Posted August 20, 2004 @ 2:30pm

	                            UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

                    DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                            OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

                                       WASHINGTON, DC

NOTICE  SHORTENING ANSWER PERIOD 

On August 18, 2004, United filed a motion in the captioned proceeding
requesting that the Department: (1) grant the motion of Allegiant Air,
Inc. (Allegiant) to withdraw its Denver-Cancun application in the 2004
U.S.-Mexico Combination Service Proceeding, (2) dismiss the applications
of Grand Holdings, Inc., d/b/a Champion Air (Champion Air) for
Denver-Cancun and Denver-Puerto Vallarta authority in the 2004
U.S.-Mexico Combination Service Proceeding, and (3) immediately grant
United’s applications for exemption authority to serve the
Denver-Cancun/Puerto Vallarta markets in the 2004 U.S.-Mexico
Combination Service Proceeding.

United also requests the Department to shorten the answer period to the
motion and require answers to be filed no later than Friday, August 20,
2004.  On August 19, 2004, United orally advised the Department that no
party opposed its request to shorten the answer period to its motion.

As no party has opposed United’s request for a shortened answer
period, we will grant the request.  Therefore, acting under authority
assigned in 14 CFR 385.13(p), answers to United’s August 18 motion
will now be due no later than Friday, August 20, 2004, with replies due
no later than Monday, August 23, 2004.  Persons entitled to petition the
Department for review of the action set forth in this Notice under the
Department’s regulations, 14 CFR 385.30, may file their petitions
within seven (7) days after the date of issuance of this Notice.  This
action was effective when taken (August 20, 2004), and the filing of a
petition for review will not alter such effectiveness.

We will serve this notice by electronic mail on all parties to this
proceeding, and hereby authorize service of documents by facsimile and
by electronic mail.

By:

						PAUL L. GRETCH

						Director, Office of International Aviation

(SEAL)

Dated:  August 20, 2004

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

  HYPERLINK "http://dms.dot.gov//reports/reports_ aviation.asp" 
http://dms.dot.gov//reports/reports_ aviation.asp 

   See Order 2004-7-17, July 21, 2004, and see generally Docket
OST-2004-18692. 

   Normally, answers to this type of request would be due no later than
Wednesday, August 25, 2004.

   United also confirmed those polling results by letter dated August
20, 2004.

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