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Northwest Airlines, Inc. - 2008 Filings
Northwest Airlines, Inc.
OST-2003-15507 - Exemption - US-Mexico Codeshare with Delta Air Lines
Filed August 3, 2007 | Supplemented November 19, 2007 | Issued January 17, 2008
Notice of Action Taken - Corrected Copy
This Notice of Action Taken has been reissued to reflect that ExpressJet is authorized to use the Delta Connection trade name. (We have also attached the most recent U.S. Carrier Exemption Conditions dated January 2008.)
By: Paul Gretch
OST-2003-15507 - US-Mexico Codesharing with Delta
OST-2006-23979 - US-Mexico Codesharing with Continental and Delta
OST-2003-15699 - US-Mexico Codesharing with Alaska Airlines
Undocketed - US-Mexico Codesharing with ExpressJet
January 18, 2008
Application for Amended US-Mexico Exemption and Codeshare Authority
Hereby requests amendment or reinstatement of certain exemption authorities under 49 U.S.C. § 41101 and designations to enable Northwest to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail on a codeshare basis between the United States and Mexico. Northwest has previously been authorized and designated to provide codeshare service on each of the subject routes. However, due to changes in the service patterns of Northwest's mainline codeshare partners and their respective regional affiliates, Northwest requests amended exemption authority and/or additional codeshare designations to reflect current operator(s). Northwest also requests reinstatement of certain previously authorized codeshare routes for which exemption authority has expired.
A surplus of codeshare‑only designations exists in each of the markets where Northwest is requesting amendment or reinstatement of exemptions. The relief requested by Northwest is in the public interest for the same reasons that supported the original issuance of codeshare exemption authority to Northwest for each of the subject routes.
ATLANTA-COZUMEL - Amend Northwest exemption authority with Delta Air Lines, Inc. to include operators Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc. and Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. (Docket OST-2006-23979).
ATLANTA-GUADALAJARA - Amend Northwest exemption authority with Delta to include operators ASA and Shuttle America Corporation. (Docket OST-2003-15507).
ATLANTA-MONTERREY - Amend Northwest exemption authority with ASA to include operator Shuttle America. (Docket OST-2003-15507).
CINCINNATI-CANCUN - Amend Northwest exemption authority with Delta to include operator Comair, Inc. (Docket OST-2003-15507).
LOS ANGELES-IXTAPA/ZIHUATANEJO -- Reinstate Northwest/Alaska Airlines, Inc. codeshare exemption authority originally granted in docket OST-2001-9827 and consolidate with current active Northwest/Alaska codeshare exemption authorities in Docket OST-2003-15699.
SAN FRANCISCO-MAZATLAN -- Reinstate Northwest/Alaska codeshare exemption authority originally granted in docket OST-1999-5164 and consolidate with current active Northwest/Alaska codeshare exemption authorities in Docket OST-2003-15699.
HOUSTON-ACAPULCO - Notify Mexico DGAC of Northwest codeshare designation for ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. small aircraft services (undocketed request) (in addition to existing Northwest/Continental Airlines, Inc. service).
HOUSTON-PUERTO VALLARTA - Notify Mexico DGAC of Northwest codeshare designation for ExpressJet small aircraft services (undocketed request) (in addition to existing Northwest/Continental Airlines, Inc. service).
HOUSTON-SAN JOSE DEL CABO - Notify Mexico DGAC of Northwest codeshare designation for ExpressJet small aircraft services (undocketed request) (in addition to existing Northwest/Continental Airlines, Inc. service).
Counsel: Northwest, Alexander Van der Bellen, 202-842-4184, sascha.vanderbellen@nwa.com
OST-2006-23978 - Exemption - US-Latin America - Codeshare with Continental Airlines
OST-2006-23981 - Exemption - US-Ecuador - Codeshare with Delta Air Lines
OST-2006-23979 - Exemption - US-Mexico - Codeshare with Continental Airlines and Delta Air Lines
OST-2004-17677 - Exemption - US-Port of Spain Codeshare with Continental
OST-2006-23983 - Exemption - US-Venezuela - Codeshare with Delta Air Lines
OST-2006-25251 - Exemption - Memphis-Cozumel; Detroit-Zihuatanejo/Ixtapa
OST-1998-4833 - Exemption - US-South America Codeshare with Continental
OST-2004-18860 - Exemption - Minneapolis/St. Paul-Mazatlan
OST-2002-13613 - Exemption - Detroit-Cozumel
OST-2004-19690 - Exemption - Indianapolis/Milwaukee-Cancun
OST-1998-4831 - Exemption - U.S.-Antigua and Barbuda Codeshare with Continental
OST-2002-14036 - Exemption - Newark-Santiago, Dominican Republic Codeshare with Continental
January 18, 2008
Application for Renewal of Exemptions
Northwest hereby requests renewal of the exemption authorities, which enable Northwest to offer scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between the United Sates and various foreign points. The exemption services are operated either by Northwest, or its codeshare partners Delta, Continental or ExpressJet. Northwest requests renewal of these exemptions for a period of at least two years.
Counsel: Northwest, Alexander Van der Bellen, 202-842-4184, sascha.vanderbellen@nwa.com
OST-2003-15507 - Exemption - US-Mexico Codeshare with Delta Air Lines
February 20, 2008
Application for an Exemption and Designation
Northwest seeks exemption authority so it can provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Atlanta and Queretaro by codesharing on flights operated by Shuttle America d/b/a Delta Connection in this city-pair market, pursuant to a codeshare agreement with Delta. Delta/Shuttle America holds underlying authority to serve this city-pair market. Northwest requests that the exemption authority be issued as soon as possible for a period of two years.
Counsel: Northwest, Alexander Van der Bellen, 202-842-4184, sascha.vanderbellen@nwa.com
OST-2003-15507 - Exemption - US-Mexico Codeshare with Delta Air Lines
February 21, 2008
This letter is to confirm that Northwest Airlines, Inc. has polled all carriers included on the service list to the above referenced application and there are no objections. In these circumstances, Northwest urges that its request be granted as soon as possible.
Counsel: Northwest, Alexander Van der Bellen, 202-842-4184, sascha.vanderbellen@nwa.com
OST-1999-6319 - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - US-Mexico
March 19, 2008
Northwest Airlines, Inc. requests that the Department notify Mexico of the addition of ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. as an additional operator for Northwest-marketed services on the Houston-Mexico City and Houston-Veracruz routes, where Northwest already holds underlying economic and codeshare authority. Pursuant to Order 2008-3-12, marketing carriers such as Northwest "may change, add, or subtract a U.S. direct-carrier partner without the need to amend its underlying economic authority to serve the U.S.-Mexico city-pair market." Northwest has conducted an advance poll of the U.S.-Mexico carriers on the attached service list, and determined that there are no objections to this request. Accordingly, we request that the notification be issued immediately.
Counsel: Northwest, Alexander Van der Bellen, 202-842-4184, sascha.vanderbellen@nwa.com
OST-2003-15507 - US-Mexico Codesharing with Delta
OST-2006-23979 - US-Mexico Codesharing with Continental and Delta
OST-2003-15699 - US-Mexico Codesharing with Alaska Airlines
Undocketed - US-Mexico Codesharing with ExpressJet
Filed January 18, 2008 | Issued March 28, 2008
Docket OST-2006-23979: Amendment of Northwest's current exemption authority to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Atlanta, Georgia, and Cozumel, Mexico, to reflect additional code-share partners.
Docket OST-2003-15507: (1) Amendment of Northwest's current exemption authority to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Atlanta, Georgia, and Guadalajara, Mexico, to reflect additional code-share partners.
(2) Amendment of Northwest's current exemption authority to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Atlanta, Georgia, and Monterrey, Mexico, to reflect additional code-share partners.
(3) Amendment of Northwest's current exemption authority to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Cancun, Mexico, to reflect additional code-share partners.
Included as part of Northwest's application are a number of requests for amended codeshare notifications for small aircraft operations that do not require exemption authority under 14 CFR 206.5. We will address these requests separately, consistent with our practice described in Order 2008-3‑12
Docket OST-2003-15699: (1) Reinstate codeshare-only exemption authority previously held by Northwest, in Docket OST-2001-9827, to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Los Angeles, California, and Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Mexico, and to consolidate that authority with its other currently active authority in Docket OST-2003-15699.
(2) Reinstate codeshare-only exemption authority previously held by Northwest, in Docket OST-1999-5164, to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between San Francisco, California, and Mazatlan, Mexico, and to consolidate that authority with its other currently active authority in Docket OST-2003-15699.
By: Paul Gretch
OST-2003-15507 - Exemption - Atlanta-Queretaro Codeshare with Delta Air Lines
Filed February 20, 2008 | Issued March 19, 2008
Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Atlanta, Georgia, and Queretaro, Mexico, under a codesharing arrangement with a U.S. direct-carrier partner.
Northwest states that it will place its code on flights operated by Shuttle America d/b/a Delta Connection in this city-pair market, under a codeshare agreement with Delta
By: Paul Gretch
OST-1996-1638 - Form 41; Schedule B-7
March 27, 2008
Motion to Withhold Information from Public Disclosure
Counsel: Northwest, Alexander Van der Bellen, 202-842-3193, sascha.vanderbellen@nwa.com
OST-1996-1638 - Form 41; Schedule B-7
May 9, 2008
Motion to Withhold Information from Public Disclosure
Counsel: Northwest, Alexander Van der Bellen, 202-842-3193, sascha.vanderbellen@nwa.com
OST-2008-0181 - Temporary Blanket Dormancy Waiver
June 3, 2008
Joint Application for Temporary Blanket Dormancy Waiver and Motion to Shorten Answer Period
As a result of an unprecedented 82.5% increase in fuel costs over the last 12 months and increasingly difficult economic conditions, analysts are predicting that "airline industry losses could top $7.2 billion this year." The U.S. airline industry already suffered losses of over $1.7 billion in the first quarter of 2008 (excluding special items), seven thousand airline industry employees have lost their jobs, at least seven airlines have filed for bankruptcy, six of them are being liquidated, business travel is declining, deliveries of the new, fuel-efficient B-787 aircraft slated to replace less fuel-efficient aircraft on international routes have been delayed, and all U.S. airlines are being forced to re-evaluate the flights they offer to avert financial catastrophe. Airlines are eliminating routes, reducing and simplifying their fleets, and testing the limits of fare increases and other fees required to recoup crushing fuel costs. Like most network carriers, the Joint Applicants will be reducing the number of flights they operate significantly, particularly during periods of low demand.
As a result of the extraordinarily difficult circumstances currently affecting airlines, the Joint Applicants request a waiver of all applicable dormancy conditions in their frequency allocations and limited entry authority for a period of two years from the Department's decision waiving the dormancy requirements and urge the Department to act on this request as quickly as possible but no later than June 30. The Joint Applicants agree to notify the Department by February 15, 2010, if service will be suspended on routes subject to dormancy conditions after June 30, 2010, and they will not object to temporary re-allocation of unused frequencies or dormant limited-entry route rights to other airlines during the waiver period. Waivers granted on these terms will strike an appropriate balance between the urgent need of the airlines for flexibility and the importance of permitting utilization of valuable limited-entry frequencies and routes.
Granting the waivers requested by the Joint Applicants will relieve all parties of the burden of submitting individual waiver requests and processing them during this critical period. Similar relief was granted to the airlines when the carriers faced equally difficult circumstances after September 11, 2001. (See Order 2001-11-15) In these perilous times, airlines should not be required to operate flights that are uneconomic during periods of low demand to preserve their long-term investments in operating rights in limited-entry markets, and neither the carriers nor the Department should be burdened with processing numerous applications for specific waivers when they have far more important tasks before them.
Counsel: Squire Sanders, Marshall Sinick, 202-626-6651 for Alaska / Carl Nelson, 202-496-5647 for American / Crowell & Moring, Bruce Keiner, 202-624-2615 for Continental / Scott McClain, 404-773-6514 for Delta / Sascha Van der Bellen, 202-842-3193 for Northwest / Wilmer Hale, Bruce Rabinovitz, 202-663-6000 for United / Howard Kass, 703-872-5230 for US Airways
OST-2008-0181 - Temporary Blanket Dormancy Waiver
Served June 4, 2008
Notice Shortening Answer Period
On June 3, 2008, seven certificated U.S. air carriers submitted a joint application for a temporary two-year blanket waiver of all dormancy conditions applicable to their frequency allocations and other limited entry international authority. They also requested that we establish a six-calendar-day answer period for responses to the joint application.
In the interest of reaching an expedited decision, we have decided to make answers to the joint application due June 10. Replies are due June 13.
By: Paul Gretch
June 3, 2008
Re: Revised Certificate of Service
On behalf of the Joint Applicants in OST-2008-0181, attached is a revised certificate of service. The revised service list includes all certificated US air carriers identified by the Department at http://ostpxweb.ost.dot.gov/aviation/certific/certlist.pdf, last updated May 18, 2008.
Counsel: American, Carl Nelson, 202-496-5647
June 4, 2008
Answer of Frontier Airlines to Joint Application
The seven airlines listed above filed a joint application with the Department of Transportation for a temporary blanket dormancy waiver applicable to their frequency allocations and other limited entry international authority for a period of two years beginning as soon as possible subject to the conditions set forth in the Joint Application. Frontier Airlines does not oppose this Application. If the Department grants the Joint Application, the authority approved should be provided to all carriers.
As the Joint Applicants stated in their application, "the Joint Applicants urge the Department to grant comparable international dormancy waiver relief to all air carriers."
Therefore, Frontier Airlines hereby asks the Department to grant to it the identical temporary waivers or exemptions from dormancy conditions on their frequency allocations and limited entry authorities for the same time period as those granted to the Joint Applicants.
Counsel: Wiley Rein, Edward Faberman, 202-719-7000
OST-2006-23979 - Exemption - US-Mexico - Codeshare with Detla Air Lines and Continental Airlines
June 4, 2008
Re: Request of Northwest Airlines for Additional Codeshare Notification (Houston-Queretaro, Mexico)
Requests that the Department notify Mexico of the addition of Continental Airlines, Inc. as an additional operator for Northwest-marketed services on the Houston-Queretaro route, where Northwest already holds underlying economic and codeshare authority. Pursuant to Order 2008-3-12, marketing carriers such as Northwest “may change, add, or subtract a U.S. direct-carrier partner without the need to amend its underlying economic authority to serve the U.S.-Mexico city-pair market.” Northwest has conducted an advance poll of the U.S.-Mexico carriers on the attached service list, and determined that there are no objections to this request. Accordingly, we request that the notification be issued immediately.
Continental has an application for exemption authority to serve Houston-Queretaro pending in Docket OST-2008-0171.
Counsel: Northwest, Alexander Van der Bellen, 202-842-4184
OST-2008-0181 - Temporary Blanket Dormancy Waiver
June 6, 2008
jetBlue Airways answers in support of the application filed in the above-captioned proceeding. Given the current conditions facing jetBlue and the industry, granting it and others the flexibility to tailor its operations to the conditions it faces without the need for filing of pleadings at DOT is good administrative policy and will provide efficiency both air carriers and the Department.
Like the Joint Applicants, the exponential increase in fuel costs and increasingly difficult economic conditions have impacted jetBlue. As a result, jetBlue respectfully requests that the Department grant it the same relief requested by the Joint Applicants. jetBlue agrees to abide by the condition set forth in the Joint Application, requiring the notification of the Department by February 15, 2010, if service will be suspended on routes subject to dormancy conditions after Juen 30, 2010. Given that jetBlue plans to serve all routes for which it has been granted authority by the Department, it does not support the temporary use by others of routes or frequencies during a period when jetBlue is not using the restricted route or frequency.
Counsel: Dow Lohnes, Jonathan Hill, 202-776-2000
OST-2008-0181 - Temporary Blanket Dormancy Waiver
June 10, 2008
SkyWest Airlines strongly supports the Joint Applicants' request for an immediate two-year blanket dormancy waiver for all airlines holding international route authority. In addition to the reasons presented by the Joint Applicants, the dramatic cut-backs in operations, employees and fleets announced last week by United and Continental, and last month by American, underscore the urgent need for such blanket temporary waiver relief.
The Department should grant Sky West, the Joint Applicants and all other airlines a two-year waiver of, or exemption from, dormancy conditions on their frequency allocations and limited entry authority without delay.
Counsel: Crowell & Moring, Lorraine Halloway, 202-624-2538
OST-2008-0181 - Temporary Blanket Dormancy Waiver
June 10, 2008
Joint Answer of FedEx, Polar Air Cargo and UPS
The Joint Cargo Airline Parties have no objection to the grant of the application provided that the Department of Transportation grant all U.S. carriers, including all-cargo carriers, the relief requested. In addition, the Joint Cargo Airline Parties request that the Department adopt expedited procedures for approving applications of carriers that wish to utilize the authority covered by any temporary dormancy waivers.
While the Joint Cargo Airline Parties have no current plans to temporarily cease using any frequencies or limited entry route rights, the Joint Cargo Airline Parties believe that granting a blanket dormancy waiver to all U.S. carriers would reduce the time and resources spent by the Department and US. carriers on individual dormancy waiver applications.
While the Joint Cargo Airline Parties do not object to the Joint Application if the Department provides the temporary blanket dormancy waiver to all U.S. carriers, the Joint Cargo Airline Parties believe that the unused authority should be available for use by another air carrier for the duration of the entire waiver period and request that the Department adopt an expedited procedure for reviewing and granting applications of U.S. carriers that wish to use the authority covered by any blanket waiver.
Counsel: James Davis, 901-434-8488 for FedEx / Kevin Montgomery, 202-828-1002 for Polar Air Cargo / Michael Francesconi, 502-329-6541 for UPS
June 10, 2008
Answer of Spirit Airlines in Opposition to Joint Application for a Temporary Dormancy Waiver
Spirit believes this is a purely anticompetitive effort by these legacy carriers to essentially put in deep freeze valuable and highly contested limited international route authority to the detriment of the traveling public. For these reasons, and as set forth below, Spirit answers to strongly oppose the Application’s unprecedented request to suspend market place competition for a period of two years, in what are already the most restricted U.S. aviation markets. Significantly, the requested relief is contrary to law including the governing statute and important established Department policies.
Spirit does not believe the conditions of the market justify or would benefit from the blanket suspension of the important and “longstanding policy not to permit valuable operating rights to remain unused for an extended period.” Order 2005-4-13 (April 12, 2005). This policy is incorporated in the use-or-lose condition established by the dormancy requirements.
it was almost the precisely same mix of rapidly escalating fuel prices and a slowing economy that served as the catalyst for airline deregulation. As chronicled by the Air Transport Association, in the early 1970s the Civil Aeronautics Board imposed a moratorium on new route awards. Then, in the aftermath of the 1973 Arab oil embargo, which led to inflation and falling demand, the CAB permitted the U.S. airlines to raise fares and enter into agreements to reduce capacity on major routes. As the ATA reports, “none of these moves, which made flying more costly, was popular with the public,” and quickly advanced the movement to deregulation, where the policies referenced above were established.
Counsel: Kirstein & Young, Joanne Young, 202-331-3348
OST-2008-0181 - Temporary Blanket Dormancy Waiver
June 13, 2008
Joint Reply of The Joint Applicants
Every certificated U.S. carrier (over 130 airlines) was served with the application, which received the strong support or concurrence of multiple carriers including FedEx Express, Frontier, JetBlue, Polar, SkyWest and UPS. Only a single airline, Spirit, opposed the joint application. Spirit operates limited international services, and has no intercontinental range aircraft.
In the current environment, all carriers with significant international operations need to be able to respond rationally and appropriately to the immediate fuel price crisis without jeopardizing routes that are of long term importance to their networks, their customers, and the communities they serve. Accordingly, the joint application should be granted without delay.
Given Spirit's limited international interests, its motive in opposing the joint request appears to stem from "sour grapes" over not receiving multiple awards in the recent U.S.-Colombia (OST-2007-0006) service proceeding. Such parochial motives are no basis for denying the joint request.
Counsel: Squire Sanders, Marshall Sinick, 202-626-6651 for Alaska / Carl Nelson, 202-496-5647 for American / Crowell & Moring, Bruce Keiner, 202-624-2615 for Continental / Scott McClain, 404-773-6514 for Delta / Sascha Van der Bellen, 202-842-3193 for Northwest / Wilmer Hale, Bruce Rabinovitz, 202-663-6000 for United / Howard Kass, 703-872-5230 for US Airways
OST-2008-0181 - Temporary Blanket Dormancy Waiver
June 20, 2008
Response of Spirit Airlines to Joint Reply
Spirit opposed the Joint Applicants because the carriers are requesting the Department to endorse a request that is anticompetitive, and ignores established law and Department policy by effectively and collectively freezing route authority in restricted international markets. Spirit’s objection has nothing to do with “sour grapes.” However, Spirit does strongly believe carriers that within the last several months, and as fuel prices continued to rise, confirmed their intentions to institute new service, should not be given a two year pass on instituting this authority if other carriers are prepared to use those frequencies. While currently there may be no U.S. carriers other than the Joint Applicants that are able to operate to China or Japan, markets that might raise unique operating issues in the current environment given the very long distances involved, such limitations do not apply to shorter haul restricted markets in South America that are easily reached with narrow bodied aircraft. There are a number of carriers, including low fare carriers, who could operate these services to these destinations and would now be prepared to serve if frequencies were available.
If, as the Joint Applicants contend, these relatively short haul markets are important to their networks and their customers, they should continue to operate them. Otherwise, consumers should have access to new service that other carriers are prepared to offer. The alternative proposed by the Joint Applicants is less service, higher fares and unused frequencies that are the product of difficult negotiations conducted by the United States. Again, with the possible exception of the awards for service to China, it is impossible to support the proposition that consumers should be punished by reduced service and higher fares, because the incumbent claims that the route will benefit it in the long term. This applies with particular force to service that has only recently been awarded and which the incumbent carrier has never operated.
Counsel: Kirstein & Young, Joanne Young, 202-331-3348
Order 2008-7-6
OST-2008-0181 - Temporary Blanket Dormancy Waiver
Served July 3, 2008
By this Order, we deny the requests of various certificated U.S. air carriers for a temporary blanket waiver of dormancy conditions applicable to frequency allocations and other limited-entry route authority. We will continue to act upon all such requests on an individual basis, consistent with the public interest.
While we recognize the concerns cited by the carriers, we also recognize that the market characteristics of each limited entry route are different and that the impact of market forces on individual carriers is different. Taking these factors into account, we have decided that in the circumstances presented in this proceeding, the public interest would be better served by continuing to address temporary dormancy waiver requests on an individual basis. Such individual consideration will enable us to assess whether a specific waiver is in the public interest based on the circumstances prevailing and any comments received. We find that our practice of entertaining individual waiver requests best balances our objectives of providing carriers the flexibility they need to adjust to the existing economic circumstances with our interest in utilization of valuable route rights for the benefit of the traveling and shipping public.
By: Michael Reynolds
OST-2008-0212 - Frequency Allocation and Exemption Authority - US-Japan Same-Country Codesharing
July 7, 2008
Joint Application for Frequency Allocation and Exemption Authority
Delta Air Lines, Inc. and Northwest Airlines, Inc. hereby apply for a frequency allocation and related exemption authority so that Delta and Northwest can implement additional same-country codeshare services in accordance with the provisions of the September 14, 2007 U.S.-Japan Record of Discussions.
The Joint Applicants propose to take advantage of these provisions by expanding their existing U.S.-Japan codeshare arrangement to include full reciprocal codesharing on all transpacific U.S.-Japan segments operated by Delta and Northwest, and by placing Delta’s code on 21 frequencies operated by Northwest beyond Tokyo on a blind sector basis.
The Joint Applicants request that their frequency allocation be approved for a period of indefinite duration. Some frequencies may be operated on a seasonal basis. Northwest and Delta reserve the right to jointly optimize their collective codeshare frequency allocation by codesharing on new flights that may be introduced by either of the Joint Applicants.
Delta requests an exemption under 49 U.S.C. 40109 to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons property and mail between any point or points in the United states, and any point or points in Japan, and beyond on a blind sector basis, under a codeshare arrangement with Northwest, consistent with the provisions of the 1998 MOU, as amended.
The Joint Applicants further request that the codeshare-frequency allocation to Northwest under this application be deemed included in the Delta/Northwest de facto route transfer application now pending in Dockets OST-2008-0162 and 0163.
Counsel: Scott McClain, 404-773-6514 for Delta / Sascha Van der Bellen, 202-842-4184 for Northwest
OST-2008-0212 - Frequency Allocation and Exemption Authority - US-Japan Same-Country Codesharing
July 9, 2008
This letter is to confirm that Northwest and Delta have polled all carriers on the service list to the above referenced application and there are no objections. In these circumstances, the joint applicants urge that requested authorities be granted as soon as possible.
Counsel: Northwest, Sascha Van der Bellen, 202-842-4184
OST-2008-0212 - Frequency Allocation and Exemption Authority - US-Japan Same-Country Codesharing
Filed July 7, 2008 | Issued July 17, 2008
Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between any point or points in the United States, and any point or points in Japan, and beyond on a blind sector basis, pursuant to a code-share arrangement with Northwest, consistent with the provisions of the 1998 U.S.-Japan Memorandum of Understanding, as amended.
The Joint Applicants state that some frequencies may be operated on a seasonal basis and that they reserve the right to jointly optimize their collective code-share frequency allocation by code-sharing on new flights that may be introduced by either of the Joint Applicants. The Joint Applicants request that the code-share frequency allocation under this application be deemed included in the Delta/Northwest de facto route transfer application now pending in Dockets OST-2008-0162 and OST-2008-0163.
By: Paul Gretch