ost995620

OST-99-5620

Alaska Airlines, Inc.

OST-99-5620	May 3, 1999	Emergency Application for Exemption	Anchorage-Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia
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Now that Alaska has developed firm plans to commence codeshare operations in this market, it requests that the Department reinstate its authority as soon as possible. To assist the Department in processing Alaska's renewal request. After serving this route and others in the Russian Far East for years, Alaska suspended service to the region on October 8, 1998. Shortly thereafter, it voluntarily returned two of its three allocated U.S. - Russia frequencies to the Department for reallocation. Alaska also applied for a waiver of the 90-day dormancy condition for its remaining frequency in order to explore its options to maintain at least a codeshare presence in the market. DOT granted this request, effective through November 23, 1999. Recently, Alaska has been able to negotiate a codeshare arrangement with Reeve Aleutian Airways, Inc.

Counsel: Squire Sanders, Marshall Sinick, 202-626-6651

Alaska Airlines, Inc. / New U.S.-Russia Opportunities

OST-99-5286
OST-99-5620

Filed May 3, 1999
Issued May 13, 1999

Notice of Action Taken

Anchorage-Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia Codeshare with Reeve Aleutian

Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Anchorage, Alaska, on the one hand, and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, on the other hand. Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Anchorage, Alaska, on the one hand, and Petropavieksk-Kamchadski and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia, on the other hand. Alaska intends to operate this service under a code-share arrangement with Reeve Aleutian Airways.

The 1999 U.S.-Russia agreement provides that code-share services count as one half of a frequency for a U.S. carrier placing its code on flights in the U.S.-Russia market operated by another airline. Based on this frequency equivalency provision of the agreement, the frequency sought by Alaska will enable it to put its code on the two weekly flights operated by Reeve Aleutian in the Anchorage-Russia Far East markets. As a result of our action here, a total of 25 frequencies remain available for allocation to U.S. carriers.

By: Paul Gretch