Alitlalia-Linee Aeree Italiane-S.p.A., Czech Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Inc., KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, Northwest Airlines, Inc. and Societe Air France

Order 2005-6-1
OST-2004-19214 - Approval of and Antitrust Immunity for Alliance Agreements / Statements of Authorization (Blanket Codesharing)

Issued and Served June 1, 2005

Order Establishing Procedural Schedule - Bookmarked

We have now finished our initial review of this record. With the recent addition of translations, narrative responses and logs providing explanations for all withheld documents, we find that the Joint Application is now substantially complete. We establish the following procedural schedule: answers to the application must be filed no later than 21 calendar days from the issue date of this Notice, and replies must be filed no later than 7 business days after the last day for filing an answer. If any federal agency decides to file a pleading as a party, it may file no later than 14 days after the end of the reply period; in that circumstance, interested parties would have 7 business days from the date of that agency’s filing to reply to that agency’s answer.

Our last procedural order (Order 2005-4-21) reserved the right to conduct a future in camera review of certain documents. Although we have found the record to be substantially complete and fit for comment, the Department intends to ensure that interested parties will have the opportunity to review the most complete record possible. Based on Northwest’s descriptions of certain documents withheld as non-responsive, we believe it is necessary to exercise our right of in camera review. We are ordering Northwest to produce the documents described above within three (3) business days

By: Karan Bhatia