UN I TE D S TATE S O F A M ER I CA

DE P ART M EN T O F TRAN S P O RTAT I O N

O FF I C E O F T H E S ECRETAR Y

W AS H I NGT O N

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, t a k en by t he D epa rt m ent of fi c i al i nd i ca t ed

( no add iti onal con fir m i ng o r der w il l be i ssued i n t h is m a tt e r)

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A pp l i ca tio n of CENTUR I O N A IR CARG O

, I NC. ( C en t ur i on) fil ed 3 / 14/ 13 fo r:

X X R ene w al of exe m p ti on f or t w o y ea r s under 49 U .S. C . 40109 t o p r o v i de t he f o ll o w i ng se r v i c e :

Schedu l ed f o r e i gn a i r t ranspo rt a ti on of proper t y and m a i l be t w een a po i nt or po i n t s i n t he U n it ed S t ates,

via i n t er m ed i ate po i n t s, a n d t he co

- t er mi nal po i n t s San t o D o mi ngo and P uer t o P l a t a, D o mi n i can R epub li c,

and beyond t o po i n t s i n t he C a ri bbean and Sou t h A m er i ca, a n d t o i n t eg r a t e t h i s a u t hor it y w it h it s e x i s ti ng

e x e m p ti on and cer ti f i ca t e au t hor it y.

A pp li cant r ep: John R. Mietus (202) 747

- 5212 DO T An a l y s t : Darren Jaffe (202) 366

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X X G ra n t ed ( sub j ect t o cond iti ons) D I S P O S I T I O N

T he abo v e ac ti on w as e ff ec ti v e w hen t a k en: April 1 , 2013

, t h r ou g h April 1 , 2015

.

A c ti on t a k en by: P a u l L

. G re t ch, D i rec t or

O ff i ce of In t erna ti onal A v i a ti on

XX T he a u t hor it y gra n t ed i s co n s i s t ent w it h t he aviat i on agree m ent be t w een t he U n it ed S t ates

and t he D o mi n i can R epub li c of 198 6

.

Except t o t he ex t ent exe m p t e d or w a i v ed, t h i s au t ho rit y i s sub j ect t o t he t e r m s, cond iti ons, a n d l i m it a tions

i nd i ca t ed:

XX H o l der ’ s cer ti f i cate of pub li c co n ven i ence a n d necess it y

X X S t anda r d E x e m p ti on C ond iti ons ( a tt a c hed)

C ond iti ons: T he au t hor it y g r an t ed t o se r v e i n t e r m ed i ate and be y ond po i n t s i s li m it ed t o coun tri es w it h

w h i ch t he U n it ed S t a t es has s i g ned op en

- s k i es a g r ee m en t s and / or coun tri es f or w h i ch C en t u ri on ho l ds

au t hor it y t o se r v e und e r ce rtifi ca t es and exe m p ti ons i ssued by t he D epa rt m en t

.

T he r ou t e i n t e g r a ti on autho rit y g r an t ed i s sub j ect t o t he cond iti on t hat any se r v i ce p r o v i ded under t h i s

exe m p ti on sha l l be cons i s t ent w it h a l l appl i cab l e a g r ee m en t s be t w een t he U n it ed S t a t es and the f ore i g n

coun tri es i n v o l v ed. Fu rt he r m o r e, ( a) no t h i ng i n t he a w a r d of t he r ou t e i n t e g r a ti on au t ho rit y r eques t ed

shou l d be cons trued as con f e rri ng upon C en t u ri on ri g h t s (i nc l ud i ng fift h

- fr eedom i n t e r m ed i a t e and / or

be y ond r i g h t s) t o se r v e m a r k e t s w he r e U

. S

. ca rri er en tr y i s li m it ed unless C en t ur i on no t ifi es t he

D e p a rt m e n t o f it s in te n t to se r v e such a m a r k et and un l ess and un t i l t he D epa rt m ent has co m p l e t ed any

necessa r y ca rri er se l ec ti on procedures t o de t e r m i ne w h i ch ca rri e r( s) should be au t hor i z ed t o exe r c i se

such ri g h t s; and ( b) shou l d t he r e be a r equest by any ca rri er t o use t he li m i t ed

- e n t r y rou t e ri g h ts th a t a r e

i nc l uded i n C en t u ri on ’ s au t ho rit y by v irt ue of t he r ou t e i n t e g r a ti on exe m p ti on g r an t ed he r e, but t hat a r e

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not t hen be i ng used by C en t u ri on, t he ho l d i ng of such au t ho rit y by r ou t e i n t e g r a ti on w il l not be

cons i de r ed as p r o v i d i ng any pre f e r ence f or C en t ur i on in a co m pe titi v e ca rri er se l ec ti on proceed i ng t o

de t e r m i ne w h i ch ca rri e r( s) should be en titl ed t o use t he au t hor it y at i ssue.

O n t he bas i s of da t a o ffi c i a ll y no ti ceab l e under R u l e 24 ( g ) of t he D epa rt m en t’ s r e g u l a ti ons, w e f ound t he

app li cant qua lifi ed t o p r o v i de t he se r v i ces au t ho ri z ed.

U nder au t ho rit y ass i g ned by t he D epa rt m ent i n it s r e g u l a ti ons, 14 C FR Pa r t 385, w e f ound t hat ( 1) our

ac ti on w as cons i s t ent w it h D epa rt m ent po li c y ; ( 2) g r ant of t he app li ca ti on w as cons i s t ent w it h t he pub li c

i n t e r es t ; and ( 3) g r ant of t he au t ho rit y w ou l d not cons tit u t e a m a j or r e g u l a t o r y ac ti on under t he Ene r g y

Po li cy and C onse r v a ti on A ct of 1975. T o t he ex t ent not g r an t ed, w e den i ed a l l r eques t s i n t he r e f e r enced

D oc k e t . We m ay a m end, m od if y , or r e v o k e t he au t ho rit y g r an t ed i n t h i s N o ti ce at any ti m e w it hout

hea ri ng at our d i sc r e ti on.

Pe r s on s e n t itl ed to p e titio n t h e D e p a rt m e n t f o r r e v i ew of t he ac ti on set f o rt h i n t h i s N o ti ce under t he

D epa rt m en t’ s r e g u l a ti ons, 14 C FR §385.30, m ay fil e t he i r pe titi ons w it h i n se v en ( 7) da y s a ft er t he da t e of

i ssuance of t h i s N o ti ce. T h i s ac ti on w as e ff ec ti v e w hen t a k en, and the fili ng of a pe titi o n f o r r e v i ew w ill

not a lt er such e ff ec ti v eness.

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I n the c ondu c t of the op era tions a utho r i z e d, the U. S

. carr i e r app l i can t ( s) s h all:

( 1) Hold a t a ll tim e s effec tive op era ting a utho r ity fr om the g ov er nm e nt of eac h c ount r y s er v e d;

( 2) C omply with a ppli ca ble re qui re m e nts c on cer ning ov er s a l e s c ont a in e d in 14 C F R 250 (f or

s c h e dul e d op era tions, if a utho r i z e d ) ;

( 3) C omply with the re qui re m e nts f or re po r ting d a ta c ont a in e d in 14 C F R 241;

( 4) C omply with re qui re m e nts f or minimum insu ra n c e c ov era g e

, a nd f or cer ti f y

ing th a t c ov era g e to

the D e p ar tm e nt, c ont a in e d in 14 C F R 205;

(5 ) E x cep t a s s p e c i f i ca lly e x e m p t e d or oth er wise p r ovid e d f or in a D e p ar tm e nt O r d er

, c omply with

the re qui re m e nts of 14 C F R 203, c on cer ning w a iv e r of W ar s a w C onv e ntion li a bility limits a nd

d e fen s e s;

( 6) C omply with a ll a ppli ca ble re qui re m e nts of the Fe d era l Avi a tion A dminist ra tion, t he

T ra nspo r t a tion S ec u r ity Administ ra tion, a nd with a ll a ppli ca ble U. S . Gov er nm e nt re qui re m e nts

c on cer ning s ec u r it y , in c ludin g

, but not limit e d to, 49 C F R P ar t 1544. To ass u re co m p l i an ce with all

a ppli ca ble U. S . Gov er nm e nt re qui re m e nts c on cer ning s ec u r it y , the hold e r sh a ll, b ef o r e c omm e n c ing

a ny n e w s er vi c e ( in c luding c h ar t e r f li g hts) to or fr om a f o re i g n a i r po r t, c ont ac t its P r in c ip a l S ec u r ity

I n s p e c t o r ( PS I ) to a dvise the PS I of its pl a ns a nd to f ind out wh e th e r the T ra nspo r t a tion S ec u r ity

Administ ra tion h a s d e t er min e d th a t s ec u r ity is a d e qu a te to a llow su c h a i r po r t ( s) to be s er v e d;

( 7) C omply with su c h oth e r rea son a ble t er ms, c onditions, a nd limit a tions re qui re d by the public

int ere st a s m a y be p re s cr ib e d by the D e p ar tm e nt of T ra nspo r t a tion, with a ll a ppli ca ble o r d er s a nd

re g ul a tions of oth e r U. S

. a g e n c i e s a nd c ou r ts, a nd with a ll a ppli ca ble l a ws of the Unit e d S t a t e s.

The a utho r ity g ra nt e d sh a ll be effec tive only du r ing the p er iod wh e n the hold e r is in c ompli a n c e

with the c onditions impos e d a bov e

.

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