UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, DC



### Issued by the Department of Transportation on July 19, 2010

NOTICE OF ACTION TAKEN -- DOCKET DOT-OST-2010-0182

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This serves as notice to the public of the action d escribed below, taken by the Department official indicated (no additional confirming orde r will be issued in this matter).

Application of POLAR AIR CARGO WORLDWIDE, INC. (Polar) filed 7/12/10 for:

XX Allocation of one (1) weekly Hong Kong-Manama , Bahrain frequency with full fifth-freedom traffic rights. 1

Applicant rep: Kevin Montgomery (202) 828-1002 DOT Analyst: Thuy H. Cooper (202) 366-5423

D I S P O S I T I O N

XX Granted (subject to conditions, see below) 2

The above action was effective when taken: July 19, 2010

, and will remain in effect indefinitely, subject

to the conditions below.

Action taken by: Paul L. Gretch, Director
Office of International Aviation

XX The authority granted is consistent with the October 19, 2002, Memorandum of Understanding
between the Government of the United States a nd the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.

Except to the extent exempted or waived, this authorit y is subject to the terms, conditions, and limitations

indicated: XX Holder’s certificates of public convenience and necessity

Conditions: Consistent with our standard practice, the freque ncy allocated here is subject to our standard 90-day dormancy condition, wherein any frequency not operated for a period of 90 days (once inaugurated and for any reason other than seasonal use) , will be deemed dormant and the allocation as to that frequency will expire automatically and the frequency will revert to the Department for reallocation. If Polar does not begin service with the allocated frequency within 90 days of August 2, 2010, the unused frequency will automatically revert to the Department for reallocation



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Remarks: We acted on this application prior to the expirati on of the answer period with the consent of all parties served.

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1 Polar states that it intends to commence operations on August 2, 2010.

2 Under the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, U.S. all-cargo carriers are limited to a total of 64 weekly fifth-freedom frequencies. With our action here, 10 frequencies remain available for allocation.Under authority assigned by the Department in its regulations, 14 CFR Part 385, we found that (1) our action was consistent with Department policy; (2) gr ant of the authority was consistent with the public interest; and (3) grant of the authority would not constitute a major regulatory action under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975. To the extent not granted, we denied all requests in the referenced

Docket. We may amend, modify, or revoke the authorit y granted in this Notice at any time without hearing at our discretion.

Persons entitled to petition the Department for review of the action set forth in this Notice under the Department’s regulations, 14 CFR §385.30, may file their petitions with in seven (7) days after the date of

issuance of this Notice. This action was effective wh en taken, and the filing of a petition for review will

not alter such effectiveness.

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