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, t a k en by t he D epa rt m ent of fi c i al i ndica t ed (no

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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 p e r m i t th e a pp l i ca n t 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 fr om po i n t s beh i nd C h il e v i a C h il e and i n t e r m ed i a t e po i n t s t o

a po i nt or po i n t s i n t he U n it ed S t a t es and be y ond; and ( 2) schedu l ed f o r e i g n a i r tr anspo rt a ti on of p r ope rt y and m a i l

be t w een t he U n it ed S t a t es and any po i nt or po i n t s.

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, t h r ou g h May 21 , 201 4

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B as i s f or app r o v al ( b il a t e r al a g r ee m en t/r ec i proc it y ) : T h e Multilateral Agreement on the Liberalization of International

Air Transport (MALIAT).

E xcep t t o t h e ex t en t exe m p t ed / w a i v ed

, 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

, an d li m it a ti on s o f ou r s t andar d

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

, an d t o t h e o t her w i se

- app li cab l e t er m s

, cond iti ons

, an d li m it a ti on s o f L AN ’ s fore i g n a i r

carr i e r per m i t ( O rde r 8 7

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- 55).

A c ti on t aken by: P aul L

. 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 nd

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

.

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

w h en ta k e n

, a n d t h e f ili n g o f a p etiti o n f o r r e v iew w ill n o t alter su ch e ff ecti v e n e ss

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### F o r e i gn C a r r i er E x e m p t i on C o n d i t i o n s

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 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

, 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 secur it y

, t he holder sha ll

, be f ore 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, contact it s I n t e r na ti onal I ndu s tr y R epresen t a ti v e ( I I R ) (f or m e rl y r e f e rr ed t o as I n t e r na ti onal P rin c ip a l Sec u r ity

I nspec t or) 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 secur it y i s adequa t e t o a ll ow such a ir por t( 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 of, i nsurance a l so sha l l be fil ed w it h t hat of fi 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 s a f e t y r equi r e m en t s at l east equi 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 pro 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

cont r act of ca rri a g e, i nc l ude a po i nt i n 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 cont r act of ca rri a g e w as purchased i n t he U n it ed S t a t es; or ( b) based on a c l a i m und e r 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 b e 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 ) E x c e p t as s p e c ifi ca ll y a u t ho r i z ed b y th e D e p a rt m e n t, o r i g in a t e o r t e r m in a t e a l l fli g h ts to / fro m th e U n i t 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 Par t 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

appl i 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 ep a rt m e nt

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

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