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[FR Doc No: 94-25498]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary
[Docket 49818]

 

In the Matter of U.S.-Germany; Third/Fourth/Fifth Freedom 
Frequency Allocations for the 1995 Summer Season

Summary

    By this Notice, we invite interested U.S. carriers to apply for 
allocation of the available frequencies for third/fourth/fifth freedom 
combination-service operations in the U.S.-Germany market for the 
upcoming summer season (i.e., April 1, 1995-October 31, 1995).

Background

    Under the May 1994 U.S.-Germany Agreement for Transitional 
Arrangements for Air Transport Services (Agreement), scheduled 
combination services are subject to seasonal frequency limitations. For 
the coming summer season, U.S. scheduled combination carriers may 
operate a total of 262 weekly round-trip frequencies for U.S.-Germany 
(third/fourth-freedom) services and 134 weekly round-trip frequencies 
for Germany-third country (fifth-freedom) services.1 The Agreement 
further provides that thirty days prior to each traffic season, each 
Party shall notify the other Party through diplomatic channels of the 
initial allocation of the frequencies among its airlines.2
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    \1\Article 6, Section 1 (A)(1) provides that airlines designated 
by the United States may operate 120 weekly round-trip fifth freedom 
frequencies during the coming summer season. Furthermore, under 
Section 1 (A)(2), an additional 14 weekly round-trip fifth freedom 
frequencies are available because the United/Lufthansa rights in the 
London-Germany market noted in Appendix B to the Agreement have been 
effectuated.
    \2\Article 6, Section 5 A.
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Applications

    To facilitate our allocation of these frequencies, we invite all 
U.S. carriers interested in using the third/fourth/fifth-freedom 
frequencies to file their applications with the Department in Docket 
49818.
    Applications should include the following information (identify 
separately for third/fourth- and fifth-freedom frequencies): (a) the 
overall number of frequencies requested; (b) the markets to be served; 
(c) distribution of the requested frequencies by market; (d) aircraft 
to be used (per market); and (e) manner of operation (i.e., direct 
service/own aircraft or code share; if code share, identify with which 
carrier and over what third-country point, if applicable).
    Applicant carriers that have previously been allocated and operated 
flights in the third/fourth/fifth-freedom markets for the 1994 summer 
season should also provide the following information with respect to 
those operations (identify separately for third/fourth- and fifth-
freedom allocations): (a) the number of flights previously allocated; 
(b) markets served; (c) frequencies operated per market and period of 
operation for each market; (d) aircraft type per market; and (e) manner 
of operation (i.e., direct service/own aircraft or code share; if code 
share, identify with which carrier and over what third-country point, 
if applicable).3
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    \3\If there was a cessation of service, no matter how short, in 
any market for any period during the past summer season, such 
interruption of service should be noted. If services were changed 
from one market to another during the past summer season, this also 
should be indicated.
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    Applicants are also free to submit any additional information that 
they believe will help us in making our decision.
    An original and 12 copies of each application should be filed with 
the Department's Docket Section, Room 4107, 400 Seventh Street S.W. , 
Washington, D.C. 20590, in Docket 49818, and served on all parties on 
the attached list.

Procedural Schedule

    In light of the numerous coming holidays, in the interests of the 
carriers and the Department, and to facilitate a timely processing of 
this case, we will require that applications and responsive pleadings 
be filed according to the following schedule:

Applications: October 27, 1994
Answers: November 7, 1994
Replies: November 14, 1994

    We will serve this notice on all U.S. air carriers holding 
authority to operate foreign scheduled combination air transportation 
with large aircraft, and will publish this Notice in the Federal 
Register.

    Dated: October 6, 1994.
Patrick V. Murphy,
Acting Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs.

Attachment

R Tenney Johnson, Counsel for Air Micronesia Inc, Suite 600, 2300 N 
Street NW, Washington DC 20037
John Gillick, Counsel for America West Airlines, Winthrop Stimson 
Putnam, Suite 1200, 1133 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington DC 20036
Russell E Pommer, Counsel for Business Express Inc, Verner Liipfert 
Bernhard, Suite 700, 901 15th Street NW, Washington DC 20005-2301
Lorraine B Halloway, Counsel for Continental Micronesia, Crowell & 
Moring, 1001 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington DC 20004-2595
Richard P Taylor, Counsel for Evergreen Intl Airlines, Steptoe & 
Johnson, 1330 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington DC 20036
Nathaniel Breed, Counsel for Federal Express, Shaw Pittman Potts &, 
2300 N Street NW, Washington DC 20037
Marshall S Sinick, Counsel for Alaska Airlines Inc, Suite 500, 1201 
Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington DC 20004
Carl B Nelson Jr, Assoc General Counsel, American Airlines Inc, 1101 
17th Street NW, Washington DC 20036
Robert N Duggan, Counsel for Carnival Air Lines Inc, Mercer Moore & 
Assoc, Suite 502, 700 S Royal Poinciana Blv, Miami Springs FL 33166
Robert E Cohn, Counsel for Delta Air Lines Inc, Shaw Pittman Potts &, 
2300 N Street NW, Washington DC 20037
Carl B Nelson Jr, Counsel for Executive Airlines, D/B/A American Eagle, 
1101 17th Street NW, Washington DC 20036
Jonathan B Hill, Counsel for Hawaiian Airlines, Dow Lohnes & Albertson, 
1255 23rd St NW, Washington DC 20037
Marshall S Sinick, Counsel for Aloha Airlines Inc, Suite 500, 1201 
Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington DC 20004
William Doherty, Director of Military & International Affairs, American 
Trans Air, 7337 W Washington St, Indianapolis IN 46231
R Bruce Keiner Jr, Counsel for Continental Airlines, Crowell & Moring, 
1001 Pennsylvania Ave NW, Washington DC 20004-2595
R Tenney Johnson, Counsel for DHL Airways, Suite 600, 2300 N Street NW, 
Washington DC 20037
Jonathan B Hill, Counsel for Express One Intl, Dow Lohnes & Albertson, 
1255 23rd St NW, Washington DC 20037
Morris Garfinckle, Counsel for MGM Grand Air Inc, Galland Kharasch 
Morse, 1054 31st Street NW, Washington DC 20007-4492
Peter B Kenney Jr, Assoc General Counsel, Northwest Airlines Inc, 901 
15th Street NW, Washington DC 2005
Carl B Nelson Jr, Counsel for Simmons Airlines Inc, D/B/A American 
Eagle, 1101 17th Street NW, Washington DC 20036
Stephen L Gelband, General Counsel, Tower Air, Hewes Moreles Gelband, 
Suite 300, The Flour Mill, 1000 Potomac St NW, Washington DC 20007
Nathaniel Breed, Counsel for USAfrica Airways Inc, 11180 Sunrise Valley 
Dr, Reston VA 22091
Robert E Cohn/Sheryl Israel, Counsel for Worldwide Airlines Serv, Shaw 
Pittman Potts &, 2300 N Street NW, Washington DC 20037
Jim Marquez, Counsel for Private Jet Expeditions, McNair & Sanford, 
Madison Off, Bldg #400, 1155 15th St NW, Washington DC 20005
Mark W Atwood, Counsel for Spirit Airlines Inc, Galland Kharasch, 1054 
31st Street NW, Washington DC 20007-4492
Dick Fahy, Trans World Airlines, Suite 520, 808 17th Street NW, 
Washington DC 20006
Frank Cotter, Asst General Counsel, USAir Inc, Crystal Park Four, 2345 
Crystal Drive, Arlington VA 22227
Mark S Kahan, Counsel for Renown Aviation, Galland Kharasch Morse, 1054 
31st Street, Washington DC 20007-4492
Dennis N Barnes, Counsel for Sun Country Airlines, Morgan Lewis 
Bockius, 1800 M Street NW #600N, Washington DC 20036
Joel Stephen Burton, Counsel, United Air Lines, Ginsburg Feldman & 
Bress, Suite 800, 1250 Connecticut Ave NW, Washington DC 20036
Vance Fort, Senior VP-Govt/Legal, World Airways Inc, 13873 Park Center 
Rd, Herndon VA 22071

[FR Doc. 94-25498 Filed 10-13-94; 8:45 am]
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