OST-2000-6995 - BWIA - Trinidad & Tobago

OST-2000-6995

BWIA International Airways Limited

OST-00-6995	February 28, 2000	Application for an Exemption from 49 USC 41301 Scanned Copy	Trinidad & Tobago - Atlanta
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By this exemption request, BWIA seeks authority to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mad between Trinidad and Tobago and Atlanta, Georgia. BWIA further seeks authority to co-terminalize Atlanta with its existing U.S. gateways, so as to permit BWIA to serve multiple U.S. gateways on a single fight. BWIA intends to institute the Atlanta service on or about July 9, 2000, operating three roundtrip flights per week with B737-800 aircraft having 16 first class seats and 138 economy seats. The flights will operate on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, departing Port of Spain at 16:45 and arriving in Atlanta at 21:30. In the southbound direction, flights will operate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, departing Atlanta at 11:10 and arriving in Port of Spain at 15:50.

At the current time, the Atlanta community's air links to the Caribbean are limited, and there is no single-plane service between Atlanta and Trinidad and Tobago. Consequently, BWIA's service will generate substantial benefits for Atlanta-Caribbean travelers, increase U.S.-Caribbean trade and enhance competition in the U.S.-Caribbean market. Since Atlanta is not on the Trinidadian airline route description of the U.S.-Trinidad and Tobago bilateral and since Trinidad already has selected two additional U.S. points as permitted under the agreement, BWIA's request for Atlanta route authority is extra-bilateral.

Counsel: Verner Liipfert, William Evans, 202-371-6000

BWIA International Airways Limited

OST-00-6995

Filed February 28, 2000
Issued March 17, 2000

Notice of Action Taken

Trinidad & Tobago - Atlanta

By: Paul Gretch

BWIA International Airways Limited

OST-00-6995	March 7, 2001	Application for Renewal of Exemption Authority	Trinidad & Tobago - Atlanta
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By this application, BWIA seeks to renew its exemption authority to encyage in foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Trinidad and Tobago and Atlanta, Georgia. The exemption was granted by Notice of Action Taken dated March 17, 2000, and currently is set to expire on March 17, 2001. For a variety of reasons, BWIA has been unable to institute service in the Trinidad & Tobago-Atlanta market, but it is hopeful or implementing a service pattern in the near future. Consequently, it desires to renew the exemption authority for an additional year. It continues to hold appropriate homeland authority.

Counsel: Verner Liipfert, William Evans, 202.371.6030