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DE P ART M EN T O F TRAN SP O RTAT I O N

O F F I C E O F T H E S ECRETAR Y

W A S H I NGT O N

, DC

I ssued by t he D epa r t m ent o f T r a nsp o rt a t i on on September 9 , 2013

N O T I C E O F ACT I O N TA K E N

- - D O C K E T DO T

- O S T

- 2001

- 9766

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 n d i c a t e d

( no a d d i ti o n al con f ir m i ng o r der w i l l be i s sued i n t h i s m a t t e r )

.

A pp li c a t i on o f US A I R W A Y S, I NC. ( US A i r w a y s ) f il ed 8 / 1 4 / 1 3 f o r:

X X Renewal o f e x e m p ti on under 49 U .S. C . 401 0 9 t o p r o v i de t he f o l l o w i ng s e r v i ce:

Schedu l ed f o re i gn a i r t r a nspor t a t i on o f p er s ons, p r oper t y , and m a i l b et w een po i n t s i n t he U n i t ed

S t a t e s and p o i n t s i n t he B aha m a s

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A pp li c ant r e p resentatives : H o w ard K a ss and Benjamin Slocum ( 2 02) 3 26

- 5 153

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

- 2512

D I S P O S I T I O N

X X G ran t ed ( su b j e c t t o c ond i ti o n s, 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 wh en t a k en: September 9 , 201 3

, t h r o u g h September 9

, 201 5

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A c ti on t aken b y: P a u l L

. G re t ch, D i r e c t or

O ff i ce o f I n t er n a t i onal A v i a t i on

X X T he au t ho r it y gra n t e d i s c ons i s t e n t w i t h t h e o v era l l s t a t e o f av i a t i on r e l a ti o n s be t w e en t h e U n i t ed

S t a t e s and t he B ah a m a s

.

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 d e r ’ s c e r t i fi ca t es o f pub l i c c onve n i en c e and nece s s i t y

X X S t andard e x e m p t i o n cond i ti o n s ( a tt a che d )

O n t he b as i s of d a t a o f f i c i a l l y no ti c ea b l e u nder R u l e 2 4 ( g ) of t he D e p a r t m en t ' s r egu l a ti o n s, w e f ound t he app l i ca n t

q u a l i f i ed t o p r o v i de t h e exe m p t i on s e r v i ces a u t ho r i z ed.

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 a c t i o n w as

con s i s t e n t wi t h D e p a r t m ent po li c y ; ( 2) g r a nt o f t h e au t ho r it y w as c o n s i s t ent w it h t he p ub l i c i n t e r e s t ; a n d ( 3) g r a n t o f

t h e a u t h o r i t y w ou l d n o t c on s t i t u t e a m a j or r e g u l a t o r y a c ti on und e r t h e Ene r g y Po li cy and C onse r v a t i on A c t o f 1975.

T o t he ex t ent not g r a n t e d

, w e den i ed a l l r eq u e s t s i n t h e r e f e r en c ed D oc k e t

. We m a y 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 i s N o t i ce at any ti m e w i t hout h ea r i ng at o ur d i s c r e ti o n

.

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 o f 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 n ot a l t er such e f f e c ti v ene s s.

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1 At the time of our last renewal of this authority (Notice of Action Taken issued October 26, 2011, in the present docket), US

Airways had advised us that it uses this authority to serve the market with its own aircraft and also by codesharing with Bahamasa ir

Holding s Limited

. On May 23, 2012, US Airways notified the Department (in Docket DOT

- OST

- 2004

- 18017) that it had terminated

its codeshare arrangement with Bahamasair Holdings Limited, effective September 29, 2012.

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U. S . Ca rr i e r E x e m p t ion Co nd i t io n s

I n the c ondu c t of t h e op e ra tions a utho r i z e d, the U

. S

. carr i e r a ppli ca nt ( s ) sh a ll:

( 1) Hold a t a ll tim e s ef f

e c tive op era ti n g a uth o r i t y fr om the g ov er nm e nt o f e ac h c ount r y s er v e d; ( 2)

C omp l y with a ppli c a ble re qui re m e nts c on c e r n ing ov er s a l e s c ont a i n e d in 14 C F R 250 (f or

s c h e dul e d op e ra tions, if a utho r i z e d ) ;

( 3) C omp l y with the r e q ui re m e nts f or r e po r ti n g d a ta c ont a in e d in 14 C F R 241;

( 4) C omp l y with re qui r e m e nts f or minimum insu r a n c e c ov e r a g e

, a nd f or ce r ti f y

i n g th a t c o v er a ge to the

D e p ar tm e nt, c ont a in e d in 14 C F R 205;

( 5) E x ce pt a s sp ec i f i ca l l y e x e mpt e d or oth e r wise p r ovid e d f or in a D e p a r tm e nt O r d er

, c omp l y with the

re qui re m e nts of 14 C F R 203, c on c er ni n g w a i v e r of W ar s a w C onv e ntion li a bili t y limits a nd d efe ns e s;

( 6) C omp l y with a ll a pp l i ca ble re qu i re m e nts of t h e Fe d era l Av i a tion Administ ra tion, the T ra nspo r t a tion

S ec u r i t y Administ ra tion, a nd with a ll a ppli ca ble U. S . Gov e r nm e nt re qui re m e nts c on cer ni n g s ec u r i t y

, in c l udin g , but not limit e d to, 49 C F R P ar t 1544. To a s su r e c ompli a n c e with a ll a ppli ca ble U. S . Gov e r nm e nt

re qui re m e nts c on c e r n ing s ec u r i t y , t h e hold e r s h a ll, b ef o r e c omm e n c i n g a n y n e w s e r vi c e ( i n c luding c h ar t e r

f li g hts) to o r f r om a f o re i g n a i r p o r t, c o n t ac t its P r in c ip a l S ec u r i t y I ns p ec tor ( P S I ) to a dvi s e the P S I of its pl a ns

a nd t o f ind out wh e th e r the Tr a nspo r t a tion S ec u r i t y Administ ra tion h a s d e t e r min e d th a t s ec u r i t y is a d e qu a te to

a llow su c h a i rp o r t ( s) to be s er v e d;

( 7) C omp l y with su c h o t h e r r e a son a ble t e r ms, c o n ditions, a nd limit a tions r e qui re d b y t h e public int ere st a s

m a y be p re s c r ib e d b y t h e D e p ar tm e nt of T ra nspo r t a tion, with a ll a ppli ca ble o r d er s a nd r e g ul a tions of oth e r

U. S

. a g e n c i e s a nd c ou r ts, a nd with a ll a ppli ca ble l a ws o f the Unit e d S t a t e s.

The a utho r i t y g ra nt e d s h a ll be ef f

ec tive on l y du r i ng the p er iod wh e n the h old e r is in c ompli a n c e with the

c onditions imp o s e d a bov e

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