ost983475

OST-98-3475

Nippon Cargo Airlines Co., Ltd.

OST-98-3475 | February 12, 1998

Application for Amendment of Its Foreign Air Carrier Permit

Nippon Cargo Airways Ltd.,("NCA"), hereby applies for an amendment to its foreign air carrier permit to engage in theforeign air transportation described herein. NCA requests that this application be processedunder the simplified nonhearing procedures specified in Subpart Q of Part 302 of theDepartment's Regulations.

Exhibit 1:

Exhibit 2: Corporate Profile

Answers are due by March 12, 1998

Verification | Service List

Counsel: Zuckert Scoutt, James Devall, 202.298.8660

All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. / Federal Express Corporation / Japan Airlines Company, Ltd. / Nippon Cargo Airlines Co., Ltd. / United Air Lines, Inc. (US-Japan)

OST-98-3424 | OST-98-3435 | OST-98-3436 | OST-98-3449 | OST-98-3484 | OST-98-3475 | OST-96-1131 | February 20, 1998

Consolidated Answer of Northwest Airlines

Northwest believes for several reasons that this "blanket authority" approach is preferable to granting authority to the incumbent carriers on a market-by-market basis, and has followed that approach in its own recently filed certificate application in Docket OST-98-3441. First, this approach is consistent with the broad language of the MOC provisions relating to the incumbent U.S. and Japanese carriers. Second, it reduces the volume of paperwork that the incumbent carriers otherwise would have to prepare (and that DOT decision makers would have to address) if a separate application had to be filed for each pair of countries or cities. Third, because it reduces the volume of such application paperwork, this approach enables the incumbents to continuously revise their routes and schedules in response to changes in consumer demand without having to continuously return to DOT to secure the necessary authority.

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

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS CO., LTD. JAPAN AIRLINES COMPANY, LTD. NIPPON CARGO AIRLINES CO., LTD.

Order 98-4-17 | OST-98-3464 | OST-98-3484 | OST-98-3475 | Issued April 2, 1998 | Served April 21, 1998

Order Issuing Foreign Air Carrier Permits

By: Charles Hunnicutt