Docket31855 Lineas Aereas Paraguayas - Exemption / Statement of Authorization

OST Docket 31855 - Lineas Aereas Paraguayas - Exemption / Statement of Authorization

Lineas Aereas Paraguayas, S.A. | American Airlines, Inc. and LAPSA (renamed TAM-Mercosur) (Exemption / Statements of Authorization)

OST-97-2422 | Undocketed

Consolidated Answer of United Air Lines

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Due to the acquisition of the interest in LAPSA by Brazilian citizens, LAPSA no longer qualifies as a Paraguayan citizen under the terms of the U.S./Paraguay agreement. In order to retain its U.S. authority under that agreement LAPSA/TAMMercosur has requested an exemption to the extent necessary to waive the Paraguayan citizenship requirements. Such an exemption would also result in the grant of extrabilateral authority that would be needed to support, inter alla, the code-share service involving American and LAPSA/TAM-Mercosur.

Counsel: United and Ginsburg Feldman, Joel Burton, 202-637-9130

Lineas Aereas Paraguayas, S.A. (Exemption) / American Airlines, Inc. and LAPSA – renamed TAM-Mercosur (Statement of Authorizations)

Docket 31855 and OST-97-2422 | Undocketed | May 30, 1997

Motion for Leave to File Reply of LAPSA

Reply of LAPSA to United Air Lines

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Despite the fact that United's pleading lacks weight, TAM-Mercosur states for the record that it would not oppose the grant of authority to United to serve Paraguay in conjunction with VARIG under their code share arrangement. Accordingly, TAM-Mercosur would have no reason to advocate to its government that United should not be permitted to serve Asuncion under a code share arrangement. The U.S.-Paraguay Air Transport Agreement permits multiple carrier designations and United's code share service would not be inconsistent with this provision of the bilateral agreement. While United's answer has not suggested any substantive reason not to unconditionally approve the TAM-Mercosur application or its joint request for code share approval, nonetheless, TAM-Mercosur does not oppose United's objective to exercise its rights to serve Paraguay in conjunction with its code share partner, VARIG.

Counsel: Bagileo Silverberg, Robert Silverberg, 202-944-3304