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US Airways Filings - 2008
US Airways, Inc.
OST-2002-13855 - Exemption - Boston, Charlotte, Ft. Lauderdale, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh-Cancun
January 11, 2008
Re: Will Not Renew Route - Dormancy Notice
On October 16, 2006, the Department of Transportation renewed US Airways, Inc.'s existing exemption authority to provide scheduled foreign air transportation between Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Cancun, Mexico for a period of two years.
US Airways hereby advises the Department that it will no longer operate Pittsburgh-Cancun service effective immediately. Accordingly, US Airways respectfully provides notice of dormancy with respect to this route.
Counsel: US Airways, Howard Kass
OST-2002-12208 - Exemption - US-Turks & Caicos
January 22, 2008
Application for Renewal of an Exemption
US Airways applies for renewal of its exemption authority to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between a point or points in the United States and a point or points in the Turks & Caicos. US Airways currently provides daily scheduled air service between the United States and the Turks & Caicos using Airbus and/or Boeing aircraft.
US Airways' current exemption for United States - Turks & Caicos is effective through March 29, 2008.
Counsel: US Airways, Howard Kass, 202-326-5153, howard_kass@usairways.com
OST-2001-10588 - Exemption - US-Grenada
February 5, 2008
Application for Renewal of an Exemption
US Airways applies for renewal of its current exemption authority to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between points in the United States, on the one hand, and Grenada, on the other hand.
Although US Airways does not currently provide scheduled air service between the United States and Grenada, it has previously provided this service from its hub in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Renewal of US Airways' authority to serve Grenada will provide US Airways with flexibility to resume air service from any of its hubs and/or focus cities if future market conditions should warrant.
Counsel: US Airways, Howard Kass, 202-326-5153, howard_kass@usairways.com
OST-2001-9932 - Exemption - US-Antigua
February 19, 2008
Application for Renewal of Exemption Authority
US Airways, Inc. applies for renewal of its exemption authority to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between a point or points in the United States, on the one hand, and Antigua and beyond, on the other hand.
US Airways currently provides scheduled air service between Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and Charlotte, North Carolina, and Antigua using Airbus A-319 aircraft.
Counsel: US Airways, Benjamin Slocum, 480-693-5782, benjamin.slocum@usairways.com
Order 2008-2-35
OST-2008-0031 - Consent Orders
Issued and Served February 28, 2008
This consent order concerns the display of inaccurate and misleading information on the US Airways website regarding fares for infants traveling on a parent’s lap. The inaccurate display of fare information constitutes an unfair and deceptive trade practice and unfair method of competition in violation of 49 U.S.C. § 41712 and violates the full-fare advertising requirements of 14 CFR 399.84. This order directs the carrier to cease and desist from similar conduct in the future and assesses a compromise civil penalty of $100,000 under 49 U.S.C. § 46301.
During a period beginning in mid-2006, soon after the merger of US Airways and America West, consumers attempting to book reservations for lap infants on international flights understood from the carrier’s website that infants could travel at no charge. When consumers who had booked reservations on the USAirways website arrived at the terminal, however, the carrier’s ticket agents informed passengers that there were in fact charges for lap infants that typically included ten percent of the adult fare, taxes and surcharges and that the display of a “zero charge” on the web fare calculator was erroneous.
US Airways advises that it became aware in the fall of 2006 of the erroneous display of international lap infant fares and sought to modify the site to provide an accurate fare calculator, but, according to the carrier, in view of other website priorities, the modification will not be fully installed until later this year. Initially, the concern on the part of the carrier was to provide a unified website, combining features of both the America West and the US Airways sites, but difficulties in integrating the two systems led to errors such as the one involving lap infant fares. In the interim, the carrier inserted a mandatory screen alerting consumers to the fact that additional charges applied to the transport of infants, including taxes and a fee of approximately 10 percent of the fare of the accompanying adult. The notice, however, did not advise consumers that the full fuel surcharge, equal to that charged adult passengers, applied to lap infants, nor was it clear whether a fee applied to the issuance of a paper ticket required of lap infants. A second interim fix was put in place in early 2007 which gave the fare of the adult passenger, then noted that the infant fare was “to be determined,” in addition to the mandatory page noted above. Later, the carrier states that it stopped accepting international reservations on its website for lap infants and their accompanying adults. The current page instructs consumers to make such reservations by contacting the carrier’s telephone reservations network.
By: Rosalind Knapp
OST-2006-24613 - Exemption - Phoenix-Cancun
March 17, 2008
Application for Renewal of Exemption Authority
US Airways, Inc. applies for renewal of its exemption authority to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Phoenix, Arizona, and Cancun, Mexico. By Notice of Action Taken (May 26, 2006), the Department granted US Airways a two-year exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41101 to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail "between Phoenix, Arizona and Cancun, Mexico."
US Airways currently provides daily scheduled air service in the above listed markets using Boeing B757 aircraft.
Counsel: US Airways, Howard Kass, 202-326-5153, howard_kass@usairways.com
OST-2004-18932 - Exemptions and Statements of Authorization - US-UK Codeshare with bmi
Filed February 6, 2008 | Approved March 25, 2008
Department Action on Application
Application of US Airways, Inc. for an Amended Statement of Authorization to display the British Midlaud Airways Limited d/b/a bmi "BD" designator code on flights operated by US Airways between points in the United States, on the one hand, and London-Heathrow and beyond to countries with which the United States has signed open-skies agreements, on the other.
By: Thuy Cooper
OST-1996-1826 - Form 41 - Schedule B-7
March 27, 2008
Motion for Confidential Treatment
Counsel: US Airways, Howard Kass, 202-326-5153, howard_kass@usairways.com
Order 2008-4-4
OST-2008-0031 - Consent Orders
Issued and Served April 2, 2008
This consent order is the result of an investigation by the Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings which revealed the failure of US Airways, Inc. to provide on-time performance information to consumers in violation of 14 CFR Part 234 and 49 U.S.C. § 41712. This order directs US Airways to cease and desist from future similar violations of Part 234 and section 41712, and assesses the carrier $50,000 in civil penalties.
The Enforcement Office’s investigation revealed a lack of compliance with section 234.11 by US Airways employees. In a telephone survey conducted, in November 2006, by this office, US Airways reservation agents failed to provide the requested on-time performance information to callers during a number of test calls. In other calls, US Airways reservation agents indicted they did not have on-time performance information or were unfamiliar with its availability.
US Airways also did not comply with section 234.11 with respect to calls made to US Airways’ reservation agents regarding the on-time performance of flights operated by US Airways’ connection carrier, Mesa Air Group. This order covers those violations.
As for the specific instances referenced by the Department, US Airways avers that it was not provided sufficient detail to exactly identify the root cause of the inability of agents to provide the requested data. According to US Airways, an internal US Airways investigation suggests the reason for the inability of agents to provide the requested data may be tied to the fact that at the time of the phone inquiries US Airways and America West had not yet migrated the two separate reservation systems to a single reservation platform. As a result, US Airways believes that it is possible that different terminology used in the two separate reservation systems training protocols may have caused newer agents not to properly identify the requested data.
Despite the existence of these mitigating factors, we view seriously US Airways’ failure to disclose on-time performance information as required by Part 234. Accordingly, after carefully considering all of the facts in this case, including those set forth above, the Enforcement Office believes that enforcement action is warranted.
By: Rosalind Knapp
OST-2006-25967 - Exemption - Chicago/San Francisco-Shanghai; Chicago/San Francisco/Washington DC-Beijing
April 16, 2008
US Airways, Inc. hereby amends the above referenced Application of US Airways, Inc. to add San Francisco, CA-Guangzhou, China, to the list of markets for which US Airways requests "a two-year exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41101."
Furthermore, attached as Exhibit 1 please find a copy of the Code Share Agreement Between Air China Limited and US Airways, Inc., Piedmont Airlines, Inc., and PSA Airlines, Inc. The filing of this Agreement completes the Application, in which US Airways stated that it would provide a copy of its code share agreement with Air China as soon as it was available.
The beyond-Shanghai and beyond-Beijing routes that US Airways initially intends to place its "US" designator code on flights operated by Air China are:
Accordingly, US Airways respectfully requests issuance of its requested exemption authority, as well as any necessary statements of authorization, in order to begin codesharing with United Airlines, Inc. and Air China, as contemplated in its Application, as amended herein.
Counsel: US Airways, Howard Kass
OST-2000-7340 - Exemption - US-Dominican Republic
May 13, 2008
Application for Renewal of an Exemption
US Airways applies for renewal of its exemption authority to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between a point or points in the United States and a point or points in the Dominican Republic.
US Airways currently provides daily scheduled air service between points in the United States and points in the Dominican Republic using Airbus A319 and A320 aircraft.
Counsel: US Airways, Howard Kass, 202-326-5153, howard_kass@usairways.com
OST-2003-15993 - Exemption - US-Israel Codeshare with Lufthansa
May 13, 2008
Application for Renewal of an Exemption
US Airways applies for renewal of its exemption authority to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between points in the United States and Tel Aviv, Israel, pursuant to its code-share relationship with Lufthansa.
US Airways currently provides scheduled air service between points in the United States and Tel Aviv, Israel, pursuant to a code-share relationship with Lufthansa.
Counsel: US Airways, Howard Kass, 202-326-5153, howard_kass@usairways.com
OST-2004-18060 - Exemption - Chicago-Cozumel; Washington, DC-Cancun; Denver-San Jose del Cabo
May 13, 2008
Application for Renewal of an Exemption
US Airways applies for renewal of its exemption authority to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between (1) Chicago, Illinois, and Cozumel, Mexico; (2) Washington, D.C., and Cancun, Mexico; and (3) Denver, Colorado, and San Jose del Cabo, Mexico. US Airways serves these markets via its codeshare arrangement with United Airlines, Inc.
US Airways currently provides scheduled air service in the Washington, D.C.-Cancun and Denver-San Jose del Cabo markets pursuant to its code-share relationship with United. United operates its Chicago-Cozumel service on a seasonal basis. (See Application of United Air Lines, Inc. For Renewal of Exemptions, February 5, 2008, Docket OST-2004-17490). US Airways intends to continue codesharing on United's Chicago-Cozumel service when it resumes.
Counsel: US Airways, Howard Kass, 202-326-5153, howard_kass@usairways.com
OST-1996-1826 - Form 41; Schedule B-7
May 12, 2008
Motion for Confidential Treatment
Counsel: US Airways, Howard Kass, 202-326-5153, howard_kass@usairways.com