Order: 2014-4-13

Served: April 15, 2014

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation

on the 15th day of April, 2014

Application of 

AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES, INC.

for registration of trade name and reissuance 

of certificates of public convenience and necessity

under 49 U.S.C. § 41102

 Docket DOT-OST-2014-0027

 Docket DOT-OST-2011-0076

ORDER 

On February 7, 2014, American Eagle Airlines, Inc. (“American Eagle Airlines”), filed an 

application in Docket DOT-OST-2014-0027 requesting that the Department reissue its 

certificates of public convenience and necessity and certain other authorities currently issued to 

the company in the corporate name Envoy Air Inc. (“Envoy Air”). Specifically, American Eagle 

Airlines requests that the Department reissue its interstate certificate issued by Order 98-4-24 

and its foreign certificates for Routes 537, 905, and 906, issued by Orders 98-5-12, 2011-8-9, 

and 2011-11-19, respectively. American Eagle Airlines also requests that the Department reissue 

its small-aircraft designations.

1 The company states that this request is for a change in corporate 

name only and does not constitute a change in the air carrier’s operations, ownership, or 

management. The change in name is expected to occur on April 15, 2014. 

By letter dated March 12, 2014, American Eagle Airlines also requested that the Department 

register to Envoy Air the trade name “American Eagle” for use in connection with the services 

that Envoy Air will perform on behalf of American Airlines, Inc.

Part 215 of the Department’s regulations provides that any air carrier wishing to change its name 

must first register that name with the Department. The rule further states that the Department 

may register such name after the air carrier gives notification to similarly named air carriers of 

the proposed use of the name. In this case, we identified no similarly named air carriers.

Therefore, by this order, we (1) revise American Eagle Airlines’ interstate certificate to reflect 

the company’s new corporate name; (2) revise American Eagle Airlines’ foreign certificates to 

 1 In accordance with 14 CFR § 206.5, American Eagle Airlines currently operates small aircraft in several 

U.S.-Mexico city-pair markets. As requested in the instant Docket, we will withdraw the designation of American 

Eagle Airlines and designate Envoy Air for those routes (See Attachment C). We will also post notice of our action 

in the Mexico Procedural Docket, Docket DOT-OST-2011-0076. 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
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reflect the change in corporate name; and (3) register the trade name “American Eagle” for use 

by Envoy Air in certain of its air transportation operations. 

ACCORDINGLY, Pursuant to authority assigned by the Department in its regulations, 

14 CFR 385.12:

1. We revise in the name Envoy Air Inc., the interstate certificate of public convenience and 

necessity issued to American Eagle Airlines, Inc., by Order 98-4-24 in the form attached and 

subject to the terms, conditions, and limitations authorizing it to engage in interstate air 

transportation of persons, property, and mail (See Attachment A).

2. We revise the foreign certificates of public convenience and necessity issued to American 

Eagle Airlines, Inc., by Order 98-5-12 (Route 537), Order 2011-8-9 (Route 905), and Order 

2011-11-19 (Route 906) to reflect the corporate name change of the certificate holder from 

American Eagle Airlines, Inc., to Envoy Air Inc. (See Attachment B). 

3. We revise all other economic authorities issued to American Eagle Airlines, Inc., by 

changing the name of the holder to Envoy Air Inc.

4. We register to Envoy Air Inc. the trade name “American Eagle” for use in certain of its 

operations.

5. We will serve a copy of this order on all interested parties. 

Persons entitled to petition the Department for review of this order under the Department’s 

Regulations, 14 CFR 385.30, may file their petitions within 10 days of this service date of this 

order. 

This action taken by this order is effective immediately and the filing of a petition for review 

shall not alter its effectiveness.

By: 

TODD M. HOMAN

Director

Office of Aviation Analysis

An electronic version of this document is available on the World Wide Web at

http://www.regulations.gov
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for

Interstate Air Transportation

(as reissued) 

This Certifies That

ENVOY AIR INC.

is authorized, subject to the provisions of Subtitle VII of Title 49 of United States 

Code, the orders, rules, and regulations issued thereunder, and the attached 

Terms, Conditions, and Limitations, to engage in interstate air transportation of 

persons, property, and mail.

This Certificate is not transferable without the approval of the Department of 

Transportation.

 

 

By Direction of the Secretary

Issued by Order 2014-4-13 Todd M. Homan

On April 15, 2014 Director

Effective on April 15, 2014 Office of Aviation Analysis
Attachment A ∗

As revised by Order-2014-4-13

Terms, Conditions, and Limitations

ENVOY AIR INC.

is authorized to engage in interstate air transportation of persons, property, and mail between any point 

in any State, territory, or possession of the United States or the District of Columbia, and any other 

point in any of those entities.

This authority is subject to the following provisions:

(1) The holder shall at all times conduct its operations in accordance with the regulations 

prescribed by the Department of Transportation for the services authorized by this certificate, and with 

such other reasonable terms, conditions, and limitations as the Department of Transportation may 

prescribe in the public interest.

(2) The holder's authority under this certificate is effective only to the extent that such operations 

are also authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and comply with all U.S. 

Government requirements concerning security, including, but not limited to 49 CFR Part 1544.

∗∗

(3) The holder shall at all times remain a "Citizen of the United States" as required by 49 U.S.C. 

40102(a)(15).

(4) The holder shall maintain in effect liability insurance coverage as required under 14 CFR Part 

205. Failure to maintain such insurance coverage will render a certificate ineffective, and this or other 

failure to comply with the provisions of Subtitle VII of Title 49 of the United States Code or the 

Department's regulations shall be sufficient grounds to revoke this certificate.

(5) The holder is authorized to conduct charter flights in interstate and/or foreign air transportation

in accordance with the provisions of 14 CFR 212. 

(6) The holder may reduce or terminate service at any point or between any two points, subject to 

compliance with the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 41734 and all orders and regulations issued by the 

Department of Transportation under that section.

(7) The holder may not provide scheduled passenger air transportation to or from Dallas (Love 

Field), Texas, except within the limits set forth in section 29 of the International Air Transportation 

 ∗ This certificate is being reissued to reflect the change in the holder’s corporate name from American Eagle 

Airlines, Inc., to Envoy Air Inc. 

∗∗ To assure compliance with all applicable U.S. Government requirements concerning security, the holder shall, 

before commencing any new service (including charter flights) to or from a foreign airport, contact its Principal 

Security Inspector (PSI) to advise the PSI 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.
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Competition Act of 1979, as amended or as modified by any future legislation addressing access 

restrictions to or from Love Field.

(8) Should the holder propose any substantial change in its ownership, management, or operations 

(as defined in 14 CFR 204.2(l)), it must first comply with the requirements of 14 CFR 204.5.

(9) In the event that the holder commences but subsequently ceases all operations for which it was 

found “fit, willing and able,” its authority under this certificate shall be suspended under the terms of 

14 CFR 204.7 and the holder may neither recommence nor advertise such operations unless its fitness to 

do so has been redetermined by the Department. Moreover, if the holder does not resume operations 

within one year of its cessation, its authority shall be revoked for dormancy.
Attachment B ∗

As revised by Order-2014-4-13

AMERICAN EAGLE AIRLINES, INC. 

for Routes 537, 905, and 906

Revise the holder of the certificates to read as follows:

ENVOY AIR INC. 

This revision shall become effective April 15, 2014.

∗ This certificate is being revised to reflect the change in the holder’s corporate name from American 

Eagle Airlines, Inc., to Envoy Air Inc.
Attachment C

Envoy Air Inc. (Envoy Air)

REQUEST FOR DESIGNATION

Docket DOT-OST-2011-0076

We have approved the carrier’s request for authorization to provide direct-carrier (own-aircraft) 

service, using small aircraft (60 seats or less) on the following U.S.-Mexico routes:2

Dallas/Ft. Worth-Aguascalientes

Dallas/Ft. Worth-Hermosillo

Dallas/Ft. Worth–Leon/Guanajuato

Dallas/Ft. Worth-Mazatlan

Dallas/Ft. Worth-Morelia

Dallas/Ft. Worth-Puebla

Dallas/Ft. Worth-Queretaro

Dallas/Ft. Worth-Veracruz

Dallas/Ft. Worth-Zacatecas

Code-Share Conditions: The code-share operations conducted under this approval are subject to the 

following conditions:

(a) The carrier’s compliance with Part 298 of the Department’s regulations, as well as the 

provisions of the aviation agreement between the United States and Mexico.

(b) 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 carrier 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; and

(c) The authority granted here is specifically conditioned so that neither Envoy nor American 

shall give any force or effect to any contractual provisions between themselves that are contrary 

to these conditions.

U.S.-Mexico Dormancy Conditions: The U.S.-Mexico air transportation services approved here are 

subject to the dormancy notice requirements set forth in condition 7 of Appendix A of Order 88-10-2. 

General U.S. Carrier Conditions: In the conduct of the operations approved here, the U.S. carrier shall:

(1) Hold at all times effective operating authority from the government of each country served;

 2 We note that Envoy Air conducts U.S.-Mexico services under the name “American Eagle” under an arrangement 

with American Airlines, Inc. (American) and with US Airways, Inc. (US Airways).
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(2) Comply with applicable requirements concerning oversales contained in 14 CFR 250 (for scheduled 

operations, if authorized);

(3) Comply with requirements for minimum insurance coverage, and for certifying that coverage to the 

Department, contained in 14 CFR 205;

(4) Except as specifically exempted or otherwise provided for in a Department Order, comply with the 

requirements of 14 CFR 203, concerning waiver of Warsaw Convention liability limits and defenses;

(5) Comply with all applicable requirements of the Federal Aviation Administration, the Transportation 

Security Administration, and with all applicable U.S. Government requirements concerning security, 

including, but not limited to, 49 CFR Part 1544. To assure compliance with all applicable U.S. 

Government requirements concerning security, the holder shall, before commencing any new service 

(including charter flights) to or from a foreign airport, contact its Principal Security Inspector (PSI) to 

advise the PSI 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; and

(6) Comply with such other reasonable terms, conditions, and limitations required by the public interest 

as may be prescribed by the Department of Transportation, with all applicable orders and regulations of 

other U.S. agencies and courts, and with all applicable laws of the United States.

The authority approved shall be effective only during the period when the holder is in compliance with 

the conditions imposed above.