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OST-2005-21781 - Northwest Airlines - Exemption and Designation - US-Mexico
OST-1999-5154 - Continental Dormancy Request on Codeshares with Alaska and Northwest (Detroit-Puerto Vallarta
OST-1999-5868 - Continental's US-Mexico Certificate for Route 561 - Detroit-Zihuatenejo
OST-1999-6319 - Northwest's US-Mexico Certificate for Route 564
OST-2002-12211 - Sun Country's Authority for Minneapolis-Manzanillo
OST-2002-13364 - Continental Codeshare on Northwest (Memphis-Puerto Vallarta)
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Northwest Airlines, Inc. OST-2005-21781 - Exemptions - Detroit-Mazatlan/Zihuatenejo/Ixtapa; Memphis-Cozumel; Minneapolis-Manzanillo July 1, 2005 Application for an Exemption and Designation Hereby requests an exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41101, as well as designation by the Department, so that Northwest may provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail in the following U.S.-Mexico markets:
Northwest intends to provide seasonal service between each city pair beginning this coming winter, utilizing A-319 aircraft (configured with 16 first and 108 coach class seats) and A-320 aircraft. Counsel: Northwest, Ronald Brower, 202-842-3193, ron.brower@nwa.com
July 7, 2005 On July 7, 2005, USA 3000 filed a competing application seeking an exemption to operate services between Detroit and Zihuatenejo. USA 3000 does not object to Northwest's application for Detroit-Zihuatenejo so long as USA 3000's application is also granted contemporaneously. Since there are currently two (2) available designations and two (2) interested applicants for the Detroit-Zihuatenejo market, both pending applications for Detroit-Zihuatenejo should be granted as soon as possible. Counsel: Pierre Murphy, 202-776-3980, pmurphy@lopmurphy.com
July 12, 2005 In OST-2004-19214, Northwest is seeking antitrust immunity with Delta Air Lines, Inc. for international activities on a worldwide basis, including activities in the non-open skies US-Mexico market. Delta is one of the principal carriers between the U.S. and Mexico, and has a broad marketing and codesharing alliance with Aeromexico. Moreover, Continental Airlines, Inc. - a member of SkyTeam, a component of the Delta/Northwest/Continental domestic alliance, and a prospective applicant for SkyTeam antitrust immunity - has the largest presence in the U.S.-Mexico market, with nonstop service (including Continental Express) to 30 Mexican cities. In our answer submitted on June 24, 2005 in OST-2004-19214 opposing expanded SkyTeam antitrust immunity, American voiced strong opposition to the application in general and to the proposed immunity between Northwest and Delta in particular. We urged that the Department lacks statutory authority to confer antitrust immunity on Northwest and Delta, since network carriers do not engage in activities that are "solely within the United States," and cannot separately compartmentalize their domestic and international operations. Indeed, the Department has already found that "the presence of two major competing U.S. carriers in a single global alliance" is a "novel issue" requiring the submission of detailed information (Order 2004-11-15, November 15, 2004, p.4) Until the "novel issue" presented by Northwest's proposed immunity with Delta in OST‑2004‑19214 is resolved, the Department should not grant additional authority in limited-entry markets to either Northwest or Delta. The reasons for such a moratorium are particularly strong in the non‑open skies U.S.‑Mexico market, given Delta's marketing and codesharing relationship with Aerornexico plus the U.S.‑Mexico dominance of Continental, another SkyTeam member and prospective applicant for SkyTeam immunity with Northwest and Delta. Counsel: American, Carl Nelson, 202-496-5647, carl.nelson@aa.com
July 26, 2005 Re: Application for an Exemption and Designation On July 1, 2005, Northwest Airlines, Inc. filed in the above captioned docket an application for authority to provide scheduled combination service between seven U.S-Mexico city pairs, including Omaha, Nebraska-Cancun, Mexico. Since that application was filed, Northwest has learned that Customs and Border Protection will not be able to commit the additional resources necessary to handle the passenger flows that Northwest's new service would bring to Omaha. Accordingly, Northwest hereby withdraws its request for an exemption and designation to provide scheduled foreign air transportation between Omaha and Cancun. Counsel: Northwest, Ronald Brower202-842-4184, ron.brower@nwa.com
July 27, 2005 Re: Memphis Internaitonal Airport Letter in Support | Word Earlier this month, Northwest Airlines filed an application for authority to introduce new scheduled combination services between the United States and Mexico, including services from Memphis to Cozumel, Puerto Vallarta, and San Jose Cabo. Memphis International Airport fully supports Northwest’s application and looks forward to quick action by the Department to grant Northwest the authority it needs to sell and operate these new services for the benefit of our community. By: Larry Cox
July 27, 2005 Consolidated Reply of Northwest Airlines USA 3000's conditional objection does not raise any impediment to the Department granting Northwest's application in this proceeding. And American's call for a moratorium on the issuance of new route authority must be rejected for lacking any merit. Accordingly, Northwest requests that the Department quickly grant it an exemption and designation to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail in the U.S-Mexico markets identified above, for a two-year period. Counsel: Northwest, Ronald Brower, 202-842-3193, ron.brower@nwa.com
July 27, 2005 Re: Wayne County Airport Authority Letter in Support The Authority is aware of the objection that American Airlines has filed in response to Northwest's application for a moratorium on the Department's granting Northwest any new international route authority for service to foreign destinations like Mexico that are not covered by an open skies bilateral arrangement. until the Sky Team antitrust immunity proceeding in Docket OST-2004-19214 is concluded. Subjecting Northwest to such a licensing burden could have adverse effects on the carrier and on the communities that it serves, including our community here in Detroit. If prolonged, it could put Northwest's entire new service proposal for our community at risk. Accordingly, we ask the Department to proceed to grant Northwest's application without delay. By: Stephen Economy
September 1, 2005 Withdrawal of Objection by American Airlines, Inc. In its objection, American urged that the Department should not grant any additional limited-entry route authority to Northwest until the issue of global antitrust immunity then being sought by Northwest and Delta Air Lines, Inc. in the SkyTeam antitrust immunity docket, OST-2004-19214, has been resolved. On August 31, 2005, the joint applicants in the SkyTeam docket, including Northwest and Delta, withdrew their request for global antitrust immunity. See Joint Response, p. 4 ("Joint Applicants state that they are willing to amend the Alliance Agreements and thereby accept a more narrowly tailored grant of immunity, limited only to foreign air transportation via transatlantic routings, and hereby amend their application accordingly"). In these circumstances, where Northwest and Delta are no longer seeking global antitrust immunity, American hereby withdraws its objection to Northwest's U.S.-Mexico application in this docket. Respectfully submitted. Counsel: American, Carl Nelson, 202-496-5647, carl.nelson@aa.com
Filed July 1, 2005 | Issued September 2, 2005 Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between (1) the terminal point Detroit, Michigan, and the terminal point Mazatlan, Mexico; (2) the terminal point Detroit, Michigan, and the terminal point Zihuatanejo/Ixtapa, Mexico; (3) the terminal point Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminal point Cozumel, Mexico; (4) the terminal point Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminal point Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; (5) the terminal point Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminal point San Jose del Cabo, Mexico; and (6) the terminal point Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, and the terminal point Manzanillo, Mexico. Northwest proposes to offer seasonal service in each of the subject city-pair markets. In its application, Northwest also requested authority to serve between the terminal point Omaha, Nebraska, and the terminal point Cancun, Mexico. By letter dated July 26, 2005, Northwest withdrew its request for the Omaha-Cancun market. By: Paul Gretch
August 3, 2006 Notice of Cessation of Services Pursuant to Order 1988-10-2, please be advised that Northwest no longer intends to operate service on the above-named routes. Counsel: Northwest, Alexander Van der Bellen, 202-842-4184, sascha.vanderbellen@nwa.com
June 29, 2007 Application for Renewal of Exemptions Hereby requests renewal of its exemptions authorizing Northwest to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail on the following U.S.-Mexico Routes:
Northwest requests that the expiration dates of this renewal be issued coextensive with the June 22, 2009 expiration date of its Memphis-Puerto Vallarta authority recently issued in Docket OST-2007‑28474. Counsel: Northwest, Alexander Van der Bellen, 202-842-4184
Filed September 10, 2007 | Issued October 18, 2007 Renewal of scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between (1) the terminal point Detroit, Michigan, and the terminal point Mazatlan, Mexico; (2) the terminal point Detroit, Michigan, and the terminal point Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Mexico; (3) the terminal point Memphis, Tennessee, and the terminal point Cozumel, Mexico; and (4) the terminal point Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, and the terminal point Manzanillo, Mexico. Northwest states that it serves each of these markets on a seasonal basis. Previously, in this docket, Northwest was also granted exemption authority to serve the Memphis-Puerto Vallarta and Memphis-San Jose del Cabo markets (see Notice of Action Taken dated September 2, 2005). By letter dated August 3, 2006, Northwest informed the Department that it was no longer serving the Memphis-Puerto Vallarta and Memphis-San Jose del Cabo routes. (We note here that, subsequently, Northwest reapplied for, and obtained, new exemption authority to serve the Memphis-Puerto Vallarta market (see Notice of Action Taken dated June 22, 2007, in Docket OST-2007-28474). Northwest requests that this authority be renewed coextensive with the June 22, 2009, expiration date of its Memphis-Puerto Vallarta exemption authority issued in Docket OST-2007-28474. By: Paul Gretch |
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