BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

APPLICATION OF: )

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SOUTHER AIR CHARTER CO.., LTD ) Docket – OST – 2010 – 0027

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FOR EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO )

49 U.S.C. §40109(c) )

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SUPPLEMENT TO

APPLICATION OF 

SOUTHER AIR CHARTER CO.., LTD

FOR EXEMPTION PURSUANT TO 49 U.S.C. §40109

Southern Air Charter Co. Ltd, hereby submits the following supplementation to 

its application to the Office of the Secretary of Transportation for an exemption from 49 

U.S.C. §41301 to the extent necessary to permit it to engage in charter air transportation 

of persons, property and mail between the Bahamas and United States of America and 

other charters subject to Part 212 of the Department’s rules.

As supplementation to the application Southern Air Charter Co., Ltd states the 

following:

1. Southern Air Charter Co., Ltd application is for the use of small aircraft 

only. 

2. The owner and operator of Southern Air Charter Co., Ltd is Nathaniel 

Herbert Gibbs a citizen of the Bahamas. His address is Nassau International Airport, P.O 
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Box N-9812, Nassau, Bahamas. A brief biography of Southern Air Charter Co., Ltd and 

its owner is as follows:

Captain Nathaniel Gibbs founded Southern Air Charter Company, Limited in 

Nassau and incorporated it in the Commonwealth of the Bahamas on April 

15, 1998. In late 1998 the company commenced operations with the use of a 

Piper Aztec as the prime and only member of its fleet. In April of 1999 the 

company acquired a Navajo Chieftain thereby increasing its seat capacity 

200%. With its growing presence in the market with the two small aircraft 

the company nurtured its operations to the stage where the demand for a 

larger aircraft became necessary. Hence in October of 1999 the company 

successfully negotiated the lease of its first Beechcraft 19 seat aircraft. In the 

ensuing years Southern Air has since acquired a fleet of three Beechcraft 19 

seat aircraft. A King Air 100 (9 seat) has replaced the Navajo Chieftain.

Captain Gibbs obtained his pilot’s license and certification at Acme School 

of Aeronautics in Fort Worth Texas and achieved his ATP at Flight Safety 

International in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Following his return to Nassau in 

1985 Captain Gibbs took employment with Trans Island Airways and flew 

scheduled and charter flights through-out the Bahamas . Over the years 

Captain Gibbs has logged in excess of 20,000 flight hours in the cockpit of 

various aircraft types. 

Upon the founding of Southern Air Captain Gibbs served as its first chief 

pilot and vice president and with the growth of the company, Captain Gibbs 

now serves as its managing director and president.

3. Southern Air Charter Co., Ltd is submitting financial information for 

consideration together with a Motion for Confidential Treatment pursuant to Rule 12 of 

the Department’s Rules of Practice (14 C.F.R. § 302.12).

WHEREFORE, Southern Air Charter Co., Ltd., respectfully request that the 

Department of Transportation grant, for a period of two years, an exemption to conduct 

charter foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between the Bahamas and 

the United States, and other charters pursuant to 14 CFR Part 212 of the Department’s 

regulations.
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Respectfully submitted,

McDONALD, TINKER, SKAER,

 QUINN & HERRINGTON, P.A.

300 W. Douglas, Suite 500

Wichita, Kansas 67202

(316) 263-5851

(316) 263-4677 fax

By: ___s/ Kevin M. McMaster__________

 Counsel for Southern Air Charter 

Co., LTD