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OST-1999-5749

Delta Air Lines, Inc. and Air Jamaica Limited

http://www.delta.com/

An exemption authorizing Delta (a) to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail (i) between Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York and Miami, on the one hand, and Grenada, on the other hand, and (ii) between Los Angeles, on the one hand, and Antigua and St. Lucia, on the other hand ; 2 and (b) to integrate this authority with all of Delta's existing certificate and exemption authority; an exemption authorizing Air Jamaica to conduct scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Montego Bay and Kingston, on the one hand, and Phoenix and Salt Lake City, on the other hand; a statement of authorization allowing Delta to display Air Jamaica's "JM" designator code on flights operated by Delta between Atlanta, on the one hand, and Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Salt Lake City, on the other hand, on a blindsector basis, for the carriage of Air Jamaica's Caribbean U.S. traffic; and a statement of authorization allowing Air Jamaica to display Delta's "DL" designator code on flights operated by Air Jamaica (a) between Los Angeles, on the one hand, and Montego Bay and Kingston, on the other hand, and (b) between Montego Bay, on the one hand, and Grenada, Bonaire, Barbados, Antigua, and St. Lucia, on the other hand.

Counsels:  Shaw Pittman, Robert Cohn for Delta, 202.663.8060, and Hogan & Hartson LLP, George Carneal for Air Jamaica, 202.637.6546

Counsel:  Shaw Pittman, Robert Cohn, 202.663.8007

Exemption for Delta to provide the following service:

Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail (a) between Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York, and Miami, on the one hand, and Grenada, on the other hand; and (b) between Los Angeles, on the one hand, and Antigua and St. Lucia, on the other hand. Delta requests authority to integrate this exemption with all of Delta's existing certificate and exemption authority. Delta intends to operate this service under a code-share arrangement with Air Jamaica.

Exemption for Air Jamaica to provide the following service:

Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Montego Bay and Kingston, Jamaica, on the one hand, and Phoenix and Salt Lake City, on the other hand. Air Jamaica intends to operate this service via Atlanta under a code-share arrangement with Delta.

Statement of Authorization for an indefinite duration for Delta to:

Display Air Jamaica's designator code on flights operated by Delta between Atlanta, on the one hand, and Los Angeles, Phoenix, and Salt Lake City, on the other hand, on a blind-sector basis for carriage of Air Jamaica's Caribbean-U.S. traffic.

Statement of Authorization for an indefinite duration under for Air Jamaica to:

Display Delta's designator code on flights operated by Air Jamaica (a) between Los Angeles, on the one hand, and Montego Bay and Kingston, Jamaica, on the other hand; and (b) between Montego Bay, Jamaica, on the one hand, and Grenada, Bonaire, Barbados, Antigua, and St. Lucia, on the other hand, for the carriage of Delta's traffic between the United States and these Caribbean points.

By:  Paul Gretch

Pursuant to the termination notice condition placed on the codeshare authority granted by Notices of Action Taken dated March 23, 2000 (Docket OST-97-3051), and June 18, 1999 (Docket OST-99-5149), Delta and Air Jamaica hereby jointly notify the Department that, due to a realignment of codeshare services, Delta will cease displaying the "JM" designator code of Air Jamaica on flights operated by Delta between Atlanta, on the one hand, and- Boston, Hartford and Salt Lake -City, on the other hand, as of July 6, 2000.

Counsels:  Shaw Pittman, Alexander Van der Bellen for Delta, 202.663.8060, and Hogan & Hartson LLP, George Carneal for Air Jamaica, 202.637.6546

By Notice of Action Taken dated December 3, 1997 (Docket OST-97-3051), the Department issued a two-year exemption authorizing Delta to provide service between Atlanta, New York and Miami, on the one hand, and Antigua and St. Lucia, on the other, in conjunction with codeshare authority granted to Delta and Air Jamaica Limited ). This authority was renewed through March 23, 2002, by Notice of Action Taken dated March 23, 2000. In the meantime, by Notice of Action Taken dated June 18, 1999, the Department had expanded Delta's Antigua and St. Lucia authority to include service from Los Angeles, and had granted Delta a new exemption authorizing service between Atlanta, New York, Miami and Los Angeles, on the one hand, and Grenada, on the other hand. Absent renewal, such authority would expire on June 18, 2001. For administrative convenience, Delta is herein seeking coextensive renewal of its U.S.-Caribbean exemptions that authorize Delta to provide services on a codeshare basis with Air Jamaica.

Counsel:  Shaw Pittman, Alexander Van der Bellen, 202.663.8060, robert.cohn@shawpittman.com

Renew for two years exemptions under 49 U.S.C. 40109 to provide the following service:

Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Atlanta, New York, and Miami, on the one hand, and Antigua and St. Lucia, on the other hand. Delta requests authority to continue to integrate this exemption with all of Delta's existing certificate and exemption authority. (Docket OST-97-3051)

Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York, and Miami, on the one hand, and Grenada, on the other hand; and between Los Angeles, on the one hand, and Antigua and St. Lucia, on the other hand. Delta requests authority to continue to integrate this exemption with all of Delta's existing certificate and exemption authority. (Docket OST-99-5749)

Delta intends to operate these services under a code-share arrangement with Air Jamaica

By:  Paul Gretch

Counsel:  Hogan Hartson, George Carneal, 202.637.6546

By:  Paul Gretch

Hereby apply for an amendment to their statement of authorization granted by Notice of Action Taken dated June 18, 1999. The Joint Applicants request authorization for Air Jamaica to display Delta's "DL" designator code on flights operated by Air Jamaica between Montego Bay, Jamaica, and Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, for the carriage of Delta's traffic between the United States and Curacao.  These services are planned to commence on or about May 1, 2002.

Counsels:  Shaw Pittman, Alexander Van der Bellen, 202.663.8060, and Hogan Hartson, George Carneal, 202.637.6546

By:  Gerald Caolo

Hereby applies for renewal of its exemption authority to engage in the scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Kingston and Montego Bay, Jamaica, on the one hand, and Nashville, Tennessee and Phoenix, Arizona, on the other.  Air Jamaica currently plans to operate these Jamaica-Nashville and Jamaica-Phoenix services under its code-share arrangement with Delta Air Lines, Inc.

Counsel:  Hogan Hartson, George Carneal, 202.637.6546

Docket OST-2000-7478--Renew exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Montego Bay and Kingston, Jamaica, on the one hand, and Nashville, Tennessee, on the other hand.

Docket OST-1999-5749--Renew exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Montego Bay and Kingston, Jamaica, on the one hand, and Phoenix, Arizona, on the other hand.

Air Jamaica will conduct these services under its code-share arrangement with Delta Air Lines, Inc.

By:  Paul Gretch

Beginning on or about November 21, 2002, Air Jamaica will begin operating four weekly flights between Montego Bay, Jamaica and Belize City. Delta wishes to display its code on these new flights. The Joint Applicants respectfully request that the necessary exemption and statement of authorization be issued as soon as possible, so that the carriers can begin advance sales and marketing activities. The Joint Applicants will poll the carrier representatives on the attached service list, and will advise the Department of the results.

Counsel:  Delta and Shaw Pittman, Robert Cohn, 202-663-8060 / Hogan Hartson, George Carneal, 202-637-6546

Counsel:  Shaw Pittman, Alexander Van der Bellen

Hereby apply for the following authorities so that Air Jamaica may resume codeshare service to San Francisco on flights operated by Delta: An amendment to the Joint Applicants' statement of authorization in the captioned docket to authorize Delta to resume the display of Air Jamaica's "JM" designator code on flights operated by Delta between Atlanta, Georgia and San Francisco, California on a blind-sector basis for the carriage of Air Jamaica's traffic between points in the Caribbean and the United States.  The Joint Applicants would like to begin marketing this reinstituted codeshare service as soon as possible and to start the flights by December 1, 2002.

Counsel: Shaw Pittman, Robert Cohn,  202 663-8060

I am writing to inform the Department that Delta Air Lines, Inc. and Air Jamaica Limited have completed their poll with respect to the Joint Application that Delta and Air Jamaica filed on October 18, 2002 in the docket identified above. The U.S. air carriers had no objections.

Counsel: Hogan Hartson, Ronald Brower,  202 637-5600

Exemption for one year from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 for Air Jamaica to provide the following service: Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Montego Bay and Kingston, Jamaica, on the one hand, and San Francisco, California, on the other hand. Air Jamaica intends to operate this service via Atlanta under a code-share arrangement with Delta.

Amendment to Statement of Authorization in above-referenced docket under 14 CFR Part 212 for Delta to: Display Air Jamaica's designator code on flights operated by Delta between Atlanta, Georgia, on the one hand, and San Francisco, California, on the other hand, on a blind-sector basis for carriage of Air Jamaica's Caribbean-­U.S. traffic.

By: Paul Gretch

Delta Air Lines, Inc. hereby applies under 49 U.S.C. 40109 for renewal of exemption authority to allow Delta to continue to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between the United States, on the one hand, and Grenada, Antigua, St. Lucia, and Belize, on the other hand, and to continue to combine service operated under these exemptions with all other Delta services authorized by existing certificates and exemptions granted by the Department, to the extent permitted by applicable international agreements. 

Delta is herein seeking renewal of these exemptions, which enable Delta to provide U.S.-Caribbean codeshare service in conjunction with Air Jamaica Limited.

Counsel: Shaw Pittman, Robert Cohn, 202-663-8060

Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Atlanta, New York, and Miami, on the one hand, and Antigua and St. Lucia, on the other hand, and to integrate this authority with its existing certificate and exemption authority. (Docket OST-97-3051)

Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York, and Miami, on the one hand, and Grenada, on the other hand; and between Los Angeles, on the one hand, and Antigua and St. Lucia, on the other hand, and to integrate this authority with its existing certificate and exemption authority. (Docket OST-99-5749)

Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between the United States and Belize, and to integrate this authority with its existing certificate and exemption authority. (Docket OST-99-5749)

By: Paul Gretch

OST-99-5749 - US-Grenada/Anitgua/St. Lucia/Belize
OST-00-7478 - US-Caribbean Codesharing

June 16, 2003

Application for Renewal of Exemption

hereby applies for renewal of its exemption authority to conduct scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Kingston and Montego Bay, Jamaica, on the one hand, and Nashville, Tennessee and Phoenix, Arizona, on the other. Notice of Action Taken in Dockets OST-1999-5749 & OST-2000-7478, dated July 12, 2002. Air Jamaica currently plans to continue operating these Jamaica-Nashville and Jamaica-Phoenix services under its code-share arrangement with Delta Air Lines, Inc.

Counsel: Hogan Hartson, George Carneal, 202-637-6546, gucarneal@hhlaw.com

October 28, 2003

Application for Renewal of Exemption Authority

Hereby applies for renewal of its exemption authority to conduct scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between the coterminal points Kingston and Montego Bay, Jamaica, on the one hand, and San Francisco, California, on the other. Air Jamaica currently plans to operate these Jamaica-San Francisco services under its codeshare arrangement with Delta Air Lines, Inc.

The public interest also supports granting this application because the renewal will enable Air Jamaica to provide a valuable codeshare service for passengers and shippers in the Jamaica-San Francisco market. Additionally, the operation of the codeshare flights will provide an important source of incremental revenue for Delta Air Lines, which will operate the Atlanta-San Francisco segment of Air Jamaica's codeshare service to San Francisco.

Counsel: Hogan & Hartson, George Carneal, 202-637-6546, gucarneal@hhlaw.com

June 4, 2004

Application for an Amended Exemption

Delta currently holds U.S.‑Belize exemption authority for service to Belize City on a codeshare basis with Air Jamaica Limited. See Notice of Action Taken dated April 17, 2003 in this docket. Delta is filing the instant application so that Delta may also provide nonstop service from Atlanta (with flexibility for other U.S. points in the future) utilizing its own aircraft.

Beginning on December 4, 2004, Delta plans to commence nonstop service between Atlanta and Belize City. Delta initially plans to operate Saturday‑only service on a year‑round basis using Boeing 737‑800 aircraft configured with 16 first and 132 coach seats.

Counsel: Delta and Shaw Pittman, Robert Cohn, 202-663-8060

June 8, 2004

Re: Polling Letter

Counsel: Shaw Pittman, Alexander Van der Bellen, 202-663-8342, sascha.vanderbellen@shawpittman.com

Filed June 4, 2004 | Issued June 18, 2004

Notice of Action Taken | Word

Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between the United States and Belize to be operated with Delta’s own aircraft, and to integrate this authority with Delta’s existing certificate and exemption authority.

By: Paul Gretch

OST-97-3051 - Atlanta-St. Lucia
OST-99-5749 - US-Grenada/Antigua/St. Lucia/Belize

February 8, 2005

Application for Renewal of Exemptions

By Notice of Action Taken dated April 17, 2003 (Dockets OST-97-3051 and OST-99-5749), the Department renewed exemptions authorizing Delta to provide service between Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York and Miami, on the one hand, and Grenada, Antigua and St. Lucia, on the other; and between the United States and Belize. These exemptions have enabled Delta to provide U.S.-Caribbean codeshare service in conjunction with Air Jamaica Limited.

Subsequently, by Notice of Action Taken dated December 16, 2003 (Docket OST-97-3051), the Department amended Delta's U.S.-St. Lucia exemption authority to permit Delta to introduce nonstop Atlanta-St. Lucia service using its own aircraft. Similarly, by Notice of Action Taken dated June 18, 2004, the Department amended Delta's U.S.-Belize exemption authority to allow service using its aircraft, thereby allowing Delta initially to offer nonstop Atlanta-Belize City service.

These exemptions have enabled Delta to provide service to four Caribbean destinations that otherwise receive only very limited service, initially on a codeshare‑only basis. Delta subsequently introduced nonstop service between its Atlanta hub and St. Lucia and, just recently, between Atlanta and Belize City, using its own aircraft. These Delta services increase competition and provide consumers with additional convenient options for travel between the United States and these popular tourist destinations in the Caribbean.

Counsel: Shaw Pittman, Alexander Van der Bellen, 202-663-8342

OST-1997-3051 - Atlanta-St. Lucia
OST-1999-5749 - US-Grenada/Antigua/St. Lucia/Belize

Filed February 8, 2005 | Amended July 15, 2005 | Issued August 31, 2005

Notice of Action Taken | Word

Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Atlanta, New York, and Miami, on the one hand, and Antigua and St. Lucia, on the other hand, and to integrate this authority with its existing certificate and exemption authority. (Docket OST-1997-3051)

Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Atlanta, Los Angeles, New York, and Miami, on the one hand, and Grenada, on the other hand; and between Los Angeles, on the one hand, and Antigua and St. Lucia, on the other hand, and to integrate this authority with its existing certificate and exemption authority. (Docket OST-1999-5749)

Amend exemption under 49 U.S.C. 40109 to provide the following service: Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Atlanta, Georgia, and Antigua to be operated with Delta's own aircraft, and to integrate this authority with Delta's existing certificate and exemption authority. (Docket OST-1997-3051). Delta holds exemption authority to provide Atlanta-St. Lucia and U.S.-Belize service using its own aircraft. Delta currently holds exemption authority to serve Antigua on a code-share basis with Air Jamaica.

By: Paul Gretch

OST-1997-3051 - Exemption - Atlanta-Antigua/St. Lucia
OST-1999-5749 - Exemption - US-Belize

June 27, 2007

Application for Renewal of Exemptions

Hereby applies for renewal of exemptions under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 to authorize Delta to continue to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Atlanta, on the one hand, and Antigua and St. Lucia, on the other hand; and between the United States and Belize.

Delta requests further renewal of these exemptions, simultaneously with tentative approval of its applications for U.S.-Antigua and U.S.- St. Lucia certificate authority pending in Docket OST-1999-6246 and U.S.-Belize certificate authority pending in Docket OST-1997-3218, pursuant to the streamlined show-cause procedures announced in Docket OST-2005-22228.

Delta offers both mainline Atlanta-Belize City service and Delta Connection service on flights operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines.

Delta also offers Newark-Antigua service by displaying its designator code on flights operated by Continental Airlines, Inc. pursuant to separate exemption authority in Docket OST-2003-15504.

Delta's exemptions in Dockets OST-1997-3051 and OST-1999-5749 also include authority to serve Grenada and authority to serve Antigua and St. Lucia from other U.S. points for purposes of codesharing with Air Jamaica Limited. Because that codesharing arrangement has been discontinued, Delta is not seeking renewal of such additional authority. Furthermore, Delta's existing exemptions include route integration authority, which is no longer required in light of the blanket route integration certificate granted to Delta by Order 2006-1-1.

Counsel: Delta and Hogan & Hartson, Robert Cohn, 202-637-4999

OST-1997-3051 - Exemption - Atlanta-Antigua/St. Lucia
OST-1999-5749 - Exemption - US-Belize

Filed June 27, 2007 | Issued October 22, 2007

Notice of Action Taken | Word

Renewal of scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Atlanta, Georgia, on the one hand, and Antigua and St. Lucia, on the other hand.

Renewal of scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between the United States and Belize.

Delta states that its exemptions in Dockets OST-1997-3051 and OST-1999-5749 also include authority to serve Grenada and authority to serve Antigua and St. Lucia from other U.S. points for purposes of code sharing with Air Jamaica Limited.  Delta states that it is not seeking renewal of such additional authority because that code-share arrangement has been discontinued.

By: Paul Gretch

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