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OST-99-5533

Huntsville-Madison County Airport Authority

OST-99-5533	April 12, 1999	Application for Chicago O'Hare Exemption Slots	High Density Rule - Chicago O'Hare	HTML
		Service List

Huntsville understands that, effective June 1, 1399, American Eagle will terminate nonstop service between Montgomery, Alabama and O'Hare, thereby releasing four exemption slots for Lea location by the Department.: American Eagle has advised Huntsville that it will operate nonstop regional jet flights between Huntsville and Chicago O'Hare in the event that Huntsville is successful in securing exemption slots.  Without question, inferior and inconvenient service in the Huntsville-Chicago market has had a dampening effect on the region's economic growth and potential. The community of Huntsville and the State of Alabama urgently require nonstop regional jet service to O'Hare.

Counsel:  Huntsville, Richard Tucker, 256-772-9395

Greater Baton Rouge Airport District / Huntsville-Madison County Airport Authority

OST-99-5533

April 27, 1999

Answer of American Eagle to Huntsville Scanned Copy

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American Eagle urges favorable consideration of the Huntsville application on an expedited basis. Alternatively, American Eagle seeks a direct grant of exemption slots for O'Hare-Huntsville service, and is this day filing a parallel application for such an award. If it has access to exemption slots, American Eagle will provide nonstop regional jet service between Huntsville and O'Hare for the benefit of Huntsville, its service area, and passengers and shippers requiring service not only in the local market, but in scores of beyond markets conveniently served via American's Chicago hub.

Counsel:  American, Carl Nelson, 202-496-5647, carl_nelson@amrcorp.com

OST-99-5532 OST-99-5533	April 27, 1999	Consolidated Answer of Atlantic Coast WordPerfect Scanned Copy	High Density Rule - Chicago O'Hare	HTML
		Attachment: UAL vs. AAL RJ Status Summary

American Eagle has launched an all out assault on the integrity of the authority of the Secretary of Transportation to award slots to small and medium non-hub communities. By forsaking its commitment to the communities of Montgomery, Alabama and Shreveport, Louisiana, and importuning the communities of Eaton Rouge, Louisiana and Huntsville, Alabama to seek the slots previously awarded to Montgomery and Shreveport, American Eagle is cynically seeking to manipulate the processes of the Department to its sole advantage.

Counsel:  Bagileo Silverberg, Robert Silverberg, 202-944-3300

OST-99-5532 OST-99-5533	April 27, 1999	Consolidated Answer of United Air Lines	High Density Rule - Chicago O'Hare	HTML
		Attachment:  Letter from United to Bradley Mims and Patrick Murphy dated 4/16/99		HTML

Even though United has strongly supported the efforts by eligible new entrant commuter carriers to add United Express service at O'Hare, it has reluctantly been forced to oppose applications such as those filed in these dockets by Baton Rouge and Huntsville where the slot request is filed by the community itself, rather than by an eligible new entrant carrier that is willing to serve the community. As United has already explained in detail in these other dockets, the award of exemption slots directly to communities is unsound as a matter of policy and inconsistent with the terms of the statute.

Counsel:  United and Kirkland Ellis, Bruce Rabinovitz, 202-879-5116

Greater Baton Rouge Airport District / Huntsville-Madison County Airport Authority

OST-99-5532 OST-99-5533

May 6, 1999

Reply of American Eagle Airlines and Motion for Leave to File

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We are not sure why United also chose to revisit the Department's procedural mechanism in Order 98-4-21, April 24, 1998, for awarding exemption slots to American Eagle to serve Duluth, Fayetteville, Montgomery, and Shreveport by linking such an award to American Eagle's EAS slots at Bloomington, Champaign, and La Crosse. If the Department chooses to grant slots to the communities of Huntsville and Baton Rouge, there is no reason for the Department to link them to EAS slots. And if the Department makes an award directly to American Eagle, it can again use the procedural device employed in Order 98-4-21, if such action is deemed necessary. There is of course no reason why such a device is proper for slot awards to Montgomery and Shreveport, but would not be for awards to Huntsville and Baton Rouge.

Counsel:  American, Carl Nelson, 202-496-5647, carl_nelson@amrcorp.com

OST-99-5532	May 6, 1999	Consolidated Reply of the Greater Baton Rouge Airport District Scanned Copy	High Density Rule - Chicago O'Hare
		Exhibits | Microsoft Excel
		Exhibit 1:  Summary of Baton Rouge Traffic via American to Chicago O'Hare
		Exhibit 2:  Baton Rouge Domestic Connection Traffic Potential via Chicago O'Hare
		Exhibit 3:  Baton Rouge International Connection Traffic Potential via Chicago O'Hare
		Exhibit 4: Largest ORD Markets without Nonstop or Roundtrip Single-Plane Service

Baton Rouge hereby responds to the foregoing answers by showing that the award of exemption slots to Baton Rouge is consistent with Department policy, and that its proposed service not only is operationally and financially feasible, but also has a demonstrable traffic demand in excess of 76,000 annual passengers – which is greater than or at least on par with any other small or medium-sized community seeking exemption slots at O’Hare.

Counsel:  GKMG, Rick Russell, 202-342-5200

Huntsville-Madison County Airport Authority

OST-99-5533	May 13, 1999	Surreply of Mobile Airport Authority and Atlantic Coast and Motion for Leave to File	High Density Rule - Chicago O'Hare	HTML
		Exhibit 1:  5 Year Domestic Revenue/O&D Chicago
		Exhibit 2:  Total Non-Agricultural Employment (1990-1999)
		Exhibit 3:  Number of Departures Per Capita
		Exhibit 4:  Market Share of Carriers for Mobile and Huntsville

Apart from the strong and growing economic base of Mobile that will amply support ACA's Mobile-O'Hare regional jet service, Mobile should be given primary consideration because Huntsville has qualitatively and quantitatively more access to the nation's air route network than Mobile. Indeed, Huntsville has 85 percent more departures per capita and 77 percent more annual seats than does Mobile. Exhibit 3. Huntsville also enjoys service from six established air carriers operating to six hub airports, with Huntsville's largest carrier, Delta, having only a 52 percent share of the market. Mobile, as noted in its Joint Application, must rely on only three carriers (two jet carriers and one turbo-prop carrier) the largest being Delta, which has a commanding 83 percent share of the market. These carriers serve only four hub airports, compared to Huntsville's direct access to six hub airports.

Counsel:  Bagileo Silverberg, Robert Silverberg, 202-944-3300

American Eagle Airlines, Inc.
Mobile Airport Authority-Atlantic Coast Airlines
Huntsville-Madison County Airport Authority
Greater Baton Rouge Airport District
Charleston County Aviation Authority-Atlantic Coast Airlines
National Airlines, Inc.

By this order the Department is amending its actions in Orders 98-4-21 and 98-9-24 by reallocating eight of the Chicago O'Hare Airport slot exemptions that were authorized to American Eagle in those orders. Specifically, slot exemptions that were previously designated for American Eagle to provide nonstop regional jet service to Montgomery, AL, and Shreveport, LA, are withdrawn and are redesignated for implementation of nonstop regional jet service between O'Hare and Baton Rouge, LA (two slot exemptions for American Eagle), Huntsville, AL (three slot exemptions for American Eagle) and Mobile, AL (three slot exemptions for Atlantic Coast Airlines). The reallocation of these slot exemptions is conditioned on their being used solely for implementation of service in the designated markets.

By:  Brad Mims

Establishment of Slot Exemptions Proceedings 

By:  Bradley Mims

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