OST-99-5868 - Continental Airlines

OST-99-5868

Continental Airlines, Inc.

OST-99-5868 44141, 48002, 49303, 49355	June 21, 1999	Application for Renewal and Amendment of Certificate Authority Scanned Copy	US-Mexcio - Route 561
		Service List

Continental asks the Department to renew segments 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 of Continental’s Route 561 and to amend Continental’s Route 561 to permit Continental to provide scheduled air transportation of persons, property and mail between the U.S.-Mexico city-pairs currently operated by Continental under exemption authority. Continental also asks for authority to integrate its amended Route 561 certificate authority with its existing certificate and exemption authority and asks that the authority become effective immediately for a five-year period.

Counsel: Continental and Crowell Moring, Bruce Keiner, 202-624-2500

Continental Airlines, Inc.

OST-99-5868	October 7, 1999	Amendment to Application for Renewal and Amendment of Certificate Authority Scanned Copy	Route 561 - U.S.-Mexico Codeshare with Northwest and Alaska
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Continental amends its June 21, 1999, application in this docket to request that the following additional segments, for which Continental holds exemption authority granted by Notice of Action Taken, June 4, 1999, in Docket OST-97-2657, be incorporated into Continental’s Route 561:

a. Between the terminal point Detroit, Michigan, and the terminal points Cancun, Mexico City, Puerto Vallarta, and Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo.
b. Between the terminal point Memphis, Tennessee, on the one hand, and the terminal point Cancun, Mexico.
c. Between the terminal point Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, and the terminals point Acapulco, Cancun, Cozumel, Puerto Vallarta, San Jose del Cabo, and Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Mexico.
d. Between the terminal point Tampa, Florida, and the terminal point Cancun, Mexico.
e. Between the terminal point Los Angeles, California, and the terminal points La Paz, Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta, San Jose del Cabo, and Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Mexico.
f. Between the terminal point San Diego, California, and the terminal point San Jose del Cabo, Mexico.
g. Between the terminal point San Francisco, California, and the terminal points Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta, and San Jose del Cabo, Mexico.

Continental will serve the routes listed in segments a-d by placing its designator code on Northwest flights and serve the routes listed in segments e-g by placing its designator code on Alaska flights. To the extent that Alaska and Northwest operate U.S.-Mexico service on a seasonal basis, Continental asks the Department to waive the 90-day dormancy condition applicable to those routes in Continental’s certificate.

Continental also withdraws its request that the Department restore its Route 561 Segment 2 San Diego-Mexico City/Toluca certificate authority since Continental has discontinued its San Diego-Mexico City flights.

Counsel: Continental and Crowell Moring, Bruce Keiner, 202-624-2615

U.S.-Mexico Certificates / Alaska Airlines, Inc. / American Airlines, Inc. / American Trans Air, Inc. / Continental Airlines, Inc. / Delta Air Lines, Inc. / Emery Worldwide Airlines, Inc. / Northwest Airlines, Inc. / Trans World Airlines, Inc. / United Air Lines, Inc. / United Parcel Service Co.

Order 00-5-31 OST-99-6276 OST-99-6172 OST-99-6671 OST-99-5868 OST-99-5861 OST-99-6275 OST-99-5740 OST-99-5865 OST-99-6319 OST-99-5965 OST-99-5846 OST-99-6663	Issued May 29, 2000 Served June 2, 2000	Order Issuing Certificates	US-Mexico
		Attachment: Summary of US-Mexico Certificate Applications
		Route 559 - Alaska Airlines
		Route 560 - American Airlines
		Route 653 - American Trans Air
		Route 561 - Continental Airlines
		Route 562 - Delta Air Lines
		Route 743 - Emery Worldwide Airlines
		Route 564 - Northwest Airlines
		Route 794 - Trans World Airlines
		Route 566 - United Air Lines
		Route 569 - United Parcel Service

By: Bradley Mims

OST-99-5868 - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Route 561 - US-Mexico

November 30, 2004

Application for Renewal and Amendment of Certificate Authority

Continental's certificate for Route 561 was originally issued by Order 92-5-20 and was most recently renewed by Order 2000-5-31. The authority on Route 561 expires on May 30, 2005, and Continental invokes the automatic extension provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 558(c), as implemented by Part 377 of the Department's Special Regulations, to continue this authority in effect pending the Department's action on this application.

Continental also asks the Department to amend Continental's Route 561 to incorporate the following additional seasonal authority:

Houston-Manzanillo (Exemption granted by Notice of Action Taken, November 5, 2003, in Docket OST-2003-16302);
Houston-Morelia (Exemption granted by Notice of Action Taken, November 5, 2003, in Docket OST-2003-16350); and
New York/Newark-Acapulco, Puerto Vallarta and San Jose del Cabo (Exemption renewed by Notice of Action Taken, March 24, 2004, in Docket OST-2000-7448).

Counsel: Crowell & Moring, Bruce Keiner, Jr., 202-624-2615

OST-2005-22228 - Streamling Regulatory Procedures
OST-1999-5868 - Amendment of Certificate Authority for Route 561

December 20, 2005

Amendment Number One to Application of Continental Airlines for Renewal and Amendment of Certificate Authority

Continental amends its application, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 41102 and Subpart B of the Department's Rules of Practice, for renewal and amendment of its Route 561 U.S.-Mexico certificate authority to seek authority pursuant to the Department's August 23, 2005 notice on streamlining regulatory procedures to provide scheduled air transportation of persons, property and mail between Houston and Mazatlan and between points in the United States and points within Mexico beyond the Continental and ExpressJet authorized Mexican gateway points for transborder services for purposes of blind-sector codesharing services offered between the Mexican gateway points and other points within Mexico on flights operated by Aeromexico as well as authority to integrate this authority with Continental's existing certificate and exemption authority.

Counsel: Continental and Crowell & Moring, Bruce Keiner, 202-624-2615, rbkeiner@crowell.com