UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 

WASHINGTON, DC

Issued by the Department of Transportation on November 7, 2014

 NOTICE OF ACTION TAKEN -- DOCKET DOT-OST-2014-0185

This serves as notice to the public of the action described below, taken by the Department official indicated

(no additional confirming order will be issued in this matter).

Application of Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc. (Polar) filed 10/27/14 for:

XX Allocation of six (6) weekly Hong Kong - Almaty, Kazakhstan all-cargo frequencies, with full fifth freedom 

traffic rights.

Applicant representative: Kevin Montgomery (202) 828-1002

DOT Analyst: Darren Jaffe (202) 366-2512

D I S P O S I T I O N

XX Granted (subject to conditions and remarks, see below)

The above action was effective when taken: November 7, 2014, 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 and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of 

the People’s Republic of China.1

Except to the extent exempted or waived, this authority is subject to the terms, conditions, and limitations indicated: 

XX Holder’s certificates of public convenience and necessity

Remarks: We acted on this application without awaiting expiration of the 15-day answer period with the 

consent of all parties served with the application.

Conditions: Consistent with our standard practice in awarding frequencies, we will allow a 10-day leeway in

the proposed start-up date for Polar. We will allow Polar to inaugurate service with the frequencies allocated 

here within 10 days of November 7, 2014 (i.e., by November 17, 2014). Failure to inaugurate service with a

newly allocated frequency by November 17, 2014, will result in the unused frequency reverting to the

Department.

In addition, consistent with our standard practice, the allocated frequencies are subject to a dormancy condition. 

Under this dormancy condition, if any frequency allocated here is not used for a period of 90 days (once inaugurated

 1 Under the Memorandum of Understanding between the United States and Hong Kong, U.S. all-cargo carriers are limited to a total of 

64 weekly fifth-freedom frequencies. With our action here, two frequencies remain available for allocation, and one weekly frequency

remains available under the Hong Kong-Almaty point cap of seven frequencies.
and for any reason other than seasonal use), the allocation with respect to that frequency would expire automatically

and the frequency would revert to the Department.

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) grant 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 authority

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 within seven (7) days after the date of issuance of this Notice. This

action was effective 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