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### I ss u e d b y the D e p ar tm e n t of T ra nspo r t a tion on November 7 , 2014

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T h i s s e r v es a s n o t i ce t o t h e pub l i c o f t h e a c t i on d e sc r i b ed b e l o w

, t a k en by t he D e p a rt m ent o f f i c i al i nd i c a t ed

( no a d d i ti o nal c o n f i r m i ng o r der wi l l be i ss ue d i n t h i s m a tt e r )

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A pp li c a t i on o f Polar Air Cargo Worldwide, Inc. (Polar ) f il ed 10/27/14 f o r :

X X Allocation of s ix (6) weekly Hong Kong

- Almaty, Kazakhstan all

- cargo frequencies , with full fifth freedom

traffic rights.

A pp li c ant r e p r e se n t a t i v e: Kevin Montgomery (202 ) 828

- 1002

DO T A na l y s t : Darren Jaffe (202) 366

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D I S P O S I T I O N

X X Granted ( su b j e c t t o c ond i ti o n s and remarks

, s ee b e l o w )

T he abo v e a c t i on w as e f f e c ti v e w hen t a k en: November 7 , 2014

, a nd wi l l r e m a i n i n e f f ect i n d e f i n i t e l y , su b j e ct

t o t he con d i t i ons b e l o w

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### 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 t o t he ex t ent exe m p t ed or w a i v ed, t h i s au t ho r it y i s s u b j ect t o t he t e r m s, cond i t i ons, and li m it a t i ons i nd i c a t e d :

X X H o l de r ’ s c e r t i f i ca t es o f pub l i c conve n i ence and ne c es s i t y

R e m ar k s: We a c t ed on t h i s ap p li c a t i on w it h o ut a w a i t i ng exp ir a t i on of t h e 15

- day answer pe r i od wi t h t he

conse n t o f a l l p a r t i es s e r v ed w it h t he app l i c a t i on.

C ond i t i ons: C on s i s t e n t wi t h o u r s t and a r d p r a c t i ce i n a w a r d i ng f r eq u en c i es, w e wi l l a l l ow a 10

- day l ee w ay i n

t he p r op o sed s t a r t

- up da t e f o r Polar

. W e w i l l a l l ow Polar t o i n a u g u r a t e se r v i ce w i t h t h e fr e q uen c i e s a l l o c a t ed

h e r e w it h i n 10 d a y s of November 7 , 201 4 ( i

. e. , by November 1 7 , 20 1 4 )

. F a i l u r e t o i nau g u r a t e se r v i c e wi t h a

n e w l y a ll o c a t ed fr e q u ency b y November 17 , 201 4

, w i l l r esu l t i n t h e un u sed fr e q uency r e v e r t i ng t o t h e

D epa r t m en t

.

I n add iti on, con s i s t e n t wi t h our s t an d a r d p r a c t i ce, t h e a l l oc a t ed f r eque n c i es a r e su b j ect t o a do r m ancy cond i t i on.

U nd e r t h i s do r m ancy cond i t i on, i f any f r eq u ency a l l oc a t ed h e r e i s not u sed f or a pe r i od of 90 da y s ( once i n au g u r a t ed

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 frequenc y

remai n s available under the Hong Kong

- Almaty point cap of seven frequencies.and for any reason other than seasonal use ), t h e a l l o c a t i on wi t h r es p e c t t o t h a t f r eq u ency w ou l d e xp i r e au t o m a ti c a ll y

and t he fr e q uency w ou l d r e v e r t t o t he D ep a rt m ent.

U nder a u t h o r i t y as s i g ned b y t he D epa r t m ent i n i t s r e g u l a ti o n s, 14 C FR P a r t 385, w e f ound t h a t ( 1) o ur ac t i on w a s

co n s i s t e n t wi t h D epa r t m ent po l i c y ; ( 2 ) g r a nt of t he a u t ho r it y w as con s i s t ent w it h t h e pu b l i c i n t e r e s t ; and ( 3 ) g r ant of t h e

au t ho r it y w ou l d not con s t it u t e a m a j o r r e g u l a t o r y ac ti on und e r t h e En e r g y Po l i cy and C ons e r v a ti o n A ct o f 1975. T o t h e

e x t e n t n ot g r an t ed, w e d en i ed a l l r e ques t s i n t h e r e f e r e n ced D oc k e t . We m ay a m end, m od if y , or r e v o k e t he a u t h o r i t y

g r an t ed i n t h is N o t i ce a t any ti m e w it h out hea r i ng at o u r d i s c r e ti o n

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Pe r so n s e n t i t l ed t o p e t i t i on t he D e p a r t m ent f o r r e v i ew of t h e a c t i on s et f o r t h i n t h i s N o t i ce u n der t he D epa r t m en t’ s

r e g u l a ti o n s, 1 4 C FR §385.30, m ay fil e t h e i r pe t i t i o n s wi t h i n se v en (7 ) da y s a f t e r t h e d a t e of i ss u ance of t h i s N o t i c e. T h i s

a c t i on w as e f f e c ti v e w h e n t a k en, a n d t h e f i l i ng of a pe t i t i on f or r e v i ew wi l l not a l t er s uch e f f e c ti v ene s s.

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