ost972913

OST-97-2913

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (Certificate of Public Convenience, Atlanta-Tokyo/Portland-Osaka/Portland-Fukuoka)

OST-97-2913 | September 17, 1997

Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

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In preparation for the upcoming negotiations, Delta is filing this application to apprise the Department of its immediate route requirements for service to Japan. Subject to the successful conclusion of bilateral negotiations resulting in additional U.S.-Japan route opportunities for U.S. carriers, Delta requests certificate authority to provide daily nonstop service on the following U.S.-Japan routes: (1) Atlanta-Tokyo; (2) Portland-Osaka; and (3) Portland-Fukuoka.

Delta plans to operate its new U.S.-Japan services using McDonnell Douglas MD-11 or other suitable aircraft as Delta may determine to be appropriate and consistent with market conditions at any given time.

Atlanta-Tokyo Service and Operating Statistics | Portland-Fukuoka | Portland-Kansai

Service List

Answers are due by October 15, 1997

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

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (Certificate of Public Convenience, Atlanta-Tokyo; Portland-Osaka/Fukuoka)

OST-97-2913 | September 19, 1997

Answer of Northwest Airlines

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In seeking new route authority, Delta undoubtedly is hoping that the ongoing U.S.-Japan aviation negotiations will authorize the services it seeks and, consequently, that it and other U.S. carriers will soon have the opportunity to compete for new Japan route rights. Should that scenario come to pass, there will be ample opportunity for Delta and other U.S. carriers to file and prosecute competing applications pursuant to the Department's normal carrier selection procedures. There is no benefit to be derived, however, by allowing Delta's application to lie dormant in the docket. Conversely, the pendency of Delta's application may undercut U.S. negotiating leverage in the upcoming round(s) of U.S.-Japan negotiations, by suggesting that the U.S. government is so interested in obtaining new route rights that it might be willing to accede to Japan's desire to curtail existing bilateral rights

Counsel: Northwest, Megan Rae Poldy, 202-842-3193

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (Certificate of Public Convenience, Atlanta-Tokyo; Portland-Osaka/Fukuoka)

OST-97-2913 | October 15, 1997

Response of The Georgia and Atlanta Parties in Support

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There are currently 325 Japanese facilities in Georgia, 89 of them manufacturers. The rest are in sales, service and distribution and most of them are in the metropolitan Atlanta area. Capital investment, both already made and announced to be made by the Japanese companies total $3.12 billion. Employment totals 26,181 with 20,209 in manufacturing plants. In 1995, Georgia exports to Japan totaled $1.42 billion.

Response of Portland in Support

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Of U. S. gateways to Japan without service by Northwest or United, Portland is the largest, with more than twice the number of Japan-U.S. passengers as any other such gateway. Portland is currently the third largest U.S.-Japan gateway (behind only New York and Chicago) without nonstop service to Osaka . There are already major corporate connections between Osaka and Portland, including Sharp Microelectronics, American Kotobuki, Matsushita and Toyo Tanso, each of which has major production facilities in the Portland area. Osaka is Japan's second largest gateway, and serves a very heavily populated metropolitan area.

Counsel: Ball Janik, Bill Alberger, 202-638-3307

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (Atlanta-Tokyo; Portland-Osaka/Fukuoka)

OST-97-2913 | October 19, 1997

Ex-Parte Letter to Trent Lott, US Senate

By: Charles Hunnicutt

1998 US-Japan Interim Frequency Allocation Proceeding / 1998 Japan Combination Service Proceeding

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

OST-98-3419 | OST-97-2913 | February 10, 1998

Amendment No. 1 to Application of Delta Air Lines for Certificate Authority and Frequency Allocation; Request for Consolidation

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Atlanta, Georgia and Tokyo, Japan;
Portland, Oregon and Osaka, Japan;
Portland, Oregon and Fukuoka, Japan;
New York, New York (JFK) and Tokyo, Japan;
Atlanta, Georgia and Osaka, Japan; and
Cincinnati, Ohio and Tokyo, Japan.
Allocation of one weekly frequency to enable Delta to increase its nonstop service between Los Angeles, California and Tokyo, Japan from six weekly flights to daily service;
Allocation of twenty-one weekly frequencies to enable Delta to provide daily nonstop service commencing in 1998 between: (1) Atlanta and Tokyo, (2) Portland and Osaka, and (3) Portland and Fukuoka;
Allocation of twenty-one weekly frequencies to enable Delta to provide daily nonstop service after January 1, 1999, between: (1) Atlanta and Osaka, (2) Cincinnati and Tokyo; and (3) New York (JFK) and Tokyo.

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

1998 US-Japan Combination Service Proceeding

February 13, 1998

Answer of Hawaiian Airlines to:

American - OST-98-3419 | OST-96-1091 | OST-96-1126
Continental - OST-98-3419 | OST-96-1213
Continental and Continental Micronesia - OST-98-3419 | OST-96-1199
Continental and Northwest - OST-98-3419
Delta - OST-98-3419 | OST-97-2913
Trans World Airlines - OST-98-3419 | OST-96-1121
US Airways - OST-98-3419