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12 July 2011 lAtu2l257tJE Assistant

General Counsel for Aviation

Enforcement

and Proceedings C-70U.S.

Department

of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE. RoomW96-322 Washington,

DC 20590. Dear Sir
PART

382 - REQUEST

FOR WAIVER

- 14 CFR

382.117
Pursuant

to 14 C.F.R.

S 382.9,

Malaysian

Airline System Berhad ("MAS"),

a Malaysian

flag carrier, hereby submits the following

request for a waiver

from complying

with '14C.F.R.

S 382.117,

which would otherwise

require MASto transport

service animals in the cabin

of MAS' aircraft on flights

between

the U.S.and Malaysia. Our request

is based

on a recent

change in Malaysian

lawthat prohibits

directly the carriage

of any live

animal in the cabin

of a Malaysian aircraft. In support

of this conflict-of-law

waiver request, MASsubmits

thefollowing:
Provision

of Part 382 involved:

Section 382.117 (Service Animals) Copv of the foreiqn law involved:

Regulation

76 (1)of the Malaysian Civil Aviation

Regulations, which is attached

as Appendix

A. Description

of how theforeion

lawapplies

and how it precludes

compliance

with Part

382: 1. The application

of Regulation

76(1) is asfollows. a. A person

is not allowed

to carryany live animals in the cabin of a Malaysian aircraft for the purpose

of public transport;

and b. lt also

applies to any aircraft

operated

by or on behalf

of a Malaysian

carrier; and c. The law requires

that any live

animals are to be carried

in the aircraft

cargo hold in accordance

with IATA

Live Animal Regulations. 2. As 14 C.F.R.

S 382.1'17

requires

carriers to permit

service animals to accompany passengers

withdisabilities

in the cabin

of an aircraft,

Malaysian

Regulation

76('1)will directly preclude

us fromcomplying

with section 382.117.

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Alternative

Means of Compliance Notwithstanding

that the above Malaysian regulation

directly prohibits

us from carrying

any animal whatsoever

in the passenger

cabinof an MAS aircraft, MAS nevertheless

does offer alternative

means of accommodating

a passenger

with reduced

mobility's

needs and comfort

in this respect.

As an alternative,

MAS has the facility

to accommodate

service animals in the cargo hold as checked

baggage

in addition

to thefree baggage

allowance

and in accordance

to IATA Live Animals Regulations

(LAR). Thank you for your consideration of this waiver

request Please

let us know if you have any questions

or require

additional

information. Sincerely MALAYSIAN

AIRLINE

SYSTEM

BERHAD

GermaNSi Khera SENIOR 

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