OST-95-819 - All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. - Exemption Renewal, Tokyo-Washington-Orlando / Nagoya-Honolulu / Tokyo-NY

OST-95-819

All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. (Exemption Renewal, Tokyo-Washington-Orlando / Nagoya-Honolulu / Tokyo-NY)

OST-95-818 | OST-95-819 | OST-95-820 | December 5, 1997

Applicaiton for Renewal of Exemptions

ANA requests that its exemption authority for the Tokyo, Japan - Orlando, Florida route be renewed for one year. ANA also requests that its exemption authority for the Nagoya, Japan -Honolulu, Hawaii and Tokyo, Japan - New York, New York routes be renewed for one year or until the Department takes action on ANA's applications for amendment of its foreign air carrier permit pending in Docket 47718 (Nagoya - Honolulu) and Docket 47404 (Tokyo - New York), whichever occurs later.

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Answers are due by December 22, 1997

Counsel: Zuckert Scoutt, James Devall, 202-298-8660

All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. (Exemption, Nagoya-Honolulu Combination Service)

OST-95-819 | December 15, 1997

Answer of The State of Hawaii in Support

The State is in a fierce competitive battle with other foreign leisure destinations for Japanese visitors. Of the approximately 16 million Japanese annual travelers, about 12% travel to Hawaii. Japanese travel to closer Asian destinations has substantially increased and many Asian countries are aggressively pursuing the Japanese leisure market. Nonstop service between Nagoya -- Japan's fourth largest city -- and Honolulu makes it easier and more convenient for large number of potential visitors to come to Hawaii.

Counsel: Hawaii and Shaw Pittman, Robert Cohn, 202-663-8060

All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. (Exemption Renewal, Tokyo-Washington-Orlando / Nagoya-Honolulu / Tokyo-New York)

OST-95-818 | OST-95-819 | OST-95-820 | December 22, 1997

Answer of The Washington Parties

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ANA's passenger traffic between Washington Dulles International Airport (Washington Dulles) and Tokyo, Japan averaged 75,000 passengers per year for the past four years. In calendar year 1996 ANA's traffic increased by 31 percent more than 1995 to 89,193 passengers and for the ten months through October 1997 ANA traffic has exceeded 77,000 passengers. Cargo traffic has similarly grown, from 3,240.5 metric tonnes in 1995 to 4,220.4 metric tonnes in 1996,an increase of 30 percent.

Exhibit 1: Washington/Baltimore CMSA has the Fourth Largest Population in the US
Exhibit 2: 25 Fortune 500 Companies are Headquartered in the Washington Region
Exhibit 3: The Top 24 Technology-Related Employers in the Greater Washington Region
Exhibit 4: Japanese Investment Per Annum in Virginia
Exhibit 5: Current Service by ANA is Estimated to Contribute $323 Million Annually

Counsel: MWAA, Edward Faggen, 703-417-8766

All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. - (Notice of Action Taken)

OST-95-820 | OST-95-819 | OST-95-818 | Filed December 5, 1997 | Action Taken January 9, 1998

Notice of Action

Relief requested: Exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between (1) Tokyo, Japan, and New York, New York; (2) Nagoya, Japan, and Honolulu, Hawaii; and (3) Tokyo, Japan, and Orlando, Florida, via Washington D.C.Responsive Pleadings: The State of Hawaii and the Washington Parties filed answersin support of some or all of ANA's requests. No other pleadings were filed in responseto ANA's requests.

Applicant representative: James L. Devall, 202.298.8660

Various Foreign Air Carriers

Order 98-2-10 | Issued February 10, 1998 | Served February 17, 1998

Order

All Nippon Airways: OST-95-674 | OST-95-818 | OST-95-819 | OST-95-820
Harlequin Air: OST-97-3276
Japan Air Charter: OST-95-843
Japan Air System: OST-95-814
Japan Airlines Company: OST-95-662 | OST-95-844 | OST-95-841 | OST-96-1317
Nippon Cargo Airlines: OST-96-1692

By: Charles Hunnicutt