2007/2008/2009 US-China Frequency Allocation Proceeding

Order 2007-9-25
OST-2007-28567

Issued and Served September 25, 2007

Final Order and Order to Show Cause - Bookmarked | Word

By final order, we award to Delta Air Lines, Inc. certificate authority to provide combination services in the Atlanta-Shanghai market and allocate to Delta seven weekly combination frequencies for its proposed Atlanta-Shanghai services. The rights become available to Delta immediately.

By this final order, we allocate to United Air Lines, Inc. seven weekly combination frequencies for its proposed San Francisco-Guangzhou combination services. The rights become available on March 25, 2008.

By the show-cause portion of this order, we tentatively decide to award US Airways, Inc. certificate authority to provide combination services in the Philadelphia-Beijing market and to allocate to US Airways seven weekly combination frequencies for its proposed Philadelphia-Beijing services. We also tentatively decide to allocate the remaining 21 weekly combination frequencies as follows: seven weekly frequencies each to American Airlines, Inc. for its proposed Chicago-Beijing services, Continental Airlines, Inc. for its proposed New York/Newark-Shanghai services, and Northwest Airlines, Inc. for its proposed Detroit-Shanghai services. These rights become available on March 25, 2009.

We also tentatively decide to modify, from one year to five years, the length of time a carrier must hold operating authority before it is permitted to sell or transfer U.S.-China routes and/or frequencies newly-awarded in this proceeding. Our proposed condition would not apply in the case of a merger or acquisition by another carrier of all or a substantial part of the assets of the carrier holding the certificate or frequencies containing this condition.

By: Andrew Steinberg