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OST-2008-0223 - UPS - Weekly US-Brazil All-Cargo Frequencies

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US-Brazil Combination and All-Cargo Notice

OST-2008-0228 - Centurion Air Cargo - US-Brazil All-Cargo Service

United Parcel Service Co.

OST-2008-0223 - Allocation of Weekly US-Brazil All-Cargo Frequencies

July 16, 2008

Application for an Allocation of Frequencies

United Parcel Service Co. hereby applies for an award of one round-trip weekly all-cargo U.S.-Brazil frequency. This award will enable UPS to provide additional scheduled all-cargo air transportation services between the United States and Brazil.

UPS urges the Department to revise the charter allocation procedures so as to enable carriers holding scheduled authority to apply for charters at any time during the year. Currently, carriers that hold scheduled authority cannot apply for an allocation of charters until the last two months of the charter year. With the removal of the limitation on the number of U.S. carriers that can provide scheduled service to Brazil, all U.S. cargo carriers can apply for Brazil frequencies. There is no longer a need for restrictions on applications for cargo charters with the increased scheduled authority that is available.

UPS proposes to operate the service to Sao Paulo, Brazil with a B757 freighter aircraft with a payload capacity of 86,900 pounds that is currently in UPS's fleet. UPS is prepared to begin the proposed service immediately and will operate the services year-round once the award is received.

Counsel: Kelley Drye, David Vaughan, 202-342-8462



July 16, 2008

Application for an Allocation of Frequencies

United Parcel Service Co. hereby applies for an award of one round-trip weekly all-cargo U.S.-Brazil frequency. This award will enable UPS to provide additional scheduled all-cargo air transportation services between the United States and Brazil.

UPS urges the Department to revise the charter allocation procedures so as to enable carriers holding scheduled authority to apply for charters at any time during the year. Currently, carriers that hold scheduled authority cannot apply for an allocation of charters until the last two months of the charter year. With the removal of the limitation on the number of U.S. carriers that can provide scheduled service to Brazil, all U.S. cargo carriers can apply for Brazil frequencies. There is no longer a need for restrictions on applications for cargo charters with the increased scheduled authority that is available.

UPS proposes to operate the service to Sao Paulo, Brazil with a B757 freighter aircraft with a payload capacity of 86,900 pounds that is currently in UPS's fleet. UPS is prepared to begin the proposed service immediately and will operate the services year-round once the award is received.

Counsel: Kelley Drye, David Vaughan, 202-342-8462



OST-2008-0228 - Centurion - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and an Exemption - US-Brazil All-Cargo Service
OST-2008-0223 - UPS - Allocation of Weekly US-Brazil All-Cargo Frequencies

July 31, 2008

Answer of UPS

UPS respectfully requests that the Department immediately grant the applications of UPS and Centurion and dismiss UPS from any further proceedings in connection with the new authority available under the 2008 U.S.-Brazil Memorandum of Consultations. In particular, there is no need for UPS to participate in any combination frequency allocation proceeding.

Since the total available U.S.-Brazil all-cargo frequencies are undersubscribed, UPS believes that it would be in the public interest to immediately allocate the requested frequencies to UPS and Centurion. The Department has a history of granting applications for frequencies where such frequencies are undersubscribed and the proceeding is not contested. In addition, granting the applications of UPS and Centurion would preserve the Department's resources and allow U.S. cargo carriers to take advantage of these valuable rights immediately.

Counsel: Kelley Drye, David Vaughan, 202-342-8462



July 31, 2008

Answer of The City of Houston and The Greater Houston Partnership

Houston appreciates the U.S. government's ongoing efforts to bring additional frequencies to the U.S.-Brazil market, such as through the recently agreed amendments to the U.S.-Brazil air services agreement. Brazil is already one of Houston's most significant economic and cultural partners, with trade totaling more than $7.4 billion in 2007. UPS would build on these important links by expanding the options available for cargo destined to and from Brazil. Houston has a rapidly growing air cargo trade relationship with Brazil, which was valued at more than $738 million in 2007. Airborne exports accounted for more than 68% of the traffic by weight and 92% by value, led by industrial equipment and computers. Brazil was Houston's largest partner for air cargo by weight in South America (and 10th-largest worldwide) in 2007. Indeed, Brazil accounted for more than half of Houston's air cargo trade by weight with South America, and also has driven the significant growth in that trade, which grew in value more than 20% between 2006 and 2007.

Counsel: Zuckert Scoutt, Rachel Trinder, 202-298-8660



OST-2008-0228 - Centurion - Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity and an Exemption - US-Brazil All-Cargo Service
OST-2008-0223 - UPS - Allocation of Weekly US-Brazil All-Cargo Frequencies

Filed July 16, 2008 | Issued August 5, 2008

Notice of Action Taken | Word

UPS and Centurion each request weekly all-cargo frequencies to serve the U.S.-Brazil market, as follows:

Docket OST-2008-0223: UPS requests one weekly frequency for U.S.-Brazil scheduled all-cargo year-round service.

UPS states that initially it will use the frequency for once-weekly round robin all-cargo service on the routing Houston-Panama City-Sao Paulo-Bogota-Panama City-Houston, and that it will operate the Sao Paulo-Bogota and Sao Paulo-Panama City segments on a blind-sector basis.

UPS already holds the requisite authority to provide the services requested here (see Orders OST-2003-10-12 and OST-2000-6-7).

UPS states that it is prepared to begin the proposed service immediately.

Docket OST-2008-0228: Centurion requests a total of seven weekly frequencies for U.S.-Brazil scheduled all-cargo year-round service.

Centurion states that initially it will use the frequencies as follows: four weekly flights between Miami and Sao Paulo, via Bogota and/or Lima; one weekly flight between Miami, on the one hand, and Sao Paul and Curitiba, on the other hand, via Bogota and/or Lima; and two weekly flights between Miami and Manaus, via Bogota and/or Lima.

We will handle, subsequently, Centurion’s request for all-cargo certificate authority for U.S.-Brazil and beyond services.

By: Paul Gretch


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