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

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A pp li can t : L I A T ( 1974) L imit ed ( L I AT ) D a t e F il ed: May 22, 2014

R e li ef r eques t ed: R ene w al of exe m p ti on fr om 49 U SC §41301 t o pe r m i t t he app li cant t o en g a g e i n ( 1) schedu l ed

f o r e i g n a i r tr anspo rt a ti on of pe r sons, p r ope rt y and m a i l be t w een ( a) t he co t e r m i nal po i n t s A n ti g ua and B a r buda,

Mon t se rr a t , and S t

. Kitt s and N e v i s; v i a t he i n t e r m ed i a t e po i n t s A n g u ill a, t he B riti sh Vir g i n I s l ands, and S t . Maa rt en;

and t he co t e r m i nal po i n t s S t

. C r o i x, S t

. T ho m as, and San J uan, Pue rt o R i co; and be y ond t o San t o D o m i n g o, t he

D o m i n i can R epub li c; ( b) t he co t e r m i nal po i n t s A n ti g ua and B a r buda, and S t

. Kitt s and N e v i s, v i a t he i n t e r m ed i a t e

po i n t s S t . Maa rt en and S t . Luc i a; and t he t e r m i nal po i nt M i a m i , F l o ri da; ( c) San J uan , Puerto Rico and S t

. Vi ncen t

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- Spa i n, T ri n i dad; ( d) San J uan, Puerto Rico and D o m i n i ca; and ( e) San J uan, Pue rt o R i co and

S t

. Vi ncen t , and be y ond t o B ri d g e t o w n, B a r bados; and ( 2) cha rt er f o r e i g n a i r tr anspo rt a ti o n of pe r sons, p r ope rt y and

m a i l pu r suant t o 14 CF R Pa r t 212 of t he D epa rt m en t’ s r e g u l a ti ons. L I A T as k s t hat t h i s au t hor it y be g r an t ed f or a

pe ri od of t w o y ea r s.

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, t h r ou g h J uly 25 , 2015.

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, t h i s au t hor it y i s sub j ec t t o t h e t er m s

, cond iti ons

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exe m p ti o n cond iti on s (a tt ached)

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opera ti on s a t i ssu e here

, t ha t i t con ti nue s t o b e subs t an ti a ll y o w ne d b y a consor ti u m o f C ar i bbea n coun t r i es

, an d t ha t

rec i proc it y an d ou r o v era l l a v i a ti o n re l a ti on s w it h t hos e o w ne r coun t r i e s suppor t g ran t o f t h e rene w e d au t hor it y sou g h t by

t h e app li ca n t

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. G re t ch, D i rec t or, O ff i ce of In t erna ti onal A v i a ti on

U n d er a u t h or ity a ss i gn ed b y t h e De p a r t m e n t in its r e gu lati o ns

, 1 4 C FR P a r t 385

, w e f o un d t h at (1 ) o u r acti o n w as c o ns i s te n t w ith

De p a r t m e n t po lic y ; (2 ) t h e a pp lica n t w as q u ali f ied to p e r f or m its propo s ed op e r ati o ns ; (3 ) g r a n t o f t h e a u t h or ity w as c o ns i s te n t w ith

t h e p u b lic i n te r e s t; a n d (4 ) g r a n t o f t h e a u t h or ity w o u ld n o t c o ns tit u te a m a j o r r e gu lat or y acti o n un d er t h e E n e r g y P o licy a n d

C o ns e r v ati o n A ct o f 1975

. T o t h e e x te n t n o t g r a n te d / d e f e rr e d / d i s m i ss e d

, w e d e n ied all r e q u e s ts in t h e r e f e r e n ced D o c k et. W e m ay

a m e n d

, m od i f y

, o r r e v o k e t h e a u t h or ity g r a n ted in t h is N o tice at a n y ti m e w it h o u t h ea r i n g at o u r d i s c r eti o n

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. T h e o n e

- y ear d u r ati o n o f t h e a u t h or ity w e g r a n ted is c o ns i s te n t w ith o u r usu al

po licy o f g r a n ti n g e x e m p ti o n a u t h or ity in t h e ci r c u m s ta n ces pr e s e n te d

. W e, t h e r e f or e, d i s m i ss ed t h e a pp licati o n to t h e e x te n t t h at it

s o ugh t a u t h or ity f o r a l o ng er p e r i od

.P e r s o n s e n titled to p etiti o n t h e De p a r t m e n t f o r r e v iew o f t h e acti o n s et f or th in t h is N o tice un d er t h e De p a r t m e n t ’ s r e gu lati o ns

, 14

C FR §385.30

, m ay f ile t h eir p etiti o n s w it h in s e v en (7 ) d a y s a f ter t h e d ate o f i ssu a n ce o f t h is N o tice. T h is acti o n w as e ff ecti v e

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I n t he conduct of t he ope r a ti ons au t ho ri z ed, t he f o r e i g n ca rri er app li can t( s) sha ll :

( 1) N ot conduct any ope r a ti ons un l ess i t ho l ds a cu rr en tl y e ff ec ti v e au t ho ri z a ti on fr om it s ho m e l and f or such

ope r a ti ons, and i t has fil ed a copy of such au t ho ri z a ti on w it h t he D epa rt m en t ;

( 2) C o m p l y w it h a l l app li cab l e r equ ir e m en t s of t he Fede r al A v i a ti on A d m i n i s tr a ti on, t he T r anspo rt a ti on Secu rit y

A d m i n i s tr a ti on, and w it h a l l app l icab l e U .S. G o v e r n m ent r equ ir e m en t s conce r n i ng secu rit y

, i nc l ud i n g , but not li m it ed

t o, 14 C FR Pa rt s 129, 91, and 36 and 49 C FR Pa r t 1546 or 1550, as app li cab l e. T o assu r e co m p li ance w it h a l l

app li cab l e U .S. G o v e r n m ent r equ ir e m en t s conce r n i ng secu rit y

, t he ho l der sha ll , be f o r e co mm enc i ng any new se r v i ce

(i nc l ud i ng cha rt er fli g h t s) fr om a f o r e i g n a ir po r t t hat w ou l d be t he ho l de r’ s l ast po i nt of depa rt u r e f or t he U n it ed

S t a t es, con t act it s I n t e r na ti onal I ndus tr y R ep r esen t a ti v e ( II R ) (f o r m e rl y r e f e rr ed t o as I n t e r na ti onal P ri nc i pal Secu rity

I nspec t o r ) t o ad v i se t he II R of it s p l ans and t o fi nd out w he t her t he T r anspo rt a ti on Secu rit y A d m i n i s tr a ti on has

de t e r m i ned t hat secu rit y i s adequa t e t o a ll ow such a ir po rt( s) t o be se r v e d ;

( 3) C o m p l y w it h t he r equ ir e m en t s f or m i n i m um i nsu r ance co v e r a g e con t a i ned i n 14 C FR Pa r t 205, and, p ri or t o t he

co mm ence m ent of any ope r a ti ons under t h i s au t ho rit y

, fil e e v i dence of such co v e r a g e, i n t he f o r m of a co m p l e t ed O ST

Fo r m 6411, w it h t he Fede r al A v i a ti on A d m i n i s tr a ti on ’ s P r o g r am Mana g e m ent B r anch ( A F S

- 260 ) , F li g ht S t anda r ds

Se r v i ce ( any chan g es t o, or t e r m i na ti on o f

, i nsu r ance a l so sha l l be fil ed w it h t hat o ffi ce ) ;

( 4) N ot ope r a t e a ir c r a f t under t h i s au t ho rit y un l ess i t co m p li es w it h ope r a ti onal sa f e t y r equ ir e m en t s at l east eq u i v a l ent

t o A nnex 6 of t he C h i ca g o C on v en ti on;

( 5) C on f o r m t o t he a ir w o rt h i ness and a ir m an co m pe t ency r equ ir e m en t s of it s G o v e r n m ent f or i n t e r na ti onal a i r

se r v i ces;

( 6) Except as spec ifi ca ll y exe m p t ed or o t he r w i se p r o v i ded f or i n a D epa rt m ent O r de r , co m p l y w it h t he r equ ir e m en t s

of 14 C FR Pa r t 203, conce r n i ng w a i v er of Wa r saw C on v en ti on li ab ilit y li m it s and de f enses;

( 7) A g r ee t hat ope r a ti ons under t h i s au t ho rit y cons tit u t e a w a i v er of so v e r e i g n i mm un it y

, f or t he pu r poses of 28

U .S. C . 1605 ( a ) , but on l y w it h r espect t o t hose ac ti ons or p r oceed i n g s i ns tit u t ed a g a i nst i t i n any cou r t or o t her tri bunal

i n t he U n it ed S t a t es t hat a r e: ( a) based on it s ope r a ti ons i n i n t e r na ti onal a i r tr anspo rt a ti on t ha t , acco r d i ng t o t he

con tr act of ca rri a g e, i nc l ude a po i nt in t he U n it ed S t a t es as a po i nt of o ri g i n, po i nt of des ti na ti on, or a g r eed s t opp i ng

p l ace, or f or w h i ch t he con tr act of ca rri a g e w as pu r chased i n t he U n it ed S t a t es; or ( b) based on a c l a i m under any

i n t e r na ti onal a g r ee m ent or tr ea t y co g n i z ab l e i n any cou r t or o t her tri bunal of t he U n it ed S t a t es. I n t h i s cond iti on, t he

t e r m "i n t e r na ti onal a i r tr anspo rt a ti on" m eans "i n t e r na ti onal tr anspo rt a ti on" as de fi ned by t he Wa r saw C on v en ti on,

except t hat a l l S t a t es sha l l be cons i de r ed t o be H i g h C on tr ac ti ng Pa rti es f or t he pu r pose of t h i s de fi n iti on;

( 8) Except as spec ifi ca ll y au t ho ri z ed by t he D epa rt m en t , o ri g i na t e or t e r m i na t e a l l fli g h t s t o /fr om t he U n it ed S t a t es in

it s ho m e l and;

( 9) C o m p l y w it h t he r equ ir e m en t s of 14 C FR Pa r t 217, conce r n i ng t he r epo rti ng of schedu l ed, nonschedu l ed, and

cha rt er da t a;

( 10) I f cha rt er ope r a ti ons a r e au t ho ri z ed, except as o t he r w i se p r o v i ded i n t he app li cab l e a v i a ti on a g r ee m en t , co m p l y

w it h t he D epa rt m en t ' s r u l es g o v e r n i ng cha rt e r s (i nc l ud i ng 14 C FR Pa rt s 212 and 380 ) ; and

( 11) C o m p l y w it h such o t her r easonab l e t e r m s, cond iti ons, and li m it a ti ons r equ ir ed by t he pub li c i n t e r est as m ay be

p r esc ri bed by t he D epa rt m en t

, w it h a l l app li cab l e o r de r s or r e g u l a ti ons of o t her U .S. a g enc i es and cou rt s, and w it h a l l

app li cab l e l a w s of t he U n it ed S t a t es.

T h i s au t ho rit y sha l l not be e ff ec ti v e du ri ng any pe ri od w hen t he ho l der i s not i n co m p li ance w it h t he cond iti ons

i m posed abo v e. Mo r eo v e r

, t h i s au t ho rit y cannot be so l d or o t he r w i se tr ans f e rr ed w it hout exp li c i t D epa rt m ent

app r o v al under T itl e 49 of t he U .S. C ode.

12 / 2007