BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

__________________________________________

 ) 

Application of ) 

 ) 

MITCHELL ENTERPRISES LIMITED ) 

D/B/A REGIONAL AIR SERVICES ) DOCKET DOT-OST-2008-0319 

 ) 

for an exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 ) 

(Bahamas-Florida charters) ) 

__________________________________________)

APPLICATION OF MITCHELL ENTERPRISES LIMITED D/B/A 

REGIONAL AIR SERVICES FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

John R. Mietus, Jr. 

Law Office of John Mietus, LLC 

6701 Democracy Blvd., Suite 300 

Bethesda, MD 20817-7500 

 (202) 747-5212 

 (240) 396-5362 fax 

john@mietuslaw.com 

Counsel for MITCHELL ENTERPRISES 

LIMITED D/B/A REGIONAL AIR SERVICES 

NOTICE: Any person may support or oppose this application by filing an answer 

and serving a copy of the answer on counsel for Regional Air Services and 

upon persons served with this application no later than December 27, 

2010.

December 10, 2010
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

__________________________________________

 ) 

Application of ) 

 ) 

MITCHELL ENTERPRISES LIMITED ) 

D/B/A REGIONAL AIR SERVICES ) DOCKET DOT-OST-2008-0319 

 ) December 10, 2010 

for an exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 ) 

(Bahamas-Florida charters) ) 

__________________________________________)

APPLICATION OF MITCHELL ENTERPRISES LIMITED D/B/A 

REGIONAL AIR SERVICES FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION

 Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109(c), Mitchell Enterprises Limited d/b/a Regional 

Air Services (“Regional Air”) respectfully requests renewal of the above-captioned 

exemption, granted by Notice of Action Taken dated December 17, 2009 (the “Notice”), 

for an additional, one-year period. The Notice permits Regional Air to engage in charter 

foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between a point or points in the 

Bahamas and a point or points in Florida, and other charters pursuant to 14 CFR Part 212 

of the Department’s regulations, using small aircraft. Regional Air intends to invoke the 

automatic extension provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 558(c) and Part 377 of the Department's 

Special Regulations. In support of this application, Regional Air states as follows:

 1. Regional Air is a Bahamian flag carrier and operates Bahamas-U.S. charter 

service under the above-captioned charter authority. It remains licensed by the Bahamian 

Department of Civil Aviation to perform charter air transportation, and Bahamas-U.S. charter 

operations remain governed by principles of comity and reciprocity that support the 

Department’s continued grant of authority. See, e.g., Sky Bahamas Airline, Notice of Action 
 - 2 - Regional Air 

 Renewal Application 

Taken dated November 12, 2009 in Docket OST-2003-15552. 

 2. Under 49 U.S.C. § 40109(c), the Department may grant an exemption if it finds 

that such a grant is consistent with the public interest. In issuing the Notice, the Department 

recognized that the licensing of Regional Air by its homeland government to operate as a 

charter air carrier is sufficient under the U.S.-Bahamas aviation relationship to justify 

exemption authority. The same findings remain warranted today. Moreover, the public 

interest is clearly served by maintaining a variety of competitive air service options between 

Florida and the Bahamas. 

 WHEREFORE, Mitchell Enterprises Limited d/b/a Regional Air Services (“Regional 

Air”) respectfully requests that the Department renew the above-captioned exemption and 

grant such other relief as may be necessary or proper. 

Respectfully submitted, 

John R. Mietus, Jr. 

LAW OFFICE OF JOHN MIETUS, LLC 

 6701 Democracy Boulevard, Suite 300 

Bethesda, MD 20817 

(202) 747-5212 

 john@mietuslaw.com 

Counsel for MITCHELL ENTERPRISES LIMITED 

 D/B/A REGIONAL AIR SERVICES

December 10, 2010
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that I have, this 10th day of December, 2010 caused a copy of the 

foregoing Application for Renewal to be served by electronic mail on the following 

persons:

efaberman@wrf.comforAirTran

carl.nelson@aa.comforAmericanandAmericanEagle

jrichardson@johnlrichardson.comforAmerijet

pmurphy@lopmurphy.comforArrowCargo

recohn@hhlaw.comforAtlanticSoutheastandShuttleAmerica

hkamen@coair.comforContinentalandContinentalConnection

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.comforDeltaandDeltaConnection

john.palo@evergreenairlines.comforEvergreen

dhacke@gulfstreamair.comforGulfstreamIntlAirlines

jhill@dowlohnes.comforJetBlue

jamestello@earthlink.netforMiamiAir

jyoung@yklaw.comforSpirit

john.fredericksen@suncountry.comforMN(SunCountry)

jeffrey.manley@united.comforUnited

dvaughan@kelleydrye.comforUPS

howard_kass@usairways.comforUSAirways

sharfst@usa3000airlines.comforUSA3000

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John R. Mietus, Jr. 

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