OST-97-3177 - Northwest Airlines - Segment 1 of its Route 378 Certificate

OST-97-3177

Northwest Airlines, Inc. (Renewal, US-China)

OST-97-3177 | December 1, 1997

Re: Correction to Application

Attached is a revision to the above-captioned Application of Northwest Airlines, Inc. to reflect Sylvia Moore's request to assign a new docket number. When Northwest's Route 378 Certificate was reissued adding Segment 2 by Order 96-10-44 in Docket OST-95-969, it appeared that Segment 1 was consolidated into this docket as well. Please remove the above-captioned filing from Docket OST-95-969 and assign a new docket number to the attached.

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

Continental Airlines, Inc. / Delta Air Lines, Inc. / Federal Express Corporation / Northwest Airlines, Inc.

Order 99-2-8
OST-97-2516 (45131)
OST-95-545 (48307)
OST-97-3207
OST-97-3089
OST-97-3177

Issued January 4, 1999
Served February 11, 1999

Order Issuing Certificates

Scanned Version

Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity

Continental Airlines, Inc. for Renewal and Amendment of Certificate for Route 381(1) Renew certificate to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between the coterminal points New Orleans, Louisiana; Houston and Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas; and the coterminal points Maracaibo and Caracas, Venezuela, and (2) amend the certificate to add additional authority between Newark, New Jersey, and Caracas, Venezuela, and to integrate this authority with its existing exemption and certificate authority.
Delta Air Lines, Inc. for Route 757 is authorized to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail: Between Atlanta, Georgia, and Caracas, Venezuela.
Delta Air Lines, Inc. for Route 152 is authorized to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail: Between a point or points in the United States and a point or points in Panama. Between a point or points in the United States and a point or points in the Bahama Islands, Jamaica, Haiti, Dominican Republic, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, the Netherlands Antilles, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Between a point or points in the United States and a point or points in Belgium, the Netherlands, Luxembourg, and the Federal Republic of Germany. Between a point or points in the United States and a point or points in Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand, and Singapore, and Taiwan.
Federal Express Corporation for Route 638 is authorized to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail: Between a point or points in the United States via any intermediate points, to a point or points in China open to scheduled international operations. and beyond to any points outside of China, with full traffic rights.
Northwest Airlines, Inc. for Route 378 is authorized to engage m scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail: Between the terminal point Chicago, [L, the intermediate points Los Angeles, CA; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA or Honolulu, Hl; an intermediate point in Japan; and the coterminal points Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Beijing, China. Between Detroit, Michigan, and Beijing, China.

By: Charles Hunnicutt

OST-97-3177 - Segment 1 of its Route 378 Certificate - US-China

Application for Renewal of Segment 1 of Route 378 Certificate

Hereby requests that the Department renew Segment 1 of Northwest's Route 378 Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. Northwest also requests that the Department integrate this certificate authority with all of Northwest's existing certificate and exemption authority to the extent consistent with US bilateral agreements and DOT policy. Segment 1 of Northwest's Route 378 Certificate authorizes Northwest to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Honolulu, on the one hand, and Shanghai, Guangzhou and Beijing, Peoples Republic of China, on the other hand, via Japan.

Segment 2 of Northwest's Route 378 Certificate, which is not the subject of this Application, authorizes Northwest to operate between Detroit and Beijing. Northwest also holds authority to integrate Route 378 with all Northwest's certificates and exemptions issued by the Department. See Order 2001-12-8 (OST-95-969, issued October 10, 2001) and NOAT issued November 11, 2002 (OST-2000-8119).

Counsel: Northwest, Megan Rae Rosia, megan.rosia@nwa.com

OST-97-3177 - Segment 1 of its Route 378 Certificate - US-China

August 22, 2003

Answer of United Air Lines

United has also filed an application for renewal of its own U.S.-China route authority. United's authority appears in its Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Route 246. Although United's renewal application was filed nearly a year ago and was unopposed, the Department has taken no action to renew United's authority United's Certificate continues in effect under 5 U.S.C. §558(c) pending a final order by the Department. See Application of United, dated September 16, 2002, in Docket OST-97-3020.

Both carriers seek renewal of authority which they are currently using to operate scheduled air transportation services between the U.S. and China. United also requested amendment of its route authority to conform to the full scope of operations permitted by the bilateral air services agreement between the United States and the People's Republic of China. There is nothing controversial in United's amendment request (which was unopposed by any party), and there is no apparent reason why the Department's action on United's September 16, 2002, application has been delayed.

Counsel: United and Wilmer Cutler, Jeffrey Manley, 202-663-6670, jmanley@wilmer.com