2005/2006 US-China Air Services Case and Designations

Order 04-9-5
OST-04-19077

Issued and Served September 3, 2004

Order Instituting Proceeding and Inviting Applications | Word

We invite all U.S. carriers interested in providing scheduled combination and/or all-cargo service between the U.S. and China to submit applications for certificate authority as well as for frequencies to perform such scheduled service. To the extent that carriers require new certificate authority to implement their proposed service, we will award the U.S.-China route authority at issue in the form of temporary, experimental certificates of public convenience and necessity under 49 U.S.C. section 41102(c).  The duration of the authority will be five years for the primary carrier and one year for the backup carrier (should one be selected), unless the latter authority is activated during that time, in which case it will continue in effect for five years.

• DOT Information Responses:  September 10, 2004   
• Petitions for Reconsideration:  September 10, 2004
• Answers to Petitions:  September 14, 2004
• Certificate Applications:  September 22, 2004               
• Direct Exhibits:  October 13, 2004
• Rebuttal Exhibits:  November 3, 2004
• Briefs:  November 15, 2004

By: Karan Bhatia

2005/2006 US-China Air Services Case and Designations

Order 04-9-5
OST-04-19077

Issued and Served September 9, 2004

Order Instituting Proceeding and Inviting Applications- Erratum | Word

Footnote 3 on page 3 of the Appendix should read: The base year for traffic forecasting purposes should be the 12 months ended March 2004, instead of December 2004.

Further, we clarify that the due date for Carrier Information Responses is the same date as DOT Information Responses – September 10, 2004.

By: Karan Bhatia