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U.S. - Thailand All-Cargo Frequency Allocation Case / Air Micronesia,
Inc. (Exemption, Thailand Delay Start-Up)
OST-96-1496 / 97-2195 / Filed March 7, 1997
Application
of Air Micronesia for an Exemption
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Grant of the requested exemption will delay start-up of Air Micronesia's
Thailand all-cargo service by only five months and enable Air Micronesia
to provide the most effective air cargo service beginning at a time when
current customs obstacles are anticipated to have been eliminated and the
public demand for Thailand air cargo service begins to build. Thailand
is an important Asian air cargo market. and it is essential that Air Micronesia
be able to launch its Thailand all-cargo service successfully to compete
effectively with established U.S. and foreign carriers in the Thailand
market.
Answers are due by March 24, 1997
Counsel: Air Micronesia and Crowell Moring, Bruce Keiner, 202.624.2615
U.S. - Thailand All-Cargo Frequency Allocation Case / Air Micronesia,
Inc. / Federal Express Corporation (Thailand Start-Up Delay)
OST-96-1496 / 97-2195 / 97-2154 / Filed March 12, 1997
Consolidated
Answer of Northwest Airlines, Inc.
Northwest Airlines, Inc. ("Northwest") hereby submits this Consolidated
Answer to the above-referenced applications of Air Micronesia, Inc. ("AMI")
and Federal Express Corporation ("FedEx"). In their applications,
AMI and FedEx seek exemptions extending the start-up deadline for using
their U.S.-Thailand all-cargo frequencies allocated pursuant to Order 96-9-16
until September 1, 1997, citing various market and facility-related concerns.
Similar factors may affect some or all of Northwest's expanded Thailand
service. Northwest therefore today is filing an application also seeking
an extension until September 1, 1997 of the start-up deadline on the four
(4) frequencies allocated to Northwest by Order 96-9-16. Northwest does
not object to the Department's grant of the above-referenced applications
of AMI and FedEx so long as the Department grants Northwest's similar exemption
application.
Counsel: Northwest, Megan Rae Poldy, 202.842.3193
Air Micronesia, Inc. (New - Notice of Action Taken)
OST-97-2195 / Posted
March 28, 1997
Notice
of Action
By Order 96-9-16 the Department issued Air Micronesia a certificate of
public convenience and necessity to provide scheduled all-cargo service
between Guam and Thailand via intermediate points in Palau and the Philippines
(Route 704), and allocated it five weekly all-cargo frequencies for this
service. By its terms, the certificate would expire April 1, 1997, unless
Air Micronesia commences service by that date. Air Micronesia seeks exemption
from that condition to the extent necessary to extend its proposed start-up
date to September 1, 1997. Air Micronesia states that because of delays
in completing operational arrangements, and existing market conditions,
the optimum date to commence its operations is September 1, 1997.
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