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OST-2006-25917 - Continental - Open Skies Streamlining Certificate
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Continental Airlines, Inc. OST-2006-25917 - Open Skies Certificate Authority September 21, 2006 Continental applies, pursuant to the Department's August 23, 2005 notice on streamlining regulatory procedures for a certificate authorizing it to provide scheduled air transportation of persons, property and mail between a point or points in the U.S. via intermediate points and a point or points in the Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Luxembourg, Austria, Iceland, Switzerland, Czech Republic, Germany, Jordan, Singapore, Taiwan, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, New Zealand, Brunei, Malaysia, Aruba, Chile, Uzbekistan, Korea, Peru, Netherland Antilles, Romania, Italy, U.A.E., Pakistan, Bahrain, Qatar, Tanzania, Dominican Republic, Portugal, Slovakia Republic, Namibia, Burkina Faso, Ghana, Turkey, Gambia, Nigeria, Morocco, Rwanda, Malta, Benin, Senegal, Poland, Oman, France, Sri Lanka, Uganda, Cape Verde, Samoa, Jamaica, Tonga, Albania, Madagascar, Gabon, Indonesia, Uruguay, India, Paraguay, Maldives, Ethiopia, Thailand, Mali, Canada, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Chad and beyond. Continental asks that the additional authority requested be effective indefinitely and asks that this application be processed by expedited non-hearing procedures. Although Continental already holds authority to serve some of these open skies countries, including all of them in a single certificate will streamline Continental's authority, provide indefinite authority where time-limited authority is currently held and avoid unnecessary renewal applications. Continental holds various certificates of public convenience and necessity and exemptions authorizing it to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail. (Order 2005-3-24 (Docket OST-2004-19077), Order 2002-7-31 (Docket OST-1996-2016) and Order 2002-5-25 (Dockets OST-1998-4686 and OST-2002-11760) Counsel: Crowell & Moring, Bruce Keiner, 202-624-2615, rbkeiner@crowell.com
OST-2005-22228 - Streamlining Regulatory Procedures for Licensing US and Foreign Air Carriers October 3, 2006 Northwest and Continental have each applied for certificate authority to countries that have entered into Open Skies agreements with the United States. In addition, Northwest seeks exemption authority to serve those same countries. Both Northwest’s and Continental’s applications should be granted without delay. These applications are clearly in the public interest and are consistent with the fundamental principles of international deregulation that led the United States to enter into Open Skies agreements in the first place. Moreover, grant of the requested authorities will simplify the application and renewal process for routine, non-controversial authorities – and will thereby further the Department’s regulatory “streamlining” policy. Counsel: Northwest, Alexander Van der Bellen, 202-842-4184, sascha.vanderbellen@nwa.com
OST-2005-22228 - Streamlining Regulatory Procedures for Licensing US and Foreign Air Carriers United has on file with the Department several pending applications for certificates of public convenience and necessity or for amendments to existing certificates requesting authority to serve many of the same countries included in Continental's and Northwest's certificate applications. See Application of United, dated October 19, 1999, as amended June 27, 2000, and November 17, 2003, in Docket OST-1999-6385; Application of United, dated March 5, 1993, as amended February 27, 1998, in Docket OST-1995-625; Application of United, dated August 13, 1992, as amended October 8, 1992, and January 7, 1998, in Docket OST-1995-495. United has no objection to the granting of Continental's and Northwest's applications so long as United's own pending applications for similar authority are granted no later than Continental's and Northwest's applications. Although United's applications were filed as much as fourteen years ago and were unopposed, the Department has taken no action on those applications. If the Department is not prepared to fully act on all of United's pending applications, it should, at a minimum, grant United the same authority requested by Continental and Northwest (i.e., certificate authority to serve all countries with which the U.S. has Open Skies agreements). Although, as is also the case with Continental and Northwest, United already has certificate authority to serve many of those countries, for administrative convenience, the Department should issue United one certificate for all such countries, as both Continental and Northwest have also requested. Counsel: Wilmer Hale, Jeffrey Manley, 202-663-6670, jeffrey.manley@wilmerhale.com
OST-2005-22228 - Streamlining Regulatory Procedures for Licensing US and Foreign Carriers March 22, 2007 Amendment Number One to Application for a Certificate As a result of the successful negotiation of a multilateral U.S.-EU agreement offering unprecedented new opportunities for U.S.-Europe service, Continental amends its September 21, 2006 application in these dockets for a certificate authorizing it to provide scheduled air transportation of persons property and mail between a point or points in the U.S. via intermediate points and a point or points in named countries and beyond to include the following additional named countries: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Estonia, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Kuwait, Latvia, Liberia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Spain and the U.K. Continental expects to institute new flights pursuant to this agreement before summer 2008, including flights serving London Heathrow airport pursuant to commitments that slots and facilities at London Heathrow will be available to fulfill the promise of opening the skies there. Continental already holds London authority on Routes 383 (Newark) and 482 (Houston) which is not restricted to any particular London airport, and that authority remains in effect pursuant to renewal applications submitted in 1995 (Houston) and 1997 (Newark) in Dockets OST-1995-115 and OST-1997-2919, respectively. Continental's Cleveland authority on Route 733 is limited to London (Gatwick). Counsel: Crowell & Moring, Bruce Keiner, 202-624-2615, rbkeiner@crowell.com
OST-2005-22228 - Streamlining Regulatory Procedures for Licensing US and Foreign Carriers April 6, 2007 Answer of the City of Houston and the Greater Houston Partnership The Houston Parties strongly support the expansion of route and service opportunities that will flow from the new agreement, and applaud the Department and its colleagues in other agencies for their efforts in achieving this historic milestone. Houston is especially pleased that the agreement will lift the archaic “Bermuda II” restrictions on service to London Heathrow. Heathrow remains the preferred airport for London-bound passengers, especially business travelers, and Continental has indicated that it intends to shift its Houston-London flights to Heathrow in 2008, assuming the availability of the necessary Heathrow slots and other facilities. Counsel: Zuckert Scoutt, Rachel Triner, 202-298-8660, rbtrinder@zsrlaw.com
Order 2007-4-19 Issued March 20, 2007 | Served April 18, 2007 Order Issuing Certificates | Word By this order we grant Continental Airlines, Inc., Northwest Airlines, Inc. and United Air Lines, Inc. certificate authority to provide combination 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. On our own initiative, we have also decided to grant to the carriers certificate authority to serve Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Cook Islands, New Zealand, Samoa, Singapore, and Tonga, each a signatory to the Multilateral Agreement on the Liberalization of International Air Transportation. Our action here establishes for each carrier a new route certificate. We will also, on our own initiative, grant the carriers blanket authority such that when an additional foreign aviation partner enters into an open-skies agreement with the United States, and where that agreement is being applied, authority to serve that open-skies partner will automatically be included as part of the carrier’s certificate authority without the need for further action by the Department or the carrier. By: Paul Gretch
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