Order 2014-2-21

Served February 25, 2014 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation

on the 25th day of February, 2014

Applications of

WESTERN GLOBAL AIRLINES, LLC

for certificates of public convenience and necessity under 

49 U.S.C. § 41102 to engage in interstate and foreign charter 

air transportation of property and mail

Docket DOT-OST-2013-0105

Docket DOT-OST-2013-0106

FINAL ORDER

By Order 2014-2-11, issued on February 11, 2014, we directed all interested persons to show 

cause why we should not make final our tentative findings and conclusions stated in it and award 

certificates of public convenience and necessity to Western Global Airlines, LLC, authorizing it 

to engage in interstate and foreign charter air transportation of property and mail. Interested 

persons were given 5 calendar days to file objections to the order.

No objections to the show-cause order were received.

ACCORDINGLY:

1. We find that Western Global Airlines, LLC is fit, willing, and able to engage in interstate 

and foreign charter air transportation of property and mail.

2. We issue a certificate of public convenience and necessity to Western Global Airlines, 

LLC to engage in interstate charter air transportation in the form and subject to the Terms, 

Conditions, and Limitations attached.1

3. We direct that should Western Global Airlines, LLC propose to operate more than four

aircraft, it must first notify the Department in writing at least 45 days prior to the proposed 

operation and demonstrate its fitness to conduct such operations before their commencement.

4. We direct Western Global Airlines, LLC to submit to the Air Carrier Fitness Division a 

first year progress report within 45 days following the end of its first year of certificated 

operations.2

 

1

By this order, we issue only an interstate certificate to Western Global. Issuance of a foreign certificate is 

subject to Presidential review under 49 U.S.C. § 41307 and will be handled in a separate order.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
5. We will serve a copy of this order on the persons listed in Attachment A to this order.

By:

SUSAN L. KURLAND

Assistant Secretary for Aviation 

and International Affairs

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

http://www.regulations.gov

 

2

The report shall include a description of the air carrier’s current operations (number and type of aircraft, 

principal markets served, total number of full-time and part-time employees), a summary of how these operations 

have changed during the year, a discussion of any changes it anticipates from its current operations during its second 

year, current financial statements, and a listing of current senior management and key technical personnel. The air 

carrier should also be prepared to meet with staff members of the Fitness Division to discuss its current and future 

operations.
 

 

Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

for

Interstate Charter Air Transportation

This Certifies That

WESTERN GLOBAL AIRLINES, LLC

is authorized, subject to the provisions of Subtitle VII of Title 49 of the United 

States Code, the orders, rules, and regulations issued thereunder, and the 

attached Terms, Conditions, and Limitations, to engage in interstate charter air 

transportation of property and mail.

This Certificate is not transferable without the approval of the Department of 

Transportation.

By Direction of the Secretary

Issued by Order2014-2-21 Susan L. Kurland

On February 25, 2014 Assistant Secretary for 

Effective on (see attached) Aviation and International Affairs
Attachment

Terms, Conditions, and Limitations

WESTERN GLOBAL AIRLINES, LLC

is authorized to engage in interstate air transportation of property and mail between any 

point in any State, territory, or possession of the United States or the District of 

Columbia, and any other point in any of those entities.

This authority is subject to the following provisions:

(1) The authority to operate under this certificate will not become effective until six 

(business) days after the Department has received the following documents; provided, 

however, that the Department may stay the effectiveness of this authority at any time 

prior to that date:

(a) A copy of the holder's Air Carrier Certificate and Operations 

Specifications authorizing such operations from the Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA).

(b) A certificate of insurance on OST Form 6410 evidencing liability 

insurance coverage meeting the requirements of 14 CFR 205.5(b) for all of its 

aircraft.

(c) A statement of any changes the holder has undergone in its ownership, key 

personnel, operating plans, financial posture, or compliance history, since the 

date of the Show Cause Order in this case.

(d) A revised list of pre-operating expenses already paid and those remaining 

to be paid, as well as independent verification that the holder has available to it 

funds sufficient to cover any remaining pre-operating expenses and to provide a 

working capital reserve equal to the operating costs that would be incurred in 

three months of operations.

(2) Pending receipt of effective authority, the holder may not accept payment of any 

kind (i.e., cash, check, or credit card) or issue waybills for the operations proposed under 

this certificate, and any advertisement or listing of flights by the holder must prominently 

state: "This service is subject to receipt of government operating authority." 

(3) The holder shall at all times conduct its operations in accordance with the 

regulations prescribed by the Department of Transportation for the services authorized 

by this certificate, and with such other reasonable terms, conditions, and limitations as 

the Department of Transportation may prescribe in the public interest.
(4) The holder is not authorized to carry passengers (other than cargo attendants 

accompanying freight shipments).

5) The holder's authority under this certificate is effective only to the extent that such 

operations are also authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and 

comply with all U.S. Government requirements concerning security, including, but not 

limited to 49 CFR Part 1544. 

(6) The holder shall at all times remain a "Citizen of the United States" as required 

by 49 U.S.C. 40102(a)(15).

(7) The holder shall maintain in effect liability insurance coverage as required under 

14 CFR Part 205. Failure to maintain such insurance coverage will render a certificate 

ineffective, and this or other failure to comply with the provisions of Subtitle VII of Title 

49 of the United States Code or the Department's regulations shall be sufficient grounds 

to revoke this certificate.

(8) The holder is not authorized to engage in air transportation operations between 

points within the State of Alaska.

(9) Should the holder propose any substantial change in its ownership, management, 

or operations (as defined in 14 CFR 204.2(l)), it must first comply with the requirements 

of 14 CFR 204.5.

(10) In the event that the holder does not commence actual flying operations under this 

certificate within one year of the date of the Department's determination of its fitness, its 

authority shall be revoked for dormancy, unless the holder is conducting operations 

under another type of certificate authority. Further, in the event that the holder 

commences operations for which it was found "fit, willing, and able" and subsequently 

ceases all such operations, its authority under all certificates held shall be suspended 

under the terms of 14 CFR 204.7 and the holder may neither recommence nor advertise 

such operations unless its fitness to do so has been redetermined by the Department. 

Moreover, if the holder does not resume operations within one year of its cessation, its 

authority shall be revoked for dormancy.

 



To assure compliance with all applicable U.S. Government requirements concerning security, the holder 

shall, before commencing any new service (including charter flights) to or from a foreign airport, contact 

its Principal Security Inspector (PSI) to advise the PSI of its plans and to find out whether the 

Transportation Security Administration has determined that security is adequate to allow such airport(s) to 

be served.
ATTACHMENT A

SERVICE LIST FOR 

WESTERN GLOBAL AIRLINES, LLC

MR JAMES NEFF

CEO

WESTERN GLOBAL AIRLINES LLC

5566 BROADCAST COURT

SARASOTA FL 34230

MR MARK ATWOOD

COZEN O’CONNOR

1627 I STREET NW

WASHINGTON DC 20006

MR WILLIAM ROYAL

POI FOR WESTERN GLOBAL AIRLINES

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

5601 MARINER STREET

SUITE 310

TAMPA FL 33609

MR PETER LYNCH AGC-300

ASST CHIEF COUNSEL FOR 

ENFORCEMENT

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

800 INDEPENDENCE AVE SW

WASHINGTON DC 20591

MR WILLIAM CHADWICK

OFFICE OF AIRLINE INFO

DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION

1200 NEW JERSEY AVE SE

WASHINGTON DC 20590

MR MARK MAZOR AFS-900

MANAGER CSET

FAA SUITE 203B

45005 AVIATION DRIVE

DULLES VA 20166-7537