimensions 408x100x107 inches, each weighing 5,000 pounds to be shipped by the United States Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois. AMC requires the mission to be operated from January 26, 2012 and completed by February 02, 2012.

By: Polet, Dmitry Avdeev, 212-279-3707

http://www.polet.ru/

]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:50:49 -0500 1CB19616-D81B-41C9-AF9E-01E5CC511894 http://airlineinfo.com Yangtze River Express Airlines Co., Ltd.

OST-2006-24629 - Foreign Air Carrier Permit - China-US All-Cargo
OST-2006-24630 - Exemption - China-US All-Cargo

January 20, 2012

Application for Renewal of Exemption Authority

Yangtze, an air carrier of the People’s Republic of China, hereby applies for renewal of its exemption authority to engage in charter foreign air transportation of property and mail between a point or points in the People’s Republic of China, on the one hand, and a point or points in the United States, on the other hand. Yangtze requests that the exemption renewal sought herein remain in place for a period of at least one year, or until the Department issues it an amended foreign air carrier permit providing the requested authority.

Yangtze has been operating scheduled cargo service between China and the United States for many years, and holds a foreign air carrier permit authorizing scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail between Shanghai, China and the co-terminal points Anchorage, Boston, Los Angeles and New York (Order 2008-4-27). Yangtze also holds exemption authority to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail between Shanghai, on the one hand, and Dallas/Fort Worth, Chicago and San Francisco, on the other hand. (Notice of Action Taken dated November 4, 2011).

Counsel: Pillsbury Winthrop, Josh Romanow, 202-663-8000

http://www.yzr.com

]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:50:24 -0500 7A17610E-4DB6-48DE-85CA-ED9533A3F993 http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Greenville, Tupelo and Laurel/Hattiesburg, Mississippi and Muscle Shoals, Alabama

OST-2000-7856 - Muscle Shoals, AL
OST-2008-0209 - Greenville, MS
OST-2001-10685 - Laurel/Hattiesburg, MS
OST-2009-0305 - Tupelo, MS

January 23, 2012

Proposal of Blue Sky Airlines

Daily Departures:

1. Daily Departures - North Bound Jet Air Shuttle Services From: Hattiesburg/Laurel, Mississippi; to Greenville, Mississippi; to Tupelo, Mississippi (Junction A) @ Muscle Shoals, Alabama with continuing Blue Sky Airlines service to Nashville, Tennessee.
   
2. Daily Departures - North Bound Jet Air Shuttle Services From: Hattiesburg/Laurel, Mississippi; to Greenville, Mississippi; to Tupelo, Mississippi; (Junction A) @ Muscle Shoals, Alabama with hourly West bound, Blue Sky Airlines connecting service to Memphis, Tennessee.
   
3. Daily Departures - North Bound Jet Air Shuttle Services From: Hattiesburg/Laurel, Mississippi; to Greenville, Mississippi; to Tupelo, Mississippi; (Junction A) @ Muscle Shoals, Alabama with hourly East bound, Blue Sky Airlines connecting service to Atlanta, Georgia.
   

Daily Arrivals:

1. Daily Arrivals - South Bound, Blue Sky Airlines Jet Air Shuttle Services From: Nashville, Tennessee; (Junction A) @ Muscle Shoals, Alabama; to Tupelo, Mississippi; to Greenville, Mississippi; to Hattiesburg/Laurel, Mississippi; (Junction B) with continuing Blue Sky Airlines service to Atlanta, Georgia.
   
2. Daily Arrivals - Hourly East Bound, Blue Sky Airlines Jet Air Shuttle Services From: Memphis, Tennessee; (Junction A) @ Muscle Shoals, Alabama; to Tupelo, Mississippi; to Greenville, Mississippi; to Hattiesburg/Laurel, Mississippi; (Junction B) with continuing Blue Sky Airlines service to Atlanta, Georgia.
   
3. Daily Arrivals - Hourly West Bound, Blue Sky Airline, Jet Air Shuttle Services From: Atlanta, Georgia; (Junction A) @ Muscle Shoals, Alabama; to Tupelo, Mississippi; to Greenville, Mississippi; to Hattiesburg/Laurel, Mississippi; (Junction B) with continuing Blue Sky Airlines service to Atlanta, Georgia.
   

Proposed Number of Daily Departures (Frequency)

Blue Sky Airlines proposes to provide two daily, weekday departures (Monday thru Friday); two Saturday departures and one Sunday departure for each of the four EAS communities representing thirteen weekly departures per each community for a collective total of fifty-two weekly departures for the four EAS communities.

By: Billy Hawkins, 469-359-3868

OST-2000-7856 - Muscle Shoals, AL
OST-2008-0209 - Greenville, MS
OST-2009-0305 - Tupelo, MS

January 18, 2012

Proposal of Sun Air International

Service Option 1
Under Option 1, Sun Air will provide a basic pattern of service outlined for 8/9 passenger aircraft in the Department's Order Requesting Proposals dated November 23 , 2011. This service pattern consists of four daily round trips per weekday to each of the three communities, with two daily round trips to each on Saturday and two daily round trips to each on Sunday. All flights will operate on a non-stop basis to and from main terminals at Memphis International Airport.

Option one will require three aircraft to support scheduled operations, and Sun Air will provide an additional full-time spare aircraft to ensure operational reliability. The company will also establish a full regional maintenance base in one of the cities.

Sun Air proposes a subsidy level of $879 per departure for Greenville, $866 per departure for Muscle Shoals, and $800 per departure for Tupelo. At an assumed 98% flight completion factor, this would equate to an annual subsidy of $6.225 million for all three communities.

Service Option 2
Sun Air offers a second option that adds a fourth scheduled weekday airplane, used to provide additional frequencies to Tupelo and Greenville. Based upon historical traffic trends, Sun Air believes that the extra frequencies would be warranted to meet passenger demand, and that such higher frequency will contribute to increased passenger ridership.

A total of six weekday flights would be offered to Tupelo under Option 2, and weekday flights to Greenville. Thee round trips to each destination would be offered on weekends. Muscle Shoals would maintain the same schedule as as envisioned in Option 1.

Sun Air envisions providing two spare aircraft to support Option 2, thus requiring a total of six aircraft. Sun Air is acutely aware of the importance of maintaining reliable service, and is committed to providing the necessary resources to ensure that becomes a reality.

Fare levels under Service Option 2 would be the same, low unrestricted fares as in Option 1.

Under Service Option 2, Sun Air proposes a subsidy level of $875 per departure for Greenville, $789 per departure for Muscle Shoals, and $699 per departure for Tupelo. This would equate to an annual subsidy cap of $7.197 million for all three communities.

Service Option 3
Sun Air also proposes a third option, which would be for service to Greenville and Tupelo only. Schedules to these two communities under Service Option 3 would be identical to those provided in Service Option 1.

Sun Air provides this option to offer the Department greater flexibility in selecting carriers and markets, particularly in case Muscle Shoals preferred to maintain the access to Atlanta airport that they currently have, if such service is offered in response to Order 2011-11-29. Sun Air would not be interested in providing service on a scale less than these two communities.

Under Service Option 3, Sun Air proposes a subsidy level of $929 per departure for Greenville, $789 per departure for Muscle Shoals, and $846 per departure for Tupelo. This would equate to an annual subsidy cap of $4.343 million for the two communities.

By: Thomas Cooper

OST-2011-0169 - Commuter Air Carrier Authority - Florida-Bahamas

]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:49:59 -0500 92F4E6C1-1204-4950-B51C-BE775E6C438D http://airlineinfo.com US Airways, Inc.

OST-2000-7182 - DCA Slot Exemptions - DCA-Jackson, Mississippi

January 5, 2012

Comments of Boyd Group International

Delta is a fine airline, but it has a much more limited presence in the Washington area, and far less ability to flow traffic beyond DCA than does US Airways.

It is noted that the US Airways application proposes service with Embraer E-170/175 aircraft. While only slightly larger in terms of seat capacity than the current regional jets used by Delta/Delta Connection, the cabin dimensions of the E-170/175 are not only comparable to those of mainline airliners such as the Boeing 737, but in some areas are actually more comfortable.

Boyd Group International would submit that the US Airways application is enormously beneficial to Mississippi, to the Jackson consumer, and will result in increased passenger traffic for both JAN and DCA.

By: Michael Boyd, 303-674-2000

]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:49:17 -0500 B72F3113-9D98-48C9-BCDD-7684401643A8 http://airlineinfo.com Augsburg Airways GmbH

OST-2011-0208 - Statement of Authorization - EU-US Codesharing with US Airways

Filed November 14, 2011 | Approved January 23, 2012

Department Action on Application

Application of Augsburg Airways GmbH for a blanket statement of authorization to permit Augsburg to display the (US*) designator code of US Airways, Inc. on flights operated by Augsburg between any point or points in any Member State of the European Union and beyond the European Union to any point or points.

US Airways is a codeshare partner of Deutsche Lufthansa AG, Augsburg operates within Europe on behalf of Lufthansa under the "Lufthansa Regional'" name.

By: Shelita Johnson

http://www.augsburgair.de/

]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:48:43 -0500 0DC46BF4-733A-4A9C-86C6-1A1301D44C47 http://airlineinfo.com Contact Air Flugdienst GmbH & Co.

OST-2011-0206 - Statement of Authorization - EU-US Codesharing with US Airways

Field November 14, 2011 | Approved January 23, 2012

Department Action on Application

Application of Contact Air Flugdienst GmbH & Co. for a blanket statement of authorization to permit Contact Air to display the (US*) designator code of US Airways, Inc. on flights operated by Contact Air between any point or points in any Member State of the European Union and beyond the European Union to any point or points.

US Airways is a codeshare parlner of Deutsche Lufthansa AG. Contact Air operates within Europe on behalf of Lufthansa under the "Lufthansa Regional" name.

By: Shelita Johnson

http://www.contactair.de/

]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:48:14 -0500 FAA195DF-AFA5-4BD1-9391-B9EAE5782329 http://airlineinfo.com Golden Wings Charter Limited

OST-2004-18704 - Exemption - US-Bahamas

Filed December 5, 2011 | Issued January 23, 2012

Notice of Action Taken

Renew exemption from 49 USC § 41301 to permit the applicant to engage in charter foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between any point or points in the Bahamas and any point or points in the United States, using small aircraft.

By: Paul Gretch

http://www.goldenwingscharter.com/

]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:47:45 -0500 1AA5A56F-FCA2-4691-8FA2-FC1BD9D8171C Alitalia Compagnia Aerea Italiana SpA

Order 2012-1-15
OST-2012-0002 - Violations of Article 19 of the Montreal Convention and 49 USC 41712

Issued and Served Januaary 23, 2012

Consent Order

This consent order involves violations by Alitalia Compagnia Aerea Italiana SpA of Article 19 of the Montreal Convention and the statutory prohibition against unfair and deceptive trade practices, 49 USC § 41712, in connection with monetary claims resulting from delay of checked baggage on Alitalia flights to or from the United States. It directs Alitalia to cease and desist from future similar violations of Article 19 and section 41712, and assesses the carrier a compromise civil penalty of $80,000.

Based on a consumer complaint, the Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings investigated Alitalia’s policies and practices in connection with its handling of monetary claims for delay in delivering checked baggage. That investigation showed that in a number of instances arising out of flights to and from the United States, Alitalia, through language used in letters responding to baggage delay claims, was limiting reimbursement to between $50 and $75 per day of delay regardless of the amount of the expenses claimed by passengers or the submission of original receipts documenting such expenses. The practical effect of this practice was to limit Alitalia’s liability for damage occasioned by the delay of baggage to less than the minimum 1,131 SDRs for each passenger as required by the Convention.

By: Rosalind Knapp

DOT Fines Alitalia for Violating International Baggage Liability Rules - DOT Press Release

http://www.alitalia.com/

]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:45:51 -0500 CE5E509D-7C82-49E9-9D33-4FDF1B2F3C73 http://airlineinfo.com Asiana Airlines

Order 2012-1-14
OST-2012-0002 - Violations of 49 USC 41712 and 14 CFR 399.84

Issued and Served Januaary 23, 2012

Consent Order

This consent order concerns an Internet advertisement by Asiana Airlines that violates the full-fare advertising requirements specified in 14 CFR 399.84, as well as 49 USC § 41712, which prohibits unfair and deceptive practices. It directs Asiana to cease and desist from future violations of section 399.84 and section 41712 and assesses the carrier a compromise civil penalty of $70,000.

For a period of time in the Fall 2011, Asiana’s website, displayed advertisements stating “Los Angeles…Ho Chi Minh City From $517,” “Beijing From $498,” “Manila From $517,” “Shanghai From $489,” and “Phnom Penh From $556.” Below these fares was a link stating “Additional taxes, fees, and other restrictions may apply,” which took the consumer to a landing page that stated, “Special Fares,” with a description of applicable taxes and fees in the fine print at the bottom of the page, which was on a different screen. Thus, consumers were not notified of the additional taxes and fees applicable to the advertised “Los Angeles” sale fares, including a carrier-imposed fuel-surcharge, until after they arrived at the landing page and only if they scrolled down to the bottom of the next screen. Asiana’s failure to provide proper notice of taxes and fees that may legally be stated separately from the base fare and its failure to include all carrier-imposed charges in the advertised base fares violate 14 CFR 399.84 and 49 USC § 41712.

By: Rosalind Knapp

DOT Fines Two Airlines for Violating Price Advertising Rules - DOT Press Release

http://us.flyasiana.com/

]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:44:58 -0500 26229F23-6D64-484B-B163-0E49E05AD027 http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Jamestown, North Dakota

Order 2012-1-17
OST-1997-2785

Issued and Served January 23, 2012

Order Selecting Carrier

By this Order, the Department is selecting Great Lakes Aviation, Ltd. to provide Essential Air Service at Jamestown, North Dakota, for an annual subsidy of $1,987,655, effective with the start of service by Great Lakes. We anticipate that Great Lakes will start service on or about March 12, 2012.

By: Susan Kurland

http://www.jamestownnd.com/city/airport.htm - Jamestown Municipal Airport

]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:44:31 -0500 E09D0EE5-47E7-428F-840A-CA1855CC70DB http://airlineinfo.com Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT S.A.

Order 2012-1-13
OST-2012-0002 - Violations of 49 USC 41712 and 14 CFR 399.84

Issued and Served Januaary 23, 2012

Consent Order

This consent order concerns Internet advertisements by Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT that violate the advertising requirements specified in 14 CFR 399.84, as well as 49 USC § 41712, which prohibits unfair and deceptive practices and unfair methods of competition. It directs LOT to cease and desist from future violations of section 399.84 and section 41712 and assesses the carrier a compromise civil penalty of $60,000.

For a period of time in the fall of 2011, LOT displayed advertisements on its website that did not provide any information on additional taxes and fees. Rather, once the consumer clicked on the advertised fare, he or she was taken to a landing page where sample routes and prices were displayed, as well as fine print on a separate screen reached only after scrolling to the bottom of the page, which explained the nature and amounts of additional taxes and fees. LOT’s failure to provide proper notice of taxes and fees that may legally be stated separately from the fare violated 14 CFR 399.84 and 49 USC § 41712.

By: Rosalind Knapp

DOT Fines Two Airlines for Violating Price Advertising Rules - DOT Press Release

http://www.lot.com/

]]> Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:43:55 -0500 E81690A8-49DB-4EAE-91E2-A0851727A1B5 http://airlineinfo.com 2012 Chicago-Cancun Combination Service Proceeding

OST-2012-0001
OST-2011-0214 - Frontier - Chicago-Cancun/Puerto Vallarta/San Jose del Cabo
OST-2011-0225 - AirTran - Chicago (Midway)-Cancun

January 19, 2012

Supplement to Application of AirTran Airways - Bookmarked

One of the Department’s important carrier selection criteria is the likelihood of maintaining the proposed service over the long term. Once again the AirTran/Southwest proposal is far superior. There is no doubt, based on a host of objective factors, that AirTran/Southwest is far more likely than Frontier to maintain its proposed service and competition for the indefinite future.

Frontier’s service history to Mexico reveals what can fairly be characterized as a pattern of trial and error. Frontier has entered 26 US-Mexico routes beginning in 2003. Of the 26 routes attempted, Frontier abandoned 13 and provided interrupted service in another 10. Frontier has provided continuous service on only three of its 26 routes since it began. Significantly, all of those three markets are from its Denver hub where Frontier can support the Mexico flights with flow traffic over multiple connecting segments. The value of a connecting network to support service to Mexico is therefore abundantly clear from Frontier’s own checkered experience. In Chicago, where Frontier lacks any behind-gateway support, Frontier’s history raises serious doubts about both its ability and commitment to sustain the service that its current application promises.

Beyond this, at ORD Frontier would be competing against established network service from United and American with no passenger feed and little name recognition, raising further doubts whether it would have the necessary staying power in this market. AirTran/Southwest, on the other hand, will unquestionably be able to provide strong, sustained, and likely growing competition in the Chicago-Cancun market, supported by its enormous base of operations at MDW.

Counsel: Southwest, Robert Kneisley, 202-263-6284

January 19, 2012

Amendment and Supplement to Application of Frontier Airlines - Bookmarked

Although Southwest/AirTran touts its Midway network, that is not all it purports to be. The fact is that Southwest's Midway network offers no connectivity, including between AirTran and Southwest. Southwest does not have any connections at Midway to AirTran (or any other carrier, for that matter) because it does not codeshare or even interline with any other carrier, including its sister/subsidiary company AirTran. Passengers simply cannot book a single-ticket, one-stop service to Cancun via Midway, whereby the Cancun segment is on AirTran and the other segment is on Southwest.

For its part, AirTran serves only five points nonstop from Chicago (Midway): three are in Florida (Orlando, Ft. Myers, Sarasota) and thus an on-line connection via Midway would be circuitous; one is Atlanta, which already offers nonstop Cancun service by AirTran and Delta Air Lines; and the last one is Branson, Missouri, a relatively small market for Cancun service.

Southwest/AirTran's alleged "huge network at Chicago Midway" is therefore less than meets the eye, and for the immediate future will offer connecting travelers little in the way of public benefits. And, even when Southwest/AirTran fully integrate (and it is unclear when that will occur), the carriers will adopt Southwest's business model, which means that consumers would not be able to book flights through the GDSs, but only through Southwest's website, even though substantial percentages of international consumers utilize GDSs to book flights.

Counsel: Hogan Lovells, Robert Cohn, 202-637-4999

]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:34:47 -0500 9B984395-7BD5-4A39-9DF7-64399ECDADC4 http://airlineinfo.com TNT Airways S.A.

OST-2012-0009 - Statement of Authorization - Liege-JFK All-Cargo Block Space/Codesharing with CAL Cargo

January 19, 2012

Application for a Statement of Authorization

Pursuant to a recently concluded Block Space/Code Share Agreement between TNT and CAL, CAL will block space and display its 5C designator code on all-cargo flights between Liege, Belgium and New York (JFK) operated either by TNT with B777 or B747-400 aircraft or by Southern Air on behalf of TNT with B777 aircraft. CAL has agreed to block space/code share on five roundtrip flights per week between JFK and LGG. TNT and CAL plan to begin these services on or around February 9, 2012.

Counsel: Wilmer Hale, David Heffernan, 202-663-6360

http://www.tnt.com/

]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:34:06 -0500 84B9F040-9693-4479-8953-B046319A2720 http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Greenville, Tupelo and Laurel/Hattiesburg, Mississippi and Muscle Shoals, Alabama

OST-2000-7856 - Muscle Shoals, AL
OST-2008-0209 - Greenville, MS
OST-2001-10685 - Laurel/Hattiesburg, MS
OST-2009-0305 - Tupelo, MS

January 19, 2012

Proposals of Air Choice One

2-year Term with Discounted 4-year Term Option - MEM Service (Inseparable Service)

Greenville-Memphis - 24 round-trips per week - Cessna Grand Caravan
Laurel/Hattiesburg-Memphis - 24 round-trips per week - Cessna Grand Caravan
Muscle Shoals-Memphis - 24 round-trips per week - Cessna Grand Caravan
Tupelo-Memphis - 24 round-trips per week - Cessna Grand Caravan

By: Air Choice One, Shane Storz, 866-435-9847

January 18, 2012

Proposals of SeaPort Airlines

Greenville 1:

GLH-MEM - 12 round-trips per week
GLH-MSY - 12 round-trips per week

Greenville 2:

GLH-BNA (via TUP) - 12 round-trips week
GLH-MSY - 12 round-trips per week

Greenville 3:

GLH-MEM - 18 round-trips per week
GLH-MSY - 6 round-trips per week

Tupelo 1:

TUP-BNA - 18 round-trips per week
TUP-MEM - 6 round-trips per week

Tupelo 2:

TUP-BNA - 12 round-trips per week
TUP-MEM - 12 round-trips per week

Tupelo 3:

TUP-BNA - 18 round-trips per week
TUP-MSY (via GLH) - 12 round-trips per week

Tupelo 4:

TUP-BNA - 18 round-trips per week
TUP-MSY (via PIB) - 12 round-trips per week

Laurel/Hattiesburg 1:

PIB-MSY - 24 round-trips per week

Laurel Hattiesburg 2:

PIB-MSY - 18 round-trips per week
PIB-BNA (via TUP) - 12 round-trips per week

Muscle Shoals 1:

MSL-BNA - 24 round-trips per week

Muscle Shoals 2:

MSL-BNA - 18 round-trips per week
MSL-MEM - 6 round-trips per week

Muscle Shoals 3:

MSL-BNA - 12 round-trips per week
MSL-MEM - 12 round-trips per week

By: SeaPort, Timothy Sieber, 971-340-1716

http://www.flytheshoals.com/ - Northwest Alabama Regional Airport
http://www.greenville.ms.us/Airport.html - Mid-Delta Regional Airport
http://www.hlrairport.com/ - Hattiesburg/Laurel Regional Airport

http://www.flytupelo.com/ - Tupelo Regional Airport

]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:33:40 -0500 740344A1-0DA5-49BB-A7CD-58A6D3220DC7 http://airlineinfo.com Mitchell Enterprises Limited d/b/a Regional Air Services

OST-2008-0319 - Exemption - Bahamas-US Charters

Filed December 30, 2011 | Issued January 20, 2012

Notice of Action Taken

Renew exemption from 49 USC § 41301 to engage in (1) charter foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between a point or points in the Bahamas and a point or points in Florida, and other charters pursuant to 14 CFR Part 212 of the Department’s regulations, using small aircraft; and (2) scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Nassau, Freeport, Marsh Harbour, and Bimini, Bahamas, on the one hand, and Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, Florida, on the other hand, and other charters pursuant to 14 CFR Part 212 of the Department’s regulations, using small aircraft

By: Paul Gretch

http://goregionalair.com/

]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:33:08 -0500 FBDDA2F2-42C1-47D5-8553-559F0BCAABC1 http://airlineinfo.com Spirit Airlines, Inc.

OST-2010-0052 - Exemption - US-Barranquilla

Filed December 30, 2011 | Issued January 19, 2012

Notice of Action Taken

Renewal of scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail from a point or points in the United States, via intermediate points, to Barranquilla, Colombia, and beyond to points in the Western Hemisphere.

This route description matches that which we awarded Spirit previously. See Notice of Action Taken issued March 5, 2010 in the present docket. Although Spirit’s current application does not reference all of the authority from the previous grant, Spirit’s counsel orally advised us that the carrier is in fact seeking renewal of all of the previously awarded authority.

By: Paul Gretch

http://www.spiritair.com/

]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:32:39 -0500 DED6E4D6-9FBB-4ADC-89FD-594BCEFD4A94 http://airlineinfo.com Semiannual Regulatory Agenda

OST-2012-0010

January 19, 2012

Semiannual Regulatory Agenda - Fall 2011

Regulatory Plan - Fall 2011

]]> Mon, 23 Jan 2012 07:32:11 -0500 47FF33D3-0208-414B-A930-950D9A12CB60 http://airlineinfo.com Atlas Air, Inc.

OST-2002-12503 - US-Ecuador All-Cargo Frequencies

January 18, 2012

Application for Renewal of an Exemption

Atlas Air, Inc. requests two-year renewal of its exemption authorizing it to provide scheduled foreign air trimsportation of property and mail between a point or points in the United States and a point or points in Ecuador.

By Notice of Action Taken, issued March 5, 2010, the Department renewed Atlas' exemption authority to operate scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail between a point or points in the United States and a point or points in Ecuador. Atlas' exemption authority was granted for a period oftwo years, through March 5, 2012.

Counsel: Atlas Air, Russell Pommer, 202-822-9121

http://www.atlasair.com/

]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:32:29 -0500 FC35B0F0-85A0-4259-A9A0-B4FE10A390CF http://airlineinfo.com Cielos del Peru, S.A.

OST-2000-7153 - Exemption - Peru-US

Filed November 3, 2011 | Issued November 28, 2011

Notice of Action Taken

Renewal of exemption from 49 USC §41301 to engage in scheduled and charter foreign air transportation of property and mail between the United States and any point or points. The applicant also requests renewal of its waiver from the provisions of 14 CFR 212 that would otherwise require the applicant to obtain prior approval to operate fifth freedom cargo charters.

By: Paul Gretch

http://www.cielos-airlines.com/

]]> Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:32:03 -0500 4F4BA342-647D-4573-BA80-E77C9F49BB13 http://airlineinfo.com ABX Air, Inc.

OST-2012-0008 - Exemption and Designation - Harlingen, Texas-Monterrey All-Cargo

January 18, 2012

Application for an Exemption and Designation

ABX hereby requests an exemption and designation permitting it to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail between Harlingen, Texas and Monterrey, Mexico. ABX's proposed scheduled service between Harlingen and Monterrey is fully consistent with the aviation agreement between the United States and Mexico. Pursuant to the US-Mexico Air Transport Agreement, as amended, the US may designate up to three US airlines to provide scheduled all-cargo service between any point or points in the US and Guadalajara and Monterrey. ABX understands that only one US airline is currently designated to provide scheduled all-cargo service in the Harlingen-Monterrey city-pair market thereby allowing for the designations requested by ABX.

The ABX flight will originate at the DHL hub in Cincinnati, Ohio. The entire routing of the round trip flight is as follows: Cincinnati-Harlingen-Monterrey-Harlingen-Cincinnati. ABX will transport freight by air to and from Monterrey that originates or terminates in Harlingen and Cincinnati.

Counsel: Silverberg Goldman, Robert Silverberg, 202-944-3300

http://www.abxair.com/

]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:50:56 -0500 B290410E-8779-4C21-9E15-FEDC6A95C8E3 http://airlineinfo.com AirTran Airways, Inc.

OST-2012-0007 - Exemption - Austin/Denver-Cancun

January 18, 2012

Applicatoin for an Exemption

AirTran hereby applies for an exemption from 49 USC § 41101 authorizing AirTran to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail on the following two US-Mexico routes: Austin, Texas and Cancun, Mexico and Denver, Colorado and Cancun, Mexico.

AirTran proposes to commence year-round service between AUS and CUN on or about May 25, 2012. AirTran will provide this service using Boeing 737-700 aircraft configured for 137 seats and plans to offer service four times a week to daily, depending on demand and other market conditions.

AirTran proposes to commence year round service between DEN and CUN beginning on or about April 16, 2012. AirTran will provide this service using Boeing 737-700 aircraft configured for 137 seats. AirTran plans to offer daily service during the peak season (December through June) and service several times a week during the off- peak period, depending on demand and market conditions.

Counsel: Southwest, Robert Kneisley, 202-263-6284

http://www.airtran.com/

]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:50:34 -0500 8915E9A7-9F41-4F0D-A433-A19454C8D013 http://airlineinfo.com Southern Air, Inc.

OST-2006-24703 - Exemption - US-Hong Kong All-Cargo

January 18, 2012

Application for Renewal of Exemption Authority

Southern applies for renewal of its exemption from 49 USC § 41101 authorizing Southern to engage in scheduled all-cargo foreign air transportation of property and mail between a point or points in the United States, directly or via any intermediate points, and Hong Kong and any third-country points. Southern requests that this renewed authority remain in effect for a period of two years or for such longer period as the Department may determine. Alternatively, Southern requests that this authority be included in its nonl-open-skies certificate requested by letter dated February 24, 2009, in response to the Department's February 13, 2009 notice In the A1alter olStreamlining Regulatory Procedures for Licensing US Air Carriers (Docket OST-2005-22228) should such certificate be issued before grant of the renewed exemption authority requested here.

Southern also has pending a US-Hong Kong certificate application in Docket OST-2006-25478 that should be dismissed as moot upon issuance ofthe requested non-open-skies certificate.

To Southern's understanding, the Department considers US-Hong Kong neither entry-limited nor frequency-limited, except that fifth-freedom markets are frequency-limited. Accordingly, approval of this application will not preclude any other US carrier from providing US-Hong Kong scheduled all-cargo service.

Counsel: Garofalo Goerlich, Aaron Goerlich, 202-776-3970

http://www.southernair.com/

]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:49:31 -0500 3FC43398-977B-49B0-9D55-830D3496E554 http://airlineinfo.com US Airways, Inc.

OST-2010-0043 - Exemption - US-African Points Codeshare with Brussels Airlines

January 17, 2012

Application for Renewal of an Exemption

US Airways applies for renewal of its exemption authority to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between a point or points in the United States, via intermediate points, to:

• Abijan, Cote d'Ivoire
  
• Bujumbura, Burundi
  
• Conakry, Guinea
  
• Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire)
  
• Freetown, Sierra Leone
  
• Luanda, Angola
  
• Lome, Togo
  

US Airways provides scheduled air service between the United States and the African Markets, pursuant to its codeshare arrangement with Brussels Airlines.

Counsel: US Airways, Howard Kass, 202-326-5153

http://usairways.com/

]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:49:00 -0500 42ABF7BE-41AB-4E10-ABAB-466D7F308BA6 http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Manistee, Michigan

OST-1996-1711

January 5, 2012

Support Letter of Manistee County Board of Commissioners

On January 3, 2012, the seven elected members of the Manistee County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to support the proposal of the Manistee Blacker Airport Authority to participate in the Alternate Essential Air Service Pilot Program.

Commercial airline service at Manistee County Blacker Airport provides Manistee County and the surrounding areas a vital link to the national transportation system. Quality air transportation is critical for the area's present and future economic development.

By: James Krolczyk

http://www.swmiairport.com/ - Southwest Michigan Regional Airport

]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:48:33 -0500 2290EF5D-2664-40FE-85DF-BD1F593ADC70 http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Presque Isle, Maine

OST-2000-8012

January 12, 2012

Support Letter of University of Maine at Presque Isle

I am pleased to comment on the proposals for continuing EAS to the Northern Maine Regional Airport. I write as the President of the University of Maine at Presque Isle, northern Maine's public university. The airport is an essential part of infrastructure for the university. Its services are used by prospective students and their parents, current students, staff and faculty, and the considerable numbers of business visitors to campus. The closest alternative is the 150 mile one-way drive to Bangor Airport.

By: Donald Zillman

http://www.flypresqueisle.com/ - Northern Maine Regional Airport

]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:48:05 -0500 8294F30C-A755-49D5-B69E-683AF32A63F0 http://airlineinfo.com Reciprocity Confirmations

OST-2006-24269

December 21, 2011

Confirmation of Spanish Civil Aviation Authority

With reference to the intentions of TAG Aviation España to conduct non-scheduled air services to/from the United States based on fifth freedom traffic rights, the Spanish Civil Aviation Authority hereby confirms that similar requests submitted by United States air carriers will be treated on the basis of reciprocity.

By: Raul Medina Caballero

http://www.fomento.gob.es/MFOM/LANG_CASTELLANO/DIRECCIONES_GENERALES/AVIACION_CIVIL/

]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:47:23 -0500 6B4189D0-72D0-4258-9C5B-D908023198E1 http://airlineinfo.com Bahamasair Holdings Limited

OST-2012-0004 - Exemption - Freeport-BWI/Louisville/Raleigh-Durham/Richmond

Filed January 10, 2012 | Issued January 18, 2012

Notice of Action Taken

Exemption under 49 USC §40109 to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Commonwealth of The Bahamas, on the one hand, and Baltimore, MD/Washington, DC; Louisville, KY; Raleigh/Durham, NC; and Richmond, VA, on the other hand.

By: Paul Gretch

http://bahamasair.com/

]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:44:29 -0500 24C10969-D10E-4A38-83EE-1DD3631722EF http://airlineinfo.com Icelandair Group

Order 2012-1-8
OST-2012-0002 - Violations of 49 USC § 41712 and 14 CFR 399.84

Issued and Served January 18, 2012

Consent Order

This consent order concerns Internet advertisements by Icelandair Group that violate the advertising requirements specified in 14 CFR 399.84, as well as 49 USC § 41712, which prohibits unfair and deceptive practices and unfair methods of competition. It directs Icelandair to cease and desist from future violations of section 399.84 and section 41712, and assesses the carrier a compromise civil penalty of $50,000.

For a period of time in the Fall 2011, Icelandair displayed an advertisement stating “Fares to Iceland and Europe starting from $429*.” An asterisk appeared following the fare without further elaboration. Nowhere on the website were the nature and amount of the additional taxes stated. Rather, once consumers clicked on the fare, they were then taken to Icelandair’s home page where consumers had to select a city and destination, which would then take the consumer to an additional page where tax and fee information was finally disclosed. Icelandair’s failure to provide proper notice of taxes and fees that may legally be stated separately from the fare violated 14 CFR 399.84 and 49 USC § 41712.

By: Rosalind Knapp

DOT Fines Icelandair for Violating Price Advertising Rules - DOT Press Release

http://www.icelandairgroup.com/

]]> Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:44:01 -0500 433BE535-C9F5-4A41-B728-514B96AC812F http://airlineinfo.com Atlas Air, Inc.

OST-2000-7477 - Exemption - US-Colombia All-Cargo

January 17, 2012

Application for Renewal of an Exemption

Atlas requests two-year renewal of its exemption authorizing it to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail between a point or points in the United States via intermediate points, and a point or points beyond Colombia to points in the Western Hemisphere.

By Notice of Action Taken, issued March 5, 2010, the Department granted Atlas exemption authority to operate scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail between a point or points in the United States via intermediate points, and a point or points beyond Colombia to points in the Western Hemisphere. Atlas' exemption authority was granted for a period of two years, through March 5, 2012.

Counsel: Atlas Air, Russell Pommer, 202-822-9121

http://www.atlasair.com/

]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:32:19 -0500 8966FD3A-18B7-480C-A508-1CD020FA54C2 http://airlineinfo.com Frontier Airlines, Inc.

OST-2005-22228 - Streamlining Regulatory Procedures for Licensing US and Foreign Carriers

January 13, 2012

Request of Frontier Airlines for Designation (Kansas City-San Jose del Cabo)

Frontier Airlines, Inc. holds certificate authority for the Kansas City-San Jose del Cabo route, which is currently limited to code-sharing service. Frontier respectfully requests immediate conversion of its code-share authorization for the Kansas City-San Jose del Cabo route to a designation so that it may operate its own aircraft on this route during the current peak winter period, and on a seasonal basis going forward. Unused US airline designations remain available for this route.

Frontier anticipates it will also continue to offer seasonal code-share service on this route on flights operated by its affiliate Republic Airline Inc.

Counsel: Hogan Lovells, Robert Cohn, 202-637-5600

http://www.frontierairlines.com/

]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:31:56 -0500 57A0BDCF-6746-469F-BBD8-BA1E62988FEA http://airlineinfo.com Servicios Aeronauticos Aeropersonal, S.A. de C.V.

OST-2009-0196 - Exemption - Mexico-US Charters

January 17, 2012

Application for Renewal of Exemption

Servicios Aeronauticos Aeropersonal, S.A. de C.V. hereby applies for renewal of its exemption from 49 USC §41301 , which authorizes Servicios Aeronauticos Aeropersonal to engage in charter foreign air transportation of passengers between Mexico and the United States, and other passenger charter operations in accordance with 14 CFR Part 212, using small aircraft. Servicios Aeronauticos Aeropersonal also requests renewal of its stopover privileges and continued relief from the Department's requirement to provide advance notice of each flight, or series of flights, between Mexico and the United States.

The Department granted the above authority to Servicios Aeronauticos Aeropersonal pursuant to a Notice of Action Taken dated January 22, 2010. Servicios Aeronauticos Aeropersonal requests that the Department renew this authority, which is scheduled to expire January 22, 2012, for a period of at least two years.

Counsel: Roller & Bauer, Lee Bauer, 202-331-3300

]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:31:31 -0500 700EFB40-1B7A-433B-B220-3670775FFF2E http://airlineinfo.com Tyrolean Airways Tiroler Luftfahrt GesmbH

OST-2000-7838 - Exemption - US-Austria

January 12, 2012

Application for Amendment of an Exemption

Tyrolean hereby requests that the Department amend Tyrolean 's exemption from 49 USC § 41301 to authorize Tyrolean to display the "US" designator code of US Airways, Inc. and any other duly authorized US air carrier on Tyrolean's flights between any point or points in any Member State of the European Union or European Common Aviation Area countries and beyond to any point or points. Tyrolean requests expedited processing of this application so that the marketing and sale of the codeshare services described herein can begin without delay.

Tyrolean holds exemption authority allowing it to operate scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail by displaying the codes of United Air Lines, Inc. and Continental Airlines, Inc. on flights operated by Tyrolean between points within Austria, and between points in Austria and points in third countries. Tyrolean's exemption authority was recently renewed and amended by the Department by Notice of Action Taken dated November 23, 2011 issued in this docket.

Tyrolean has entered into a wet-lease agreement with Brussels Airlines NV/SA whereby certain Tyrolean aircraft are wet-leased to Brussels for operation of intra-European regional flights. In addition, Brussels and US Airways hold authority from the Department to engage in code-sharing on a reciprocal basis pursuant to a codeshare agreement between the two carriers (see Joint Application of US Airways, Inc. and Brussels Airlines NV/SA for Statements of Authorization and Exemption, February 23, 2010 (Docket OST-2010-0042)).

Counsel: Lufthansa, Arthur Molins, 516-296-9234

OST-2012-0005 - Intra-European Codesharing with Brussels Airlines

http://www.tyrolean.at/

]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:31:06 -0500 86EC0B86-33CB-4A84-8C92-BC75B99459E1 http://airlineinfo.com Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Air Travel: Accessibility of Web Sites and Automated Kiosks at US Airports

OST-2011-0177

January 9, 2012

Comments of American Association of People with Disabilities

The current time frame of ten years for air carriers to comply with accessible kiosk requirements is too long. As use of kiosks increase, the cost savings in airline personnel increases. With this cost savings, air carriers should be able to replace older equipment, activate dormant features that can make kiosks more accessible, remove other barriers, and purchase new kiosks in a timely manner. AAPD thus believes that 100 percent of kiosks should be fully accessible within three to five years. In the meantime, all accessible kiosks should be identified with the International Symbol of Accessibility.

By: Mark Perriello

January 9, 2012

Comments of Association of Asia Pacific Airlines

AAPA submits the DOT has not sufficiently examined the complexity of international air travel and the associated issues of managing multiple websites internationally in this SNPRM. We urge the DOT to engage in further dialogue with the international airline community to better understand the issues and difficulties involved, as well as the practicalities of various solutions, before requiring implementation of various measures addressed in this SNPRM.

Counsel: AAPA, Steve Martin & Howard Mann, 301-941-1400

]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:29:36 -0500 8467BF1A-0046-4AFD-9282-20557A9F9533 http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Cedar City, Utah

OST-2003-16395

January 11, 2012

Comments of SkyWest Airlines

On September 15, 2011 SkyWest Airlines was awarded the Essential Air Service contract for continuing operations at Cedar City, UT. The proposal submitted included a change of aircraft type from the EMB120 to the CRJ200, a 50-seat regional jet.

After the awarding of the contract it was discovered that the Cedar City airport does not have the required operational permits for scheduled jet service. SkyWest is working with the airport to obtain the authorization, which will include an environmental assessment.

Operations at the airport will continue as planned with an EMB120 aircraft. It is currently unknown how long it will take to work through the process and resume with plans for jet service.

By: Michael Thompson

http://www.cedarcity.org/city_government/airport.html - Cedar City Municipal Airport

]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:29:02 -0500 1C4957AA-B1F6-4285-AFF8-2649155A6D8D http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Cody, Wyoming

OST-2011-0121

January 5, 2012

DOT Clarification on EAS Billing for SkyWest Airlines

As stated in the Appendix to Order 2011-11-24, SkyWest, operating as Delta Connection, proposed EAS at Cody for the first year of its contract to be effective from October 4, 2011, through May 31, 2012. However, SkyWest has informed us that the start date of that service is in error and should have been October 1, 2011. Therefore, SkyWest has requested that the Department adjust the effective period of the service to October 1, 2011. We request that you please compensate accordingly.

By: Dennis DeVany

http://www.flyyra.com/ - Yellowstone Regional Airport

]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:28:32 -0500 68100970-3CAC-44E7-AB26-B81047BB2DC8 http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Ironwood, Michigan

OST-1996-1266

January 10, 2012

Gogebic-Iron County Airport in Support of Great Lakes Airlines

Aside from the flight schedule, the Airport Board Feels (he reintroduction of MSP as the hub airport will be a very welcomed change that would prove to be a Favorable connecting airport.

By: Duane DuRay

]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:27:57 -0500 9A74BBCB-B1DC-4C3D-B6F2-C49487D48EB6 http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Plattsburgh, New York and Bar Harbor and Presque Isle/Houlton, Maine

OST-2003-14783 - Plattsburgh
OST-2000-8012 - Presque Isle/Houlton
OST-2011-0185 - Bar Harbor

January 9, 2012

DOT Request for Community Comments

Air Choice One: proposing to serve Bar Harbor, Presque Isle, and Plattsburgh
Cape Air: proposing to serve Bar Harbor
Peninsula Air: proposing to serve Bar Harbor, Presque Isle, and Plattsburgh
Sovereign Air: proposing to serve Bar Harbor, Presque Isle, and Plattsburgh

We request that you review the proposals and submit any comments you may have soon as possible, but no later than Tuesday. February 7.

By: Michael Martin

http://www.plattsburghinternationalairport.com/ - Plattsburgh International Airport
http://www.bhbairport.com/ - Hancock County-Bar Harbor Airport
http://www.flypresqueisle.com/ - Northern Maine Regional Airport

]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:27:28 -0500 6987C4CB-15B7-46B7-A4DD-B68B74C763CD http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Rhinelander, Wisconsin

OST-2011-0109

January 9, 2012

Rhinelander/Oneida County Airport in Support of Great Lakes Airlines

We concur with Great Lakes three round trips per day during off peak months with an increased flight schedule during our peak summer months to be determined by the airline to meet the historic traffic demands. We look forward to working with Great Lakes Airlines in the future.

By: Robert Heck

January 9, 2012

City of Rhinelander in Support of Great Lakes Airlines

As Mayor of the City of Rhinelander, I have received the proposal by Great Lakes Airlines. Our Airport Commission has provided me a review of the proposal and based on the Request for Proposals we concur with Great Lakes three round trips per day during off peak months with an increased flight schedule during our peak summer months to be determined by Great Lakes to meet the historic traffic demands.

By: Mayor Richard Johns

http://www.fly-rhi.org/ - Rhinelander/Oneida County Airport

]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:26:56 -0500 6EBF5D6B-ED53-4901-9881-6B87264302C6 http://airlineinfo.com Reciprocity Confirmations

OST-2006-24269

January 9, 2012

Confirmation of Portuguese National Institute of Civil Aviation

The National Institute of Civil Aviation herewith confirms that this civil aviation authority will grant, on the basis of reciprocity, to any carrier designated by the United States of America the right to conduct-third, fourth and fifth freedom non-scheduled (charter) passengers flights to/from Portugal in conformity with the Air Transport Agreement between the European Union and the United States of America, Signed In Brussels on the 25th of April of 2007 and in Washington, on the 30th of April of 2007.

The present Declaration of Reciprocity Is valid for a period of six months as from February 1, 2012.

By: Paulo Alexnadre Soares

]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:26:25 -0500 19D875E9-AA67-42F8-8058-E8A3F51BFE82 http://airlineinfo.com Universal Jet Aviation, Inc.

Order 2012-1-11
OST-2011-0151 - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Interstate Passenger Charters

Issued and Served January 17, 2012

Order to Show Cause Proposing Issuance of Certificates

By this order, we tentatively conclude that Universal Jet Aviation, Inc. is fit, willing, and able to provide interstate and foreign charter air transportation of persons, property and mail using one large aircraft, and should be issued certificates of public convenience and necessity authorizing such operations, subject to conditions.

We direct all interested persons to show cause why we should not issue orders making final our tentative findings and conclusions stated above and award certificates to Universal Jet Aviation, Inc., authorizing it to engage in interstate and foreign charter air transportation of persons, property and mail using one large aircraft.

By: Susan Kurland

http://www.ujet.com/

]]> Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:25:58 -0500 CADDCED0-7EFA-4B00-AE3C-D423C4315800 http://airlineinfo.com All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. and United Parcel Service Co.

OST-2009-0061 - Statements of Authorization - Tokyo (Narita)-Chicago (via Anchorage)/Taipei/Seoul All-Cargo Codesharing

Filed December 22, 2011 | Approved January 13, 2012

Department Action on Application

Joint application of All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. and Air Japan Co., Ltd. for statements of authorization as follows:

ANA requests an amended statement of authorization to permit ANA to display the (5X*) designator code of United Parcel Service Co. on flights operated by ANA between points in the United States and points in Japan and beyond Japan, for the purpose of transporting US mail.

Air Japan requests a statement of authorization permitting it to display the (5X*) designator code of UPS on codeshare flights operated by Air Japan on a wet lease basis for ANA, in connection with ANA’s codeshare agreement with UPS.

The joint applicants also request waiver of the 45-day advance filing requirement under 14 CFR Part 212.

By: Brett Kruger

http://www.ups.com/
http://www.ana.co.jp/

]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:23:53 -0500 159DA03C-E831-47C5-A821-2335D60054ED http://airlineinfo.com US-Mexico Procedural Docket

OST-2011-0076

January 12, 2012

Request of SkyWest Airlines for Small-Aircraft Designations

SkyWest asks the Department to designate SkyWest Airlines, Inc. d/b/a US Airways Express for scheduled combination service between Phoenix, Arizona, on the one hand, and Guadalajara, Guaymas, Hermosillo and Manzanillo, Mexico, on the other hand, to be operated pursuant to a cooperative 'marketing arrangement between SkyWest and US Airways. SkyWest plans to initiate service on the first of these routes beginning in April 2012 using 50-seat CRJ-200 aircraft provided all necessary government approvals have been secured, and SkyWest urges the Department to make these designations as soon as possible so that SkyWest can secure the necessary foreign approvals and US Airways can begin marketing the new services in advance of start-up.

Counsel: Crowell & Moring, Gerald Murphy, 202-624-2500

January 13, 2012

Re: Polling Results of SkyWest Airlines

We have polled the carriers on the service list for SkyWest's January 12, 2012 designation request and have received non-objections from all US carriers served. SkyWest asks that these designations be granted promptly so Sky West can secure the necessary foreign approvals, make final operating plans, and so US Airways can begin marketing these Phoenix-Guadalajara/Guaymas/Hermosillo/Manzanillo flights well in advance of start-up.

Counsel: Crowell & Moring, Gerald Murphy, 202-508-8855

Filed January 12, 2012 | Approved January 13, 2012

DOT Approval of Request of SkyWest Airlines

By: Brett Kruger

http://www.skywest.com/

]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:24:04 -0500 F1EB35F4-52A5-4920-B622-EDA0C1080710 http://airlineinfo.com US Certificated Air Carriers and Presidential Campaign Organizations

Order 2012-1-10
OST-2012-0006

Issued and Served January 13, 2012

Order Granting Waivers

During previous Presidential Election Campaigns many campaign organizations desired to charter aircraft from commercial airlines. In response to this demand, the Department (and prior to 1985 the Civil Aeronautics Board) granted US certificated carriers waivers from the provisions of 14 CFR Part 212 of the Aviation Economic Regulations to permit them to charter aircraft to the campaign organizations. Waivers were necessary because the charters (on behalf of the campaign organizations) did not meet the regulations governing single entity charters. Specifically, for a charter group to qualify as a single entity, the participants are not permitted to pay either directly or indirectly for the air transportation. However, the campaign organizations wanted to allow Secret Service and news media personnel to travel on the flights and reimburse the campaign organizations for their travel. We found this practice reasonable and therefore granted appropriate waivers from the single entity rules.

In order to avoid the burden of handling numerous similar requests for the 2012 campaign on a case-by-case basis, we find again that it would be in the public interest to grant all US certificated carriers a blanket waiver of the provisions of Part 212 of the Economic Regulations, specifically section 212.4, to provide charter service on behalf of the 2012 Presidential Election Campaign Organizations. We will also grant similar waivers to the campaign organizations to the extent that the charters they arrange do not conform to the single entity rules.

By: Paul Gretch

]]> Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:22:53 -0500 27DDD8A4-45DB-45EF-80CF-75541117350A http://airlineinfo.com Sichuan Airlines Co., Ltd.

OST-2010-0299 - Exemption - China-CNMI/Guam and China-US Charters

January 10, 2012

Application for Renewal of an Exemption

Sichuan Airlines Co., Ltd. hereby applies for renewal of an exemption authorizing SCAl to continue to engage in (1) scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between points in the People's Republic of China, on the one hand, and Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, on the other hand; (2) charter foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between the PRC and the United States; and (3) other charters pursuant to the prior approval requirements set forth in the Department's regulations.

Pursuant to the initial exemption authority granted to SCAl last year, SCAl introduced and subsequently expanded scheduled passenger service between points in the PRC and Saipan. SCAl currently operates four weekly Chengdu- Shanghai-Saipan roundtrip flights and two weekly Chengdu-Guangzhou-Saipan roundtrip flights using A-330-243 equipment configured with either 36 first class and 209 economy seats or 24 first class and 248 economy class seats.

Counsel: Hogan Lovells, George Carneal, 202-637-6546

http://www.scal.com.cn/

]]> Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:40:13 -0500 8E8771FD-0961-4179-8416-8D6785C39E99 http://airlineinfo.com Tyrolean Airways Tiroler LuftFahrt GesmbH

OST-2012-0005 - Statement of Authorization - Intra-European Codesharing with Brussels Airlines

January 12, 2012

Application for a Statement of Authorization

Tyrolean, a regional affiliate of Austrian Airlines AG, hereby applies for a statement of authorization pursuant to 14 CFR Part 212 to engage in the codeshare services described below. Tyrolean requests expedited processing of this application so that the marketing and sale of the codeshare services described herein can begin without delay. Tyrolean also requests that the statement of authorization be granted for an indefinite period.

Pursuant to the authority requested herein, Tyrolean will transport US Airways' US-origin/destination passengers on aircraft wet-leased to Brussels over the following routes: from Brussels, Belgium on one hand, to the following destinations on the other hand:

Malaga, Spain; Athens, Greece; Barcelona, Spain; Birmingham, UK; Bilbao, Spain; Bologna, Italy; Stockholm, Sweden; Bristol, UK; Budapest, Hungary; Paris, France; Copenhagen, Denmark; Catania, Italy; Moscow, Russia; Faro, Portugal; Rome, Italy; Florence, Italy; Gothenburg, Sweden; Geneva, Switzerland; Hanover, Germany; Hamburg, Germany; Krakow, Poland; London, UK; Milan, Italy; Lisbon, Portugal; Madrid, Spain; Manchester, UK; Marseille, France; Naples, Italy; Nice, France; Newcastle, UK; Oporto, Portugal; Oslo, Norway; Prague, Czech Republic; Sevilla, Spain; Strasbourg , France; Toulouse, France; Turin, Italy; Berlin, Germany; Venice, Italy; Vienna, Austria; Vilnius, Lithuania; Warsaw, Poland.

Counsel: Lufthansa, Arthur Molins, 516-296-9234

http://www.tyrolean.at/

]]> Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:39:50 -0500 4F95FB75-385E-4512-B61A-E1BDD7A7AA99 http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Plattsburgh, New York and Bar Harbor and Presque Isle/Houlton, Maine

OST-2003-14783 - Plattsburgh
OST-2000-8012 - Presque Isle/Houlton
OST-2011-0185 - Bar Harbor

January 11, 2012

Comments of Peninsula Airways

By contrast to the proposals of Sovereign and Air Choice, PenAir's EAS proposals readily satisfy all of the requisite criteria set forth in the Statute and the Order, present realistic and sustainable operations, and offer superior benefits for passengers and the local communities. Accordingly, PenAir urges the Department to select it (i) to provide essential air service for two years between Boston, on the one hand, and Presque Isle/Houlton and Plattsburgh, on the other hand, at the subsidy levels presented in its Proposal, and (ii) to provide non-subsidized BOS-BHB essential air service during the High Season for two years.

Counsel: Hogan Lovells, Robert Cohn, 202-637-4999

]]> Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:39:23 -0500 C8AD68B3-A6ED-4AFC-B40D-62046302D400 http://airlineinfo.com Intra-Alaska Bush Mail Rates

OST-2003-14694

December 1 and 2, 2011

Notes of Kevin Adams to the Meeting in Anchorage

By: DOT, Kevin Adams

]]> Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:39:00 -0500 BA08B383-9B5C-49A3-96AD-957012B369A9 http://airlineinfo.com Reciprocity Confirmations

OST-2006-24269

December 1, 2011

Confirmation of Canadian Transportation Agency

This letter confirms that the Canadian Transportation Agency considers applications by US air carriers for approval to operate charters to and from Canada, including charters between Canada and third countries, in accordance with the provisions of the Air Transport Agreement Between Canada and the United States of America, signed March 12, 2007 and, as established in the Agreement for those charters not specified in the Annex to that Agreement, on the basis of comity and reciprocity.

By: Catherine MacDonald

December 1, 2011

Confirmation of Portuguese National Institute of Civil Aviation

The National Institute of Civil Aviation herewith confirms that this civil aviation authority will grant, on the basis of reciprocity, to any carrier designated by the United States of America the right to conduct, third, fourth and fifth-freedom non-scheduled (charter) passengers flights to/from Portugal in conformity with the Air Transport Agreement between the European Union and the United States of America, signed in Brussels on the 25th of April 2007 and in Washington on the 30th of April 2007.

The present Declaration of Reciprocity is valid for a period of six months as from February 1, 2012.

By: Paulo Alexandre Soares

]]> Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:38:38 -0500 63C8D7F1-13FA-42A8-91FC-6C394F8D57B4 http://airlineinfo.com Air Berlin Plc & Co. Luftverkehrs KG

OST-2012-0003 - Statement of Authorization - Germany-US Codesharing with Etihad Airways

Filed January 6, 2012 | Approved January 12, 2012

Department Action on Application

Application of Air Berlin PLC & Co. Luftverkehrs KG for a statement of authorization to permit Air Berlin to display the (EY*) designator code of Etihad Airways P.J.S.C. on flights operated by Air Berlin between Germany and the United States. Air Berlin also requests a waiver of the 45-day advance filing requirement under 14 CFR Part 212.2

By: Shelita Johnson

http://www.airberlin.com/

]]> Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:38:15 -0500 6830E0F4-D59B-4633-978F-A67689155591 http://airlineinfo.com Bahamasair Holdings Limited

OST-2012-0004 - Exemption - Freeport-BWI/Louisville/Raleigh-Durham/Richmond

January 10, 2012

Application for an Exemption

Bahamasair Holdings Limited hereby applies for an exemption from 49 USC § 41301 authorizing Bahamasair to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Freeport, Grand Bahama Island, Commonwealth of The Bahamas, on the one hand, and each of the following US points, on the other hand: (a) Baltimore, MD/Washington, DC, (b) Louisville, KY, (c) Raleigh/Durham, NC and (d) Richmond, VA. Bahamasair requests that this exemption authority be granted for an initial period of at least one year or until its foreign air carrier permit is amended to include these Bahamas-US routes, whichever occurs first. Bahamasair intends to commence service on these four Freeport-US routes beginning on or about February 16, 2012.

Bahamasair initially intends to offer two weekly nonstop flights between Freeport and each of Baltimore/Washington, Louisville, Raleigh/Durham and Richmond using B-737-300 or similar equipment configured with approximately 140 seats (depending on the interim wet-lease arrangements and ensuing fleet acquisitions). Bahamasair reserves the right to modify the proposed frequencies and aircraft as warranted by market circumstances.

Counsel: Hogan Lovells, George Carneal, 202-637-6546

http://bahamasair.com/

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:41:41 -0500 9A05BCB3-2D07-4F7B-9B04-FD2A00FA496D http://airlineinfo.com TAM Linhas Aereas, S.A.

OST-2007-0012 - Statements of Authorization - US-Brazil Codesharing with United

January 11, 2012

Application for Renewal of Exemption Authority

TAM hereby respectfully requests, pursuant to 49 USC § 40109 and 14 CFR Part 377, renewal of an exemption from the provisions of 49 USC § 41301 to authorize TAM to continue to conduct scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail on a code-share only basis between TAM's authorized US gateways and 30 named US points, pursuant to a codeshare arrangement with United Air Lines, Inc. This authority was last renewed by Notice of Action Taken, issued in the above-referenced Docket on January 13, 2011, and is set to expire on January 13,2012. TAM seeks renewal of this exemption authority for a two-year or longer period.

Counsel: Silverberg Goldman, Robert Silverberg, 202-944-3300

http://www.tam.com.br/

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:41:18 -0500 AD750358-5B6C-4A39-8AD0-77C5B833F73F http://airlineinfo.com Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Air Travel: Accessibility of Web Sites and Automated Kiosks at US Airports

OST-2011-0177

January 9, 2012

Comments of Airlines for America, International Air Transport Association, Airports Council International - North America, Regional Airline Association and Air Carrier Association of America

We recommend that the Department substantially revise the SNPRM to adopt regulatory alternatives. As proposed, the SNPRM imposes an undue burden on airlines and does not meet EO 12866 and 13563 directives.

We support taking incremental steps to provide increase access to information and functions on carrier websites that market air transportation. However, we believe that any regulatory mandate in this area take into account and recognize the substantial efforts by carriers to date to increase passenger access to information on carrier websites. At the same time, as in the case with the kiosks, we believe it is incumbent of DOT to offer carriers a more flexible approach to meet this shared goal of increased access. Carriers have already made substantial efforts to increase passenger access to information on carrier websites, without a regulatory mandate to do so. These efforts have included incorporating accessible website features in newly developed applications such as mobile websites or creating text alternative websites to better serve passengers with disabilities. The primary goal of these efforts has been to adopt usability features, instead of limiting website development to strict standards. The result of these efforts has been to make the core and most important features of a carrier website accessible to passengers with disabilities. Many carriers use accessible website experts to maximize usability of carrier websites.

The best way for the Department to meet its goals in this area is to change its proposed prescriptive website standard and provide additional flexibility. The Department should permit carriers and ticket agents to meet any existing or future web accessibility standard. Adopting a strict “one size fits all” standard will unnecessarily divert carrier resources to comply with technical standards, when many of the estimated benefits have already been achieved or could be achieved in a much more efficient manner. Increased accessibility should embrace the innovation, improvements, and features all passengers enjoy, such as carrier mobile websites or applications downloaded onto a computer or smart device. Otherwise the unintended consequence of this prescriptive approach will be to constrain future innovation that would benefit all passengers, including .passengers with disabilities. Adopting regulatory alternatives will drastically eliminate unnecessary costs and focus on users and functionality.

The Department should not adopt its proposal to require carriers to enforce the website accessibility requirements against ticket agents. Carriers will have no leverage to enforce DOT regulations. If the Department is interested in regulating ticket agent websites, it should do so directly and not through carriers. Indirect regulation of ticket agents will cause conflicts in contractual relationships, slow implementation, and create another layer of bureaucracy that does not benefit consumers. We estimate it would cost a minimum of $250,000 per year per carrier to “enforce” accessibility requirements against ticket agents. Carrier efforts to identify and notify a ticket agent of web accessibility shortcomings will not ultimately result in compliance. Carriers are not regulators and should not be burdened with this regulatory function.

Counsel: Douglas Mullen, 202-626-4000 for A4A / James Briggs, 202-293-8500 for ACI-NA / Douglas Lavin, 202-628-9292 for IATA / Edward Faberman, 202-719-7420 for ACAA / Roger Cohen, 202-367-1250 for RAA

 

January 9, 2012

Comments of Air New Zealand

New Zealand feels that should the Department require ticket agents as well as airlines to have accessible websites that the rule should apply directly to ticket agents. Airlines should not be held responsible for the accessibility of websites of ticket agents which sell airline tickets. Agents make sales on behalf of numerous airlines, putting multiple airlines in the position of monitoring a single ticket agent’s website. There would be no certainty or clarity over which airlines would be responsible. Agents also sell non-airline products, therefore airlines should not carry responsibility for ensuring agents’ websites are accessible for those different offerings. At the most, a carrier should only be responsible for informing ticket agents that their websites need to be compliant, although this can more effectively be achieved by agents having direct responsibility under the rule.

Although there is different applicability between the ACAA and ADA legislation, Air New Zealand asserts that the legislation should be dependent on the Department of Justice moving forward with its rule making under Title III of the Americans with Disabilities Act to endeavor to provide consumers who require accessibility to have a consistent experience with accessible websites across industries.

Counsel: Kirstein & Young, Joanne Young, 202-331-3348

January 9, 2012

Comments of Allegiant Air

Allegiant concurs with the January 3 kiosk accessibility comments of AAI and joins in those comments. The requirements of existing § 382.57 are more than sufficient to address the concerns articulated and to provide reasonable accommodation to passengers with disabilities. In short the existing procedure is fully consistent with the requirements of § 382.1 and the ACAA. As the Department has recognized, it is not physically or technologically possible to make all facilities and services accessible to each and every qualified individual, hence the § 382.1 requirement that carriers take steps to accommodate passengers with disabilities. Kiosk accessibility is a prime example of a situation where a human solution – active accommodation of passengers requiring assistance – is superior to a very costly and unwarranted technology-based solution that will leave numerous passengers dissatisfied if not disaccommodated in any event.

As AAI notes, the SNPRM references neither an enforcement action nor other evidence that regulatory action to enhance kiosk accessibility is a necessity. In Allegiant’s view the Department’s proposal could fairly be characterized as a solution in search of a problem. The proposed expansion of § 382.57 is neither reasonable nor justified, and the regulation should be left as is.

Counsel: Garofalo Goerlich, Aaron Goerlich, 202-776-3974

January 9, 2012

Comments of American Foundation for the Blind

DOT wonders whether it is adequate for carriers to send users with disabilities to their mobile web sites where logic dictates that a simpler layout could suffice as a measure of accessibility. We, once again, do not believe so. The complexity of a browser determining that a particular user needs to be sent to a mobile web site in an automated way is difficult to describe—much less difficult to achieve. This process would necessarily single out users with disabilities and force them to disclose their disability when there is no need for them to do so. This is, of course, if the carrier’s mobile web site contains all the features that its non-mobile site has.

In forming its cost benefit analysis, the DOT refers to several entities that it does not cover under the proposed regulations because of their size or the technical difficulty possible in achieving accessibility. DOT specifically discusses travel agents as one of these entities. This analysis unfortunately results from a view that making web sites accessible is a process akin to making physical facilities accessible. While there are indeed barriers such as clarity in ownership, size of firms, etc., these barriers are easily overcome by looking at resources for such small firms. Open source –freely available—content management systems exist that provide full accessibility out of the box that would require very little work for entities needing to comply with regulations. In addition, the entities have the option to ensure that their web sites are made accessible by individuals or contractors responsible for creating and maintaining their websites.

Carving out an exception for revenue or number of employees is not necessary. The well-established “undue burden” defense will be available to Title II and III entities that cannot meet the new regulations for content posted prior to the effective date and not substantially refreshed since the effective date. The five-pronged definition of “undue burden,” which takes into account the size of an entity, its financial and other resources, the number of its employees and other factors will adequately protect the legitimate interests of covered entities without erecting additional barriers to implementation of new web accessibility regulations.

Counsel: Eric Bridges, 202-467-5081

January 9, 2012

Comments of Consortium for Citizens with Disabilities

The task force supports requiring accessible kiosks at US airports with 10,000 or more enplanements per year. To ensure that accessible kiosks are available as soon as possible, we believe, however, that all kiosks ordered 30 days after the effective date of the rule should be accessible, not 60 days. Furthermore, all existing kiosks should be replaced or retrofitted within three to five years of the effective date of the rule. Inactive accessibility features should be activated immediately.

We also support the adoption of a performance standard and the types and a clarification of the versions of assistive technologies to which a performance standard should apply. Specifically, DOT must adopt a performance standard that is parallel to the Department of Justice’s effective communication criteria, which requires that communication be provided timely and in a manner that protects the privacy and independence of the user. It is also highly feasible to require airlines to work with members of the disability community to receive feedback on website accessibility. Otherwise, airlines may end up meeting the letter but not the spirit of the law.

We also believe that people with disabilities booking on-line should have the ability to request the accommodations that they need when flying, such as enplaning and deplaning assistance, use of a boarding chair, and stowage of mobility equipment. The ability to make a written record will assist the passenger by allowing his or her needs to be clearly stated and also help the airline to easily understand the passenger’s needs. If clarification is needed, the airline may simply contact the passenger for more information.

By: Heather Ansley, 202-556-2076

January 9, 2012

Comments of Interactive Travel Services Association

ITSA strongly agrees with the suggestion raised in the Department’s Notice that DOT should wait until the DOJ’s rulemaking on web standards is completed before proceeding with this rulemaking.

We prefer that ticket agent websites not be directly regulated by DOT, but rather that airlines be required to ensure that the sites operated by their agents are compliant with the DOT rules. This will reduce regulatory burdens on DOT, while allowing agents to work with their airline partners to ensure compliance. However, we propose one caveat, namely, that airlines be required to utilize the same standards and criteria in their oversight of ticket agents to avoid inconsistent requirements across airlines. In other words, the final rules adopted by DOT should be the common measure that airlines use to determine agency compliance, as opposed to any additional requirements that one airline or another might impose.

By: Joseph Rubin

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:40:31 -0500 585040AD-5C85-4D88-8FD0-E3EFC377021B http://airlineinfo.com Blue Panorama Airlines, S.p.A.

Order 2012-1-9
OST-2011-0180 - Exemption and Foreign Air Carrier Permit - EU-US Open-Skies Scheduled Passenger

Issued November 8, 2011 | Served January 11, 2012

Final Order

By Order 2011-10-6, issued October 17, 2011, we directed all interested persons to show cause why we should not make final our tentative findings and conclusions stated therein and award a foreign air carrier permit in the form attached to the Order and subject to the conditions attached thereto. We gave interested persons 21 days to file objections to the Order. We said that if no objections were filed, all further procedural steps would be deemed waived, and the Department would enter an order (subject to Presidential review under 49 USC §41307) which would make final the findings and conclusions of the Order.

No objections were received within the time period provided.

By: Paul Gretch

http://www.blue-panorama.com/

]]> Thu, 12 Jan 2012 08:39:53 -0500 EC7CEE8F-AB66-4035-85FC-D4D2FA4F8433 http://airlineinfo.com Servicios Aeronauticos Z, S.A. de C.V.

OST-1997-2651 - Exemption - Mexico-US Charters

January 3, 2012

Application for a Renewal of Exemption

Servicios Aeronauticos, a Mexican air taxi operator of executive aircraft, requests a renewal of exemption from 49 USC 41301 to authorize Servicios Aeronauticos to continue to engage in charter foreign air transportation of personnel and their accompanying baggage with small aircraft between Mexico and the United States, and, subject to prior department approval, between other countries and the United States. Servicios Aeronauticos also requests continued stopover privileges and relief from the requirement to obtain advance approval for each Mexico-US flight. Servicios Aeronauticos requests that this renewal of exemption be granted for a period of at least one year.

Counsel: Daniel Elizondo, 210-927-2581

]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:25:08 -0500 721E11A1-B87B-43FB-B6A1-04C301F45A91 http://airlineinfo.com Sun Air Express, LLC d/b/a Sun Air International

OST-2011-0169 - Commuter Air Carrier Authority - Florida-Bahamas

January 6, 2012

Supplement No. 2

In the November 15,2011 Supplement, Sun Air submitted a Promissory Note in Exhibit SUN-804, verifying the terms of the $100,000 line-of-credit Cooper Trading Corporation has granted to Sun Air. Sun Air also enclosed Exhibit SUN-805, the financial statement of Cooper Trading.

The Department now requests third-party verification that Cooper Trading has the finances available to extend the line-of-credit. In response, Sun Air encloses in Exhibit SUN-806 an original letter dated January 3, 2012 from Thomas L. Cooper, as individual, to Cooper Trading. In the letter, Mr. Cooper confirms that he has agreed to guarantee Cooper Trading's promise to extend a $100,000 line-of-credit to Sun Air. Also enclosed in Exhibit SUN-806 is the original letter from Merrill Lynch, verifying that Mr. Cooper has more than $2.0 million in available funds. Mr. Cooper will extend $100,000 of these funds to his company Cooper Trading, if Cooper Trading cannot otherwise provide the amounts Sun Air may draw against the $100,000 line of credit.

To date, Sun Air has not drawn any amounts under the line-of-credit.

Sun Air has demonstrated that it has sufficient funds to support its proposed commuter air carrier operations. Both the cash available in its account and the $100,000 line-of-credit are sufficient to cover pre-operating costs and three months of normal operating expenses.

Counsel: Zuckert Scoutt, Lonnie Anne Pera, 202-973-7913

http://www.sunairexpress.net/

]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:24:39 -0500 750DE2C6-492E-43FC-84A1-D03EDB1756E7 http://airlineinfo.com Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Air Travel: Accessibility of Web Sites and Automated Kiosks at US Airports

OST-2011-0177

January 9, 2012

Comments of Condor Flugdienst

To the extent that the Department decides to require carriers to redesign their websites for compliance with WCAG 2.0 standards, Condor respectfully requests that the Department allow an alternative means of compliance for carriers that perform only a small number of weekly flights to the United States, such as providing an accessible telephone reservation system free of charge that provides equivalent service and information. Additionally, Condor requests that the Department reconsider its proposal to hold carriers responsible for ticket agents' compliance with accessibility standards, as it would unfairly increase the cost to carriers - especially carriers with very limited staff for US operations.

Counsel: Holland & Knight, Anita Mosner

January 9, 2012

Comments of the National Association of the Deaf, Deaf and Hard of Hearing Consumer Advocacy Network, Telecommunications for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Association of Late-Deafened Adults, Hearing Loss Association of America and California Coalition of Agencies Serving the Deaf and Hard of Hearing

The Consumer Groups recommend the adoption of regulations requiring US and foreign air carriers to make their web sites accessible to individuals with disabilities and to ensure that their ticket agents do likewise. It is especially important that the DOT takes a proactive approach in ensuring that websites and automated kiosks are designed with accessibility in mind, including individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. While most web based content and kiosks largely provide written/visual information, multimedia content with an audio component is becoming more and more common.

Counsel: National Association of the Deaf, Andrew Phillips

January 9, 2012

Comments of Virgin America

Although significant progress has been made since the Department’s original 2004 proposal on Web site and kiosk accessibility, the sheer number of questions that have been raised by the Department itself concerning the ultimate scope of a final regulation on Web site and kiosk accessibility indicates that several important questions still remain about what the actual standards should be, the compliance and maintenance cost associated with these proposals, the level of difficulty and technical feasibility of bringing the many Web sites in use today into compliance, and most importantly, the time needed to make the changes at a reasonable cost. The convening of such a meeting will provide the Department and interested parties with an important opportunity to address these issues in a comprehensive and thoughtful manner prior to the adoption of any final rules by the Department.

Counsel: Virgin America, Barbara Russell, 650-762-7000

]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:23:49 -0500 84AE5C4C-44DC-4E44-AC30-650C62950BBD http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Bar Harbor, Maine

OST-2011-0185

January 6, 2012

Proposal of Cape Air

Cape Air proposes Bar Harbor service at an annualized rate of $1.67m.

Nominal Bar Harbor-Boston schedule:

Winter:
To Boston		From Boston
Departure	Arrival	Departure	Arrival
6:00am	7:24am	10:00am	11:18am
11:38am	1:02pm	2:00pm	3:18pm
3:38pm	5:02pm	5:27pm	6:45pm
Summer:
To Boston		From Boston
Departure	Arrival	Departure	Arrival
6:00am	7:24am	5:27pm	6:45pm

Counsel: Cape Air, Andrew Bonney, 508-862-9719

http://www.bhbairport.com/

]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:23:20 -0500 6E286663-290B-49EA-8D7B-521F6BA9FD7B http://airlineinfo.com Estafeta Carga Aerea, S.A. de C.V.

OST-2001-8630 - Exemption - Mexico-US Cargo Charters

Filed December 12, 2011 | Issued January 10, 2012

Notice of Action Taken

Renewal of exemption under 49 USC §40109 to permit the applicant to conduct scheduled all-cargo services between: 1) Chihuahua, Mexico and Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas; 2) Merida, Mexico and Miami, Florida; and 3) Cancun, Mexico and Miami, Florida.

By: Paul Gretch

http://www.estafeta.com/

]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:22:51 -0500 2A0DFFC7-0744-490A-97D2-8FEE459C0AFC http://airlineinfo.com Servicios Aeronauticos Z, S.A. de C.V.

OST-1997-2651 - Exemption - Mexico-US Charters

January 3, 2012

Application for a Renewal of Exemption

Servicios Aeronauticos, a Mexican air taxi operator of executive aircraft, requests a renewal of exemption from 49 USC 41301 to authorize Servicios Aeronauticos to continue to engage in charter foreign air transportation of personnel and their accompanying baggage with small aircraft between Mexico and the United States, and, subject to prior department approval, between other countries and the United States. Servicios Aeronauticos also requests continued stopover privileges and relief from the requirement to obtain advance approval for each Mexico-US flight. Servicios Aeronauticos requests that this renewal of exemption be granted for a period of at least one year.

Counsel: Daniel Elizondo, 210-927-2581

]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:22:15 -0500 4828BB07-104D-47DA-910C-7015D80F737A http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Alpena, Michigan

Order 2012-1-6
OST-2009-0300

Issued and Served January 10, 2012

Order Re-Soliciting Proposals

By this Order, the Department is re-soliciting proposals from all interested carriers to provide subsidized Essential Air Service at Alpena, Michigan. Proposals are due by January 31, 2012.

In response to our second solicitation for proposals, we received proposals from only one carrier, Intrepid. Intrepid proposes a total of ten round trips per week between Alpena and either Lansing or Grand Rapids, Michigan, with 19-seat Jetstream turbo props with an on board lavatory, and requests $3,024,000 annual subsidy.

We will reject Intrepid’s most recent proposal and re-solicit proposals. First, Intrepid correctly indicates that it has neither DOT nor FAA operating authority. Regarding its proposal to provide EAS with 19-seat aircraft in partnership with an unnamed Part 380 operator, the Department found in Order 2011-1-16 that EAS, by statute, cannot be provided under Part 380 of the Department’s Aviation Regulations. In addition to not holding sufficient operating authority, Intrepid’s proposal has other deficiencies. The carrier proposes service to Grand Rapids and Lansing, Michigan, but basic EAS requires that the service be to a large- or medium-hub airport unless the community is more than 400 miles from the nearest large or medium hub. Alpena is less than 400 miles from Detroit, and neither Grand Rapids nor Lansing is a medium or large hub. Finally, the ten round trips per week proposed by Intrepid fall short of the minimum frequency required by EAS, namely twelve round trips per week.

Based on all of the above, we have decided that the best option is to re-solicit proposals at this time.

By: Todd Homan

http://www.alpenaairport.com/ - Alpena County Regional Airport

]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:21:41 -0500 5DD8A931-79EC-408C-827A-100CEA3922B0 http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Pierre, South Dakota

Order 2012-1-7
OST-2011-0138

Issued and Served January 10, 2012

Thirty-Day Hold-In Extension

By this Order, the Department of Transportation extends the Essential Air Service obligation of Mesaba Aviation and Pinnacle Airlines, d/b/a Delta Connection at Pierre, South Dakota, for an additional 30 days, through February 14, 2012, or until Great Lakes begins replacement service, on or about February 1, 2012.

By: Todd Homan

http://ci.pierre.sd.us/department.aspx?id=2 - Pierre Regional Airport

]]> Wed, 11 Jan 2012 08:21:06 -0500 6E073D58-0C8C-43ED-B930-365675586BE7 http://airlineinfo.com Nondiscrimination on the Basis of Disability in Air Travel: Accessibility of Web Sites and Automated Kiosks at US Airports

OST-2011-0177

January 6, 2012

Comments of the American Society of Travel Agents

One subject that gets a large amount of attention in the NPRM is the question whether DOT should impress the airlines into service as enforcers of the accessibility rules, presumably on the theory that they are the principals in a principal-agency relationship with travel agents and thus already in a position to enforce their will on the agents through contracts and otherwise. ASTA is strenuously opposed to the creation of an airline enforcement regime for web accessibility rules. The only acceptable role for airlines as intermediaries in this process is the use of the Airlines Reporting Corporation as a means of achieving universal notice to travel agents who sell air that, if those agents operate a web site, there are rules to be satisfied. Such notice will, of course, be supplemented by ASTA’s own communications to its members, through newsletters and webinars, about the nature and extent of the rules to be satisfied. Airlines individually may also communicate to their agents about the rules. But communication should be the outer limit of the airlines involvement in agency compliance.

DOT has indicated that the proposed rule applies to travel agency websites, mobile apps and booking engines. The implication is that the rule applies only to public-facing sites and not to private (i.e. corporate) websites and booking engines. We ask the Department to clarify this question, which arose in connection with the recently adopted Consumer Rule II as well and was addressed in post-adoption FAQs regarding the rules. In some cases, the travel agency may own the online booking tool, but in many cases the corporation itself owns the tool that the agency merely manages. In adopting any final rule, the Department should clarify the applicability of the rules to private website and corporate booking engines.

Counsel: ASTA, Paul Ruden, 703-739-6854

January 9, 2012

Comments of All Nippon Airways

In the SNPRM, DOT estimated that the cost of complying with the new requirements should be no more than $225,000 (reflecting 1500 hours of work), for a carrier with a large website of an average of 900 pages. Likewise, once initial compliance had been achieved, DOT estimated that the annual cost of updating websites for the entire industry would be $2 million. See 76 Fed. Reg. at 59315. ANA believes that these amounts are unrealistically low. ANA expects that 2500 content pages on its website, and 350 dynamic booking engine pages, would need to be updated ANA expects that the initial process of reviewing the WCAG requirements and the current features of its website to which they would need to be applied would by itself require at least 6 months and at least $250,000. Further, ANA estimates that actually implementing the changes would require at least an additional 12 months (2 months for coordination, 8 months for production and development, and 2 months for testing) and would cost $6 million (of which $5.5 million would be needed for revisions to the booking engine and $500,000 would be needed for other elements of the website; considerably more time and effort would be required to ensure the compliance of dynamic pages). In support of this project, ANA expects that more than 20 employees would need to be devoted to this project, either full- or part-time. Additionally, ANA estimates that ensuring ongoing compliance of both the content pages on its website as well as the booking engine would cost more than $1.5 million per year.

By the same token, ANA believes that the timeframe proposed by DOT for implementing the changes is unrealistic. Although ANA envisions that it could complete all of the necessary measures within 2 years, the proposed accelerated 1-year timeframe for implementing changes to “core” web pages (i.e., associated with changing or booking a reservation) is not feasible; these are in fact the most complicated of the tasks to be performed, and deferring work on other pages would not enable their enhancement to occur any faster. Preferably, the 2-year deadline should apply to all enhancements, and not just to non-“core” pages. At a bare minimum, carriers should be allowed 18 months to make changes for web pages associated with changing or booking a reservation, etc., consistent with the timeframe set forth above by ANA (which, notably, does not account for any supplemental guidance or other revisions to standards that might be issued by DOT post-final rule).

While ANA has no general objection to DOT’s proposal that the websites of most ticket agents be subject to the same accessibility requirements as carrier websites, ANA does strenuously object to DOT’s proposal that carriers in effect become the guarantors of that compliance (proposed § 382.43(d)). This proposal is neither necessary nor feasible.

In addition, the Preliminary Regulatory Analysis does not appear to address or account for the potential costs of requiring carriers to monitor agents. These costs would not be limited to direct costs (which would be significant),8 but would also include indirect costs. For example, many agents that are relatively small (but would not qualify for a small business exemption) might conclude that the convoluted burden proposed by DOT was the final economic straw, and simply discontinue their websites. Such a result would not benefit passengers with disabilities, passengers as a whole, the carriers that rely on agents, or the industry as a whole. Yet there is no indication that DOT has tried to quantify the economic impact of this component (or of any other component) of indirect regulation. Thus, not only is this proposal unnecessary and infeasible, it lacks the fundamental cost analysis and rationale necessary to a valid rulemaking.

Counsel: Zuckert Scoutt, Jol Silversmith, 202-298-8660

January 9, 2012

Comments of National Federation of the Blind

Having a dialogue between the aviation community and blindness groups is also important during implementation. There is a popular misconception that blind people want or need special treatment, and that the best way to provide equal service to disabled passengers is to let them cut in line, or give them a special priority line. This is a myth. Blind people simply want access to the same equipment at the same time as sighted people, and special treatment is viewed as degrading rather than helpful. When implementing our retrofitting recommendations, airlines and airports should consult advocacy groups about what is the most respectful, user friendly way to deploy their access kiosks. A special line for blind people will not suffice.

By: NFB, Marc Maurer, 410-659-9314

]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:50:18 -0500 B138BCD4-CAEB-4417-8EE8-BC20537CF966 http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Bar Harbor and Presque Isle/Houlton, Maine and Plattsburgh, New York

OST-2003-14783 - Plattsburgh
OST-2000-8012 - Presque Isle/Houlton
OST-2011-0185 - Bar Harbor

January 6, 2012

Proposals of Air Choice One

Bar Harbor-Portland, ME - Cessna Grand Caravan - 24 round-trips per week
Presque Isle/Houlton- Portland, ME - Cessna Grand Caravan - 24 round-trips per week
Plattsburgh-Portland, ME - Cessna Grand Caravan - 24 round-trips per week

By: Shane Storz, 866-435-9847

January 6, 2012

Proposals of Peninsula Airways

Presque Isle:
PenAir proposes to operate 19 weekly nonstop roundtrips between PQI and Boston with the following pattern of service: 3 roundtrips per weekday; 2 roundtrips on Saturday; 2 roundtrips on Sunday. See Illustrative Schedule 1. PenAir would operate this service year-round using a pressurized, multi-engine Saab 340 aircraft with up to 33 available passenger seats. This Presque Isle/Houlton service would require an annual subsidy of $4,381,014.

Bar Harbor:
PenAir would operate 14 weekly nonstop roundtrips between BHB and Boston, without subsidy, for the High Season, using 34-seat, pressurized, multi-engine Saab 340 aircraft. PenAir initially plans to operate its "High Season" BHB-Boston service twice daily each day. However, PenAir would be willing to operate up to 4 daily roundtrips between Boston and Bar Harbor during the High Season, should market demand warrant (as it has in the past).

Plattsburgh:
PenAir proposes to operate 12 weekly nonstop roundtrips between PBG and Boston with the following pattern of service: 2 roundtrips per weekday; 1 roundtrip on Saturday; 1 roundtrip on Sunday. See Illustrative Schedule 1. PenAir would operate this service year-round with a 34-seat, pressurized, multi-engine Saab 340 aircraft. This Plattsburgh service would require an annual subsidy of $2,713,149. In its January 2010 EAS bid proposal for Plattsburgh, Colgan apparently used fuel prices of approximately $4.49 per gallon. Current fuel prices are substantially higher. AirNav reports $5.83/gallon of Jet A at PBG as of January 4, 2012, and over $8.00/gallon of Jet A at Boston Logan International. See www.airnav.com (for PBG and BaS). PenAir has used a conservative fuel price of $5.30/gallon which is the weighted average of fuel prices reported on AirNav at Presque Isle, Bar Harbor, and Plattsburgh. PenAir's PBG proposal is conditioned on PenAir's receiving the EAS designations for POI and Bar Harbor (the latter during the High Season).

Counsel: Hogan Lovells, Robert Cohn, 202-637-4999

January 6, 2012

Proposals of Sovereign Air

Presque Isle/Houlton:

Proposal #1
PQI-BOS Non-stop - Dornier 328 - 20 round-trips per week

Proposal #2
PQI-BOS with 1-stop in BHB - Dornier 328 - 21 & 28 round-trips per week

Proposal #3
PQI-BOX Non-stop - Jetstream 41 - 20 round-trips per week

Proposal #4
PQI-BOST with 1-stop in BHB - Jetstream 41 - 21 & 28 round-trips per week

Bar Harbor:

Proposal #1
BHB-BOS Non-stop - Dornier 328 - 14 round-trips per week

Proposal #2
BHB-BOS Non-stop - Jetstream 41 - 14 round-trips per week

Plattsburgh:

Proposal #1
PBG-BOS Non-stop - Dornier 328 - 14 round-trips per week

Proposal #2
PBG-BOS Non-Stop - Jetstream 41 - 14 round-trip per week

By: Robert Karns

]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:49:47 -0500 D1640F95-BBD3-4995-9248-6360D708B50F http://airlineinfo.com Enhancing Airline Passenger Protections II

OST-2010-0140

January 6, 2012

Reply Comments of Consumer Travel Alliance and Business Travel Coalition

Page after page of the Airline Associations’ request for an extension explains the problems that their own actions have created. Not one of the issues they describe is the fault of passengers. What was once a transparent worldwide airline pricing system, has been complicated by the carriers themselves through the imposition of scores of fees, for services that once were common and included in the airfare. Airlines instituted these fees without regard to how they would affect passengers and their ability to compare prices across airlines.

All of these harms could be eliminated should the airlines suspend their collection of baggage fees until their computer systems and interline communications are capable of handing the new fees the airline are levying on passengers. It should not be the responsibility of the passenger to determine the fees when the Airline Associations admit that their own employees do not know baggage rule and fee procedures.

By: Charles Leocha, 202-713-9596 for CTA / Kevin Mitchell for BTC

]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:49:16 -0500 428CAF7D-D066-434D-8AAA-1E22CC6E9C85 http://airlineinfo.com

January 6, 2012

Jackson Municipal Airport Authority in Support of Application of US Airways

We wish to convey our strong support for approval of the application by US Airways, Inc. for pendent lite authority to operate within-perimeter slot exemptions (Washington, DC Reagan National Airport - Jackson, Mississippi), and believe the application by US Airways, Inc. is in the best interest of Mississippi and consumers in both the Jackson region and the Washington Metropolitan area.

Approval of US Airways, Inc. application will preserve that nonstop connection between our cities that Delta Air Lines, Inc. began on February 1, 2005 and will cease providing effective March 2, 2012. If the US Airways, Inc. application is not approved, Jackson will abruptly lose nonstop service to Washington DC Reagan National Airport.

By: Dirk Vanderleest

January 9, 2012

Comments of Southwest Airlines

On December 28, 2011 Delta Airlines announced that it would terminate DCA-JAN service on March 2, 2012 and return its two corresponding AIR-21 slot exemptions for reallocation. On January 4, 2012 US Airways requested pendente lite authority to operate the two exemptions until they are permanently reallocated. I am writing to inform the Department that Southwest Airlines has no objection to US Airways’ application for interim service in that market, subject, of course, to the Department’s oft-stated admonition that the grant of pendent lite exemption authority has no bearing on the award of permanent authority.

In fact, the Department’s overriding goal should be to reallocate the two slot exemptions as promptly as reasonably possible on a permanent basis, in a manner that best vindicates the public interest. To that end, Southwest will submit an application in the reallocation proceeding that will generate far greater public benefits than US Airways’ small aircraft service in the DCA-JAN market.

More importantly, to allow US Airways to obtain slot exemptions on a permanent basis - and thereby increase its already dominant share of DCA slot holdings - would fly in the face of the Department’s recent decision on the Delta/US Airways “slot-swap” requiring those carriers to give up DCA slots in order to preserve competition. If US Airways wishes to provide DCA-JAN service on a long-term basis, it can do so simply by using just two of the 460 slots in its massive DCA portfolio rather than trying to acquire the precious few slot exemptions that are available for the benefit of the public.

Counsel: Southwest, Robert Kneisley, 202-263-6284

]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:48:47 -0500 62D20265-10F6-46F2-9043-0680BC18A81F http://airlineinfo.com 2012 Chicago-Cancun Combination Service Proceeding

Order 2012-1-4
OST-2012-0001
OST-2011-0214 - Frontier - Chicago-Cancun/Puerto Vallarta/San Jose del Cabo
OST-2011-0225 - AirTran - Chicago (Midway)-Cancun

Issued and Served January 9, 2012

Order Instituting Proceeding

On November 21, 2011, Frontier filed an application in Docket OST-2011-0214. Frontier proposes to institute service between Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and Cancun, Mexico beginning on or about January 31, 2012.1 Frontier states that it will operate year-round service up to seven times per week, with 164-168 seat Airbus A-320 aircraft. Frontier further states that it has entered into an agreement with Apple Vacations to replace the capacity that is currently being provided by USA 3000.

AirTran filed a competing application in Docket OST-2011-0225, and an answer opposing Frontier’s application, on December 6, 2011. AirTran proposes to institute service between Chicago’s Midway International Airport and Cancun, Mexico no later than March 11, 2012. AirTran states that it will operate year-round daily service with 137 seat Boeing 737-700 aircraft.

In light of the competing applications and responsive pleadings filed, we are instituting the 2012 Chicago-Cancun Combination Service Proceeding to select one carrier to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Chicago, Illinois, and Cancun, Mexico. We intend to issue Chicago-Cancun exemption authority for a two-year period.

Based on the material in the record, we will consider whether it is in the public interest to award backup exemption authority, which could be implemented if the selected primary carrier does not operate the proposed services. If granted, the backup exemption authority awarded would expire after one year, unless that authority is activated, in which case it will continue in effect for two years.

In light of our stated goal of reaching a prompt final decision, we intend to process this case on an accelerated procedural schedule. Therefore, we are establishing the following procedural schedule for submissions:

Petitions for Reconsideration	January 12, 2012
Answers to Petitions	January 17, 2012
Supplements/Amendments to Applications	January 19, 2012
Answers	January 26, 2012
Replies	January 31, 2012

By: Susan Kurland

]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:48:11 -0500 14F8AF25-864A-46C9-96D1-456D00C9BD5B http://airlineinfo.com Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc.

Order 2011-1-3
OST-2011-0232 - Registration of Name Change, Trade Names and Reissuance of Certificates

Issued and Served January 9, 2012

Order Reissuing Certificates

We confirm our oral action of December 27, 2011, approving the name change of Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc., to ExpressJet Airlines, Inc., and registering the trade names “ASA” and “Atlantic Southeast Airlines” for use by ExpressJet Airlines, Inc., in its operations.

We reissue in the name ExpressJet Airlines, Inc., the certificates of public convenience and necessity issued to Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc., by

• Order 1998-7-6 authorizing the holder to engage in interstate scheduled air transportation of persons, property and mail;
  
• Order 2008-4-26 authorizing the holder to provide foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail to all of our foreign aviation partners that have entered into an open-skies agreement with the United States where that agreement is being applied;
  
• Order 2010-12-24, granting the holder blanket route integration authority.
  

By: Todd Homan

http://www.flyasa.com/

]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:47:33 -0500 2011797F-1AAC-4A6F-8368-E95FC5F54A16 http://airlineinfo.com Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Within-Perimeter Slot Exemptions

OST-2000-7182

January 6, 2012

Granting of Petition of Republic Airline for Review and Vacating DOT Order

Republic Airline Inc. challenges an order of the Department of Transportation withdrawing two Republic “slot exemptions” at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and reallocating those exemptions to Sun Country Airlines. In both an informal letter to Republic dated November 25, 2009 and its final order, DOT held that Republic’s parent company, Republic Airways Holdings, Inc., engaged in an impermissible slot-exemption transfer with Midwest Airlines, Inc.. In so holding, DOT summarily dismissed Republic’s argument that, under both DOT and Federal Aviation Administration precedent, the Republic-Midwest slot-exemption transfer was permissible because it was ancillary to Republic Holdings’ acquisition of Midwest. Because DOT has departed from its precedent without adequate explanation, its decision cannot survive arbitrary and capricious review. Accordingly, we grant Republic’s petition for review and vacate DOT’s order.

By: DC Circuit Court

Order 2010-12-16 - Reallocating Within-Perimeter Slot Exemptions

]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:47:09 -0500 4059B413-B57C-425D-80DC-179AD07902B7 http://airlineinfo.com Imagine Tours & Travel, LLC

Order 2012-1-5
OST-2012-0002 - Violations of 49 USC § 41712 and 399.84

Issued and Served January 9, 2012

Consent Order

This consent order concerns advertisements of air tours by Imagine Tours & Travel, LLC that violated 14 CFR 399.84, the Department’s rule requiring disclosure of the full fare in advertising, and 49 USC § 41712, which prohibits unfair and deceptive practices by air carriers and ticket agents. This order assesses a compromise civil penalty of $30,000 and directs ITT to cease and desist from future similar violations.

An investigation by the Department’s Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings disclosed that ITT’s website (http://www.ittworld.com/) and print brochures advertised numerous international air tour packages with prices that included roundtrip airfare, but that failed to detail the nature and amount of additional taxes and fees that were excluded from the advertised price. Furthermore, in ITT’s print brochures associated with its tour packages, ITT included a “Fine Print” disclaimer at the end of the brochure that denoted items not included in the price, such as taxes and fees, in a separate box. However, ITT failed to state the nature and amount of those taxes and fees. Additionally, in the fine print section in many of its brochures, ITT noted that the price did not “include fuel surcharges which may be imposed by airlines” and noted that it “reserves the right to add a surcharge if the dollar declines by more than 5% against the Euro based on foreign exchange rates in effect.” Accordingly, ITT’s advertisements violated the Department’s full-fare advertising rule, 14 CFR 399.84, and the prohibition against unfair and deceptive practices and unfair methods of competition, 49 USC § 41712.

By: Rosalind Knapp

http://ittworld.com/

]]> Tue, 10 Jan 2012 07:46:37 -0500 A26772FF-3E35-41A9-861D-9F11E88182FC http://airlineinfo.com Aerolineas de Tehuacan, S.A. de C.V.

OST-2001-9192 - Exemption - US-Mexico Charters

January 6, 2012

Application for Renewal of Exemption

Aerolineas de Tehuacan, S.A. de C.V. hereby applies for renewal of its exemption from 49 USC §41301, which authorizes Aerolineas de Tehuacan to engage in charter foreign air transportation of passengers between Mexico and the United States, and other passenger charter operations in accordance with 14 CFR Part 212, using small aircraft. Aerolineas de Tehuacan also requests renewal of its stopover privileges and continued relief from the Department's requirement to provide advance notice of each flight, or series of flights, between Mexico and the United States.

The Department granted the above authority to Aerolineas de Tehuacan pursuant to a Notice of Action Taken dated January 13, 2010. Aerolineas de Tehuacan requests that the Department renew this authority, which is scheduled to expire January 13, 2012, for a period of at least two years.

Counsel: Roller & Bauer, Lee Bauer, 202-331-3300

]]> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:40:12 -0500 B94CFFA9-FF12-4695-9448-7310F9F99D2E http://airlineinfo.com Air Berlin Plc & Co. Luftverkehrs KG

OST-2012-0003 - Statement of Authorization - US-Germany Codesharing with Etihad Airways

January 6, 2012

Application for Codeshare Statement of Authorization

Air Berlin hereby requests that the Department issue a Statement of Authorization pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 to authorize Air Berlin to place the "EY" airline designator code of Etihad Airways P.J.S.C. on certain Air Berlin transatlantic flights between Germany and the United States. Service will initially be between Dusseldorf International Airport, Dusseldorf, Germany and the John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York, New York (JFK) as well between DUS and Miami International Airport, Miami, Florida. Should the codeshare service expand to include additional transatlantic city-pairs in non open-skies countries, Air Berlin will comply with the Department's notification requirements. The authorization is requested for an indefinite period. Air Berlin and Etihad Airways intend to implement their proposed codesharing services on January 15, 2012, subject to the receipt of all necessary approvals.

Under the proposed codeshare agreement, Air Berlin initially intends to carry the "EY" code on approximately two flights a week (Tuesday, Thursday) between DUS and JFK utilizing Airbus A330-200 aircraft. Air Berlin intends to carry the "EY" code on approximately three flights a week (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday) between DUS and MIA utilizing Airbus A330-200 aircraft.

Counsel: Eckert Seamans, James Ehrig, 202-659-6622

http://www.airberlin.com/

]]> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:39:47 -0500 A5D70800-9EA7-4194-88EA-BEF190E6295B http://airlineinfo.com Consecionaria Vuela Compania de Aviacion, S.A.P.I. de C.V. d/b/a Volaris

OST-2011-0020 - Exemption - Mexico-US Routes

January 6, 2012

Application for Renewal of Exemption

Volaris hereby requests renewal of the exemption authority granted to it by the Department of Transportation in the above-captioned docket to perform scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between (i) Aguascalientes-Los Angeles; (ii) Leon-Oakland; (iii) Leon-San Jose; (iv) Leon-Sacramento; (v) Cancun-New York; (vi) Cancun-Los Angeles; (vii) Cancun-Chicago; (viii) Guadalajara-Fresno; (ix) Guadalajara-San Francisco; (x) Guadalajara-Sacramento; (xi) Mexico City-Dallas/Ft. Worth; (xii) Mexico City-Oakland; (xiii) Morelia-Sacramento; (xiv) Mazatlan-Los Angeles; (xv) Oaxaca-Los Angeles; (xvi) Puerto Vallarta-Los Angeles; (xvii) Puerto Vallarta-Chicago; (xviii) Puerto Vallarta-San Francisco; (ixx) San Jose del Cabo-Los Angeles; (xx) San Jose del Cabo-Sacramento;
(xxi) Zacatecas-Chicago; and (xxii) Zihuatanejo-Los Angeles.

Volaris requests renewal of this exemption for a one-year period on its existing terms and conditions. Volaris operates various flights in these markets using A319 aircraft.

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

http://www.volaris.mx/

]]> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:39:18 -0500 35BD258C-EC06-423A-AA30-BF48791A6FCD http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Alamogordo, New Mexico

OST-1996-1901

January 5, 2012

Comments of Pacific Wings

Pacific Wings, d/b/a New Mexico Airlines is writing to express our concurrence with, and support of comments filed by Alamogordo NM Mayor Ron Griggs, proposing modification of Order 2011-7-2 as necessary to continue the Essential Air Service subsidy for Alamogordo/Holloman Air Force Base New Mexico.

A frequency reduction from the current two weekday Albuquerque round-trips to one round-trip would enable the airline to cut variable costs in half and consolidate existing passenger traffic into a single daily flight.

New Mexico Airlines' fixed costs will remain unchanged; however, the Arline recognizes and appreciates the support of City leadership, and is prepared to provide Alamogordo with 6 weekly round-trips at a reduced annual subsidy rate of $593,766. This is one-half the subsidy amount originally requested to deliver 12 weekly round-trips stipulated by the RFP for Alamogordo.

By: Greg Kahlstorf

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamogordo-White_Sands_Regional_Airport - White Sands Regional Airport

]]> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:38:49 -0500 2A58F8BC-147D-4837-BF7F-82F08560320E http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Manistee, Michigan

OST-1996-1711
OST-2004-18715 - Establishment of Alternate Essential Air Service Pilot Program Pursuant - Vision 100

January 5, 2012

Alternate EAS Pilot Program Grant Proposal

The Manistee Blacker Airport Authority is proposing to provide for the air service needs of the Manistee/Ludington communities and surrounding areas utilizing air transportation conducted by a Part 380 Indrect Air Carrier contracting with an FAA approved Part 135 and/or Part 121 Direct Air Carrier. Such air transportation would be to a medium or large hub with twin-engine aircraft conducting regularly scheduled charter flights. The frequency of flights will vary seasonally as required to meet demand. However, there will be a minimum number of total flights for each year.

By: Manistee Blacker Airport Authority

http://www.manisteeairport.com/ - Manistee County Blacker Airport

]]> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:38:14 -0500 72DEB46A-58B7-44A7-815D-F4AE61F62DAC http://airlineinfo.com Enhancing Airline Passenger Protections II

Order 2012-1-2
OST-2010-0140

Issued and Served January 6, 2012

Response to Petition

By this order, we are denying the petition of the Air Transport Association (now Airlines for America), the International Air Transport Association, the Regional Airline Association, the Air Carrier Association of America, and the Association of European Airlines to delay the effectiveness of 14 CFR 399.85(c) and 399.87 for the reasons discussed below but also announcing that the Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings has decided, for a short period of time, to apply its enforcement discretion in monitoring compliance with these provisions.

For these reasons, the Department is denying the Associations’ request to delay the effectiveness of 14 CFR 399.85(c) and 399.87 but announcing that its Office of the Assistant General Counsel for Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings, which has the discretion to determine in which cases to pursue enforcement action against airlines with respect to air travel consumer protection, has decided not to strictly enforce sections 399.85(c) and 399.87 with respect to certain interline and codeshare itineraries.   More specifically, the Assistant General Counsel has decided not to enforce sections 399.85(c) and 399.87 for a six-month period with respect to interline itineraries or with respect to codeshare itineraries involving international flights, or domestic flights of different mainline carriers, if certain conditions are met.   First, carriers will be expected at a minimum to disclose on e-ticket confirmations that additional airline fees for baggage may apply and provide a link from the e-ticket confirmation to the codeshare or interline partner websites where the passenger can follow a link and find the baggage allowance and fee information.  Second, carriers will be expected to reimburse upon request any passenger that was not charged the same baggage fees throughout his/her itinerary if that resulted in the passenger being overcharged.

By: Robert Rivkin

]]> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 06:37:45 -0500 8A189B7E-BD6C-41B8-AB0B-39124EA960A4 http://airlineinfo.com Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Within-Perimeter Slot Exemptions

OST-2000-7182

January 4, 2012

Application of US Airways for Pendente Lite Exemption

US Airways hereby requests pendente lite authority to operate the two slot exemptions being returned by Delta Air Lines, Inc. Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc. until such time as the Department of Transportation reallocates these two slot exemptions. US Airways would use these slot exemptions to provide continued nonstop service between Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Jackson, Mississippi.

US Airways proposes to operate daily roundtrip nonstop service between DCA and JAN, until such time as the Department reallocates the two slot exemptions. US Airways plans to use two-class Embraer E170/175 aircraft to operate this route, maintaining the two-class service presently offered on the DCA-JAN route

The cessation of operations by ASA on the DCA-JAN route will leave consumers with no nonstop service between Jackson and DCA. Granting US Airways' request for pendente lite authority would ensure that DCA-JAN passengers maintain the same nonstop service they are accustomed to, with only one day of interruption.

Counsel: US Airways, Benjamin Slocum, 202-326-5153

http://www.usairways.com/

]]> Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:44:50 -0500 DECDB2A9-A3D5-43E7-9052-F74A77E3A47F http://airlineinfo.com Global Supply Systems Limited

Undocketed

January 5, 2012

Application for a Statement of Authorization

Global Supply Systems Limited respectfully applies: (1) for a Statement of Authorization under 14 CFR Part 212 and the Department's Notice dated February 15, 2008; (2) for a waiver, to the extent necessary, of the advance filing requirements of 14 CFR § 212.9; and (3) such other relief as may be necessary and proper. GSS requests this authority and relief so as to permit GSS aircraft and crew to operate on behalf of Atlas Air, Inc. in foreign air transportation of property and mail on routes worldwide for which Atlas holds scheduled or charter authority from the Department. GSS requests that the authority be granted expeditiously, as the parties would like to begin operations on or before January 14, 2012 and for an initial period of 90 days.

Atlas has requested GSS to provide aircraft and crew so that Atlas may enhance existing all-cargo services, accommodating US and foreign shippers. The recently-finalized agreement between GSS and Atlas provides that GSS will maintain operational control, and legal and actual possession, of GSS Boeing B747-400F or B747-8F aircraft during the flights.

Counsel: Mietus Law, John Mietus, 202-747-5212

]]> Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:44:26 -0500 62FE2AF8-5A41-471F-AD0F-3FB7EBB225C3 http://airlineinfo.com Aerotransportes Rafilher, S.A. de C.V.

OST-2007-29273 - Exemption - Mexico-US Charter

December 29, 2011

Application for a Renewal of an Exemption

RAFILHER is seeking transborder charter authority to engage in foreign air transportation of persons and their belongings without the need for prior Department approval of each flight, or series of flights. Rafilher is also requesting stopover privileges.

RAFILHER owns and operates a single 8 passenger Beechcraft King Air C90A Turbo Prop aircraft.

Counsel: Eugene Smith, 210-590-1630

]]> Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:44:00 -0500 959C241D-7C02-4E25-BE9B-1CFD504AE5E2 http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Greenbrier/White Sulphur Springs, West Virginia

OST-2003-15553

January 4, 2012

Objection to Termination, Suspension or Reduction of Air Service of Atlantic Southeast Airlines

Greenbrier requests that the Department of Transportation hold-in ASA by immediately issuing an order prohibiting termination of air transportation, as authorized and provided by 14 C.F.R. 323.13.

Greenbrier suggests that a reasonable level of essential air service would be:

• Two inbound and two outbound flights a day, seven days per week, twelve months a year, with an additional inbound and outbound flight on weekend days;
  
• Service should be to and from the Atlanta, Georgia airport and the New York City, New York LaGuardia Airport to ensure access to major hub cities and thus access between the Greenbrier/White Sulphur Springs, WV community and the greater nation.
  

Counsel: Frost Brown Todd, Paul Sullivan, 859-231-0000

January 4, 2012

Objection to Termination, Suspension or Reduction of Air Service of Pinnacle Airlines

Greenbrier requests that the Department of Transportation hold-in Pinnacle by immediately issuing an order prohibiting termination of air transportation, as authorized and provided by 14 CFR 323.13.

Greenbrier suggests that a reasonable level of essential air service would be:

• Two inbound and two outbound flights a day, seven days per week, twelve months a year, with an additional inbound and outbound flight on weekend days;
  
• Service should be to and from the Atlanta, Georgia airport and the New York City, New York LaGuardia Airport to ensure access to major hub cities and thus access between the Greenbrier/White Sulphur Springs, WV community and the greater nation.
  

Counsel: Frost Brown Todd, Paul Sullivan, 859-231-0000

http://www.lewisburg-wv.com/ - Greenbrier Valley Airport

]]> Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:43:31 -0500 4E10F047-8EAD-44DE-825A-08300BC520B0 http://airlineinfo.com Exec Air, Inc. of Naples d/b/a ExecAir

OST-2007-27815 - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - Interstate Transportation

December 30, 2011

Additional Information Response - 10.8MB

By: ExecAir

http://www.naplesair.net/

]]> Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:42:47 -0500 D7983B5F-C2D5-42B0-855C-EA5AD20E9F10 http://airlineinfo.com Aerosafin, S.A. de C.V.

OST-1997-2215 - Exemption - Mexico-US Charters

Filed December 5, 2011 | Issued January 5, 2012

Notice of Action Taken

Exemption under 49 USC § 40109 to permit the applicant to conduct passenger charter operations between Mexico and the United States, and other passenger charters in accordance with 14 CFR Part 212, using small equipment.

The applicant styled its request in the captioned Docket as a renewal request. We note, however, that the applicant’s previous authority in this Docket had lapsed. Our action here thus does not in fact constitute a renewal.

By: Paul Gretch

]]> Fri, 06 Jan 2012 06:42:24 -0500 67107F07-5980-4300-8998-706A88D833D9 http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Alamogordo, New Mexico

OST-1996-1901

December 16, 2011

City of Alamogordo in Support of Continued EAS

I am writing this letter in response to the tentative order regarding the termination of the EAS Subsidy and to show cause why the Department should not terminate the eligibility of Alamogordo/Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico under the Essential Air Service program and allow Pacific Wings LLC, d/b/a New Mexico Airlines, to suspend service at the community.

I believe that conformance to Public Law 112-27, signed into law on August 5, 2011, can be obtained in this community by modifying Order 2011-7-2 with Pacific Wings LLC, d/b/a New Mexico Airlines. The modification could allow far the reduction in the frequency of flights to save operational expenses, roundtrip service to a different hub that will increase passenger traffic, .or a combination of both.

Many communities have air service to various locations that do not offer roundtrip service on a daily basis to hubs. Also, roundtrip service to a hub that offers citizens more travel options including international destinations would increase passenger traffic which would lower the average subsidy per passenger.

By: Mayor Ron Griggs

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamogordo-White_Sands_Regional_Airport - White Sands Regional Airport

]]> Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:31:55 -0500 BB96E309-40CF-4C33-A7D2-96B857B05E63 http://airlineinfo.com Essential Air Service at Alpena, Michigan

OST-2009-0300

December 29, 2011

City of Alpena in Opposition to Proposal of Intrepid Airlines

This letter is in response to the proposal received as a result of RFP Order 2011-11-20, for subsidized air service to Alpena County Regional Airport. The only proposal received was from Intrepid International Airlines, which does not currently have operating authority to provide scheduled passenger service; therefore Alpena is not interested in this proposal.

By: Mayor Carol Shafto

http://www.alpenaairport.com/ - Alpena County Regional Airport

]]> Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:31:29 -0500 FC623F7D-3595-4AB2-95F4-DA9768E26B13 http://airlineinfo.com Star Marianas Air, Inc.

OST-2010-0235 - Commuter Air Carrier Authority

January 3, 2012

DOT Denying US Citizen Status

As you are aware, the Department informed Star that without an agreement in place describing the rights and obligations each party has to the other and detailing the protections in place that would prevent TDHC from exerting influence or control over Star and its operations, we would be unable to determine whether Star is under the actual control of US citizens and in compliance with 49 U.S.C. § 40102(a)(15).

We have reviewed the agreement submitted and at this time believe that it does not adequately address our concerns. For instance, on page 1, Section I (C), Dynasty is not restricted to utilizing SMA exclusively and can make bookings with other airlines or surface transportation providers. There is no companion provision that speaks to Star's ability to provide charter air transportation to other entities should it choose to do so. From the provisions included in the agreement, it appears that Star can only provide air transportation to TDHC, while TDHC is free to "shop around" for other transportation providers.

In light of the above, we are still unable to determine that Star is a US citizen and under the actual control of U.S. citizens. We note that it is the applicant's responsibility to bear the burden of proof and provide sufficient evidence to prove it is a US citizen as defined by the Transportation Code. Should Star Marianas fail to do so within 30 days from the date of this letter, we intend to issue a show cause order proposing to revoke its air taxi registration and deny its application for commuter authority for failure to comply with the citizenship requirements set forth 49 USC § 40102(a)(15).

By: Laurlalyn Remo

http://www.flytaga.com/

]]> Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:31:01 -0500 AC7E5F6D-DB6F-448B-883D-41873B85E4EF http://airlineinfo.com Sun Air Express, LLC d/b/a Sun Air International

OST-2011-0169 - Commuter Air Carrier Authority - Florida-Bahamas

December 29, 2011

DOT Request for Additional Information

Specifically, we ask that Sun Air provide third-party verification from Cooper Trading Corporation showing that it has the financial wherewithal to extend a $100,000 line-of-credit to Sun Air.

By: Lauralyn Remo

http://www.sunairexpress.net/

]]> Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:30:36 -0500 A0D5103C-EBB1-454A-AAD1-BA594D1067BB http://airlineinfo.com Executive Airlines, Inc.

OST-2009-0309 - Exemption - San Juan-Valencia, Venezuela

Filed December 13, 2011 | Issued January 4, 2012

Notice of Action Taken

Renewal of scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between San Juan, Puerto Rico and Valencia, Venezuela.

By: Paul Gretch

http://www.executive-airlines.com

]]> Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:30:12 -0500 6E61EF7B-21B2-496C-82BA-DE056B633289 http://airlineinfo.com US-Colombia Combination Frequency Allocation Proceeding

OST-2011-0174

January 4, 2012

Re: Polling Results of jetBlue Airways

jetBlue has concluded its polling and represents to the Department that all passenger carriers served with a copy of the above-referenced motion have indicated that they have no objection. In order to secure certain remaining approvals from the Colombian authorities and then to have adequate time to market and sell tickets for this service, jetBlue requests that the Department grant the motion as soon as possible.

Counsel: Dow Lohnes, Jonathan Hill, 202-776-2725

Filed December 29, 2011 | Approved January 4, 2012

Approval of Motion of jetBlue Airways

We will grant the carrier's request for an extension of the start-up date. We will require the carrier to institute service no later than May 25, 2012. We acted on this motion without awaiting the expiration of the answer period with the consent of all parties served with the request.

By: Brett Kruger

]]> Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:29:30 -0500 179CA9AE-466B-49FC-A517-E1E43FAC2070 http://airlineinfo.com AirTran Airways, Inc.

Order 2012-1-1
OST-2012-0002 - 2012 Consent Orders

Issued and Served January 4, 2012

Consent Order

This consent order concerns Internet advertisements by AirTran Airways, Inc. that violate the advertising requirements specified in 14 CFR 399.84, as well as 49 USC § 41712, which prohibits unfair and deceptive practices. It directs AirTran to cease and desist from future violations of 399.84 and section 41712, and assesses the carrier a compromise civil penalty of $60,000.

For a period of time in the fall of 2011 AirTran displayed an advertisement on various third-party websites stating “Select destination on SALE Starting at $59 one way.” The advertisement contained two asterisks, one following the fare and the other below the fare next to a statement reading, without further elaboration, “Additional taxes, fees, exclusions apply.” Nowhere in the advertisement were the nature and amount of the additional taxes stated. Rather, once the consumer clicked on the advertisement, he or she was taken to a landing page on AirTran’s website, where a list of routes and prices were displayed and consumers were not advised of the details of the additional taxes and fees, stated in fine print, unless they scrolled to the bottom of the page. AirTran’s failure to provide proper notice of taxes and fees that may legally be stated separately from the fare violates 14 CFR 399.84 and 49 USC § 41712.

By: Rosalind Knapp

DOT Fines AirTran for Violating Price Advertising Rules - DOT Press Release

http://www.airtran.com/

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