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OpenSkies - Supplement No. 1 (EU-US Scheduled Route License) Answers and Replies: EAS at Jamestown, NY and Bradford, PA - Proposals of Colgan Air and Gulfstream Int'l Thomas Cook Airlines - Amended Family Assistance Plan United / American - Answer of Baltia (US-Russia Frequencies) Notices of Action Taken: UPS - Additional Point in Japan - Nagoya Notices and Orders: Alaska Juneau Aeronautics - Registration of Trade Name (SeaPort Airlines, Seaport Air and Seaport) EAS at Manley Hot Springs and Minto, AK - Requesting Proposals EAS at Meridian, MS - Selecting Carrier Platinum Airlines - Revoking Foreign Certificate |
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Alaska Juneau Aeronautics, Inc. d/b/a Wings of Alaska Served May 13, 2008 Notice of Registration of Trade Name On April 25, 2008, Alaska Juneau Aeronautics, Inc. d/b/a Wings of Alaska, a U.S. certificated air carrier, requested that the Department register the trade names "SeaPort Airlines, Seaport Air, and SeaPort" for use in certain of its operations. AJA previously registered the trade name Wings of Alaska and continues to use the trade name in certain of its operations. Since AJA has complied with the requirements of Part 215, we acknowledge the registration of the trade names "SeaPort Airlines, Seaport Air, and SeaPort" by AJA for use in its operations. By: Todd Homan BA European Ltd. t/a OpenSkies OST-2008-0064 - Foreign Air Carrier Permit and Exemption - EU-US May 9, 2008 By application dated February 15, 2008, BA European Ltd t/a OpenSkies requested (1) issuance of a foreign air carrier permit and interim exemption authority and (2) a statement of authorization to the extent necessary to enable OpenSkies to display the BA* designator code of British Airways on flights operated by OpenSkies between Europe and the United States. OpenSkies is now submitting its Scheduled Route License No. 8/062 issued by the Civil Aviation Authority on May 9, 2008 and authorizing OpenSkies to operate aircraft on scheduled flights for the carriage of passengers and/or cargo and/or mail between any combination of points anywhere in the world. This will also serve to advise the Department that OpenSkies will rely on the British Airways Family Assistance Plan previously submitted in Docket OST-1998-3304. OpenSkies has now submitted all information required to enable the Department to issue the requested foreign air carrier permit and corresponding exemption authority as well as the requested statement of authorization to display the BA* designator code. Counsel: Garofalo Goerlich, Don Hainbach, 202-776-3970, dhainbach@ggh-airlaw.com Essential Air Service at Jamestown, New York and Bradford, Pennsylvania OST-2003-14528 - Bradford, PA
May 9, 2008 By Order 2008-4-12, the Department requested proposals from carriers interested in providing Essential Air Service for a future two-year period. The proposed service options for the communities are as follows; Bradford 18 round-trips per week operated as a combination of one-stop and non-stop service to Washington Dulles; Jamestown 18 round-trips each week operated as a combination of one-stop and non-stop service to Washington Dulles. Colgan is a regional airline operating Beech 1900 and Saab 340 aircraft. By: Colgan, George Casey, 703-331-3101
May 9, 2008 Proposal of Gulfstream International Airlines The proposed service pattern (Option 1 and Option 2) features 36 weekly frequencies between Bradford, Jamestown and Cleveland, Ohio. This service constitutes three weekday roundtrips operating on a CLE-BFD-JHW-CLE or CLE-JHW-BFD-CLE routing. Gulfstream proposes to operate these flights using Beech 1900D turboprops that are pressurized and accommodate 19 passengers to the, FAA defined, medium-sized hub at Cleveland, OH. Gulfstream's second service offering (Option 2) features no change in the schedule proposed in Option 1. Option 2 is a Contingent Bid predicated on Gulfstream being chosen as the Essential Air Service provider at Beckley, WV. The addition of the Beckley route will allow Gulfstream to further reduce some of its costs. Those cost savings are applied in Option 2. Should Gulfstream not be chosen in the Beckley case, only Option 1 will be valid. Should Gulfstream be chosen in the Beckley case, only Option 2 will be valid.
By: Gulfstream, Mickey Bowman Essential Air Service at Manley Hot Springs and Minto, Alaska Order 2008-5-15 Issued May 13, 2008 | Served May 16, 2008 Order Requesting Proposals | Word By this order, the Department is requesting proposals from carriers interested in providing essential air service at Manly Hot Springs and Minto, Alaska, for a new two-year period, with or without subsidy, beginning September 1, 2008. Specifically, we request proposals for three flights a week between the communities and Fairbanks, with small aircraft (10 seats or less). By Order 2006-7-4, July 5, 2006, the Department selected Warbelow’s Air Ventures, Inc. to provide subsidized EAS at Manley Hot Springs and Minto for the two-year period through August 31, 2008. That order established an annual subsidy rate of $65,808, for service consisting of three flights each week over a Fairbanks-Manley Hot Springs-Minto-Fairbanks routing with 3-seat Cessna 206/207 aircraft. Warbelow’s also serves Rampart as an intermediate or upline point. By: Todd Homan Essential Air Service at Meridian, Mississippi Issued and Served May 13, 2008 Order Selecting Carrier | Word On March 17, 2008, ASA filed a 90-day notice of its intention to suspend its subsidy-free service at Meridian, Mississippi, effective June 16, 2008. By Order 2008-3-24, March 25, 2008, we prohibited ASA from suspending its service and requested proposals by April 23, 2008. We received timely-filed proposals by ASA and by Mesaba Aviation, Inc., d/b/a Northwest Airlink. By letter dated April 24, 2008, we requested comments from the community by May 12. We received comments from the Mayor of Meridian on April 30, 2008, and the issues are ripe for decision. Both proposals are for the two-year period through June 30, 2010. By this order, the Department is selecting Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc. d/b/a Delta Connection to provide essential air service at Meridian, Mississippi, at an annual subsidy rate of $686,489. The rate extends through June 30, 2010. By: Michael Reynolds
Order 2008-5-16 Issued March 12, 2008 | Served May 13, 2008 Order Revoking Foreign Certificate By Order 2008-3-11, issued March 12, 2008, we revoked the Section 41102 interstate certificate of public convenience and necessity issued to Platinum Airlines, Inc., by Order 2006-1-3. By this order, we are revoking the company’s companion foreign charter certificate authority. Instead of repeating our findings and conclusions in Order 2008-3-11, we incorporate them here by reference. By: Todd Homan OST-1996-1960 - Family Assistance Plans April 28, 2008 Re: Amended Family Assistance Plan By: Thomas Cook, Richard Elson United Air Lines, Inc. / American Airlines, Inc. OST-2008-0157 - United Air Lines - US-Russia Frequency Allocation May 10, 2008 Re: Combined Answer of Baltia Air Lines Baltia opposes United’s application for an additional 7 frequencies and American’s application for an additional one frequency on the grounds that United does not need additional frequencies and American is banking the frequency, not intending to use it for more than a year. In principal, Baltia opposes the holding of frequencies for an indefinite period. Baltia has no opposition to United commencing daily scheduled nonstop service between Washington, D.C., and Moscow provided it uses the seven frequencies it has been holding unused for the past 13 years, provided further that if United does not commence operations on the stated date, those frequencies held for past 13 years expire for dormancy. Baltia has no opposition to American reapplying next year for a frequency to increase its service but applying more than one year prior to initiating an increase of one day’s service seems unreasonable. It appears that American may be concerned that there may not be a frequencies available next year. Obviously, U.S. airlines have not developed the U.S.-Russia market. The benefit and value of the Russian market have gone to foreign carriers. If frequencies are neither used nor available, U.S. carriers will not be the ones who develop, and enjoy the benefits of, the market in the future. Baltia has overcome odds in raising the capital for a start-up airline to enter this market. After having established its initial operations, Baltia has an interest to develop daily service to St. Petersburg, daily service to Moscow and to other cities in Russia. Baltia does not want to be precluded from developing this market because carriers have banked the US-Russia frequencies. The Department of Transportation is the depository of frequencies, not private carriers. The Department’s stated policy is to use frequencies or loose them. Counsel: International Business Law Firm, Steffanie Lewis, 202-296-1111, slewis@iblf.com OST-2008-0146 - Exemption - Additional Point in Japan - Nagoya Filed April 22, 2008 | Issued May 13, 2008 Scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail between any point or points in the United States and a third point in Japan and beyond that point to and from any two points. Under the terms of the U.S.-Japan Air Transport Agreement, UPS may operate between any point or points in the United States and any three points in Japan, and beyond each point in Japan to and from any two points, with full traffic rights between all points on the route. UPS is currently authorized to serve only two points in Japan (see Order 1998-6-22) but seeks to expand its authority to serve a third point in Japan, and has identified Nagoya for this purpose. By: Paul Gretch |
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