Order 98-12-23 - Delta and Aerovias de Mexico

Order 98-12-23

Delta Air Lines, Inc. and Aerovias de Mexico, S.A. de C.V.

Order 98-12-23
OST-97-3289
Undocketed

Issued and Served December 16, 1998

Order Granting Authority in Part

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Exemptions and Statements of Authorization - US-Mexico Codesharing

Order 98-12-23, grants the joint motions of Delta Air Lines, Inc., and Aerovias de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (Aeromexico), filed September 11, and September 15, 1998, in Docket OST-97-3289, for certain exemption authority and statements of authorization to the extent necessary to expand the carriers' code-shares services in the U.S.-Mexico market, to include services between 12 U.S. points and Monterrey, Mexico via Atlanta, Georgia., Also, continues to defer action on the remainder of the application filed December 29, 1997, for blanket code-share authority in the U.S.-Mexico market.

Discussions toward a more liberal code-share regime will resume in late January 1999. We believe that these talks could resolve a number of issues and thereby facilitate expanded codeshare operations in the U.S.-Mexico market by the various interested U.S.-Mexico carrier codeshare partnerships. American and Aero California have made persuasive arguments supporting our continued deferral of applications for additional code-share operations pending those discussions. However, we believe, based on the specific circumstances presented here, that the public interest supports a limited exception in this case.

By: Charles Hunnicutt