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OST Docket Filings for February 23, 2005

Updated: 2/24/05 | 12:19 PM

Applications and Renewals:

IATA - Special Passenger Amending Resolution / Special Amending Resolution

USA 3000 Airlines - Chicago/Detroit-San Jose del Cabo Exemption

Answers and Replies:

Delta/KLM/Northwest/Air France/Alitalia/Czech - Confidentiality Affidavit for Lufthansa

EAS at Franklin/Oil City, PA - Comments of Venango Regional Airport and Clarion/Venango Educational Resources Alliance

EAS at Jackson, TN - Comments of Joe Neisler and Greg Whitehead

Mail Reporting Requirements - Response of FedEx to Delta and United

Nondiscrimination on Basis of Disability in Air Travel - Paws'itive Teams and Individual Comments

PM Air - Request for Additional Information

Regulatory Review - Initial Comments of The Air Transport Association of America

United Petition on Print Advertising - Individual Comments - Codeshare/Wet-Lease Print Advertising

Notices of Action Taken:

FedEx - US-Kazakhstan - Corrected Notice

JAT Airways - Belgrade-New York/Chicago Renewal

Notices and Orders:

RegionsAir / Corporate Airlines - Reissuing Certificate




Delta Air Lines, Inc. / KLM Royal Dutch Airlines / Northwest Airlines, Inc. / Societe Air France / Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane-S.p.A. / Czech Airlines

OST-04-19214 - Approval of and Antitrust Immunity for Alliance Agreements

February 23, 2005

Re: Confidentiality Affidavit of Steven Voelcker for Deutsche Lufthansa

Counsel: Wilmer Cutler, Kenneth Hines

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Essential Air Service at Jackson, Tennessee

OST-2000-7857


February 22, 2005

Re: Comments of Joe Neisler

By: Joe Neisler


February 13, 2005

Re: Comments of Greg Whitehead | Word

By: Greg Whitehead

http://www.mklairport.tn.org/

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EAS at Oil City/Franklin, Pennsylvania

OST-1997-2523


February 22, 2005

Re: Comments of Clarion/Venango Educational Resources Alliance

Venango County is experiencing the beginning of a positive trend in business development thanks to our legislators and community leaders. County-owned property on a site east of the Rte. 8 airport frontage, for example, has been designated a Keystone Opportunity Zone (ten years property tax free) and a Foreign Trade Zone. Our lead economic development entity, the Oil Region Alliance for Business, Industry and Tourism, is aggressively marketing the Airport Business Park along with a nearby multi-tenant industrial site. This is evidence of a recovering business climate in the Franklin/Oil City area. Our rural area must be allowed to compete with the larger urban areas on a level playing field. Viable commercial air service helps level that playing field and is necessary for us to reinvent and sustain our economic growth.

By: Joann Wheeler


February 22, 2005

Re: Further Comments of Venango Regional Airport

Venango Regional Airport Is truly regional in that It i connected to a market population of 250,000 within a thirty (30) mile radius served by excellent, existing highway infrastructure. Our recently renovated primary instrument runway measures 5,200 ft. long and 150 ft wide and represents a sizeable Investment hi tax dollars. We are an FAR 139‑certificated Airport Intent upon growth. The Airport is the key economic development tool used to promote business In our region. Many business leaders attended an Air Service meeting recently with Mesa and Air Midwest representatives. These leaders have written and otherwise expressed their support for continued scheduled air service at a minimum of three (3) daily flights from Venango Regional Airport. They recognize the Importance of this level of service in promoting our economy.

By: Otho Bell, Airport Manager

http://www.co.venango.pa.us/airport/

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Federal Express Corporation

OST-2005-20279 - US-Kazakhstan All-Cargo

Filed January 31, 2005 | Issued February 23, 2005

Notice of Action Taken - Corrected | Word

Scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail between the United States and Kazakhstan and beyond, via intermediate points, and to integrate this authority with its other existing world-wide authorities. Initially, Federal Express intends to offer fifth-freedom services between Hong Kong and Kazakhstan on Hong Kong-Almaty-Paris-U.S. flights.

By: Paul Gretch

http://www.fedex.com/

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International Air Transport Association


OST-2005-20464

February 23, 2005

Application for Approval of Agreements

PTC23 EUR-J/K 0121, PTC23 ME-TC3 0228, PTC23 AFR-TC3 0262, PTC31 N&C/CIRC 0305 dated 25 February 2005 Mail Vote 440 - Resolution 010m - TC23/TC31 Special Passenger Amending Resolution from Japan to TC1, TC2

Counsel: IATA, David O'Connor, 202-293-9292


OST-2005-20465

February 23, 2005

Application for Approval of Agreements

PTC COMP 1217 dated 22 February 2005 Mail Vote 441 - Resolution 010n - Special Amending Resolution - Turkey

Counsel: IATA, David O'Connor, 202-293-9292

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JAT Airways

OST-96-1182 - Belgrade-New York/Chicago

Filed January 14, 2005 | Issued February 23, 2005

Notice of Action Taken | Word

Exemption authority from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Belgrade, Serbia, on the one hand, and New York, New York, and Chicago, Illinois, on the other hand. JAT Airways would conduct these services pursuant to a wet lease arrangement with a duly authorized and properly supervised U.S. or foreign air carrier.

By: Paul Gretch

http://www.jat.com/

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Nondiscrimination on Basis of Disability in Air Travel

OST-2004-19482 - Notice of Proposed Rulemaking


February 11, 2005

Re: Comments of Paws'itive Teams, Inc.

By: Carol Davis


Individual Comments:

Katie Abdou | Shirley Albers | Tricia Alford | Kim Andreatta | Linda Aronson | Tim Atwater | Anika Bachhuber | Carol Bartlett | J.R. Boone | Wynelle Bridge | Leonard Brownson III | William Burt | Carol Christopherson | Kendall Corbett | Karen Drummond | Phyllis Dulaney | Richard Edelman | Gordon Fitzgerald | Cathy Flemming | Frederick Carpenter | Rebecca Dowling | Dallas Gray | Anne Fumelle | Vicki Gentilman | Karla Gilbride | Mark Glasser | Ayn Gregory | Laura Hardman | Loreen Herwaldt | Robert Hirt | Karen Hughes | Renee Hughes | Constance Johnson | Kathryn Klammer | Beverly Klayman | Katherine Kosinski | Malissa Larson | Tamara Leinbach | Lynda Mance | Patricia Manhart | Mary Manwaring | Martha McCray | Sandra McDonald | Marina Medvedev | Grant Miller IV | Lisa Miller | Jessica Mitchell | Anna Mollow | James Murray | Doneita Myracle | Kristy O'Neal | Kathy Palmer | Paula Patula | Belinda Petrin-Burnett | Linda Price | Donald Randor | J.J. Rico | K. Ryan | Sharon Saviano | Katie Schneider | Elsa Sell | Janet Severt | Elliot Slotnick | Marcia Slotnick | Sarah Small | Kyle Spence, Jr. | Bruce Spivey | David Stienecker | Heather Stone | James Sullivan | Karen Sutton | Jennifer Syverson | Roy Taniguchi | Takeko Taniguchi | Edward Tatters | Anne Thompson | Kristin Truitt | John Wiley | Jennifer Yoder | Patricia Yoder-Wise | Nicola Zeuzem | Sally Zimmerman


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PM Air, LLC

OST-2005-20363 - Interstate Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

February 22, 2005

Re: Request for Additional Information

We have completed our initial review of the application filed on February 8,2005, by PM Air, LLC for the determination of its fitness to conduct interstate scheduled air transportation.

This review has revealed the need for additional and/or clarifying information before we can complete processing of PM Air’s application. The attached Information Request lists the areas where further information and/or clarification is necessary. I ask that you respond fully to this request within 30 days of the date of this letter. The original plus 6 copies of your response should be filed in Docket OST-05-20363.

As is the Department’s practice, further processing of PM Air’s application will be deferred pending receipt of this material. In addition, please remember that PM Air should promptly provide the Department with any information regarding changes it may undergo in areas affecting its fitness (i.e., management, operating plans or financial condition, compliance disposition, or ownership) while its application is under review by the Department.

By: Damon Walker

http://www.promechair.com/

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RegionsAir, Inc. (formerly Corporate Airlines, Inc.)

Order 2005-2-15
OST-2005-20075 - Reissuance of Commuter Air Authority Under 49 USC 41102

Issued February 23, 2005 | Served February 28, 2005

Order Reissuing Certificate | Word

RegionsAir, Inc. formally Corporate Airlines, Inc. holds authority to engage in scheduled passenger air transportation operations as a commuter air carrier.  On March 6, 2001 (Order 2001-3-7), we transferred to Corporate Airline, Inc., the commuter air carrier authority previously held by Corporate Flight Management, Inc. The applicant’s effective commuter authority was made effective on May 1, 2001 (see Order 2001-5-5, Docket OST-2000-8291). 

On January 10, 2004, Corporate Air filed an application to reissue its certificate in the name of “RegionsAir, Inc.”  RegionsAir states that this is a change in corporate name only and does not constitute a change in operations, substantial or otherwise. The change in the corporate name was accomplished on December 31, 2004, by an amendment to its charter.

By: Randall Bennett

http://www.regionsair.com/

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Request for Public Comments on Reporting Requirements

BTS-04-19241

February 23, 2005

Re: Response of Federal Express to Comments of Delta Air Lines and United Air Lines

As United points out in its comments, the first issue that BTS should focus on in this docket is whether this information is needed at all. As United states: "No carrier should be burdened with an obligation to report information to the Department, whether on Form 41 or otherwise, that the Department does not need to carry out its statutory responsibilities. If DOT does not need the mail data, then no carrier should be required to file the data and the BTS should grant all carriers (not just Federal Express) an exemption from Part 241, relieving them of the filing obligation." Delta states that "[e]ither Part 241 should apply to all carriers transporting U.S. mail, or to none." Although FedEx continues to maintain its position that the DOT's reporting requirements do not govern the USPS alliance and therefore no waiver is necessary, we also continue to take the position that we know of no reason that any carrier should be required to submit this data.

In its Federal Register notice, BTS stated that it "will consider a future rulemaking to amend, supplement, replace or remove the relevant regulations." Given the stated willingness of at least 3 carriers to forego this data and the harm cited by both FedEx Express and the USPS, FedEx Express urges BTS to issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that will remove this superfluous requirement.

Counsel: Federal Express, Sarah Prosser, 901-434-8579

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Review of Existing Regulations and Regulatory Agenda

OST-2005-20112

February 22, 2005

Initial Comments of The Air Transport Association of America

We believe that the Department and its agencies should undertake regulatory, certification, and enforcement actions based upon the following considerations:

  • Develop a clear, concise definition of the problem, which where appropriate includes a thorough risk assessment.
  • Rank the problem among competing safety, operational or capacity needs. That ranking should determine the order in which an issue is considered and resources are devoted to it.
  • Determine the optimum administrative process to be used to solve the particular problem.
  • When practicable, use informal problem solving efforts rather than highly structured programs.
  • Rely upon rigorous cost-benefit analysis of any proposed regulatory initiative. A thorough cost-benefit analysis must be an integral element of a decision to undertake any regulatory action.
  • Thorough examination of voluntary alternatives to a proposed regulatory initiative.

The foregoing approach will require more responsive and collaborative relationships among the Department, carriers, public interest groups and vendors. This collaborative framework is not intended to usurp DOT's regulatory role. The airline industry does not want that statutory mandate to be compromised. The methods by which that mandate is discharged, however, need to be considered carefully for their efficacy and economy.

Counsel: ATA, James Casey, 202-626-4000, jcasey@airlines.org

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United Air Lines, Inc.

OST-04-19083 - Petition for Rulemaking to Amend 14 CFR 257.5(d)


February 23, 2005

Re: Comments of Jefferson Ranck


February 23, 2005

Re: Comments of Byron Rendar

I wish to oppose the request by United to relax rules on partner carriers. I want more information, not less. When looking at flight schedules I want to know which airline I will be flying so that I can check their safety and arrival record. I want to know this information before booking as it affects my decision as to whether to make a reservation or not.

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USA 3000 Airlines

OST-2005-20459 - Exemption - Chicago/Detroit-San Jose del Cabo

February 22, 2005

Application for an Exemption

applies for an exemption authorizing it to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail on the following U.S.-Mexico routes:

  • Chicago, IL-San Jose del Cabo, Mexico
  • Detroit, MI-San Jose del Cabo, Mexico

USA 3000 understands that only American is currently designated and operating scheduled service in the Chicago-Los Cabos city-pair and no U.S. carrier is currently designated or operating non-stop service in the Detroit-Los Cabos city-pair. USA 3000 understands that American is currently operating Detroit-Chicago-Los Cabos same plane service on a one-stop basis, however this does not require a designation since Detroit-Los Cabos non-stop service is not being offered by American.

Counsel: Pierre Murphy, 202-776-3980, pmuprhy@lopmurphy.com

OST-1999-5830 - American's Chicago-San Jose del Cabo Authority
OST-1999-6172 - American's Chicago-San Jose del Cabo Certificate Authority
http://usa3000.com

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