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United Air Lines, Inc. - 2006 Filings
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United Air Lines, Inc.
OST-2003-16210 - Exemption - Washington, DC-Cancun, Mexico Filed July 8, 2005 | Issued January 4, 2006 Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Washington, D.C., and Cancun, Mexico. On November 23, 2004, United filed an application, in Docket OST-1999-5846, requesting renewal of its U.S.-Mexico certificate authority and amendment of that authority to add, inter alia, its exemption authority for the Washington, D.C.-Cancun market to its certificate. In the instant docket, United requests renewal of its Washington, D.C.-Cancun exemption authority by substantially equivalent certificate authority, or, in the alternative, renewal of its exemption authority for a minimum of two years. We will address the carrier’s request to amend its certificate authority separately. On July 18, 2005, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority filed an answer supporting United’s application. On July 25, 2005, AirTran Airways, Inc. filed an answer requesting that the Department defer action on United’s application until the bilateral rights of U.S. air carriers to directly provide scheduled combination services have been resolved in negotiations with the Government of Mexico. United filed a reply. On September 21, 2005, the United States and Mexico reached an agreement expanding U.S. carrier rights to serve various Mexico points, including Cancun, and the United States and Mexico signed the agreement in Mexico City on December 12, 2005. By: Paul Gretch OST-2005-22767 - United - Exemption - Chicago-Cancun; Los Angeles-San Jose del Cabo; Chicago-Puerto Vallarta; Los Angeles-Puerto Vallarta OST-2005-23496 - Chicago-Cancun Combination Service Proceeding January 17, 2006 Amended and Supplemental Information of United Air Lines - Bookmarked On October 17, 2005, United applied for exemption authority and designations to operate year-round services, inter alia, between Chicago-Cancun, Los Angeles-San Jose del Cabo, and Los Angeles-Puerto Vallarta. United plans to operate its Chicago-Cancun service twice daily during the peak season and daily during the off-peak, beginning April 2, 2006. United plans to operate its Los Angeles-San Jose del Cabo and Los Angeles-Puerto Vallarta services daily during the peak season and twice weekly service during the off-peaks' beginning April 2, 2006 for Los Angeles-San Jose del Cabo, and May 4, 2006 for Los Angeles-Puerto Vallarta. This is an increase in the number of peak and off-peak frequencies United originally proposed (11 peak and 7 off-peak), as reflected in Order 2005-12-18. If awarded a designation in time to commence Chicago-Cancun service on April 2, 2006, United will begin with nine frequencies (seven operated as "Ted" and two as mainline). United will operate all 14 peak season Chicago-Cancun frequencies and all seven of its off-peak frequencies using its "Ted" product. United will operate all seven of its peak season Los Angeles-San Jose del Cabo and Los Angeles-Puerto Vallarta frequencies using its "Ted" product, and its two off-peak Los Angeles-San Jose del Cabo and Los Angeles-Puerto Vallarta frequencies using mainline service. All "Ted" service will be operated with A320 aircraft with 156 seats in an all-economy configuration (including Economy Plus) currently in United's fleet. All mainline service will be operated with A320 aircraft with 12 first class and 126 economy seats currently in United's fleet. The "Ted" product was developed specifically for leisure markets such as Cancun, Puerto Vallarta and San Jose del Cabo, where its low‑fare service has been well received by consumers. Because of its success, United is expanding "Ted" service to more leisure markets in 2006, and would like Chicago‑Cancun, Los Angeles‑San Jose del Cabo and Los Angeles‑Puerto Vallarta to be among those. Counsel: Wilmer Hale, Jeffrey Manley, 202-663-6670, jeffrey.manley@wilmerhale.com OST-2005-21162 - Exemption - Denver-Cozumel
January 20, 2006 In response to the Department's request for confirmation of a firm start up date for United's Denver-Cozumel service, United hereby notifies the Department that it will begin service in the Denver-Cozumel market no later than December 16, 2006. United requests that the Department grant its Motion for a Dormancy Waiver filed in the above-referenced docket on December 2, 2005, as modified herein, and grant United a waiver of the dormancy conditions through December 16, 2006. Counsel: Wilmer Hale, Jeffrey Manley, 202-63-6670, jeffrey.manley@wilmerhale.com
Filed and Approved January 20, 2006 We will require the carrier to institute service no later than December 16, 2006. By: Esta Rosenberg OST-2004-17490 - Chicago-Cozumel January 25, 2006 United hereby requests a waiver of the dormancy condition through December 16, 2006. Due to the devastation of Cozumel caused by Hurricane Wilma, United has determined that it is not feasible to operate service in this market for the 2005/2006 Winter season. However, United plans to resume its seasonal service in this market on or before December 16, 2006. The requested waiver will enable United to implement this service when conditions warrant. Counsel: Wilmer Hale, Jeffrey Manley, 202-663-6670, jeffrey.manley@wilmerhale.com OST-1997-2126 - Route Integration February 13, 2006 Application for Renewal and Amendment of an Exemption United's authority to integrate all of its existing certificate and exemption authority was last renewed by Notice of Action Taken, dated April 16, 2004, in the above-captioned docket. The authority is currently effective through April 16, 2006. United hereby requests renewal of its exemption authority for a minimum period of two years or until it is granted a blanket route integration certificate. United also requests that its route integration exemption be amended to include prospectively granted certificate and exemption route authority in accordance with the tentative decision of the Department in Docket OST-2005-22228 to grant carriers blanket route integration certificates covering all current and prospective route authorities. Counsel: Wilmer Hale, Jeffrey Manley, 202-663-6670, jeffrey.manley@wilmerhale.com
OST-2004-17490 - Chicago-Cozumel February 13, 2006 Application for Renewal of an Exemption United hereby requests renewal of its exemption authority for a minimum period of two years or until its current certificate for Route 566 is amended to include the Chicago-Cozumel route segment. Due to the devastation of Cozumel caused by Hurricane Wilma, United is not operating service in this market for the Winter 2005-2006 season, but United intends to resume seasonal nonstop service between Chicago and Cozumel with its own aircraft on or before December 16, 2006. Renewal of this exemption authority is clearly in the public interest, and United requests renewal of its exemption based on the original findings that the proposed services are fully consistent with the bilateral air transportation agreement between the U.S. and Mexico. Counsel: Wilmer Hale, Jeffrey Manley, 202-663-6670, jeffrey.manley@wilmerhale.com OST-2004-17490 - Chicago-Cozumel Filed January 25, 2006 | Approved February 21, 2006 Department Action on Application We will require the carrier to reinstitute services no later than December 16, 2006. By: Esta Rosenberg OST-2006-24079 - Statement of Authorization - Blind Sector Codeshare for Air Canada February 27, 2006 Application for a Statement of Authorization United requests a statement of authorization under 14 CFR Part 212 to display the "AC" designator code of Air Canada on a blind-sector basis on United's flights between Denver, Colorado and Cancun/Mexico City/Puerto Vallarta/San Jose del Cabo/Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Mexico; between Los Angeles, California and Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Mexico, and; between San Francisco, California and Puerto Vallarta/San Jose del Cabo, Mexico. Air Canada proposes to offer services between points in Canada and Cancun/Mexico City/Puerto Vallarta/San Jose del Cabo/Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Mexico. Air Canada will transport passengers in its own aircraft or in existing code-share flights operated by United between points in Canada and Denver, Los Angeles and San Francisco. That traffic will then connect with United's U.S.-Mexico flights. United will display Air Canada's "AC" designator code on the U.S.-Mexico flights, enabling Air Canada to offer online connecting services between Canada and these five Mexican points. Air Canada's code will be displayed on United's U.S.-Mexico flights only on a blind-sector basis for Air Canada traffic moving between Canada and these points. Air Canada will not sell service under its designator code to local U.S.-Mexico traffic. Counsel: Wilmer Cutler, Jeffrey Manley, 202-663-6655, jeffrey.manley@wilmerhale.com OST-2005-21774 - International Surface Air Lift March 7, 2006 United Airlines under 39 U.S.C. § 5402 and 14 C.F.R. § 302.718, hereby files three copies of the following International Air Transportation contract between the United States Postal Service and United Airlines. The contract number is IAT-06 and was awarded under Solicitation No. 5AAIMT-06-A-0017 Segments 01 (ORD-NRT), 10 (SFO-LHR), 11 (ORD-LHR), 13 (JFK-LHR), 14 (SFO-FRA), 15 (LAX-FRA), 16 (ORD-FRA), 17 (JEC-FRA), 20 (ORD-CDG), 21 (ORD-AMS), 22 (JEC-AMS), 29 (JEC-ICN), and 30 (SFO-ICN). The contract period will be on or about May 31, 2006 and will terminate two years after the start of service. The contract is for the transportation of at least 750 pounds of mail per flight containing parcels and no more than five percent letter mail based on weight. Mail will be tendered as a sealed "container(s)" and completely prepared for dispatch. This is an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract. Counsel: United, Joe Samudovsky OST-2005-21774 - International Surface Air Lift March 7, 2006 Motion for Confidential Treatment On March 3, 2006, United was notified that it had been awarded contracts for international air transportation of mail for Segments 01 (ORD-NRT), 10 (SFO-LHR), 11 (ORD-LHR), 13 (JFK-LHR), 14 (SFO-FRA), 15 (LAX-FRA), 16 (ORD-FRA), 17 (JEC-FRA), 20 (ORD-CDG), 21 (ORD-AMS), 22 (JEC-AMS), 29 (JEC-ICN), and 30 (SFO-ICN) under U.S. Postal Service Solicitation No. 5AAIMT-06-A-0017. The terms of the contract offer and award - Contract No. IAT-06 -- are reflected in Postal Service Forms 8203, which have been submitted under seal for review to the Department's Office of Aviation Analysis. The contract contains proprietary and commercially sensitive information that United submitted on a confidential basis to the U.S. Postal Service when it participated in a competitive procurement for the Segments in IAT-06 award. The disclosure of this confidential and highly sensitive commercial information could adversely affect United's competitive position in bidding for and transporting international mail Counsel: Wilmer Cutler, Bruce Rabinovitz, 202-663-6960, bruce.rabinovitz@wilmerhale.com OST-1996-1346 - Exemption - US-Brazil Frequency Allocation Filed November 4, 2005 | Issued March 15, 2006 Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between a point or points in the United States, via intermediate points, and Manaus, Brasilia, Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo, Recife, Porto Alegre, Belem, Belo Horizonte, and Salvador, Brazil, and beyond Brazil to Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Chile. United's application here for exemption authority also references a pending United application for certificate authority. See Docket OST-1995-495. We will handle its certificate request separately. Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail on a code-share basis only between a point or points in the United States and a point or points in Brazil limited to the 30 points named by the U.S. for code-share services under the U.S.-Brazil air services agreement and to serve these points on a co-terminal basis with the other Brazilian points United is authorized to serve pursuant to its exemption authority in Docket OST-1996-1346. In the alternative, the application seeks renewal of United’s existing exemption authority to provide codeshare service between a point or points in the United States and Campo Grande, Curitiba, Fortaleza, Florianopolis, Iguacu, Sao Luiz, Joao Pessoa, Natal, Maceio, and Cuiaba, Brazil, and to serve these Brazilian points on a co-terminal basis with the other Brazilian points United is authorized to serve on a code-share basis only. Pursuant to its exemption authority in Docket OST-1996-1346, United holds a statement of authorization to code share with Varig, S.A (see Notice of Action Taken, dated June 11, 1998, in Docket OST-1997-2358). We note that the broader amended authority that the applicant seeks, and that we are granting in this Notice, subsumes current authority. By: Paul Gretch OST-2006-24079 - Statement of Authorization - Blind Sector Codeshare for Air Canada Filed February 27, 2006 | Approved March 27, 2006 Department Action on Application Application of United Air Lines, Inc., for a statement of authorization to permit United to display the "AC" designator code of Air Canada on United's flights (on a blindsector basis only) between (1) Denver, Colorado, on the one hand, and Cancun, Mexico City, Puerto Vallarta, San Jose del Cabo, and Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Mexico, on the other hand; (2) Los Angeles, California, and Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Mexico; and (3) San Francisco, California, on the one hand, and Puerto Vallarta and San Jose del Cabo, Mexico, on the other hand. By: Esta Rosenberg OST-2002-12502 - Denver-Mexico City March 29, 2006 Application for Renewal of Exemptions United's exemption authority granted on June 1, 2004, in the above-captioned dockets is currently set to expire on June 1, 2006. United hereby requests renewal of its exemption authority for a minimum period of two years or until its current certificate for Route 566 is amended to include the route segments specified above. United intends to continue to operate seasonal nonstop service with its own aircraft in these markets. Counsel: Wilmer Hale, Jeffrey Manley, 202-663-6670, jeffrey.manley@wilmerhale.com
OST-1999-5846 - Certificate - US-Mexico - Route 566 March 29, 2006 United hereby supplements its pending application in Docket OST-1999-5846 for renewal and amendment of its experimental certificate of public convenience and necessity for Route 566 to include authority to carry persons, property and mail in foreign air transportation between Los Angeles and Cancun and between Chicago and Puerto Vallarta. Additionally, United is contemporaneously advising the Department of the dormancy of several of the U.S.-Mexico city-pair route segments included in the Supplement to its application herein filed on December 10, 2004. Therefore, United requests that of the route segments listed in that supplement, only Charlotte-Mexico City and Charlotte Cozumel be included in its certificate for Route 566. Further, United notes that the recently signed agreement between the United States and Mexico separated Mexico City and Toluca for the purposes of designations for service to Mexico. Although United's current certificate for Route 566 includes the designation for Mexico City/Toluca, United is not designated for service to Toluca under the new agreement and its certificate, as renewed and amended, should not include that point. To clarify for the Department what authority should he included in United's renewed and amended certificate for Route 566, Attachment A hereto lists all U.S.-Mexico authority that United currently has and that has been requested to be renewed or added to its certificate for Route 566 in this docket. Counsel: Wilmer Hale, Jeffrey Manley, 202-663-6670, jeffrey.manley@wilmerhale.com OST-2003-14576 - Philadelphia-Mexico City Codeshare with US Airways March 29, 2006 Withdrawal of Renewal Requests United Air Lines, Inc. hereby notifies the Department that the request for renewal of its exemption authority set forth in its Supplement to Application of United for Renewal and Amendment of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity filed December 10, 2004, in the above-referenced dockets is withdrawn with respect to the following U.S.-Mexico city-pair markets as its code-share services with US Airways on these routes are dormant:
United continues to code share on the Charlotte-Mexico City and Charlotte-Cozumel routes with US Airways. Accordingly, United's request for renewal of its exemption authority for these two routes set forth in the supplement referenced above remains pending in Docket OST-2003-14576. Counsel: Wilmer Hale, Jeffrey Manley, 202-663-6670, jeffrey.manley@wilmerhale.com OST-1995-675 - Form 41
March 23, 2006 Motion to Withhold Information from Public Disclosure - Schedule B-7 United hereby files this Motion to Withhold From Public Disclosure the information contained in a sealed envelope and captioned Schedule B-7 Airframe and Aircraft Engine Acquisitions and Retirements. The information sought to be withheld from public disclosure details United's acquisition cost and sales realization amounts with respect to new and used aircraft and aircraft engines, each broken down by model, individual serial number, and individual purchase or sale prices. United considers the requested information deleted from Schedule B-7 to be highly sensitive and confidential. The air transportation industry, both domestically and internationally, has become highly competitive. Aircraft ownership costs are a major cost of doing business for all certificated carriers. A carrier's ability to reduce its aircraft ownership costs relative to its competitors can, therefore, provide a carrier a significant competitive advantage. In an effort to secure such an advantage, United applies considerable management resources to trying to reduce its aircraft ownership costs. This includes devoting substantial resources to trying to obtain airframes and engines at the lowest possible acquisition cost and disposing of these assets at the highest possible sales price. Moreover, the negotiations for new equipment are made more difficult by the fact that there are only three manufacturers of large jet airframes and only three of large jet engines. However, as long as the Department makes available to the public United's acquisition cost for each airframe and engine it acquires and the sales proceeds realized on each sale of such equipment, United is denied the benefit of these efforts, harming United commercially. Counsel: United, David Olaussen, 847-700-6169
April 3, 2006 Motion to Withhold Information from Public Disclosure - Schedule B-43 United hereby files this Motion to Withhold From Public Disclosure the information contained in a sealed envelope and captioned Schedule B-43 Inventory of Airframe and Aircraft Engines. The information sought to be withheld from public disclosure details United's acquisition cost and sales realization amounts with respect to new and used aircraft and aircraft engines, each broken down by model, individual serial number, and individual purchase or sale prices. United considers the requested information deleted from Schedule B-43 to be highly sensitive and confidential. The air transportation industry, both domestically and internationally, has become highly competitive. Aircraft ownership costs are a major cost of doing business for all certificated carriers. A carrier's ability to reduce its aircraft ownership costs relative to its competitors can, therefore, provide a carrier a significant competitive advantage. In an effort to secure such an advantage, United applies considerable management resources to trying to reduce its aircraft ownership costs. This includes devoting substantial resources to trying to obtain airframes and engines at the lowest possible acquisition cost and disposing of these assets at the highest possible sales price. Moreover, the negotiations for new equipment are made more difficult by the fact that there are only three manufacturers of large jet airframes and only three of large jet engines. However, as long as the Department makes available to the public United's acquisition cost for each airframe and engine it acquires and the sales proceeds realized on each sale of such equipment, United is denied the benefit of these efforts, harming United commercially. Counsel: United, David Olaussen, 847-700-6169 OST-2004-17490 - Chicago-Cozumel Filed February 13, 2006 | Issued April 21, 2006 Renewal of Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Chicago, Illinois, and Cozumel, Mexico. United states that it will continue to provide seasonal nonstop service in this market. In the present application, United references its pending application to amend its certificate for Route 566 to include Chicago-Cozumel. See Docket OST-1999-5846. We will handle the certificate request separately. United states that due to Hurricane Wilma it did not operate service during the Winter 2005-2006 season, but that it intends to resume its seasonal service on or before December 16, 2006. By: Paul Gretch OST-1996-1960 - Family Assistance Plans April 14, 2006 Revised Family Assistance Plan By: United, Lois Danvir OST-2002-12555 - Designation of Agent May 4, 2006 Counsel: Wilmer Cutler, Bruce Rabinovitz OST-2004-18692 - Exemption - Denver-Cancun/Puerto Vallarta June 5, 2006 Application for Renewal of an Exemption United intends to continue to operate year‑round nonstop service in the Denver‑Cancun market and seasonal nonstop service in the Denver‑Puerto Vallarta market with its own aircraft. Renewal of this exemption authority is clearly in the public interest, and United requests renewal of its exemption authority based on the original findings that the proposed services are fully consistent with the bilateral air transportation agreement between the U.S. and Mexico. Counsel: United and Wilmer Cutler, Jeffrey Manley, 202-663-6670, jeffrey.manley@wilmerhale.com OST-2006-25022 - Exemption - US-Qatar Mail Codeshare with Qatar Airways June 6, 2006 United applies for issuance of an exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 to engage in service between points in the United States and points in Qatar via intermediate points, and beyond Qatar to points in third countries. United proposes initially to operate pursuant to this exemption mail-only code-share service between the U.S. and Qatar via intermediate points and beyond to third countries beginning as soon as all necessary government approvals have been received. United requests that the exemption be granted for at least a two-year period or until a final order is issued on its application for comparable certificate authority in Docket OST-1999-6385, subject to the usual conditions. United is currently offering service between the U.S. and Doha, Qatar, under its code share with Lufthansa, That service is provided under the blanket exemption which authorizes United to offer such service with certain carriers, including Lufthansa. (Docket OST-2004-19148) Because that blanket exemption does not include code-share services with Qatar Airways, United is seeking this specific exemption to do so. United plans initially to provide mail-only service between points in the US and Doha, Qatar under a codeshare arrangement with Qatar Airways. Under this arrangement, United will transport U.S. mail on its flights between U.S. points and various European gateways, and the mail will then be placed on flights operated by Qatar Airways and flown to Doha, Qatar and beyond to its final destination in third countries. Initially, the mail carried on United's flights will be conveyed to Qatar Airways' flights in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, London, and Paris and flown to Doha and beyond to Bahrain. Qatar Airways has applied for a statement of authorization for blanket code-share authority to display United's "UA" designator code on flights operated by Qatar Airways between any point in the U.S, and Qatar, via third country intermediate points, and beyond Qatar to any point in any third country. Qatar Airways currently holds exemption authority to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between any point in the U.S, and Qatar and beyond via any intermediate points. See Notice of Action Taken, May 4, 2006 (Docket OST-2006-24061). Counsel: Wilmer Hale, Jeffrey Manley, 202-663-6670, jeffrey.manley@wilmerhale.com OST-1996-1389 - Route 603 - Washington, DC-Spain July 20, 2006 Application for Renewal of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity United requests renewal of its authority to serve Spain on Segment 6 of its Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Route 603, which authorizes it to operate scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Washington, D.C. and Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, and Palma de Mallorca, Spain, via the intermediate points the Azores and Lisbon, Portugal. This authority was last renewed by Order 2002-2-1 for a five year period. The authority will expire on January 31, 2007. United requests that this certificate authority be renewed indefinitely or at a minimum for a period of five years. United currently relies upon this authority to support its code share service between Philadelphia arid Madrid with US Airways. United urges that this authority be renewed to provide United with the future ability to utilize fully its valuable rights to operate services between the U.S. and Spain. The continuation of United's authority will facilitate United's ability to offer code-share service or to implement its own service over this routing in the future. United continually reviews market conditions to determine whether there is adequate demand for direct service in markets it is authorized to serve. United forecasts no difficulty in obtaining adequate supplies of fuel for services to Spain. Counsel: Wilmer Hale, Jeffrey Manley, 202-663-6670, jeffrey.manley@wilmerhale.com OST-2004-18692 - Exemption - Denver-Cancun/Puerto Vallarta Filed June 5, 2006 | Issued August 3, 2006 Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between (1) Denver, Colorado, and Cancun, Mexico; and (2) Denver, Colorado, and Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. United states that it will continue to serve the Denver-Cancun market on a year-round basis, and the Denver-Puerto Vallarta market on a seasonal basis. By: Paul Gretch OST-2006-25022 - Exemption - US-Qatar Mail Codeshare with Qatar Airways Filed June 6, 2006 | Issued August 9, 2006 Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between any point or points in the United States, via any intermediate point or points, and any point or points in Qatar, and beyond Qatar to any point or points in third countries. United has also requested certificate authority for this route. We will handle that request separately. United plans initially to provide mail-only service between points in the United States and Doha, Qatar, under a code-share arrangement with Qatar Airways. Under this arrangement. United will transport U.S. mail on its flights between U.S. points and various European gateways, and the mail will then be placed on flights operated by Qatar Airways and flown to Doha and beyond to its Final destination in third countries (initially Bahrain). We are issuing Qatar Airways a statement of authorization tor this service concurrently with our action here. See Docket OST-2006-25016. Although United is initially offering code-share service to Qatar, it specifically requests exemption authority broad enough to authorize United to offer combination air service to Qatar with its own aircraft should traffic warrant. By: Paul Gretch OST-2002-12502 - Denver-Mexico City Filed March 29, 2006 | Issued October 16, 2006
The above action was effective when taken: October 16, 2006, through October 16, 2008, or until 90 days after the Department’s final action on the carrier’s corresponding certification application, in Docket OST-1999-5846, whichever occurs earlier. By: Paul Gretch Order 2006-10-17 Issued and Served October 31, 2006 This order concerns violations of 14 CFR Part 382 by United Airlines. Part 382 implements the Air Carrier Access Act, 49 U.S.C. § 41705, and violations of that part also violate the ACAA. To the extent that the apparent ACAA and Part 382 violations occurred in foreign air transportation, they constitute violations of 49 U.S.C. § 41310(a), which prohibits an air carrier from subjecting a person to unreasonable discrimination in foreign air transportation. To the extent that the apparent ACAA and Part 382 violations occurred in interstate air transportation, the incidents are also violations o149 U.S.C. § 41702, which requires that air carriers provide safe and adequate interstate air transportation. ACAA and Part 382 violations also constitute unfair and deceptive trade practices in violation of 49 U.S.C. § 41712. This order directs United to cease and desist from future violations of the ACAA and Part 382 and assesses a compromise civil penalty of $75,000 for such violations subsequent to December 9, 2002. By: Rosalind Knapp OST-2004-19148 - Exemption - US-Worldwide Blanket Codeshare November 21, 2005 Application to Renew and Amend an Exemption United is requesting renewal of its broad code-share-related exemption authority to allow United to display its "UA" designator code on flights operated by its blanket code-share partners to third-country points for which United does not already hold certificate or exemption authority, subject to applicable bilateral agreements or principles of comity and reciprocity, without having to apply for a separate exemption on each occasion. United also requests that its exemption be amended to include the authority to permit United to display its designator code on flights operated by carriers that operate flights on behalf of its other blanket code-share partners named herein, similar to the authority United already has with such carriers that operate flights on behalf of Lufthansa in this docket. United requests that this authority as amended be granted at a minimum for a period of two years. A generic grant of blanket exemption authority will avoid the need for United to amend this exemption each time one of its partners adds a new foreign code‑share partner overseas. No new code‑share services can be operated in any case until such time as United has conducted a safety audit and the foreign carriers have obtained the necessary authority (exemption and statement of authorization) from DOT. At a minimum, United's blanket exemption should be amended to include carriers that are already authorized by DOT to display United's code on flights they operate on behalf of United's blanket code share partners, e.g., EuroLOT S.A. is authorized to operate flights on behalf of LOT, Swiss European Air Lines Ltd. d/b/a Swiss European is authorized to operate flights on behalf of Swiss, and Air Central Co., Ltd., Air Japan Co., Ltd., Air Nippon Co., Ltd., and Ibex Airlines Co., Ltd. are authorized to operate flights on behalf of ANA. Counsel: United and Wilmer Cutler, Jeffrey Manly, 202-663-6670 OST-2005-22464 - United and Swiss - US-Switzerland Blanket Codeshare December 18, 2006 On behalf of United, I have polled the representatives of all carriers on the service list attached to the 30-day Notice filed December 14, 2006, in the above-referenced docket, with regard to the request contained in the notice for a waiver of the 30-day filing requirement. All carriers' representatives have advised me that they have no objection to the granting of this request. Counsel: Wilmer Hale, Caryn Garvin, 202-663-6000 |
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