UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation on March 5, 2010



### NOTICE OF ACTION TAKEN -- DOCKET DOT-OST-2006-23693

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _ This serves as notice to the public of the action described below, taken by the Department official indicated (no additional confirming order will be issued in this matter).

Applicant : THAI AIRWAYS INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC COMPANY LIMITED (Thai Airways)

Date Filed: January 20, 2010

Relief requested: Renewal of exemption from 49 USC §41301 to pe rmit the applicant to engage in: 1) scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail from points behind Thailand, via Th ailand and intermediate points, to a point or points in the United States, and beyond: 2) schedul ed all-cargo service between a point or points in the United States and any point or points in a third country or countries; and 3) charter foreign air tran sportation of persons, property, and mail between any point or points in Thailand and any point or points in the United States, and between any point or points in the United States and any point or points in third count ries. The applicant requests that the authority be granted for a two-year term.

If renewal, date and citation of last acti on: February 7, 2008, in this Docket.

Applicant representative: David Heffernan, 202-663-6360 DOT analyst: Robert J. Finamore, 202-366-2405

Responsive pleadings: None

DISPOSITION Action: Approved Action date: March 5, 2010

Effective dates of exemption authority gran ted: March 5, 2010, through March 5, 2012.

Basis for approval (bilateral agreement/reciprocity): United States-Thailand Air Transport Agreement of September 19, 2005.

Except to the extent exempted/waived, this authority is subj ect to the terms, conditions, and limitations of our standard exemption conditions (attached), and to the otherwise-applicable terms, conditions, and limitations of Thai Airways’ foreign ai r carrier permit (Order 80-9-74).

Action taken by: Paul L. Gretch, Director, Office of International Aviation

_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ _ Under authority assigned by the Department in its regulations, 14 CFR Part 385, we found that (1) the applicant is qualified to perform the proposed operations; (2) our action was consistent with Department policy; (3) grant of the authority was consisten t with the public interest; and (4) grant of the authority would not constitute a major re gulatory action under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975. To the extent not granted/deferred/dismi ssed, we denied all requests in the referenced Docket. We m ay amend, modify, or revoke the authority granted in this Notice at any time without hearing at our discretion.

Persons entitled to petition the Department fo r review of the action set forth in this Notice under the Department’s regulation s, 14 CFR § 385.30, may file their petitions within seven (7) days after the date of issuance of this Notice. This action was effect ive when taken, and the filing of a petition for review will not alter such effectiveness.

An electronic version of this document is available on the World Wide Web at: http://www.regulations.govForeign Carrier Exemption Conditions

In the conduct of the operations authorized , the foreign carrier applicant(s) shall:

(1) Not conduct any operations unless it holds a currently eff ective authorization from its homeland for such operations, and it has filed a copy of such authorization with the Department;

(2) Comply with all applicable requirements of the Fe deral Aviation Administration, the Transportation Security Administration, and with all applicable U.S. Government requirements concerning security, including, but not limited to, 14 CFR Parts 129, 91, and 36 and 49 CFR Part 1546 or 1550, as a pplicable. To assure compliance with all applicable U.S. Government requirements concerning security, the hol der shall, before commencing any new service (including charter flights) from a foreign airport that would be the holde r’s last point of departure for the United States, contact its International Industry Representative (IIR) (formerly referred to as International Principal Security Inspector) to advise the IIR of its plans and to find out whether the Transportati on Security Administration has determined that security is adequate to allow such airport(s) to be served;

(3) Comply with the requirements for minimum insurance c overage contained in 14 CFR Part 205, and, prior to the commencement of any operations under this authority, file evid ence of such coverage, in the form of a completed OST Form 6411, with the Federal Aviation Administration’s Pr ogram Management Branch (AFS-260), Flight Standards Service (any changes to, or termination of, insu rance also shall be filed with that office);

(4) Not operate aircraft under this authority unless it complies with operational safety requirements at least equivalent to Annex 6 of the Chicago Convention;

(5) Conform to the airworthiness and airman competency re quirements of its Government for international air services;

(6) Except as specifically exempted or otherwise provided for in a Department Order, comply with the requirements of 14 CFR Part 203, concerning waiver of Warsaw Convention liability limits and defenses;

(7) Agree that operations under this authority constitute a waiver of sovereign immunity, for the purposes of 28 U.S.C. 1605(a), but only with respect to those actions or proceedings instituted against it in any court or other tribunal in the United States that are: (a) based on its operations in intern ational air transportation that, according to the contract of carriage, include a point in the United States as a point of or igin, point of destination, or agreed stopping place, or for which the contract of carriage was purchased in the United States; or (b) based on a claim under any international agreement or treaty cognizable in any court or other tri bunal of the United States. In this condition, the term "international air transportation" means "international trans portation" as defined by the Warsaw Convention, except that all States shall be considered to be High Contr acting Parties for the purpose of this definition;

(8) Except as specifically authorized by the Department, origin ate or terminate all flights to/from the United States in its homeland;

(9) Comply with the requirements of 14 CFR Part 217, c oncerning the reporting of scheduled, nonscheduled, and charter data;

(10) If charter operations are authorized, except as otherwise pr ovided in the applicable aviation agreement, comply with the Department's rules governing charters (including 14 CFR Parts 212 and 380); and

(11) Comply with such other reasonable terms, conditions , and limitations required by the public interest as may be prescribed by the Department, with all applicable orders or regulations of other U.S. agen cies and courts, and with all applicable laws of the United States.

This authority shall not be effective during any period when the holder is not in compliance with the conditions imposed above. Moreover, this authority cannot be sold or otherwise transferred without explicit Department approval under Title

49 of the U.S. Code.

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