ost994981

OST-99-4981

Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana, S.A.

OST-99-4981	January 8, 1999	Application for Exemption	Exemption High Density Rule O'Hare Slots
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		Exhibit: Iberia's JFK and ORD Slots

On September 1, 1998, Iberia inaugurated a daily nonstop roundtrip service between Chicago and Madrid using Stage 3 Airbus A-340-300 aircraft. Until then, there had been no nonstop or through-plane service between Chicago and Madrid. With a daily arrival at 1405 and eastbound departure at 1655, Iberia's flights are conveniently timed to meet connecting flights in both directions. Iberia obtained the slots it is using at O'Hare for the current: winter season by exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 41714 (b)(1). See Order 98-10-12. By this application, Iberia requests a like exemption for the 1999 summer season to enable it to continue providing its valuable nonstop through-plane service between Chicago and Madrid. Arrivals and departures for the 1999 summer season will be at the same times as the present ones, i.e., 1405 and 1655, respectively. Iberia thus will need one arrival and one departure slot at the times indicated.

Counsel: Steptoe & Johnson LLP, William Karas, 202.429.6223

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