Blanket Open-Skies Route Authority

Order 2007-4-19
OST-2005-22228 - Streamlining Regulatory Procedures for Licensing
OST-2006-25917 - Continental - Open Skies Certificate Authority
OST-2006-26037 - Northwest - Open Skies Certificate Authority

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