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OST-99-5427
Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane-S.p.A.
| OST-99-5427 | March 24, 1999 | Application for an Exemption | High Density Rule - Rome-Chicago O'Hare |
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Operate five weekly nonstop roundtrip combination service flights between Chicago O'Hare and Rome Fiumicino, for the period June 1, 1999 through October 31, 1999. Will use B-767 aircraft. Chicago-Rome has been an established market for Alitalia for many years. As the Department is aware, Alitalia was forced to discontinue its Chicago-Rome service late last year due to restrictions on its aircraft fleet arising from conditions imposed by the European Commission as part of the Commission's approval of Alitalia's financial restructuring plan. Those restrictions forced Alitalia reluctantly to switch aircraft to the Chicago-Milan route as part of a process of consolidating its operations at its new hub at Milan's Malpensa Airport. Thus, Alitalia's historic slots at Chicago O'Hare, previously allocated for Chicago-Rome service, have been allocated to the Chicago-Milan route. Now, however, Alitalia has aircraft available that will enable Alitalia to recommence its Chicago-Rome service - which Alitalia is anxious to do at the earliest possible opportunity.
Counsel: Zuckert Scoutt, Richard Mathias, 202-298-8660
Alitialia-Linee Aeree Italiane-S.p.A.
| OST-99-5427 | April 8, 1999 | Answer of American Airlines | High Density Rule - Chicago O'Hare | HTML |
The Department should deny Alitalia's application, which has resulted solely from Alitalia's belated commercial decision to re-enter the Chicago-Rome market long after the normal slot allocation process for 1999 summer season slots has been completed. Alitalia recites that it switched its "historic" slots at O'Hare for use on its new Chicago-Milan service, but now ''has aircraft available that will enable [it] to recommence its Chicago-Rome service...at the earliest possible opportunity"
Counsel: Carl Nelson, Jr. for American, 202.496.5647, carl_nelson@amrcorp.com
| OST-99-5427 | April 8, 1999 | Answer of The City of Chicago | High Density Rule - Chicago O'Hare |
Alitalia’s slot application meets all the necessary criteria, and therefore should be granted. The Department should grant this slot exemption request because it is clearly in the public interest. Alitalia would be returning service to the O’Hare-Rome market, which would provide important benefits to passengers and shippers. As part of the Department’s recent U.S.-Italy Combination Service Proceeding, Chicago actively supported the application of American Airlines ("American") for the award of frequencies to serve Rome from Chicago precisely because such an award offered the opportunity to restore service in a well-developed and proven market.2 Alitalia has had a long history of well-performing service at O’Hare. However, as stated above, Alitalia was compelled to discontinue its Chicago-Rome service in 1998 as the result of certain conditions imposed by the European Commission. Until that time, Alitalia’s load factors in the Chicago-Rome market exceeded 80%.3 Alitalia’s departure from the market left Rome as the largest destination in Europe without nonstop service from Chicago. Resumption of this service will not only provide immediate benefits to the travelling and shipping community in a market that historically enjoyed strong demand, but also fill a significant gap in O’Hare’s international service.
Counsel: Chicago and Winthrop Stimson, Kenneth Quinn, 202-775-9898, quinnk@winstim.com
| OST-99-5427 | April 8, 1999 | Answer of United Air Lines | High Density Rule - Chicago O'Hare | HTML |
Alitalia's aircraft allocation issues are not a valid justification for a late filing for O'Hare slots. The EC conditions on Alitalia's aircraft fleet allocation arose from efforts of the EC to end state subsidy of Alitalia and ameliorate the anti-competitive consequences of what was intended to be the final round of subsidy for that airline.' Those EC conditions are irrelevant to Alitalia's decision to switch its Chicago flights from Rome to Milan. In fact, that airport switch was made in conjunction with Alitalia's decision to set up a hub at Milan Malpensa when the new terminal at that airport opened last year. The decision to move the Chicago-Italy flights from Rome to Milan had nothing to do with the EC conditions but was a commercial decision by Alitalia to make its US-Italy routes more efficient by consolidating services at its new Milan/Malpensa hub.
Counsel: Kirkland & Ellis, Jeffrey Manley, 202.879.5161
Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane-S.p.A.
| OST-99-5427 | April 9, 1999 | Reply of Alitialia |
Slots - Exemption - Chicago O'Hare International Airport and Rome Fiumicino Airport |
Counsel: Zuckert Scoutt, Richard D. Mathias
| OST-99-5427 | April 20, 1999 | Re: Application Withdrawal | Slots at Chicago O'Hare |
Alitalia hereby withdraws its application in the above-referenced docket for an exemption from the requirements of Subparts K and S of 14 C.F.R. Part 93 pertaining to slots at Chicago's O Hare Airport.
Counsel: Zuckert Scoutt, Richard Mathias, 202.973.7917, rdmathias@zsrlaw.com
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