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Order 2005-4-13 - Delta Air Lines - US-Brazil Combination Frequencies - Final Order
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Delta Air Lines, Inc. Order 2005-4-13 Issued and Served April 12, 2005 By this order we make final our tentative decision to award Delta Air Lines, Inc., an allocation of seven weekly frequencies of indefinite duration for combination air transportation services between Atlanta, Georgia, and Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. By Order 2005-2-10, we stated that it is the Department's longstanding policy not to permit valuable operating rights to remain unused for an extended period, particularly when another carrier has firm plans to use them and the carrier holding the authority does not. United has had unused Brazil frequencies at least from March 2003 forward. While it asserts that it is actively planning the addition of service between Brazil and the United States in an upcoming peak traffic season, its time frame for the introduction of this additional service is not later than the Fall 2006 peak traffic season. We do not see this as constituting the "firm plans" we contemplated for use of the five frequencies at issue here. In any event, United will retain nine weekly frequencies with which to conduct a new Brazil service. By: Karan Bhatia |
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