									Served: April 1, 2003

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

International Mail Rates

Docket 1996-1629

REQUEST FOR COMMENTS REGARDING NEW DATA 

PROVIDED BY DELTA AIRLINES

Order 2002-12-23 established retroactively adjustable interim
international mail rates effective January 1, 2003, and also proposed
to make those rates final from January 1 through December 31, 2003. 
American and United objected to that order on January 17 and
January 29, 2003, respectively, stating that it appeared that Delta’s
data were incorrect.  On January 30, 2003, Delta acknowledged that its
data were indeed incorrect, and requested time to correct it and submit
revised data, which it did on March 19, 2003.

In footnote (1) of that submission, Delta states that it “expects that
further accounting corrections, if any, identified in the course of the
more comprehensive Form 41 review [it is conducting] would have only a
de minimis effect on mail rates.”

We direct all parties to provide comments by April 8, 2003, on the new
data provided by Delta Airlines, and our reliance on that data for
setting final rates from January 1, 2003, through December 31, 2003. 
If no objections are received, we will issue a final order based on
Delta’s revised information submitted on March 19.  Comments should be
sent to: U.S. Department of Transportation, PL 401, Docket Operations,
400 7th Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20590, Docket 1996-1629. 

We shall serve this notice on all persons on the service list in this
docket.

By:

	READ C. VAN DE WATER

							Assistant Secretary for Aviation

							    and International Affairs

Date: April 1, 2003

(SEAL)

An electronic version of this document is available on the World Wide
Web

http://dms.dot.gov

 The original submissions is to be unbound and without tabs on 81/2’ x
11” white paper using dark ink (not green) to facilitate use of the
Department’s docket imaging system.  In the alternative, filers are
encouraged to use the electronic submission capability available through
the Dockets/DMS Internet site (http:dms.dot.gov) by following the
instructions on the web site.

