OST-1996-1389 - United Air Lines, Inc.

OST-1996-1389

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United Air Lines, Inc.

OST-96-1389	August 10, 2001	Application for Renewal of Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity	Spain n Segment 6 Route 603
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United requests renewal of its authority to serve Spain on Segment 6 of its Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Route 603, which authorizes it to operate scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Washington, D.C. and Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, and Palma de Mallorca, Spain, via the intermediate points the Azores and Lisbon, Portugal. This authority was last renewed by Order 97-1-10 for a five year period. The authority will expire on February 20, 2002. United began service between Washington and Madrid in 1991 and operated a daily frequency until 1995. More recently, United has relied upon this authority to support its code share service between Washington and Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga and Palma de Mallorca with Spanair.

United is also requesting that the Department renew the route integration authority granted in conjunction with this certificate which allows United to combine these services with all services authorized by other Department certificates or exemptions, provided, that such operations are consistent with the applicable bilateral aviation agreements.

Counsel: Wilmer Cutler, Jeffery Manley, 202.663.6670, jmanley@wilmer.com

US Airways, Inc.; American Airlines, Inc.; Continental Airlines, Inc.; Continental Micronesia, Inc.; Delta Air Lines, Inc.; United Air Lines, Inc.

Order 01-2-01 OST-95-656 OST-95-766 OST-95-869 OST-96-1371 OST-96-1389 OST-96-1394 OST-96-1423 OST-01-9855	Issued December 14, 2001 Served February 6, 2002	Order Issuing Certificates	Certificates of Public Convenience: U.S.- Spain; U.S.- Barcelona; Route 171 (Guam- Tokyo); Route 178, Segment 5 (Atlanta- Spain); Segment 6 Route 603 (Washington D.C.- Spain); Route 602 (Dallas Ft/Worth, Miami- Spain); Route 616, Segments 3 and 9: U.S.- Athens, Greece
		American Airlines - Route 602 - OST-95-766 & OST-96-1394	Barcelona/Austria Authority Dallas/Ft. Worth/Miami-Spain
		Continental Airlines - Route 29-F - OST-96-1423	New York (Newark)-the Azores-Lisbon-Madrid-Barcelona and Beyond
		Continental Micronesia - Route 171 - OST-95-869	Guam - Toyko, Japan
		Delta Air Lines - Route 616 - OST-01-9855	United States and Athens, Greece
		Delta Air Lines - Route 178 - OST-96-1371	Route 178, Segment 5 - Atlanta-Spain
		United Air Lines - Route 603 - OST-96-1389	Spain on Segment 6 of Route 603
		US Airways - Route 737 - OST-95-656	Philadelphia/Boston - Madrid/Barcelona/Malaga/Palma de Mallorca, Spain

We will amend United's certificate for Route 603 to reflect renewal of authority to serve Spain on segment 6 for another five years, and will add a new condition authorizing route integration. We will dismiss United's request that its certificate authority be renewed for an indefinite duration. Although, as United notes, there may be some flexibility under the U.S.-Spain aviation agreement for additional U.S.-Spain services, that regime still technically remains a limited-entry regime. In these circumstances, we are not persuaded that it is in the public interest to deviate from our standard practice to limit U.S. carrier route authority to five years in countrypair markets where U.S. carrier rights are not fully open.

By: Read Van de Water

OST-1996-1389 - Route 603 - Washington, DC-Spain

July 20, 2006

Application for Renewal of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

United requests renewal of its authority to serve Spain on Segment 6 of its Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Route 603, which authorizes it to operate scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Washington, D.C. and Madrid, Barcelona, Malaga, and Palma de Mallorca, Spain, via the intermediate points the Azores and Lisbon, Portugal. This authority was last renewed by Order 2002-2-1 for a five year period. The authority will expire on January 31, 2007. United requests that this certificate authority be renewed indefinitely or at a minimum for a period of five years.

United currently relies upon this authority to support its code share service between Philadelphia arid Madrid with US Airways. United urges that this authority be renewed to provide United with the future ability to utilize fully its valuable rights to operate services between the U.S. and Spain. The continuation of United's authority will facilitate United's ability to offer code-share service or to implement its own service over this routing in the future. United continually reviews market conditions to determine whether there is adequate demand for direct service in markets it is authorized to serve. United forecasts no difficulty in obtaining adequate supplies of fuel for services to Spain.

Counsel: Wilmer Hale, Jeffrey Manley, 202-663-6670, jeffrey.manley@wilmerhale.com