### UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, DC

Issued by the Department of Transportation o n 

### May 1, 2012

NOTICE OF ACTION TAK E N

- DOCKET DOT

- OST

- 2008

- 0157

This serves a s notice to the public of the action described below, taken by the Depar t ment offic i al indicated (no

additional confir m ing order will be issued in this matter).

Motion of UNIT E D A I R LINES, I N C

. (United) filed 4 /6 / 12

, fo r:

X X Conversion of three remaining U

. S.

- Russia frequencies f rom year

- rou n d service to s easonal service 1

By Notice of Action Taken dated May 23, 2008, in the p r esent docket, the Depar t ment alloca t ed to United s even

frequencies to operate between Washi n gton, D.C. a n d Mosc o w on a y ear

- round basis. United states that it

intends to operate its Moscow service on a summer seasonal basis, and will monitor market conditions to adjust future

capacity as demand warrants.

Applicant rep: Thomas Newton Bolling (312) 997

- 8068 DOT Anal y st: Darren Jaffe (202) 366

- 2512

D I S P O S I T I O N

X X Granted (subject to conditions, see below)

The above action was effective when taken: May 1, 2012

.

Action taken by: Paul L. Gretch, Director

Office of International Aviation

Except to the extent exe m pted or waived, this authori t y is subject to the ter m s, c o nditions, and li m i t ations

indicated: XX Holder’s certifica t es of public convenience and necessity



### Conditions: Consistent with our sta n dard practice, the frequ e ncies a w arded to United are subject to a dormancy

condition. W e re m ind the carrier that a n y frequencies not operated for a period of 90 d a y s (once inaugurated and for

any reason other than sea s onal use) would be dee me d do rm ant and the allocation with respect to each su c h

frequency w o uld expire au t o matically and the freque n cy wou l d re v ert to the Depart ment for reallocation. With our

action here, United would have the flexibili t y t o use t he subject frequencies for seasonal serv i ce. Should U n ited

dete r m ine that it will resume y ear

- round operations with t hose frequencies, the carrier m u st noti f y the Depar t m ent.

Under author i ty assigned by the Department in its regu l ations, 14 CFR Part 385, we found th at (1) our action

was consistent with Department polic y ; (2) grant of th e authori t y w as consistent with the publ i c interest; a n d

(3) grant of th e authori t y w ould not con s titute a major regulato r y action under the Energy Poli c y and

Conservation Act of 1975. To the extent not granted, we denied all requests in the referenced Docket. We may

a mend, m odify, or rev o ke t h e authori t y g ranted in this Notice at any time without hearing at our discretion.

1 By Notice of Action Taken dated September 1, 2009, in the present docket, the Department converted four of United’s seven

U.S.

- Russia frequencies from year

- round to seasonal service.Persons entitled to petition the Department for review of the action set forth in this Notice under the

Depar t ment’s regulations, 14 CFR §385.30, m ay file t h eir petitions wit h in seven (7) d a y s after the date

of issuance of this Notice. This action was effective when taken, and t h e filing of a petition for r e view

will not alter such ef f ectiveness.

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