OST-98-3419 / 1998 US-Japan Combination Service Proceeding / Amended Application of TWA / February 11, 1998
1998 U.S. - Japan Combination Service Proceeding
AMENDED APPLICATION OF TRANS WORLD AIRLINES, INC.
Pursuant to the
Departments Notice, dated February 3, 1998, TWA hereby amends its application originally filed in Docket OST-96-1121 and consolidated into Docket OST 98-3419 for a St Louis-Japan certificate of public convenience and necessity. TWA hereby requests leave to file this amended application one day late. The one day delay occurred because TWA and Delta were unable to conclude the commercial terms of the code share agreement in the short time frame between the Notice and the February 10 filing date. TWA is amending its application to request an allocation of 28 weekly code share frequencies in order to conduct code share service with Delta Air Lines on Portland—Osaka-Nagoya-Fukuoka routes and Los Angeles-Tokyo route. TWA intends to begin code hare service as soon as possible. In support of its amended application, TWA states as follows:TWA requests 28 daily code share frequencies which will be used by TWA to place its code on flights operated by Delta Air Lines. The markets that TWA proposes to service are as follows:
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First Priority |
PDX-OSA |
Delta proposes to operate 10/28/98 |
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Second Priority |
PDX-NGO |
Delta operates an MD-11 aircraft |
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Third Priority |
LAX-NAT |
Delta operates an MD-11 aircraft |
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Fourth Priority |
PDX-FUK |
Delta proposes to operate 10/28/98 |
The grant of 28 weekly same-country code share frequencies to TWA to enable Delta and TWA to implement their code share proposal would maximize new entrant service and competitive benefits between the U.S. and Japan. An award to TWA will enable it to immediately inject new entrant competition between the U.S. and Japan, and to develop a market presence in Japan. Code sharing with Delta will enable TWA to offer St. Louis online service to Japan immediately while it prepares for its inauguration of its St. Louis-Narita nonstop service in 1999. TWA's traffic support will also be useful to Delta as it expands service in the Japan market. The award will enhance Delta's traffic flow and strengthen its ability to be an effective competitor against the entrenched incumbent airlines, who have the ability to operate on a completely unrestricted basis under the new agreement with Japan. No other same- country code share proposal would produce such significant competition and market structure benefits.
WHEREFORE, TWA respectfully requests that its application in Docket 96-1121 be amended and that it be awarded 28 code share frequencies for use on direct service of Delta Airlines as described above.
Respectfully submitted,
Richard J. Fahy, Jr.
Attorney for Trans World Airlines, Inc.
February 11, 1998