	           UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION             Posted: 12/03/04

             OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY                                    
        2:23 pm 

                  WASHINGTON, D.C.













	  

Served:  December 3, 2004

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NOTICE

Docket OST-2004-19790

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By Order 2004-11-18, the Department initiated a proceeding on the Joint
Complaint of American Airlines, Inc. and United Air Lines, Inc. against
Alitalia-Linee Aeree Italiane, S.p.A. (Alitalia) and the Government of
Italy, filed November 24, 2004.  The order calls for answers to the
Joint Complaint to be filed by December 8, 2004, and replies thereto
five calendar days thereafter.

On December 2, 2004, Alitalia filed a motion for a two-week extension of
the answer date (i.e., to December 22, 2004).  In support of its motion,
Alitalia states that the extension is necessary in order to enable
Alitalia to consult with the Government of Italy and to prepare
coordinated responses to the Joint Complaint.  Under the Department’s
regulations (14 CFR 302.11), answers to the motion would be due December
13, 2004 (five calendar days after the date specified for answers in the
Department’s order).  In order to act upon the motion prior to the
answer date specified in the Department’s order, we have determined to
shorten the answer period for the Alitalia motion in Docket
OST-2004-19790 to December 6, 2004.

Therefore, acting under authority assigned in 14 CFR 385.3, we will
shorten the answer period to

the Alitalia motion and will require that answers to the Alitalia motion
be filed no later than December 6, 2004.  

We will serve this notice by email or facsimile on all parties served
with Order 2004-11-18 in 

Docket OST-2004-19790.  We authorize answers to be served by facsimile
or email.

BY:

						PAUL L. GRETCH

			Director, Office of International Aviation

(SEAL)

Dated:  December 3, 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 

