Order 2011-11-28

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation

on the 22nd day of September, 2011

Served: November 22, 2011

Application of

HELISERVICIOS AEROBELL, S.A. Docket DOT-OST-2011-0036 

for an exemption under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and a foreign 

air carrier permit under 49 U.S.C. § 41301

FINAL ORDER

By Order 2011-8-28, issued August 31, 2011, we directed all interested persons to show cause why we 

should not make final our tentative findings and conclusions stated therein and award an amended 

foreign air carrier permit in the form attached to the Order and subject to the conditions attached 

thereto. We gave interested persons 21 days to file objections to the Order. We said that if no 

objections are filed, all further procedural steps shall be deemed waived, and the Department will enter 

an order (subject to Presidential review under 49 USC §41307) which will make final the findings and 

conclusions of the Order. 

No objections were received within the time period provided.

ACCORDINGLY,

1. We make final our findings and conclusions as stated in the Order and award to Heliservicios 

Aerobell, S.A. the foreign air carrier permit and conditions attached to the Order (and attached to the 

present order as Appendix A);

2. Unless disapproved by the President of the United States under 49 USC § 41307, this order shall 

become effective on the 61st day after its submission for section 41307 review or upon the date of 

receipt of advice from the President or his designee under Executive Order 12597 and implementing 

regulations that he or she does not intend to disapprove the Department’s order under that section, 

whichever occurs earlier;1 and

 1 This order was submitted for review under 49 USC §41307 on September 22, 2011. The 61st day is November 22, 2011. 

Since the President or his designee did not disapprove this order before that date, it became effective on November 22, 

2011.
3. We will serve a copy of this order on the applicant, any other parties to this proceeding, and the 

Federal Aviation Administration.

By:

PAUL L. GRETCH

Director

Office of International Aviation

(SEAL)
 Issued by

 Order 2011-11-28

 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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FOREIGN AIR CARRIER PERMIT 

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HELISERVICIOS AEROBELL, S.A. 

A Foreign Air Carrier of Costa Rica

is authorized, subject to the following provisions, the provisions of Title 49 of the U.S. Code, 

and the orders, rules, and regulations of the Department of Transportation, to engage in the 

following services using small aircraft: 

a. Charter foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between any point or points in 

Costa Rica and any point or points in the United States; 

b. Charter foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between any point or points in 

the territory of the United States and any point or points in a third country or countries, 

provided that, such service constitutes part of a continuous operation, with or without a 

change of aircraft, that includes service to Costa Rica for the purpose of carrying local traffic 

between Costa Rica and the territory of the United States; and

c. Other charters pursuant to prior approval requirements under 14 CFR Part 212 of the

 Department’s Regulations.

In the conduct of the operations authorized, the holder may only use aircraft capable of carrying 

no more than 60 passengers and having a maximum payload capacity of no more than 18,000 

pounds.

This permit and the exercise of the privileges granted in it shall be subject to the terms, 

conditions and limitations in both the order issuing this permit and the attachment to this order, 

and to all applicable provisions of any treaty, convention or agreement affecting international air 

transportation now in effect, or that may become effective during the period this permit remains 

in effect, to which the United States and the holder’s homeland are or shall become parties.

This permit shall be effective on November 22, 2011. Unless otherwise terminated at an earlier 

date pursuant to the terms of any applicable treaty, convention or agreement, this permit shall 
terminate (1) upon the dissolution or liquidation of the holder to whom it was issued; (2) upon 

the effective date of any treaty, convention, or agreement or amendment, which shall have the 

effect of eliminating the bilateral right for the service authorized by this permit from the service 

which may be operated by airlines designated by the Government of Costa Rica (or, if the right is 

partially eliminated, then the authority of this permit shall terminate in like part); (3) upon the 

effective date of any permit granted by the Department to any other carrier designated by the 

Government of Costa Rica in lieu of the holder; or (4) upon the termination or expiration of the 

applicable air services agreement between the United States and Costa Rica. However, clause 

(4) of this paragraph shall not apply if prior to such termination or expiration, the foreign air 

transportation authorized herein becomes the subject of another treaty, convention or agreement 

to which the United States and Costa Rica and become parties.

The Department of Transportation has executed this permit and affixed its seal on September 22, 

2011.

By:

PAUL L. GRETCH

Director

Office of International Aviation

(SEAL)
Foreign Air Carrier Permit Conditions

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

(1) Not conduct any operations unless it holds a currently effective 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 Federal 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 applicable. 

To assure compliance with all applicable U.S. Government requirements concerning security, the holder 

shall, before commencing any new service (including charter flights) from a foreign airport that would be 

the holder’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 Transportation Security Administration has determined that security is adequate to 

allow such airport(s) to be served;

(3) Comply with the requirements for minimum insurance coverage contained in 14 CFR Part 205, and, prior to 

the commencement of any operations under this authority, file evidence of such coverage, in the form of a 

completed OST Form 6411, with the Federal Aviation Administration’s Program Management Branch 

(AFS-260), Flight Standards Service (any changes to, or termination of, insurance 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 requirements 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 international air transportation that, 

according to the contract of carriage, include a point in the United States as a point of origin, 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 

tribunal of the United States. In this condition, the term "international air transportation" means 

"international transportation" as defined by the Warsaw Convention, except that all States shall be 

considered to be High Contracting Parties for the purpose of this definition;

(8) Except as specifically authorized by the Department, originate or terminate all flights to/from the United 

States in its homeland;

(9) Comply with the requirements of 14 CFR Part 217, concerning the reporting of scheduled, nonscheduled, 

and charter data;

(10) If charter operations are authorized, except as otherwise provided 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. agencies 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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