Regulacje i polityka gospodarcza · 20/09/1996

Expanded Cargo Transfer Flexibility at Alaska International Airports

The Department tentatively finds that it is consistent with the public interest to grant, except as noted below, the application filed by the State of Alaska, the Anchorage International Airport, and the Fairbanks International Airport on July 26, 1996, requesting that the Department grant blanket authority to all foreign air carriers to conduct expanded cargo transfer activities at international airports in the State of Alaska. The Department is inviting comments on its tentative decision to grant, except as noted below, to 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) On-line cargo transfers from one of their own aircraft to any of their other aircraft; (2) all forms of change of gauge for cargo operations, including ``starburst'' change of gauge; (3) commingling of cargo traffic moving in foreign air transportation with cargo traffic not moving in foreign air transpor