[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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