Order 2011-11-32

Served: November 28, 2011

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation

on the 28th day of November, 2011

Application of

VPAA CO.

for the reissuance of its commuter air carrier 

authorization

Docket DOT-OST-2011-0198

ORDER REISSUING COMMUTER AIR CARRIER AUTHORIZATION

On October 28, 2011, VPAA Co. (“VPAA”), a U.S. commuter air carrier1, filed an application 

in Docket DOT-OST-2011-0198 requesting reissuance of its commuter authorization in the name 

of “Silver Airways Corp.” VPAA states that it now wishes to change its corporate name to better 

harmonize the company’s corporate and business names. Moreover, the air carrier states that this 

is a change in corporate name only and does not constitute a change in operations, ownership, or 

management and that the change in the corporate name was accomplished on November 1, 2011, 

by an amendment to its articles of incorporation. Furthermore, the air carrier states that it will 

continue to perform some of its operations using the trade names “Gulfstream International 

Airlines,” “Island Air,” “Continental Connection,” and “United Express,” and also wishes to 

register the new trade names “Silver Airways” and “Go Silver.”

Part 215 of the Department’s regulations provides that any air carrier wishing to change its name 

must first register that name with the Department. The rule further states that the Department 

may register such name after the air carrier gives notification to similarly named air carriers of 

the proposed use of the name. In this case, there are no similarly named air carriers.

By this order, we reissue the Commuter Air Carrier Authorization held by VPAA to reflect the 

change in corporate name. 

ACCORDINGLY, Pursuant to authority assigned by the Department in its regulations, 

14 CFR 385.12:

1. We reissue the Commuter Air Carrier Authorization issued to VPAA CO., by Order 2011-4-

28, to reflect its new corporate name, “Silver Airways Corp.,” in the form and subject to the 

terms, conditions, and limitations attached, authorizing it to engage in scheduled passenger 

operations as a commuter air carrier.

2. We authorize Silver Airways Corp. to use “Silver Airways” and “Go Silver” as trade names.

 1 See Order 2011-4-28.
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3. We will serve a copy of this order on the persons listed in Attachment A. 

Persons entitled to petition the Department for review of this order under the Department’s 

Regulations, 14 CFR 385.30, may file their petitions within 10 days of this service date of this 

order. 

This action taken by this order is effective immediately and the filing of a petition for review 

shall not alter its effectiveness.

By:

TODD M. HOMAN

Director

Office of Aviation Analysis

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

http://www.regulations.gov
Commuter Air Carrier Authorization 

This Certifies That

SILVER AIRWAYS CORP.

(as reissued)

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

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

Terms, Conditions, and Limitations, to engage in scheduled passenger air 

transportation operations as a commuter air carrier. 

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

Transportation.

 

 

By Direction of the Secretary

Issued by Order 2011-11-32 Todd M. Homan

On November 28, 2011 Director

Effective on November 28, 2011 Office of Aviation Analysis 
Attachment 

As reissued by Order 2011-11-32*

Terms, Conditions, and Limitations

SILVER AIRWAYS CORP. 

is authorized to engage in scheduled passenger air transportation operations as a commuter air carrier.

This authority is subject to the following provisions:

(1) The holder shall at all times conduct its operations in accordance with the requirements of 14 

CFR Part 298 and any other regulations prescribed by the Department of Transportation for the services 

authorized here, and with such other reasonable terms, conditions, and limitations as the Department of 

Transportation may prescribe in the public interest.

(2) The holder may not operate aircraft designed to have a maximum passenger capacity of more than 

60 seats or a maximum payload capacity of more than 18,000 pounds.

(3) The holder's authority 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.∗∗

(4) The holder shall at all times remain a "Citizen of the United States" as required by 49 U.S.C. 

40102(a)(15).

(5) The holder shall maintain in effect liability insurance coverage as required under 14 CFR Part 

205. Failure to maintain such insurance coverage will render this authority 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 authority.

(6) The holder may reduce or terminate service at any point or between any two points, subject to 

compliance with the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 41734 and all orders and regulations issued by the 

Department of Transportation under that section.

(7) The holder may not provide scheduled passenger air transportation to or from Dallas (Love 

Field), Texas, except within the limits set forth in section 29 of the International Air Transportation 

Competition Act of 1979, as amended or as modified by any future legislation addressing access 

restrictions to or from Love Field.

 

* This order is being issued to reflect a change in the company’s corporate name from “VPAA Co.” to “Silver 

Airways Corp.”

∗∗ 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.
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(8) 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.

(9) In the event that the holder does not commence actual flying operations as a commuter air carrier 

under this authority within one year of the date of the Department's determination of its fitness, its 

commuter authority shall be revoked for dormancy. Further, in the event that the holder commences but 

subsequently ceases all scheduled passenger operations, the authority granted here 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 such operations within one year of its cessation, its commuter authority shall be revoked for 

dormancy.
ATTACHMENT A

SERVICE LIST FOR SILVER AIRWAYS CORP.

MR DAVID HERNANDEZ

VEDDER PRICE

1401 I STREET SUITE 1100

WASHINGTON DC 20005

OFFICE OF AIRLINE INFORMATION

DOT/RSPA/BTS E-36 

1200 NEW JERSEY AVE SE

WASHINGTON DC 20590

MR DARRELL RICHARDSON

SILVER AIRWAYS CORP

1100 LEE WAGENER BLVD 

SUITE 207

FORT LAUDERDALE FL 33315

ROSENDO RIGAU

FAA

2895 SW 145th STREET

SUITE 120

MIRAMAR FL 33027

 

MR PETER LYNCH AGC-300

FAA ASST CHIEF COUNSEL

FOR ENFORCEMENT

800 INDEPENDENCE AVE SW

WASHINGTON DC 20591