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T h i s s e r v es a s n o t i ce t o t h e pub l i c o f t h e a c t i on d e sc r i b ed b e l o w

, t a k en by t he D e p a rt m ent o f f i c i al i n d i c a t e d

( no a d d i ti o n al con f ir m i ng o r der w i l l be i s sued i n t h i s m a t t e r )

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A pp li c a t i on o f US AIRWAYS, INC. (US AIRWAYS) f i l ed 3 / 18 / 14 f o r:

XX R ene w al o f e x e m p ti on under 49 U .S. C . 401 0 9 t o p r o v i de t he f o l l o w i ng s e r v i ce:

Schedu l ed f o re i gn a i r t r a nspo rt a t i on o f p er s ons, p r oper t y , and m a i l b et w een a po i nt or p o i n t s i n t he

U n it ed S t a t e s , on t he o n e hand, and D o m i n i ca and H a i ti

, on t h e o t h er hand

. 1

A pp li c ant r e p: Howard Kass and Abigail Donovan (202) 326

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DO T An a l y s t : Darren Jaffe (202) 366

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D I S P O S I T I O N

XX G ran t ed ( su b j e c t t o c ond i ti o n s, s ee b e l o w )

T h e abo v e a c t i on w as e f f e c ti v e w hen t a k en: April 1 0 , 201 4

, t h r ou g h April 10

, 201 6

.

A c ti on t aken by: P a u l L

. G re t ch, D i r e c t or

O ff i ce o f I n t er n a t i onal A v i a t i on

XX The au t ho r it y gra n t e d i s c ons i s t e n t w i t h t h e a v i a t i on a g re e m e n t b et w een t he U n i t ed S t a t es a n d

t he U n i t ed Ki n gdom o f 1 9 7 7

, to w h i ch D o mi n i ca a c c eded upon it s i nde p ende n ce; a n d t he o ver a l l s t ate o f

a v i a t i on r e l a ti o n s b et w een t h e U n i t ed S t a t e s and H a i ti

.

Except t o t he ex t ent exe m p t ed or w a i v ed, t h i s au t ho r it y i s s u b j ect t o t he t e r m s, cond i t i ons, and li m it a t i ons

ind i c a t e d : XX H o l de r ’ s c e r t i f i ca t es o f pub l i c co n ve n i ence a n d ne c es s i t y

XX S t anda r d e x e m p t i o n cond i ti o n s ( a tt a che d )

O n t he b as i s of d a t a o f f i c i a l l y n o ti c ea b l e u nder R u l e 2 4 ( g ) of t he D e p a r t m en t ' s r eg u l a ti o n s, w e f ound t he app l i ca n t

q u a l i f i ed t o p r o v i de t h e exe m p t i on s e r v i ces a u t ho r i z ed.

U nder a u t h o r i t y as s i g ned b y t he D epa r t m ent i n i t s r e g u l a ti o n s, 14 C FR P a r t 385, w e f ound t h a t ( 1) o ur a c t i o n w as

con s i s t e n t wi t h D e p a r t m e n t po l i c y ; (2 ) g r a n t o f t h e a u t ho r it y w as c o n s i s t e n t w it h th e p ub l i c in t e r e s t ; a n d ( 3) g r a n t o f

t h e a u t h o r i t y w ou l d n o t c on s t i t u t e a m a j or r e g u l a t o r y a c ti on und e r t h e Ene r g y Po li cy and C onse r v a t i on A c t of 1975.

T o t he ex t ent not g r a n te d

, w e den i ed a l l r eq u e s t s i n th e r e f e r en c ed D oc k e t

. We ma y a m end, m od if y , or r e v o k e t he

a u t h o r i t y g r an t ed i n t h i s N o t i ce at any ti m e w i t hout h ea r i ng at o ur d is c r e tio n

.

Pe r s o n s e n t i t l ed t o p e t i t i o n th e D e p a r t m e n t f o r r e v i ew o f t h e a c t i o n s et fo r t h i n t h i s N o t i ce u n der t he D epa r t m en t’ s

r e g u l a ti o n s, 1 4 C FR §385.30, m ay fil e t h e i r pe t i t i o n s wi t h i n se v en (7 ) da y s a f t e r t h e d a t e o f i ss u ance of t h i s N o t i c e.

T h i s a c t i on w as e f f e c ti v e w h e n t a k en, a n d t h e f i l i ng of a pe t i t i on f or r e v i ew wi l l n ot a l t er such e f f e c ti v ene s s.

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1 US Airways does not currently provide scheduled air service between the United States and Haiti

. In its application US Airways

states that it intends to initially provide service to Haiti pursuant to a code

- share arrangemen t with American Airlines, Inc. (American)

by placing its “US” designator code on flights operate d by American to and from Haiti. US Airways further states that it does not

currently provide scheduled air service between the U.S. and Dominica, but seeks flexibility to do so in the fut ure should conditions

warrant.

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U.S. Carrier Exemption Conditions

I n the c ondu c t of t h e op e ra tions a utho r i z e d, the U

. S

. c arr i e r app l i can t ( s ) s h a ll:

( 1) Hold a t a ll tim e s ef f

e c tive op era ti n g a uth o r i t y fr om the g ov er nm e nt o f e ac h c ount r y s er v e d;

( 2) C omp l y with a ppli c a ble re qui re m e nts c on c e r n ing ov er s a l e s c ont a i n e d in 14 C F R 250 (f or

s c h e dul e d op e ra tions, if a utho r i z ed );

( 3) C omp l y with the r e q ui re m e nts f or r e po r ti n g d a ta c ont a in e d in 14 C F R 241;

( 4) C omp l y with re qui r e m e nts f or minimum insu r a n c e c ov e r a g e

, a nd f or ce r ti f y

i n g th a t c o v er a ge to

the D e p ar tm e nt, c ont a in e d in 14 C F R 205;

(5 ) E x cep t a s s p e c i f i ca l l y e x e mpt e d or oth e r wise p r ovid e d f or in a D e p a r tm e nt O r d er

, c omp l y with

the re qui re m e nts of 14 C F R 203, c on c er ni n g w a i v e r of W ar s a w C onv e ntion li a bili t y limits a nd

d e fen s e s;

(6 ) C omp l y with a ll a pp l i ca ble re qu i re m e nts of t h e Fe d era l Av i a tion A dminist ra tion, t he

T ra nspo r t a tion S ec u r i t y Administ ra tion, a nd with a ll a ppli ca ble U. S . Gov e r nm e nt re qui re m e nts

c on cer ni n g s ec u r i t y , in c l udin g , but not limit e d to, 49 C F R P ar t 1544. To a s su r e c ompli a n c e with a ll

a ppli ca ble U. S . Gov e r nm e nt re qui re m e nts c on c e r n ing s ec u r i t y , t h e hold e r s h a ll, b ef o r e c omm e n c i n g

a n y n e w s e r vi c e ( i n c luding c h ar t e r f li g hts) to o r f r om a f o re i g n a i r p o r t, c o n t ac t its P r i n ci p al S ecu ri t y

I n s p ec t o r ( P S I ) to a dvi s e the P S I of its pl a ns a nd t o f ind out wh e th e r the Tr a nspo r t a tion S ec u r i t y

Administ ra tion h a s d e t e r min e d th a t s ec u r i t y is a d e qu a te to a llow su c h a i r p o r t ( s) to be s er v e d;

( 7) C omp l y with su c h o t h e r r e a son a ble t e r ms, c o n ditions, a nd limit a tions r e qui re d b y t h e public

int ere st a s m a y be p re s c r ib e d b y t h e D e p ar tm e nt of T ra nspo r t a tion, w ith a ll app l i cab l e o r d er s and

r e g ul a tions of oth e r U. S

. a g e n c i e s a nd c ou r ts, a nd with a ll a ppli ca ble l a ws o f the Unit e d S t a t e s.

The a utho r i t y g ra nt e d s h a ll be ef f

ec tive on l y du r i ng the p er iod wh e n the h old e r is in c ompli a n c e

with the c onditions imp o s e d a bov e

.

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