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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 nd i c a t ed ( no

a d d i ti o nal c o n f i r m i ng o r der wi l l be i ss ue d i n t h i s m a tt e r )

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A pp l i c a t i on of MESA AIRLINES, INC. (Mesa)

, f i l ed 10/14 /14 f o r :

XX Exemption for two years under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 to provide the following service:

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 (1) Dallas/Ft. Worth

, T e x a s , and

Leon/Guanajuato , Me x i co ; and (2) Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas, and Queretaro, Mexico. 1 2 3

A pp li c ant R ep r ese n t a ti v e s : Robert E. Cohn and Patrick R. Rizzi (202) 637

- 4999 /5659

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

- 2512

D I S P O S I T I O N

XX G ran t ed, su b j e c t t o c o nd i t i ons ( s e e b e l o w )

T he abo v e a c t i on g r an t i ng e xe m p ti on a u t h o r i t y w as e ff ec t i v e w hen t a k en: October 24 , 2014

, t h r ou g h October 24

, 2016

.

A c ti on t aken b y: P a ul L

. G re t ch, D i r e c t o r

O ff i ce o f I n t e rna t i on a l A v i a t i on

XX T he au t ho r it y g ran te d i s c ons i s t e n t w i t h t h e a v i a t i on a g re e m e n t b et w een t he U n i t ed S t a t es and

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### E x ce pt to the e x t e nt e x e mpt e d or w a iv e d, this a u t ho r i t y is subj ec t to the t e r ms, c onditions, a nd limit a tions

in d i ca t e d:

XX T he ho l d e r ’ s ce r t i f i ca t e s o f pu b l i c co n ven i en c e and ne c es s it y

XX S t andard E x e m p ti o n C ond i t i ons ( a t t ac h ed)

_________________________________________________________________________________________________ R emarks: We acted on this application without awaiting expiration of the 15

- day answer period with the consent of all

parties served.

Under the U.S.

- Mexico aviation agreement, two U.S. carriers may be designated to provide own

- aircraft scheduled

foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail in the Dallas/Ft. Worth

- Leon/Guanajuato and Dallas/ Ft. Worth

Queretaro markets

. Currently, American Airlines, Inc. (American) and Envoy Air Inc. (Envoy) are designated to provide

Dallas/Ft. Worth

- Leon/Guanajuato service and Envoy is designated to provide Dallas/ Ft. Worth

- Queretaro service. The

applicant state s that it intend s to replace the “ American Eagle” brand service provided by Envoy in the Dallas/Ft. Worth

Leon/Guanajuato market with “American Eagle” brand service provided by Mesa beginning on or about November 6

, 2014

. The applicant requests that Envoy’s designation for Dallas/Ft. Wort h

- Leon/Guanajuato be re

- designated to Mesa

1 Mesa states that it will operate under the “American Eagle” brand and display the “AA” designator code of American Airlines, Inc.

in the su bject markets beginning on or a b o ut November 6, 2014.

2 American holds certificate authority to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail in the Da llas/Ft.

Worth

- Leon/Guanajuato market using its own aircraft and by placing its code on services provided by Envoy Air, Inc. (Envoy). See

Orders 2011

- 6

- 11 and 2014

- 4

- 13. Mesa states that it intends to replace the American Eagle service currently provided by Envoy in

the Dallas/Ft. Worth

- Leon/Guanajuato market.

3 On October 16, 2014, American filed an applic ation in Docket DOT

- OST

- 2014

- 0180 to provide scheduled foreign air transportation

of persons, property and mail in the Dallas/Ft. Worth

- Queretaro market by plac ing its code on Mesa flights. We are acting on that

application concurrently.without an interruption in service.

E ff e c t i ve D a t e f o r S t a r t

- u p / D e s i gna t i o n : American may be g i n m a r k e ti ng and s e l li ng t he su b j e c t Mesa s e r v i c e s

a u t ho r i z ed he r e, but Mesa can n ot co m m ence Dallas/Ft. Worth

- Leon/Guanajuato s e r v i ces un t i l N o v e m ber 6 , 2014.

T he ap p l i ca n t s t a t e s t h at the “American Eagle” brand service operated by Envoy in the Dallas/ Ft. Worth

Leon/Guanajuato market wi l l be r e p l a ced w it h “ American Eagle ” brand service operated by Mesa co m m enc i ng on or

about N o v e m ber 6 , 2014. U n der t he c i r cu m s t an c es p r e s en t ed i n t h i s cas e

, i n c l u d i ng t he f a ct t h a t no p a rt y opp o sed t he

app l i c a t i on, w e ha v e de c i d e d t h a t i t i s i n t h e pu b li c i n t er est t o g r a n t Mesa t he r eq u es t ed e x e m p ti on a u t ho r it y

. I n t h i s

r e g a r d, w e w il l w it h d r aw t he de s i g na t i o n of Envoy e f f ec t i v e upon t he d ep a rt ur e of it s l a st sch e du l ed f li g h t i n t he

Dallas/Ft. Worth

- Leon/Guanajuato m a r k e t , but i n no c ase e f f e c ti v e l a t er t han 11 : 5 9 PM o n November 5

, 2014, and

des i g na t e Mesa f or Dallas/Ft. Worth

- Leon/Guanajuato s e r v i ces e f f e c ti v e N o v e m ber 6 , 2014

. 4

C ond i t i on s : T he U .S.

- Mex i co exe m p ti on au t ho r it y g r an t ed i s su b j e c t t o t h e d o r m ancy no t i ce r eq u ir e m en t s s e t f o r t h

i n c o nd i t i on 7 of A p p en d i x A of O r der 88

- 1 0

- 2. C ons i s t ent w it h our s t an d a r d po l i c y

, t he d o r m ancy no ti c e p e ri od w il l

be g i n on N o v e m ber 6

, 2014, Mesa’s p r opo s ed s t a rt

- up da t e f o r t he su b j e ct s e r v i ces.

The code

- share operations conducted under this authorization are subject to the following conditions:

(a) The code

- share operations conducted under this authority must comply with 14 CFR 257 and with any

amendment to the Department’s regulations concerning code

- share arrangements that may be adopted.

Notwithstanding any provisions in the contract between the carriers, our approval here is expressly

conditioned upon the requirements that the subject foreign air transportation be sold in the name of the carrier

holding out such service in computer reservation systems and elsewhere; that the carrier selling such

transportation (i.e., the c arrier shown on the ticket) accept responsibility for the entirety of the code

- share

journey for all obligations established in its contract of carriage with the passenger; and that the passenger

liability of the operating carrier be unaffected.

(b) The authority granted here is specifically conditioned so that neither American nor Mesa shall give any force

and effect to any contractual provisions between themselves that are contrary to these conditions.

__________________________________________________________________________________________ ______

O n 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 egu l a ti o n s, w e f ound t he app l i ca n t

qu a l i fi e d t o p r o v i de t he e xe m p ti on se r v i c es au t h o ri 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 ac t i on w a s

co n s i s t e n t wi t h D epa r t m ent po l i c y ; ( 2 ) g r a nt of t he a u t ho r it y w as con s i s t ent w it h t h e pu b l i c i n t e r e s t ; and ( 3 ) g r ant of t h e

au t ho r it y w ou l d not con s t it u t e a m a j o r r e g u l a t o r y ac ti on und e r t h e En e r gy Po l i cy and C ons e r v a ti o n A ct o f 1975. T o t h e

e x t e n t n ot g r an t ed, w e d en i ed a l l r e ques t s i n t h e r e f e r e n ced D oc k e t

. W e m ay 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 a t any ti m e w it h out hea r i ng at o u r 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 not a l t er s uch e f f e c ti v ene s s.

A n e l e c t r on i c v e r s i on o f t h i s docu m ent i s a v a i l a b l e on t he W o rl d W i de W eb a t :

www .regu l a t i ons.g o v

4 We note that th ere is currently one available designation for own

- aircraft Dallas/Ft. Worth

- Queretaro service, and we will designate

Mesa for its proposed service. We will also provide the necessary notification to the Government of Mexico confirming Americ an’s

authorit y to provide the proposed code

- share services in both of the subject markets.ATTAC H M ENT

U .S. C arr i e r E x e m p t i on C ond i t i ons

I n t he condu c t of t he op e r a t i ons au t h o r i z ed, t h e U .S. c a rr i er ap p li c an t ( s ) sh a l l :

( 1) H o l d a t a l l ti m es e ff e c ti v e ope r a ti ng au t ho r it y f r om t he g o v e r n m ent of e ach c o un tr y s e r v ed;

( 2) C o m p l y w it h a p p l i c a b l e r e q u i r e m en t s c o nc e r n i ng o v e r sa l es c o n t a i n e d i n 14 C FR 250 ( f or sche d u l e d

ope r a t i ons, i f au t ho r i z ed ) ;

( 3) C o m p l y w it h t he r eq u i r e m en t s f o r r e po r ti ng d a ta c on t a i ned i n 1 4 C FR 241;

( 4) C o m p l y w it h r eq u ir e men t s f o r m i n i m u m i nsu r a nc e co v e r a g e, and f o r c e r t if y i ng t hat co v e r a g e t o t he

D epa r t m en t , co n t a i ned i n 1 4 C FR 205;

( 5) E x ce p t as sp e c i fi c a l l y exe m p t ed or o t h e r w i s e p r o v i ded f o r i n a D e p a r t m ent O r de r

, c o m p l y w it h t he

r eq u ir e m en t s of 1 4 C FR 2 0 3, con c e r n i ng w a i v er of W a r saw C on v en t i on l i ab i l i t y l i m it s and d e f e n se s ;

( 6) C o m p l y w it h a l l ap p li c ab l e r e q u i r e m en t s o f t h e F e de r a l A v i a t i on A d m i n i s t r a ti on, t he T r ans p o r t a t i on

S ec u r i t y A d m i n i s t r a t i on, a nd wi t h a ll a pp l i ca b l e U .S. G o v e r n m ent r eq u i r e m en t s conc e r n i ng secu r it y

, i n c l u d i n g , but not li m it e d t o , 49 C FR Pa r t 1544. T o as s u r e c o m p li ance wi t h a l l app l i ca b l e U .S.

G o v e r n m ent r e qu i r e m en t s c onc e r n i ng secu r it y

, t h e h o l d e r sh a l l , b e f o r e co m m enc i ng any new se r v i c e

( i n c l u d i ng cha r t er f l i g h t s ) t o or fr om a f o r e i g n a ir p o r t , co n t a ct i t s P r i n c i p a l Sec u r i t y I nspec t or

( PS I ) t o ad v i se t he PSI of it s p l a ns a n d t o f i nd o u t w h e t her t he T r an s po r t a ti on Sec u r i t y A d m i n i s tr a t i on h a s

de t e r m i ned t h at sec u r i t y i s adequ a t e t o a l l ow such a i r p o r t ( s) t o b e s e r v ed;

( 7) C o m p l y w it h s uch o t h e r r e aso n ab l e t e r m s, con d i t i o ns, and li m it a t i ons r eq u i r ed by t he pu b li c i n t e r e s t

as m ay be p r es c ri b ed by t he D epa r t m ent of T r an s po r t a t i on, wi t h a l l ap p l i ca b l e o r d e r s a nd r e g u l a t i o n s of

o t h e r U .S. a g en c i es and c ou rt s, and w it h a l l ap p l i ca b l e l a w s of t he U n i t ed S t a t es.

T he a u t ho r it y g r an t ed s h a l l be e f f e c ti v e o n l y du r i ng t he pe r i od w hen t he ho l der i s i n co m p li an c e wi t h t he

cond i t i ons i m posed abo v e.



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