OST-99-6008

OST-99-6008

Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana, S.A.

OST-99-6008	July 19, 1999	Application for an Exemption Scanned Copy	High Density Rule - Madrid-Chicago O'Hare
		Attachment 1: Letter from FAA dated 5/15/99
		Attachment 2: ORD Schedule for Winter 1999/2000
		Service List

By this application, Iberia requests a further exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41714 (b)(1) for the 1999-2000 winter season to enable it to continue providing this valuable nonstop through-plane service between Chicago and Madrid. Iberia duly requested the necessary winter season slots by letter dated May 15, 1999 to the FAA’s Slot Administration office (Attachment 1, hereto). Iberia was subsequently informed by that office that its ORD request remains in a "pending" status (Attachment 2). Although Iberia has not yet received a formal letter of denial from the FAA, it is informed and believes that the "pending" status tag attached to its ORD-MAD slot request is, as a practical matter, equivalent to a final denial. In other words, the "pending" status tag indicates that FAA has allocated all available slots at ORD for the Winter 1999-2000 slot season and that additional slots will become available for FAA allocation only if carriers with existing slots return them to the FAA. Iberia has thus exhausted all appropriate FAA procedures for slot acquisition.

Counsel: Steptoe Johnson, William Karas, 202-429-6223

Chicago O'Hare International Airport/All Nippon Airways/Air France/Compania Mexicana de Aviacion, S.A. de C.V./Iberia Lineas Aereas De Espana/Scandinavian Airlines/Japan Airlines Co., Ltd.

Order 99-10-25
OST-99-5892
OST-98-4824
OST-99-5893
OST-99-5916
OST-99-6008
OST-99-6080

Issued October 29, 1999
Served October 29, 1999

Order Dismissing Application

All Nippon, Chicago- Tokyo; Air France; Japan Airlines, Osaka, Japan; Scandinavian Airlines, Copenhagen, Denmark- Chicago; Iberia Lineas Aereas De Espana, Chicago- Madrid, Spain; Compania Mexicana, Mexico City-Chicago,

Order 99-10-25 (1) dismisses applications of Japan Airlines, Co., Ltd. in Docket OST-99-5893; All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. in Docket OST-99-5892; Societe Air France in Docket OST-98-4824; Scandinavian Airlines System in Docket OST-99-5916; and Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana, S.A. in Docket
OST-99-6008. and (2) dismisses that portion of the application of Compania Mexicana de Aviacion, S. A. de C.V. in Docket OST-99-6080 requesting temporary exemption from 14 C.F.R. Part 93, Subparts K and S under 49 U.S.C. 41714(b)(1) to the extent necessary to enable it to operate daily scheduled arrival at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport between 11:15 A.M. and 11:44 A.M. (local time) and one daily scheduled departure at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport between 2:15 P.M. and 2:44 P.M. (local time), for round trip service between Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and Mexico City, Mexico.

During the period June 25, 1999 through August 6, 1999, the above captioned air carriers requested slot exemptions from 14 C. F. R. Part 93, Subparts K and S, under 49 U. S. C. § 41714(b)(1), to the extent necessary to enable them to continue nonstop, round-trip flights between various foreign gateways and Chicago, Illinois (O'Hare International Airport). In all but one case, the Department had previously granted slot exemption authority for the requested services on a seasonal basis. The instant applications seek to renew the same exemption authority for the 1999-2000 winter season.

By: Bradley Mims