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1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E.

Washington, DC 20590

February 27,2014

Mr. John R. Mietus, Jr.

Counsel for Orange Air, Inc.

6701 Democracy Blvd., Suite 300

Bethesda, MD 20817-7500

Dear Mr. Mietus:

This letter references your February 19, 2014, request submitted to the Department on

behalf of Orange Air, Inc. ("Orange Air"), for a waiver from the dormancy provisions of

§204.7(a) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations. That section provides that-

"an air carrier that has not commenced any type of air transportation

operations for which it was found fit, willing, and able within one year of

the date of that finding, or an air carrier that, for any period of one year after

the date of such a finding, has not provided any type of air transportation for

which that kind of finding is required, is deemed no longer to continue to be

fit to provide the air transportation for which it was found fit and,

accordingly, its authority to provide such air transportation shall be

revoked."

As you are aware, by Order 2011-11-31, issued November 28,2011, the Department found

Orange Air fit to engage in interstate and foreign charter passenger operations. The

effectiveness of the air carrier's authority was conditioned upon Orange Air fulfilling a

number of conditions, including providing us with a copy of its Air Carrier Certificate and

Operations Specifications issued by the Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA")

authorizing such operations. Order 2011-11-31 gave Orange Air until November 28,2012,

to make its authority effective, otherwise, the air carrier would be subject to the revocation

for dormancy provisions of §204.7(a). Subsequently, on November 27, 2012,

March 29, 2013, July 31,2013, and December 6,2013, the Department granted Orange Air

waivers from the dormancy provisions, giving the air carrier additional time to commence

operations, with the most recent waiver expiring on February 28, 2014.

In your February 19 letter, you indicate that Orange Air continues to work closely with the

FAA, and the air carrier is in its final stages of the FAA certification process; however, the

air carrier is unable to commence operations by February 28,2014. Thdrefore, Orange Air
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requests that the Department grant the air carrier a waiver from §204.7(a) until April 30,

2014, to commence operations.

In consultation with the FAA, the agency has assured us that Orange Air continues to make

satisfactory progress towards certification. Also, the FAA confirmed that Orange Air has

successfully completed the aircraft conformity process and that the air carrier is expected to

commence proving runs within the next couple of weeks. Under these circumstances, we

find it appropriate to grant Orange Air's request for an extension. Thus, we grant Orange

Air a waiver from §204.7(a). This waiver will expire on April 30, 2014.

If you have any questions regarding this matter, please feel free to contact me

at (202) 366-9721.

Lau Remo

Chief, Air Carrier Fitness Division

cc: Dockets DOT-OST-2011-0073 and DOT-OST-2011-0074

Mr. Jeffrey Hipps

Mr. Charley Beers

FAA Orlando CMO-29

5950 Hazeltine National Dr.

Orlando, FL 32822