ost961918 - Federal Express Corporation - Thailand Cargo Serice-Dormancy Condition

OST-96-1918

Federal Express Corporation

OST-97-3261	October 7, 1998	Application for Renewal of an Exemption	Thailand Cargo Serice- Dormancy Condition
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Federal Express requests that it be granted a further exemption from the 90-day dormancy condition applicable to its Thailand frequency allocation to enable Federal Express to defer the utilization of its sixth Thailand frequency for an additional one-year period, through December 31, 1999.

OST-96-1918	October 7, 1998	Application for Renewal of an Allocation of All-Cargo Frequencies	US-China All-Cargo
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At the present time, Federal Express operates four scheduled all-cargo flights a week between the United States and China utilizing the 170,000-pound payload MD-ll freighter aircraft, operating over a routing San Francisco (SFO) - Tokyo (NRT) - Beijing (PEK) - Shanghai (SHA) - Subic Bay (SFS) westbound, and over a routing Subic Bay (SFS) - Shanghai (SHA)- (Tokyo (NRT) - Anchorage (ANC) - Newark (EWR) eastbound.

OST-96-1688	October 7, 1998	Application for Renewal of an Exemption	US-New Zealand All-Cargo
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Federal Express has operated scheduled all-cargo services between the U.S. and Auckland, New Zealand, in the past, utilizing B-747 freighter aircraft operated over a Los Angeles-Honolulu-Nadi-Aukland-Sydney routing. At this time, Federal Express is not operating regularly-scheduled service to New Zealand, but plans to resume scheduled service when traffic conditions warrant.

Counsel: Federal Express and Shaw Pittman, Nathaniel Breed, 202-663-8078

Federal Express Corporation

OST-96-1918

November 2, 1998

Notice of Action

U.S. - China

Renew for two years allocation of four weekly frequencies to provide scheduled all-cargo service in the U.S.-China market.

OST-97-3261

November 2, 1998

Notice of Action

U.S. - Thailand (Cargo)

Federal Express seeks an exemption from the 90-day dormancy condition so as to delay startup of its sixth frequency until December 31, 1999. Federal Express states that because of the continuing economic difficulties impacting the level of demand for its U.S.-Thailand cargo service, the optimum date to commence its operations for the sixth frequency is December 31, 1999. Federal Express indicated that it would commence utilization of the sixth frequency as soon as frame conditions warrant.

By: Paul Gretch