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- 2011

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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 o f A M E R I CAN A I RL I NE S, I NC. ( A m e r i c an ) f i l ed 7 / 1 2 / 1 3 f o r:

X X Renewal of e xe m p ti on f o r A m e ri c an f o r t w o y e a r s un d er 4 9 U .S. C . 40109 t o p r o v i d e t h e f o ll o w i ng se r v i c e s:

Sche d u l ed f ore i g n a i r t r a n s por t a ti on o f per s o n s , pr o p e r t y and m a i l be t w een po i n t s w it h i n E cu a dor, on a code

s ha r e

- on l y ba si s on L A N E cua d or f li gh ts

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A pp li c ant r e p resentative : Francis C. Heil (202) 496

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

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X X Approved ( su b j e c t t o con d i t i ons, see b e l o w )

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T he abo v e a c t i on g r an t i ng renewal of e xe m p ti on a u t h o r i t y t o A m e ri c an i s e ff e c t i v e w hen t a k en: August 20 , 2013

,

t h r ou g h August 20 , 2015

.

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

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

O ff i ce o f In t er n a t i onal A v i a ti on

X X The au t ho r it y gra n t e d i s c ons i s t e n t w i t h t h e U.S.

- Ecuador Air Transport Agreement of 1986 , as modified

.

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 A m e ri c a n ’ s ce r t i f

i c a t es of pub l i c con v en i e nce a n d nec e s s it y

X X S t and a r d U .S. e xe m p ti on con d i t i o n s ( a t t ac h ed as A ppend i x A )

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On the basis of data officially noticeable under Rule 24(g) of the Department’s regulations, we found American

qu 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 nd e r a u t h o r i t y ass i g ned by t he D epa r t m ent i n i t s r e g u l a t i o ns,

14 C FR P a r t 3 85, w e f o und t h at ( 1) our ac t i on i n t h i s n o t i ce w as con s i s t e n t w it h D e p a r t m ent po l i c y ; (2 ) g r ant o f t he

a u t h o r i t y w as cons i s t ent w it h t h e pu b l ic i n t e r e s t ; and ( 3) g r a n t o f t he a u t h o r i t y w ou l d n o t c o n s t i t u t e a m a j o r f e de r al

ac t i o n und e r t h e En e r g y Po li cy and C ons e r v a ti o n A ct of 1975.

T o t he ex t ent not g r a n t ed or d i s m i sse d

, w e de n i ed a l l re ques t s i n t h e r e f e r e n ced D o c k e t . We 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 he a ri ng at o u r d i s c r e t i on.

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.

An elect ro n ic v e r s i o n o f t h i s do c u m e n t is a v aila b le o n t h e W or ld W i d e W eb at:

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U. S . Ca rr i e r E x e m p t ion Co nd i t io n s

I n the c ondu c t of t h e op e ra tions a utho r i z e d, the U

. S

. carr i e r a ppli ca nt ( s ) sh a ll:

( 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 on t 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 e r ning w a iv e r of W ar s a w C onv e ntion li a bili t y limits a nd d efe n s 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 o n c er ning s ec u r i t y , the hold e r sh 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 ( in c ludi n g c h a r t e r

f li g hts) to or f r om a f o re i g n a i rpo r t, c ont a c t its P r in c ip a l S ec u r i t y I nsp e c tor ( P S I ) to a dvi s e the PS I o f its pl a ns

a nd to f ind out wh e th e r the T ra 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 ch a i rpo 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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