Notice2024-02976
Joint Application of Delta Air Lines, Inc. and Aerovias de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. for Approval of and Antitrust Immunity for Alliance Agreements
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Published
February 14, 2024
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Transportation DepartmentTransportation Department
Abstract
The United States Department of Transportation is required to give notice in the Federal Register that it has issued an Order to Show Cause tentatively dismissing without prejudice the application of Delta Air Lines ("Delta") and Aerovias de Mexico, S.A. ("Aeromexico") (collectively the "Joint Applicants") to renew the Department's approval and grant of antitrust immunity ("ATI") for their Joint Cooperation Agreement ("JCA") and alliance agreements. Subsequently, upon motion of the Joint Applicants, the Department issued an Order extending the comment period. Interested stakeholders are invited to submit comments on the tentative decision.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11338-11339]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02976]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Office of the Secretary of Transportation
[Docket No. DOT-OST-2015-0070]
Joint Application of Delta Air Lines, Inc. and Aerovias de
Mexico, S.A. de C.V. for Approval of and Antitrust Immunity for
Alliance Agreements
AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST), Department of
Transportation (DOT).
ACTION: Notice of order to show cause and order extending comment
period.
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SUMMARY: The United States Department of Transportation is required to
give notice in the Federal Register that it has issued an Order to Show
Cause tentatively dismissing without prejudice the application of Delta
Air Lines (``Delta'') and Aerovias de Mexico, S.A. (``Aeromexico'')
(collectively the ``Joint Applicants'') to renew the Department's
approval and grant of antitrust immunity (``ATI'') for their Joint
Cooperation Agreement (``JCA'') and alliance agreements. Subsequently,
upon motion of the Joint Applicants, the Department issued an Order
extending the comment period. Interested stakeholders are invited to
submit comments on the tentative decision.
DATES: Objections or comments to the Department's tentative findings
and conclusions were initially due no later than 14 calendar days from
the service date of the Order (i.e., February 9, 2024), and answers to
objections were to be due no later than seven (7) business days
thereafter (i.e., February 21, 2024). In a subsequent motion, the Joint
Applicants petitioned for an extension of the comment period. The
Department partially granted the request; objections or comments to the
Department's tentative findings are now due no later than February 23,
2024, and answers to objections are now due no later than March 5,
2024. If no objections are filed, all further procedural steps shall be
deemed waived, and we may enter an order making final our tentative
findings and conclusions.
ADDRESSES: You may send comments, identified by docket number DOT-OST-
2015-0070, via the Federal eRulemaking Portal: <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">http://www.regulations.gov</a>. Follow the instructions for sending comments. In
addition, comments must be properly served on all interested parties in
accordance with the Department's procedural regulations (14 CFR part
302).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jason Horner, Transportation Industry
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Analyst, Office of Aviation Analysis, 1200 New Jersey Ave. SE,
Washington, DC 20590; telephone (202) 366-5903; email
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 14 CFR 303.43 requires that ``[n]otice to
the public of any . . . order to show cause concerning an application
shall be made by publication in the Federal Register.'' Accordingly,
through this Federal Register Notice, the Department gives ``notice to
the public'' that on January 26, 2024, the Department issued an Order
to Show Cause (Order 2024-1-17, ``Show Cause Order'') tentatively
dismissing without prejudice the application of Delta and Aeromexico to
renew the Department's approval and grant of antitrust immunity
(``ATI'') for their Joint Cooperation Agreement. On January 29, 2024,
the Joint Applicants petitioned the Department for additional time for
objections and comments to the Show Cause Order. On February 7, 2024,
the Department issued an Order Extending Comment Period (Order 2024-2-
6, ``Order Extending Comment Period'') by two weeks.
The Show Cause Order and the Order Extending Comment Period have
both been posted in docket DOT-OST-2015-0070 at <a href="http://www.regulations.gov">www.regulations.gov</a>.
The Show Cause Order directs all interested persons to show cause why
we should not issue an order making final our tentative findings and
conclusions discussed therein. Objections or comments to our tentative
findings and conclusions shall now, pursuant to the Joint Applicant's
motion and a subsequent Order by the Department, be due no later than
28 calendar days from the service date of the Order (i.e., February 23,
2024), and answers to objections shall be due no later than seven (7)
business days thereafter (i.e., March 5, 2024). If no objections are
filed, all further procedural steps shall be deemed waived, and we may
enter an order making final our tentative findings and conclusions.
Dated: February 8, 2024.
Todd Homan,
Director, Office of Aviation Analysis, U.S. Department of
Transportation.
[FR Doc. 2024-02976 Filed 2-13-24; 8:45 am]
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