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

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

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

W A S H I NGT O N

, DC

I ssued by t he D epa r t m ent o f T r a nsp o rt a t i on on January 20

, 2015

N O T I C E O F ACT I O N TA K E N

- - D O C K E T DO T

- O S T

- 2014

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T h i s s e r v es a s n o t i ce t o t h e pub l i c o f t h e a c t i on d e sc r i b ed b e l o w

, t a k en by t he D e p a rt m ent o f f i c i al i n d i c a t e d

( no a d d i ti o n al con f ir m i ng o r der w i l l be i s sued i n t h i s m a t t e r )

.

A pp li c a t i on o f SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. (Southwest ) f i l ed 12 / 11 / 1 4 f o r:

X X E x e m p ti on under 49 U .S. C . 401 0 9 t o p r o v i de t he f o l l o w i ng s e r v i ce:

Schedu l ed f o re i gn a i r t r a nspor t a t i on o f p er s ons, p r oper t y , and m a i l b et w een a po i nt or p o i n t s i n t he

U n it ed S t a t es and a po i n t or po i n t s i n B e l i z e. 1

A pp li c ant r e p resentatives : Robert W. Kneisley and Leslie C. Abbott (202) 263

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DO T A n a l y s t : Darren Jaffe (202) 366

- 2512

Responsive pleadings: On December 23 , 2014, the Southwest Airlines Pilots’ Association filed comments in support of

Southwest’s request. On December 29, 2014, the City of Houston filed an answer in support of Southwest’s request.

D I S P O S I T I O N

X X Granted ( su b j e c t t o c ond i ti o n s and remarks

, s ee b e l o w )

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B e li z e a c ceded u p on i t s i n dependen c e

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Except t o t he ex t ent exe m p t ed or w a i v ed, t h i s au t ho r it y i s s u b j ect t o t he t e r m s, cond i t i ons, and li m it a t i ons i nd i c a t e d :

X X H o l de r ’ s c e r t i f i ca t es o f pub l i c conve n i ence and ne c es s i t y

XX S t andard e x e m p t i o n cond i ti o n s ( a tt a che d )

____________________________________________________________________________________ ___ ________ On t he b as i s of d a t a o f f i c i a l l y no ti c ea b l e u nder R u l e 2 4 ( g ) of t he D e p a r t m en t ' s r eg u l a ti o n s, w e f ound t he app l i ca n t

q u a l i f i ed t o p r o v i de t h e exe m p t i on s e r v i ces a u t ho r i z ed.

U nder a u t h o r i t y as s i g ned b y t he D epa r t m ent i n i t s r e g u l a ti o n s, 14 C FR P a r t 385, w e f ound t h a t ( 1) o ur a c t i o n w as

con s i s t e n t wi t h D e p a r t m ent po li c y ; ( 2) g r a nt o f t h e au t ho r it y w as c o n s i s t ent w it h t he p ub l i c i n t e r e s t ; a n d ( 3) g r a n t o f t h e

a u t h o r i t y w ou l d n o t c on s t i t u t e a m a j or r e g u l a t o r y a c ti on und e r t h e Ene r g y Po li cy and C onse r v a t i on A c t o f 1975. T o t he

ex t ent not g r a n t e d

, w e den i ed a l l r eq u e s t s i n t h e r e f e r en c ed D oc k e t

. We ma y a m end, m od if y , or r e v o k e t he a u t h o r i t y

g r an t ed i n t h i s N o t i ce at any ti m e w i t hout h ea r i ng at o ur d i s c r e ti o n

.

Pe r so n s e n t i t l ed t o p e t i t i on t he D e p a r t m ent f o r r e v i ew of t h e a c t i on s et f o r t h i n t h i s N o t i ce u n der t he D epa r t m en t’ s

r e g u l a ti o n s, 1 4 C FR §385.30, m ay fil e t h e i r pe t i t i o n s wi t h i n se v en (7 ) da y s a f t e r t h e d a t e o f i ss u ance of t h i s N o t i c e. T h i s

a c t i on w as e f f e c ti v e w h e n t a k en, a n d t h e f i l i ng of a pe t i t i on f or r e v i ew wi l l n ot a l t er such e f f e c ti v ene s s.

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1 Southwest proposes to begin daily service between Houston and Belize City, Belize on or about October 15, 2015.

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( 1) Hold a t a ll tim e s ef f

e c tive op era ti n g a uth o r i t y fr om the g ov er nm e nt o f e ac h c ount r y s er v e d; ( 2)

C omp l y with a ppli c a ble re qui re m e nts c on c e r n ing ov er s a l e s c ont a i n e d in 14 C F R 250 (f or

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

( 3) C omp l y with the r e q ui re m e nts f or r e po r ti n g d a ta c ont a in e d in 14 C F R 241;

( 4) C omp l y with re qui r e m e nts f or minimum insu r a n c e c ov e r a g e

, a nd f or ce r ti f y

i n g th a t c o v er a ge to the

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

( 5) E x ce pt a s sp ec i f i ca l l y e x e mpt e d or oth e r wise p r ovid e d f or in a D e p a r tm e nt O r d er

, c omp l y with the

re qui re m e nts of 14 C F R 203, c on c er ni n g w a i v e r of W ar s a w C onv e ntion li a bili t y limits a nd d efe ns e s;

( 6) C omp l y with a ll a pp l i ca ble re qu i re m e nts of t h e Fe d era l Av i a tion Administ ra tion, the T ra nspo r t a tion

S ec u r i t y Administ ra tion, a nd with a ll a ppli ca ble U. S . Gov e r nm e nt re qui re m e nts c on cer ni n g s ec u r i t y

, in c l udin g , but not limit e d to, 49 C F R P ar t 1544. To a s su r e c ompli a n c e with a ll a ppli ca ble U. S

. Gov e r nm e nt re qui re m e nts c on c e r n ing s ec u r i t y , t h e hold e r s h a ll, b ef o r e c omm e n c i n g a n y n e w s e r vi c e

( i n c luding c h ar t e r f li g hts) to o r f r om a f o re i g n a i r p o r t, c o n t ac t its P r in c ip a l S ec u r i t y I ns p ec tor ( P S I ) to

a dvi s e the P S I of its pl a ns a nd t o f ind out wh e th e r the Tr a nspo r t a tion S ec u r i t y Administ ra tion h a s

d e t e r min e d th a t s ec u r i t y is a d e qu a te to a llow su c h a i rp o r t ( s) to be s er v e d;

( 7) C omp l y with su c h o t h e r r e a son a ble t e r ms, c o n ditions, a nd limit a tions r e qui re d b y t h e public

int ere st a s m a y be p re s c r ib e d b y t h e 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

r e 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 o f the Unit e d S t a t e s.

The a utho r i t y g ra nt e d s h a ll be ef f

ec tive on l y du r i ng the p er iod wh e n the h old e r is in c ompli a n c e with

the c onditions imp o s e d a bov e

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