ost995055

OST-99-5055

Singapore Airlines Limited

OST-99-5055	January 28, 1999	Application for an Exemption	Singapore-Taipei-Anchorage-Chicago O'Hare-New York JFK-Brussels-Bombay-Singapore All-Cargo
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Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 41714(b)(1) Singapore Airlines Limited hereby applies for an exemption from the requirements of Subparts K and S of Part 93 of the Federal Aviation Regulations so that it may continue its current pattern of once-weekly all-cargo service that operates on a Singapore-Taipei-Anchorage-Chicago O'Hare-New York (JFK)-Brussels-Bombay-Singapore route, during the 1999 summer season. Singapore Airlines has been operating; this service since October 7, 1998. To maintain the service, Singapore Airlines requests two slots,) on or before March 28,1999, so that this service may be operated throughout the summer season. Singapore Airlines duly requested the necessary summer season slots by requesting them in advance at the most recent iATA slot coordination conference. At the IATA slot coordination conference, Singapore Airlines was informed that its slot request would not be granted. Per the advice of the FAA, on January 4, 1999, Singapore Airlines repeated its request for the necessary slots. On January 8, 1999, the Acting Manager of the FAA's Airspace and Air Traffic Law Branch advised Singapore Airlines by electronic mail that its slot request would not be accommodated since the FM had not received a sufficient number of returned slots to meet all such pending slot requests. Accordingly, Singapore Airlines has exhausted all appropriate slot allocation procedures.

Counsel: Galland Kharasch, Anita Mosner, 202-342-5200

Singapore Airlines Limited

Order 99-3-15
OST-99-5055

Issued and Served March 19, 1999

Order Granting Exemptions

Singapore-Taipei-Anchorage-Chicago O'Hare-New York
(JFK)-Brussels-Bombay-Singapore

Order 99-3-15, grants a temporary exemption from 14 CFR Part 93, Subparts K & S under 49 USC 41714(b)(1) to Singapore Airlines Limited to the extent necessary to enable it to operate one weekly scheduled arrival at Chicago O'Hare International Airport between 10:45 a.m. and 11:14 a.m.(local time) and one weekly scheduled departure at Chicago O'Hare International Airport between l:15 p.m. and l:44 p.m. (local time) in a pattern to be determined in consultation between Singapore Airlines Limited and the Slot Administration Office, FAA As a condition of approval, Singapore Airlines Limited may use this exemption authority only to provide all-cargo scheduled service between Singapore, Republic of Singapore, and Chicago, Illinois (O'Hare International Airport) on a Singapore-Tapei-Anchorage-Chicago (O'Hare)-New York(JFK)-Brussels-Bombay-Singapore routing..

By: Charles Hunnicutt