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OST-2004-19189 - Centurion Air Cargo - US-Open Skies Countries - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity
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Centurion Air Cargo, Inc. OST-2004-19189 - Centurion - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity - US-Open Skies Countries September 22, 2004 Application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity By this Application, Centurion seeks a certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing it to provide scheduled foreign all-cargo air transportation to and from the following countries that have concluded with the U.S. "open skies" aviation agreements or amendments with respect to "open skies" all-cargo service: Albania, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahrain, Belgium, Benin, Brunei, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Guatemala, Honduras, Iceland, Indonesia, Italy, Jamaica, Jordan, Korea, Luxembourg, Madagascar, Malaysia, Malta, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, Netherlands Antilles, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Samoa, Senegal, Singapore, Slovak Republic, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tonga, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, and Uzbekistan. Centurion also requests that the certificate authorize it to provide these services from points behind the United States via the United States and intermediate points to any point or points in the "open skies" countries and beyond, to the extent that the applicable aviation agreement grants such behind, intermediate, and beyond rights. By virtue of these "open skies" agreements, there are no restrictions on designations or points served, or limitations on capacity for the services contemplated by this Application. Counsel: Zuckert Scoutt, William Callaway, Jr., 202-298-8660, whcallaway@zsrlaw.com
January 18, 2005 Centurion has stated that, because of the uncontroversial nature of this application, along with Centurion's plans to expand its services incrementally, it requests a waiver of the requirement to provide detailed information on specific points, flight schedules, and related annual operating and fuel-consumption statistics. At this time, we will require that certain basic service proposal information be provided in order for us to proceed with the application. Pursuant to 14 CFR 201.4 of the Department's regulations, we request that the carrier provide the following: 1. A description of the initially-proposed service to be operated under this certificate, including the terminal, intermediate, and beyond points. 2. The number of frequencies proposed in each of these markets, along with the applicable start up dates; and 3. The type and total number of aircraft to be used for the initially-proposed services, and a statement as to whether or not the aircraft to be used are on hand or on order. If on hand, indicate where and the extent to which those aircraft are currently being used. If on order by purchase or lease, indicate when they will be delivered and how the aircraft will be financed. Indicate whether or not the aircraft to be used comply with FAR-36. If not, indicate plans for achieving compliance. By: Paul Gretch
February 25, 2005 Centurion currently operates charter all-cargo services to various points in Latin America, including Bogota and Cali. For example, the Company currently operates a highly successful cargo charter program to/from Colombia. That program features approximately 11 DC-10-30F/40F flights per week between Miami and Bogota, and 3 DC-10-30F flights per week between Miami and Cali via Bogota. Centurion also operates a weekly cargo charter program to Luxembourg and also operates ad hoc charters to a number of other destinations. Although Centurion has been able to operate quite successfully under its existing charter authority, the Company's experience has been that there may be certain markets where it would be advantageous ‑ whether to satisfy customer expectations and/or take advantage of the added flexibility that comes with a scheduled operation ‑ to convert its existing charter operations to scheduled service. With that in mind, Centurion now is seeking to obtain scheduled authority to countries that have concluded liberal, open skies all‑cargo agreements with the United States so that the Company will have the flexibility to convert its charter services to scheduled operations as market conditions warrant and will have the ability to exploit other commercial opportunities that may arise from time to time. One market that Centurion has identified where it most likely would convert its existing charter program to scheduled service is Colombia. As noted, the Company already has a highly successful cargo charter program to/from Colombia and now operates approximately 14 DC‑10‑30F/40F flights per week in the market.' The Company anticipates that it would offer up to eleven weekly frequencies in the Miami ‑ Bogota market and up to three weekly frequencies in the Miami ‑ Cali/Bogota market. As market conditions warrant, Centurion may consider expanding its scheduled all‑cargo services to include flights between Miami and Barquisimento/Medellin. All flights would be operated with DC‑10‑30F/40F freighters in Centurion's fleet. Counsel: Zuckert Scoutt, William Callaway, 202-298-8660
Order 2006-10-1 Issued August 9, 2006 | Served October 5, 2006 Order Issuing Certificates | Word By this order we grant new open-skies, all-cargo certificate authority to Centurion Air Cargo, Inc. and to Tradewinds Airlines, Inc. Centurion and Tradewinds each filed an application for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to conduct cargo operations from points behind the United States, via the United States and intermediate points to any point or points in countries with which the United States has concluded open-skies agreements or amendments with respect to open-skies all-cargo service, and beyond, to the extent allowed under the applicable agreement. The applicants provided a list of countries that each seeks to serve under the requested authority. The applicants also seek authority to serve Brunei Darussalam, New Zealand, Samoa, Singapore, and Tonga, each a signatory to the Multilateral Agreement on the Liberalization of International Air Transportation. The MALIAT includes open-skies rights.
The authority we grant to U.S. carriers to perform foreign air transportation includes authority to operate from points behind the United States. Accordingly, we will dismiss the applicants’ requests with respect to behind points.
For those services operated under current exemptions, the exemptions will terminate upon the effectiveness of the corresponding certificates of public convenience and necessity. By: Paul Gretch
OST-2007-27790 - Blanket Open-Skies Certificate Authority April 13, 2007 Centurion Air Cargo, Inc. respectfully requests that its Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Route 833 be amended as follows:
Alternatively, Centurion requests the issuance of a new Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity encompassing its existing open skies authority with the authority sought herein. Counsel: Law Office of John Mietus, William Evans, 210-827-5074, bill@mietuslaw.com
Order 2007-7-4 Issued May 7, 2007 | Served July 10, 2007 Order Issuing Certificates - All-Cargo - Bookmarked By this order we grant certificate authority to the above-captioned carriers to provide all-cargo service to all of our foreign aviation partners that have entered into an open-skies agreement with the United States where that agreement is being applied. The authority granted by this order supersedes any orders previously issued or actions taken by the Department to the extent such orders or actions grant the carrier operating rights to an open-skies partner. For those services currently operated under an exemption, the exemption will terminate upon the effectiveness of the attached certificate of public convenience and necessity. Currently authorized certificate authority to serve an open-skies partner will be realigned such that all authority held by the carrier to serve markets covered by a currently applied open-skies agreement is consolidated into a single certificate.
By: Paul Gretch |
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