UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY
WASHINGTON, D.C.

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CHICAGO-LONDON COMBINATION AIR SERVICE
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NOTICE

In a Memorandum of Consultations dated June 5, 1995,
representatives of the United States and the United Kingdom
reached agreement on certain amendments to the Air Services
Agreement between the countries set forth in a draft Exchange of
Notes.  Part II, Paragraph 1 of  the draft Exchange of Notes
provides that the United States may designate a second U.S.
carrier to serve the Chicago-London market.  (American Airlines
is the other carrier designated to serve Chicago.)  United Air
Lines currently holds certificate authority on its Route 603 to
serve the Chicago-London market, but has been unable to exercise
this authority due to the limitations in the U.S.-U.K. aviation
agreement.  Based on the recent MOC, United has requested that
the Department now designate it to serve the Chicago-London
route.  Since we may designate only one additional carrier to
serve this market, we are notifying U.S. certificated air
carriers that we intend to act affirmatively on United's request
unless we receive competing requests for designation or operating
authority by June 7, 1995.

Carriers without the requisite operating authority may file
pendente lite exemption applications no later than June 7, 1995. 
Answers to such applications shall be filed no later than June 8,
1995.  Carriers already holding the requisite operating authority
should request designation by June 7, 1995.  Requests for
certificate authority should be filed by June 21, 1995, with
answers due by June 28, 1995. 1

Except for the filing dates, exemption applications should
conform to the provisions of Part 302, Subpart D of our
procedural regulations and certificate applications should
conform to Subpart Q; both should clearly specify which London
airport would be served and the proposed startup date for
service.  Exemption/certificate applications should be filed with
the Department's Docket Section, Room PL-401, 400 Seventh St.,
S.W., Washington, D.C. 20590.  Designation applications should be
filed with the Director, Office of International Aviation, Room
6402, at the same address.  Further procedures for acting on the
applications filed, if necessary, will be established in a future
Department order.  In view of the shortened filing deadlines, we
will require that the June 7 applications and any answers thereto
be served on interested parties by fax.  


We will serve this notice on all certificated air carriers that
currently hold authority from the Department to provide scheduled
foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail with
large aircraft.  This list will be faxed to parties on request to
the U.S. Air Carrier Licensing Division at (202) 366-2390.

By:



                         PAUL L. GRETCH
                                  Director
                        Office of International Aviation

(SEAL)


DATED:  June 5, 1995
1  The original filing should be on 8" x 11" white paper using
dark ink and be unbound without tabs, which will expedite use of
our docket imaging system.