ost983441

OST-98-3441

Northwest Airlines, Inc. (New or Amended Certificate of Public Convenience, US-Japan-Asia/Pacific)

OST-98-3441 | February 6, 1998

Application for a New or Amended Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

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Requests issuance of a new certificate of public convenience and necessity, or an amended certificate of public convenience and necessity for Route 129, authorizing Northwest to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of: (a) persons, property and mail between a point or points in the United States, on the one hand, and a point or points in Japan, on the other, via a point or points in the countries listed in Attachment A hereto, and beyond Japan to a point or points in the countries listed in Attachment A hereto; and (b) property and mail between a point or points in the United States, on the one hand, and a point or points in Japan, on the other, via any intermediate point or points and beyond Japan to any point or points.

Attachment A: Points to be Served

Answers are due by March 6, 1998

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Counsel: Northwest, Megan Rae Poldy, 202-3193

Northwest Airlines, Inc. / Federal Express Corporation (US-Japan)

OST-98-3441 | OST-98-3435 | March 5, 1998

Consolidated Answer of United Air Lines

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If the Department is prepared to grant specific new route authority involving services to unnamed points in all third countries in conjunction with service to Japan, as implicitly requested by both Fed Ex and Northwest for all-cargo services, then United seeks the same flexibility. If, on the other hand, the Department will only authorize services to named intermediate, beyond and behind points to be served in conjunction with U.S.-Japan service, then the applications of Fed Ex and Northwest for all-cargo authority may be deemed overly broad. In that case, United urges that the broad-based right to serve Japan in conjunction with third countries intermediate to or beyond Japan or behind the U.S. be accomplished through route integration such as United has requested.

Counsel: United and Ginsburg Feldman, Joel Burton, 202-637-9130

Applications of Continental Micronesia, Inc., Federal Express Company, Northwest Airlines, Inc., Polar Air Cargo, Inc., United Air Lines, Inc. and United Parcel Service Co. - (For US-Japan Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity)

Order 98-6-22 | OST-96-1200 | OST-96-1201 | OST-98-3435 | OST-98-3441 | OST-98-3491 | OST-96-1131 | OST-98-3477 | Issued June 14, 1998 | Served June 25, 1998

Order Issuing Certificates

By this order we issue certificate authority to Continental Micronesia, Federal Express Corporation, Northwest Airlines, Polar Air Cargo, United Airlines, and United Parcel Service to provide combination and/or all-cargo service between the United States and Japan consistent with the new U.S.-Japan agreement.

By: Charles Hunnicutt

Northwest Airlines, Inc.

OST-98-3441	December 20, 2002 Docketed December 23, 2002	Application for Renewal of Certificate Authority	US-Japan-Asia/Pacific
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Application of Northwest Airlines, Inc. pursuant to 49 USC Section 41102 and Subpart B, requesting a renewal of Segment 4 of its Route 129 certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing Northwest to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between any point or points in the United States, via any intermediate point or points, and any point or points in Japan, and any point or points beyond Japan. Northwest also requests that the Department integrate the requested certificate authority with Northwest's other certificate and exemption authority to the extent permissible under applicable law and the governing bilateral agreements. Northwest requests that its certificate authority for Segment 4 of Route 129 be renewed for a period of no less than five years.

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

Federal Express Corporation / Northwest Airlines, Inc.

OST-98-3435 OST-98-3441	January 9, 2003	Consolidated Answer of United Air Lines	US-Japan - Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity
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The captioned applications include requests to renew authority granted pursuant to the 1998 U.S.-Japan Memorandum of Understanding that substantially expanded operating rights to serve Japan for the "incumbent U.S. carriers," as well as non-incumbent carriers. Under the 1998 MOU, the "incumbent" U.S. carriers are United, Northwest and Federal Express. Like Northwest and Federal Express, United timely filed to renew its certificate of public convenience and necessity for Route 130, including its U.S.-Japan and beyond operating rights under the 1998 MOU.

United is concerned that, because its renewal application was filed earlier and had not been acted on prior to the termination date of certain authority, the U.S.Japan authority of its incumbent carrier competitors might be renewed in advance of United's own related authority. Although the Administrative Procedure Act will automatically extend United's authority for Route 130, United nevertheless requests the Department to approve its pending Application for Renewal in its entirety at the same time it renews the authority of the other "incumbent U.S. carriers," Northwest and Federal Express. United's Application for Renewal, despite combining its 1998 MOU authority to serve Japan with other limited-entry authority, does not substantially differ from those of its competitors and was not opposed by any party. There is no reason in these circumstances for the Department to continue to delay its decision on United's May 7, 2002, renewal application.

Application of United Air Lines, Inc. for Renewal of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, dated May 7, 2002, in Dockets OST-96-1873, 96-1248, and 96-1131.

Counsel: Wilmer Cutler, Jeffrey Manley, 202 663-6670