ost984946

OST-98-4946

Compania Mexicana de Aviacion, S.A. de C.V

OST-98-4946	December 24, 1998	Application for Exemption	Slot Exemption at O'Hare	HTML
		Exhibit: ORD Slot Request
		Service List

On October 13, 1998, Mexicana filed with the FAA a timely request for slots at Chicago O'Hare for the summer 1999 traffic season, beginning April 4, 1999. Mexicana specifically requested two slots daily to permit Mexicana to continue in operation its existing Mexico City-Chicago service. An arrival slot was requested for the 1115 slot period and a departure slot for the 1415 slot period. Mexicana received oral notification from the FAA in December 1998 that the FAA will be unable to grant Mexicana's application because Mexicana's request, and those of other carriers, exceeds the total number of slots that the FAA is able to allocate at O'Hare. Copies of Mexicana's request and the FAA's response are attached.

Counsel: Squire Sanders, Charles Donley II, 202.626.6601

AIR FRANCE / SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINE SYSTEM / LUFTHANSA GERMAN AIRLINES / JAPAN AIRLINES CO., LTD. / ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS CO., LTD. / COMPANIA MEXICANA DE AVIACION, S.A. DE C.V. / IBERIA LÍNEAS AÉREAS DE ESPAÑA, S.A. / CZECH AIRLINES (CSA)

OST-98-4824
OST-98-4826
OST-98-4869
OST-98-4890
OST-98-4902
OST-98-4946
OST-99-4981
OST-99-4998

January 20, 1999

Motion for Leave to File and Consolidated Answer of The City of Chicago

High Density Rule - Chicago O'Hare

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For several reasons, Chicago strongly urges the Department to grant expeditiously the slot exemptions requested in these eight applications for the purpose of initiating or continuing air service at O’Hare. First, grant of these exemptions is in the public interest, providing both inter- and intra-gateway competition, while benefiting the traveling and shipping public. Chicago conservatively estimates the collective economic benefit of this international air service to be over $964 million for the Chicago region in terms of increased jobs, trade, and tourism. Second, unlike the only occasion in which the Department turned down a foreign air carrier application for a slot exemption at O’Hare, each of the carriers in the instant proceedings except Czech Airlines filed a timely request for slots with the FAA. And, in the case of Czech Airlines, it filed a late application with the FAA only because it was unable to finalize plans to obtain the necessary equipment to serve the flight.

Counsel: Chicago and Winthrop Stimson, Kenneth Quinn, (202) 775-9898, quinnk@winstim.com

Compania Mexiana de Aviacion, S.A. de C.V. / Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana, S.A.

Order 99-2-24
OST-98-4946
OST-98-4981*

*Department Incorrectly Recorded the Wrong Docket # on the Order - Probably will be Corrected in an Erratum to Reflect the Correct Docket # as OST-99-4981

Issued and Served February 22, 1999

Order Granting Exemptions

High Density Rule - Chicago O'Hare

We will grant Mexicana an exemption to enable it to perform one daily Mexico City-Chicago scheduled flight arrival and one daily departure at O'Hare during the 1999 summer season; and we will grant Iberia an exemption to enable it to perform one daily Madrid-Chicago scheduled flight arrival and one daily departure at O'Hare during the 1999 summer season. We find that grant of these exemptions is consistent with the public interest.

By: Charles Hunnicutt