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OST Docket Filings for January 4, 2008
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Hainan Airlnes - Motion for Confidential Treatment (China-US First-Year Traffic and Financial Forecast) Volga-Dnepr - Savannah-Victorville Emergency Exemption Answers and Replies: Air Ecuador - Answer of AeroGal (Ecuador-US Scheduled Passenger) National Task Force - Ground Delays - Applications of Air Transport Assn, airTran, American Eagle, Continental, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Frontier, Southwest and United United and Air One - Clarification to Application (US-Italy Codeshare) Notices of Action Taken: ABX Air - US-Venezuela Cargo AeroMexico - Mexico City-San Antonio Renewal TACA Group Carriers - Trade Name Renewal Volga-Dnepr - Savannah-Victorville Notices and Orders: None |
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OST-2007-0093 - Exemption - US-Venezuela All-Cargo Filed November 28, 2007 | Issued January 4, 2008 Exemption authority for two years under 49 U.S.C. 40109 to provide: Scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail between a point or points in the Eastern Zone of the United States, as defined in the U.S.-Venezuela Air Transport Agreement, as amended, and Maracaibo and Valencia, Venezuela.
By: Paul Gretch Aerovias de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. OST-2005-23435 - Exemption - Mexico City-San Antonio Filed December 19, 2007 | Issued January 4, 2008 Renewal of exemption from 49 Usc §41301 to permit the applicant to conduct scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Mexico City, Mexico, and San Antonio, Texas. By: Paul Gretch OST-2007-0081 - Foreign Air Carrier Permit and Exemption - Ecuador-US Scheduled Passenger January 4, 2008 Motion of Aerolineas Galapagos Aerogal to File Out of Time and Answer to Application of Air Ecuador To begin with, fully 42% of the voting equity in Air Ecuador is held by citizens of Spain. Moreover, Air Ecuador vaguely states that it is "affiliated" with Gadair, a citizen of Spain, without any additional explanation of this business arrangement. Indeed, a review of Gadair' s web site suggests that Air Ecuador may be a business component of the "Gadair Aviation Group. Moreover, it appears two of the five directors of Air Ecuador's board are citizens of Spain, including the president of Gadair, a Spanish air carrier. Such arrangements raise serious questions as to whether Air Ecuador is actually a citizen of Ecuador, or an air carrier substantially owned and effectively controlled by third country entities. Air Ecuador appears to be no more than a "paper airline" at this time. With no Air Operator Certificate, designation, or aircraft of its own, Air Ecuador appears to be relying entirely on Gadair for the proposed services. Such an arrangement points to further "control" issues that relegate Air Ecuador to a mere flag of convenience for a carrier of another country. Under the wet lease arrangement Air Ecuador contemplates, Gadair, an air carrier of Spain, would provide the necessary aircraft and crew. However, to the best of AeroGal's knowledge, Gadair does not possess any authority from the Department, the FAA or the TSA to engage in scheduled or charter foreign air transportation as proposed by Air Ecuador. Finally, such wet leasing would be extra bilateral under the U.S.-Ecuador bilateral. Counsel: Pillsbury Winthrop, Josh Romanow, 202-663-8000, romanow@pillsburylaw.com OST-2007-0066 - Foreign Air Carrier Permit and Exemption - China-US January 3, 2008 Motion for Confidential Treatment Under Rule 12 This information is being submitted in the form of a Confidential Exhibit to Hainan's Application for an Exemption and Foreign Air Carrier Permit, filed with the Department on November 9, 2007, and is attached hereto in a sealed envelope and marked in accordance with Rule 12. Counsel: Pillsbury Winthrop, Josh Romanow, 202-663-8000, romanow@pillsburywinthrop.com National Task Force to Develop Model Contingency Plans to Deal with Lengthy Airline On-Board Ground Delays
January 4, 2008 Re: Application of the Air Transport Association of America By: Basil Barimo, VP Operations & Safety
January 4, 2008 Re: Application of AirTran Airways By: Robert Fornaro, President and CEO
January 4, 2008 Re: Application of American Eagle Airlines By: Brian Bartal, Project Manager
January 4, 2008 Re: Application of Continental Airlines Counsel: Continental, Thomas Newton Bolling, 713-324-5606, thomas.bolling@coair.com
December 31, 2007 Re: Application of Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport By: James Crites, VP Operations
January 3, 2008 Re: Application of Frontier Airlines By: Kevin D. Hudson, Senior Manager, Operational Performance, Tracking, and Reporting
January 4, 2008 Re: Application of Southwest Airlines Counsel: Southwest, Robert Kneisley
January 3, 2008 Re: Application of United Air Lines By: Alex Marren, VP Operational Services, United Express, and Ted
TACA International Airlines, S.A. / Lineas Aereas Costarricenses S.A. / AVIATECA S.A. / Nicaraguense de Aviacion, S.A. / TACA de Honduras S.A. de C.V. / Trans American Airlines, S.A. OST-2004-17355 - Registration of Trade Name Filed November 14, 2007 | Issued January 4, 2008 Renewal of exemption under 49 USC § 40109 to permit the joint applicants to use the trade name “TACA” and to use the designator code “TA” for all of their services to/from the United States. The homelands of the Joint Applicants are as follows: TACA International Airlines, S.A. – El Salvador; Lineas Aereas Costarricenses S.A. – Costa Rica; AVIATECA S.A. – Guatemala; Nicaraguense de Aviacion, S.A. – Nicaragua; TACA de Honduras S.A. de C.V. – Honduras; and Trans American Airlines S.A. – Peru. By: Paul Gretch Volga-Dnepr J.S. Cargo Airline DOT-OST-2008-0003 - Emergency Exemption - Savannah-Victorville
January 3, 2008 Application for an Emergency Exemption Permit Volga-Dnepr to operate up to five round-trip all-cargo charter flights, utilizing Volga-Dnepr's AN 124-100 aircraft, to transport outsized cargo between Savannah/Hunter AAF, Georgia, and Victorville, California in the period of January 5 – January 15, 2008, on behalf of United States Department of Defense (DOD) Air Mobility Command (AMC). The cargo to be transported by Volga-Dnepr between Savannah and Victorville will consist of AH-64D helicopters, two helicopters and support equipment (up to 55,000 kgs total payload) on each flight. AH-64D helicopters in shipping configuration have the dimensions of 1,496 cm long x 513 cm wide x 384 cm high, and weigh 6,179 kgs each. Counsel: The Wicks Group, Glenn Wicks, 202-457-7790
Filed January 3, 2008 | Issued Janaury 4, 2008 Exemption from 49 Usc § 40109(g) to permit the applicant to operate up to five, round-trip, all-cargo charter flights, using its AN-124-100 aircraft, carrying outsized cargo on behalf of the U. S. Department of Defense (DOD), between Savannah/Hunter Army Air Field, Georgia, and Victorville, California, during the period January 5-15, 2008. The applicant states that each flight would carry two AH-64D helicopters and associated support equipment. The applicant asserts that DOD needs the subject lift to ensure the smooth rotation of equipment without disruption to operational missions; that the DOD organic lift scheduled to transport the cargo was diverted to other areas; that the cargo is too large for transportation on any commercially available U.S. aircraft; and that surface transportation is not feasible because of the nature and size of the cargo and the urgency of the shipment. By: Paul Gretch
United Air Lines, Inc. and Air One, S.p.A. DOT-OST-2008-0001- Blanket Statements of Authorization - US-Italy Reciprocal Codeshare January 3, 2008 Re: Clarification to Joint Application Applicants United Air Lines and Air One wish to clarify the scope of the requested Statement of Authorization for reciprocal code sharing dated: December 31, 2007. In numbered paragraph 3 of the referenced application; itt was stated that "Air One requests a Statement of Authorization to display United's ('UA") designator code on flights operated by Air One... (2) between any point in Italy or the United States and any point in a third country." As Air One stated in its Application to Amend Exemption (Docket OST 2005-22809), the carrier does not currently have homeland authority to operate its own aircraft between Italy and the United States. Therefore, it has no plans as this time to place the UA code on Air One flights between the United States and any other country, and it does not seek DOT authority to do so. Counsel: Sher & Blackwell. Mark Atwood, 202-463-2513, matwood@sherblackwell.com for Air One / United, Julie Oettinger, 202-296-2370, julie.oettinger@united.com |
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