UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation on March 26, 2010



### NOTICE OF ACTION TAKE N -- DOCKET DOT-OST-2010-0070

________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This serves as notice to the public of th e action described below, taken by the Department official indicated (no additional confirming order will be issued in this matter).

Applicant: AEROLITORAL, S.A. de C.V. D/B/A AEROMEXICO CONNECT (Aerolitoral)

Date Filed: March 19, 2010

Relief requested: Exemption under 49 USC §40109 to permit th e applicant to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, propert y, and mail between Mexico City , Mexico, and Houston, Texas.

Statement of authorization under 14 CFR Part 212 to permit the applicant to display the (AM*) designator code of Aerovias de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (Aeromexico) on flight s operated by Aerolitoral between Mexico City, Mexico, and
Houston, Texas.

Applicant representative: William C. Evans, 410- 827-5074 DOT analyst: Robert J. Finamore, 202-366-2405

Responsive pleadings: None.

DISPOSITION

Action: Approved. Action d ate: March 26, 2010 1

Effective dates of authority granted: The exemption au thority granted to Aerolitoral is effective March 26, 2010, through March 26, 2011. The statement of authorization gr anted to Aerolitoral is eff ective March 26, 2010, and will remain in effect indefinitely, subject to conditions.

Basis for approval (bilateral agreement/reciprocity): Un ited States-Mexico Air Transport Services Agreement.

Except to the extent exempted/waived, this authority is subj ect to the terms, conditions, and limitations of our standard exemption and code-share conditions (attached).

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

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________ Under authority assigned by the Department in its regulations, 14 CFR Part 385, we found that (1) our action was consistent wit h Department policy; (2) the applicant was qualified to perform its proposed operations; (3) grant of the authority was consisten t with the public interest; and (4) grant of the authority would not constitute a majo r regulatory action under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975. To the extent not granted/deferred/dism issed, we denied all requests in the referenced Docket. We may amend, modify, or revoke the authority granted in this Notice at any time without hearing at our discretion.

Persons entitled to petition the Department fo r review of the action set forth in this Notice under the Department’s regulation s, 14 CFR §385.30, may file their petitions within seven (7) days after th e date of issuance of this Notice. This action was effecti ve when taken, and the filing of a petition for review will not alter such effectiveness.

An electronic version of this document is available on the World Wide Web at: http://www.regulations.gov

1 The Department is acting on Aerolitoral’s request prior to the expiration of the 15-day answer period with the consent of all parties served.

### Foreign Carrier Exemption Conditions

In the conduct of the operations authorized , the foreign carrier applicant(s) shall:

(1) Not conduct any operations unless it holds a currently effective authorization from its homeland for such operations, and it has filed a copy of su ch authorization with the Department;

(2) Comply with all applicable requirements of the Fede ral Aviation Administration, the Transportation Security Administration, and with all applicable U.S. Government requirements concerning security, including, but not limited to, 14 CFR Parts 129, 91, and 36 and 49 CFR Part 1546 or 1550, as applicable. To assure compliance with all applicable U.S. Government requirements concerning secur ity, the holder shall, before commencing any new service (including charter flights) from a foreign airport that would be the holder’s last point of departure for the United States, contact its International Industry Representative (IIR) (form erly referred to as International Principal Security Inspector) to advise the IIR 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;

(3) Comply with the requirements for minimum insurance c overage contained in 14 CFR Part 205, and, prior to the commencement of any operations under this authority, file evid ence of such coverage, in the form of a completed OST Form 6411, with the Federal Aviation Administration’s Pr ogram Management Branch (AFS-260), Flight Standards Service (any changes to, or termination of, insu rance also shall be filed with that office);

(4) Not operate aircraft under this authority unless it compli es with operational safety requirements at least equivalent to Annex 6 of the Chicago Convention;

(5) Conform to the airworthiness and airman competency requi rements of its Government for international air services;

(6) Except as specifically exempted or otherwise provided for in a Department Order, comply with the requirements of 14 CFR Part 203, concerning waiver of War saw Convention liability limits and defenses;

(7) Agree that operations under this authority constitute a wa iver of sovereign immunity, for the purposes of 28 U.S.C. 1605(a), but only with respect to those actions or proceedings instituted against it in any court or other tribunal in the United States that are: (a) based on its operations in interna tional air transportation that, according to the contract of carriage, include a point in the United States as a point of or igin, point of destination, or agreed stopping place, or for which the contract of carriage was purchased in the Unite d States; or (b) based on a claim under any international agreement or treaty cognizable in any court or other tri bunal of the United States. In this condition, the term "international air transportation" means "international tran sportation" as defined by the Warsaw Convention, except that all States shall be considered to be High Cont racting Parties for the purpose of this definition;

(8) Except as specifically authorized by the Department, orig inate or terminate all flights to/from the United States in its homeland;

(9) Comply with the requirements of 14 CFR Part 217, concerning the reporting of scheduled, nonscheduled, and charter data;

(10) If charter operations are authorized, except as otherwi se provided in the applicable aviation agreement, comply with the Department's rules governing char ters (including 14 CFR Parts 212 and 380); and

(11) Comply with such other reasonable terms, conditions , and limitations required by the public interest as may be prescribed by the Department, with all applicable orders or regulations of other U.S. agen cies and courts, and with all applicable laws of the United States.

This authority shall not be effective during any period wh en the holder is not in compliance with the conditions imposed above. Moreover, this authority cannot be sold or otherwise transferred without explicit Department approval

under Title 49 of the U.S. Code.

12/2007The code-share operations authorized here a re subject to the following conditions:

(a) The statement of authorization will remain in effect only as long as (i) Aerolitoral and Aeromexico continue to hold the necessary underlying authority to opera te the code-share services at issue, and (ii) the code-share agreement providing for the code -share operations remains in effect.

(b) Aerolitoral and/or Aeromexico must promptly notify the Department if the code-share agreement providing for the code-share operati ons is no longer effective or the carriers decide to cease operating any or all of the approved code-share services. We expect this notification to be received within 10 days of such non-effectiveness or of such decisi on. Such notices should be filed in docket DOT-OST2010-0070.

(c) The code-sharing operations conduc ted under this authority must comply with 14 C.F.R. Part 257 and with any amendments to the Department’s regulations con cerning code-share arrangement s that may be adopted. Notwithstanding any provisions in the contract betw een the carriers, our approval here is expressly conditioned upon the requirements that the subject foreign ai r transportation be sold in the name of the carrier holding out such service in computer reservation syst ems and elsewhere; that the carrier selling such transportation ( i.e., the carrier shown on the ticket) accept respons ibility 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.

(d) The authority granted here is specifically conditioned so that neither Aerolitoral nor Aeromexico shall give any force or effect to any contractual provisions between themselves that are contrary to

these conditions.

We may amend, modify, or revoke this authority at any time without hearing, at our discretion.