[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 217 (Thursday, November 7, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 57722]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-28649]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary


Expanded Cargo Transfer Flexibility at Alaska International 
Airports

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary, Department of Transportation.

ACTION: Final Order, Docket OST-96-1600, Order 96-11-2.

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SUMMARY: The Department is finalizing its Show Cause Order 96-9-19, 
concerning an application filed by the State of Alaska, the Anchorage 
International Airport, and the Fairbanks International Airport. The 
Department is granting (except as noted below) all foreign air carriers 
which hold currently effective Department authority to engage in 
scheduled foreign air transportation of cargo (whether under 
authorizations permitting combination or all-cargo services), exemption 
authority under 49 U.S.C. 41301 to engage in the following cargo 
transfer activities at Anchorage and Fairbanks International Airports: 
(1) To transfer cargo from any of their aircraft to any of their other 
aircraft, provided that both aircraft are operating to/from a point in 
the carrier's homeland; (2) to make changes, at points in Alaska, in 
the type or number of aircraft used to transport cargo, provided that 
in the outbound direction the transportation beyond Alaska is a 
continuation of the transportation from the carrier's homeland to 
Alaska, and in the inbound direction, the transportation to the 
carrier's homeland is a continuation of the transportation from behind 
Alaska; (3) to commingle cargo moving in foreign air transportation 
with cargo traffic not moving in foreign air transportation; (4) to 
discharge cargo in Alaska for transfer to a U.S. carrier for onward 
carriage to a final destination in the United States or in a third 
country, and to uplift from Alaska cargo transferred from a U.S. 
carrier which was transported by that carrier to Alaska from a point of 
origin elsewhere in the United States or in a third country; and (5) to 
discharge cargo in Alaska for transfer to another foreign carrier for 
onward carriage to a final destination in a third country, and to 
uplift from Alaska cargo transferred from another foreign carrier which 
was transported by that carrier to Alaska from a point of origin in a 
third country. Grant of this authority also applies to any foreign air 
carriers which receive Department authority to engage in scheduled 
foreign air transportation of cargo (whether under authorizations 
permitting combination or all-cargo services) during the period this 
exemption is in effect. However, this authority does not apply to 
foreign air carriers of Japan and the United Kingdom, since the United 
States is actively engaged in critical, comprehensive efforts aimed at 
forging new, more competitive bilateral aviation agreements with both 
of these important trading partners. The authority is effective for one 
year from the issue date of the Department's order.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: George Wellington, Foreign Air Carrier 
Licensing Division, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room 6412, 400 
Seventh Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590. Telephone (202) 366-2391.

    Dated: November 1, 1996.
Charles A. Hunnicutt,
Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs.
[FR Doc. 96-28649 Filed 11-6-96; 8:45 am]
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