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OST-2006-25967 - US Airways - Chicago/San Francisco-Shanghai; Chicago/San Francisco/Washington DC-Beijing
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OST-2006-25967 - Exemption - Chicago/San Francisco-Shanghai; Chicago/San Francisco/Washington DC-Beijing September 25, 2006 US Airways hereby applies for a two-year exemption to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail (1) between Chicago, Illinois, and San Francisco, California on the one hand and Shanghai, China, and beyond, on the other, and (2) between Chicago, Illinois, San Francisco, California, and Washington, D.C. (Dulles), on the one hand, and Beijing, China, and beyond, on the other. US Airways application for an exemption to serve Washington (Dulles)-Beijing is conditioned upon the Department allocating U.S.-China frequencies to United in the 2007 U.S.-China Combination and All-Cargo Frequency Allocation Proceeding. (See Docket OST-2006-25275). US Airways plans to serve Shanghai and beyond, and Beijing and beyond, from Chicago, San Francisco, and Washington-Duties pursuant to code-share arrangements with United Air Lines and Air China. Because US Airways' application for Washington-Beijing service is conditioned upon the Department's allocation of frequencies to United to operate this service (See 2007 U.S.-China Combination and All-Cargo Frequency Allocation Proceeding, Docket OST-2006-25275), US Airways requests that its exemption authority to serve that market be granted concurrently with any such frequency allocation to United. Action with respect to the other markets, however, need not be contingent on the outcome of the carrier selection case. Counsel: US Airways, Howard Kass, 202-326-5153, howard_kass@usairways.com
Answer of Continental Airlines Since combining the extensive United and US Airways networks into one for U.S.-China flights would create even greater United dominance of U.S.- China routes, the importance of authorizing Continental to offer Cleveland-New York/Newark-Shanghai service to provide nonstop service to passengers in the largest U.S.-China market without daily nonstop service and add an entirely new U.S. network to Shanghai becomes all the more critical to effective U.S.-flag competition for U.S.-China traffic. With United already offering U.S.-China service from four gateways, including daily nonstop service to both Shanghai and Beijing from its two primary hubs, Continental must have access to Shanghai so it can at least offer service to both primary Chinese cities. To maximize the public benefits from an award of new China frequencies, Continental urges the Department to award Continental certificate authority and frequencies to operate daily nonstop Cleveland-New York/Newark-Shanghai service in any event. If the Department awards US Airways the U.S.-China authority it seeks to codeshare with United and Air China, however, awarding Continental frequencies to serve Shanghai becomes even more critical. Counsel: Crowell & Moring, Bruce Keiner, 202-624-2615, rbkeiner@crowell.com
OST-2006-25275 - 2007 US-China Combination and All-Cargo Frequency Allocation Proceeding October 16, 2006 Consolidated Rebuttal/Reply of US Airways US Airways, Inc. is currently the only major U.S. network carrier unable to offer its primary customer base access to China. An award to United tied with a US Airways code-share to serve China would help level the playing field between the "have" and "have not" carriers (and respective customer bases), when it comes to convenient China access. No longer would US Airways' large mid-Atlantic passenger base be excluded from US Airways access to the China market. DOT already rejected Continental's opinion when it opened this case to all four incumbents. Now DOT should reject Continental and American's views as to what is in the public's best interest. US Airways is confident that United's B747-400 proposal for the large, un-served Washington-Beijing market best meets this public interest standard, and that US Airways will further promote competition and increase demand when it provides convenient codeshare service to its own passenger base. Counsel: US Airways, Howard Kass, 202-326-5153, howard_kass@usairways.com
April 16, 2008 US Airways, Inc. hereby amends the above referenced Application of US Airways, Inc. to add San Francisco, CA-Guangzhou, China, to the list of markets for which US Airways requests "a two-year exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41101." Furthermore, attached as Exhibit 1 please find a copy of the Code Share Agreement Between Air China Limited and US Airways, Inc., Piedmont Airlines, Inc., and PSA Airlines, Inc. The filing of this Agreement completes the Application, in which US Airways stated that it would provide a copy of its code share agreement with Air China as soon as it was available. The beyond-Shanghai and beyond-Beijing routes that US Airways initially intends to place its "US" designator code on flights operated by Air China are:
Accordingly, US Airways respectfully requests issuance of its requested exemption authority, as well as any necessary statements of authorization, in order to begin codesharing with United Airlines, Inc. and Air China, as contemplated in its Application, as amended herein. Counsel: US Airways, Howard Kass
OST-2008-0139 - Statements of Authorization - US-China Codesharing April 16, 2008 Joint Application for Statements of Authorization - Bookmarked US Airways, Inc. and Air China Limited jointly apply for issuance of statements of authorization under 14 C.F.R. Part 212 in order to implement code-sharing arrangements. US Airways and Air China plan to codeshare between points in the United States and China, both non-stop and via intermediate points. The carriers request expedited treatment for this Joint Application. US Airways requests a statement of authorization for blanket codeshare authority to display Air China's "CA" designator code on flights operated by US Airways (1) between any points within the United States in conjunction with services held out by Air China between China and the United States (either non-stop or via third country intermediate points) and (2) between any points in the United States and any points in third countries. Air China requests a statement of authorization for blanket codeshare authority to display US Airways' "US" designator code on flights operated by Air China between any point in China and any point in the United States, either non-stop or via third country intermediate points. US Airways and Air China currently hold all underlying authority necessary to operate these flights. US Airways previously applied for exemption authority and a statement of authorization to codeshare on Air China-operated flights between points in China in a separate docket. (See Docket OST-2006-25967) Counsel: Wilson Elser, George Tompkins, 212-490-3000, george.tompkinsjr@wilsonelser.com |
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