BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

__________________________________________ 

 ) 

Application of ) 

 ) 

CARIBBEAN AIRLINES LIMITED ) DOCKET DOT-OST-2010-0232

 ) 

for an exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 ) 

(Jamaica/Caribbean Points-U.S.) ) 

___________________________________________) 

AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION OF 

CARIBBEAN AIRLINES LIMITED 

FOR AN EXEMPTION

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

John R. Mietus, Jr. 

William C. Evans 

Law Office of John Mietus, LLC 

6701 Democracy Blvd., Suite 300 

Bethesda, MD 20817-7500 

 (202) 747-5212 

 (240) 396-5362 fax 

john@mietuslaw.com 

Counsel for CARIBBEAN AIRLINES 

LIMITED 

 

September 22, 2010
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

__________________________________________ 

 ) 

Application of ) 

 ) 

CARIBBEAN AIRLINES LIMITED ) DOCKET DOT-OST-2010-0232 

 ) September 22, 2010 

for an exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 ) 

(Jamaica/Caribbean Points-U.S.) ) 

___________________________________________) 

AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION OF 

CARIBBEAN AIRLINES LIMITED 

FOR AN EXEMPTION

 By application dated September 14, 2010, Caribbean Airlines Limited 

("CAL") requested an exemption from the provisions of 49 U.S.C. § 41301 to 

the extent necessary to permit CAL to engage in air transportation between 

the U.S., on the one hand, and Jamaica and certain other Caribbean points, 

on the other. Under an agreement between the governments of Trinidad and 

Tobago and Jamaica, CAL is assuming the operations of Air Jamaica. CAL 

therefore intends to seek authority to serve the same U.S. routes that DOT 

has authorized Air Jamaica to serve. However, CAL's September 14 route 

request inadvertently omitted a request to co-terminalize Barbados with 

Grenada and St. Lucia on flights to and from New York; Air Jamaica holds 

that authority today through the Notice of Action Taken dated March 8, 2004 

in Docket OST-1999-5544 (renewal application pending). 
Caribbean Airlines 

Amendment to Exemption Application 

Page 2 

 Thus, CAL respectfully amends its application by modifying the final 

two paragraphs of its route request to read as follows: 

scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail from 

points behind Jamaica, via Jamaica and intermediate points, to a point 

or points in the United States and beyond; 

charter foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail 

between any point or points in the United States and any foreign point 

or points, provided that, except with respect to cargo charters, such 

service constitutes part of a continuous operation, with or without a 

change of aircraft, that includes services to Jamaica for the purpose of 

carrying local traffic between Jamaica and the United States; 

scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail 

between the coterminal points Barbados, Grenada, and St. Lucia, on 

the one hand, and the terminal point New York, New York on the 

other hand; and 

scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail 

between Barbados and Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Including Barbados as a co-terminal point, on a route Air Jamaica has been 

authorized to serve since 2004, should not be controversial. Further, as 

explained in the September 14 application, the new U.S.-Trinidad and 

Tobago open skies agreement, Department precedent, and the public interest 

all support the inclusion of Barbados in this fashion. 

WHEREFORE, Caribbean Airlines Limited respectfully amends its 

September 14, 2010 exemption application to reflect the route description 

listed above and requests that the Department of Transportation 

expeditiously grant the exemption described herein and such other relief as 

may be necessary or appropriate. 
Caribbean Airlines 

Amendment to Exemption Application 

Page 3 

 Respectfully submitted, 

John R. Mietus, Jr. 

William C. Evans 

Law Office of John Mietus, LLC 

6701 Democracy Blvd., Suite 300 

Bethesda, MD 20817-7500 

 (202) 747-5212 

 (240) 396-5362 fax 

john@mietuslaw.com 

Counsel for CARIBBEAN AIRLINES 

LIMITED 

September 22, 2010
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

 I hereby certify that I have, this 22nd day of September, 2010, caused 

the attached Amendment to Application of Caribbean Airlines Limited for an 

Exemption to be served by electronic mail on the following persons: 

carl.nelson@aa.com for American and American Eagle 

hershel.kamen@coair.com; dan.weiss@coair.com; rbkeiner@crowell.com 

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com; jeff.morgan@delta.com 

efaberman@wileyrein.com for AirTran 

jeffrey.manley@united.com, steve.morrissey@united.com 

howard.kass@usairways.com, benjamin.slocum@usairways.com 

dvaughan@kelleydrye.com, dfisher@kelleydrye.com for UPS 

nssparks@fedex.com 

mlbenge@zsrlaw.com for North American/World 

mcmillin@woa.com 

john.palo@evergreenairlines.com 

jyoung@yklaw.com for Spirit 

john.fredericksen@suncountry.com 

pmurphy@lopmurphy.com for Arrow and USA 3000 

jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com for Amerijet 

jhill@dowlohnes.com for JetBlue and Hawaiian 

nssparks@fedex.com 

msinick@ssd.com for Florida West 

jptgilmore@hotmail.com 

byerlyjr@state.gov; urskr@state.gov 

john.allen@faa.gov 

brubinst@panynj.gov 

mark.gale@phl.org 

contactfll@broward.org 

 John R. Mietus, Jr.