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OST-2006-26037 - Northwest - Open Skies Certificate Authority
OST-2006-26038 - Northwest - Open Skies Exemption Authority
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Northwest Airlines, Inc. OST-2005-22228 - Streamlining Regulatory Procedures for Licensing US and Foreign Air Carriers October 3, 2006 Northwest Airlines, Inc. hereby applies, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 41102, Subpart B of the Department’s Rules of Practice, and the Department’s August 23, 2005 notice on streamlining regulatory procedures for a certificate authorizing Northwest to provide scheduled air transportation of persons, property and mail from a point or points in the United States, via intermediate points, to a point or points in the Open Skies countries listed in Attachment A, and beyond. Grant of Northwest’s application is consistent with the fundamental principle underlying the U.S. Government’s decision to enter into Open Skies agreements with each of these countries – namely, that carrier services should be governed by the needs of the marketplace and not regulation. Providing Northwest with the full measure of operating rights available under these important air transport services agreements will better enable Northwest to respond to market demand. Moreover, grant of the requested authorities will significantly reduce the burden of processing non-controversial Open Skies applications and renewals – thus furthering the Department’s regulatory “streamlining” initiative. 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
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
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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