Posted 12/23/02

9:32 am

	           UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

             OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

                  WASHINGTON, D.C.

_______________________________

2002/2003 Hong Kong Fifth-Freedom All-Cargo Frequency Proceeding

Docket OST-2002-14049

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								Served:  December 23, 2002

EXTENSION OF PROCEDURAL DATES

By Order 2002-12-11, the Department instituted the 2002/2003 Hong Kong
Fifth-Freedom All-Cargo Frequency Proceeding, Docket OST-2002-14049, and
established a procedural schedule for the proceeding.  Under the
established procedural schedule Direct Exhibits are due January 7, 2003;
Rebuttal Exhibits, January 24, 2003; and Briefs, February 7, 2003.  

By Joint Motion, filed December 18, 2002, six of the seven applicants to
the proceeding request (and state expressly that the seventh applicant
does not oppose) the amendment of the procedural timetable as follows: 
Direct Exhibits, January 28, 2003; Rebuttal Exhibits, February 14, 2003;
and Briefs, February 28, 2003.  The Joint Movants state that the brief
extension is necessary to enable them to prepare their exhibits and to
develop an adequate evidentiary record, especially given the holiday
season, and that the short extension should not affect the
Department’s ability to make a timely decision awarding the
frequencies.

We will grant the motion.  In the circumstances presented, we find that
the Joint Movants have presented adequate justification for their
request and that no applicant’s interests will be prejudiced by a
grant.  

Accordingly, Direct Exhibits in the above-captioned proceeding shall be
due January 28, 2003; Rebuttal Exhibits, February 14, 2003; and Briefs,
February 28, 2003.

We will serve this Notice on all parties to this proceeding by email or
facsimile and will authorize the parties to serve their responses by
facsimile or email.

By:

						SUSAN MCDERMOTT

				Deputy Assistant Secretary for Aviation

   and International Affairs

(SEAL)

Dated:  December 23, 2002

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

http://dms.dot.gov//reports/reports_aviation.asp

 The Joint Motion was signed by counsel for Polar Air Cargo, Inc.,
Federal Express Corporation, Evergreen International Airlines, Inc.,
Northwest Airlines, Inc., Atlas Air, Inc., and Kalitta Air, Inc.   The
Joint Applicants state that they are authorized to state that UPS does
not oppose the motion.

 Given that all the applicants in this proceeding have already
registered support for, or non-opposition to, the Joint Motion, we are
acting on the Joint Motion without awaiting completion of the answer
period.

