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- 22 Served: October 28, 2011 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C. Issued by the Department of Transportation on the 28 th day of October , 2011

Order Revoking and Canceling Authority, as described Dockets DOT
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ORDER REVOKING AND /OR CANCEL ING AUTHORITY Section 204.7 of the Department’s Aviation Regulations (14 CFR 204.7) provides that, if an air carrier ceases air transportation operations for which it was found fit, it may neither resume air transportation operations nor advertise such services until its fitness to do so has been re
- determined by the Department. Section 204.7 further provides that, if an air carrier does not have its fitness re

- determined and resume operations within one year of the date of its cessation, its certificate authority will be revoked for dormancy.
The air carriers identified below were previ ously found fit and were issued effective certificate authority by the Department. According to our records , these air carriers subsequentl y ceased operations, and have not recommenced any such operations during the ensuing year or the air carriers have c eased operations and requested that their certificate authority be canceled prior to the expiration of the one year waiting period. Under these circumstances, we will terminate the air carriers’ authority as described below.
Docket s DOT
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- 5, issued July 27, 2000, we transferred and reissued to Arrow Air, Inc. (“Arrow”) , the interstate and foreign all

cargo certificate s authority previously held by Fine Air Services Corp. By Order 2007

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- 4 , issued M ay 7, 2007, Arrow was granted additional authority to provide all

- cargo service to all of our foreign aviation partners that have entered into an open

- skies agreement with the United States

. The air carrier operated under these certificates until June 30, 2010 , when it ceased all of its operations

. On April 26, 2011, Arrow voluntarily surrendered its Air Carrier Certificate and Operation s Specifications to the F ederal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) . Under these

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I O N2 circumstances, and in accordance with section 204.7 of our rules, we revoke Arrow ’s certificate authority. 1
Docket s DOT
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- 6, issued July 8, 1998, we reissued to America West Airlines, Inc. (“America West”) , a certificate under 49 U.S.C. § 41102 authorizing it to engage in interstate scheduled air transportation of persons, property, and mail. By Order 97

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- 2 , issued October 15, 1997, we issued the air carrier a companion certificate for foreign scheduled air transportation of persons, property, and mail. The air carrier operated under these certificates until September 26, 2007, when it ceased operations fol lowing a merger with U.S. Airways, Inc. By letter dated October 2, 2007, America West’s representative notified the Department that America West ceased all of its operations and requested that the air carrier’s authority be canceled. Under these circumst ances, we cancel the air carrier’s certificate authority. 2
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- 8, issued September 9, 1999, we reissued to Pan American Airways Corp. (“Pan Am”) , a certificate under 49 U.S.C. § 41102 authorizing it to engage in inte rstate air transportation of persons, property, and mail. Th e air carrier operated under thi s certificate until October 26, 2004, when it ceased all of its operations . O n November 1, 2004, Pan Am surrendered its Air Carrier Certificate and Operations Spe cifications to the FAA . Under these circumstances, and in accordance with section 204.7 of our rules, we revoke Pan Am’s certificate authority.
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- 14, issued April 11, 2001, we transferred and reissued to TWA Airlines , LLC (“TWA”) certificates under 49 U.S.C. § 41102 authorizing it to engage in interstate and foreign scheduled air transportation of persons, property, and mail. The air carrier operated under these certificates until August 30, 2004, when it cea sed operations following a merger with American Airlines, Inc. To date, we have not received an application from TWA to have its fitness redetermined. Under these circumstances, and in accordance with section 204.7 of our rules, we revoke TWA’s certificat e authority. 3
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- 15, issued February 21, 2003, we reissued to Midwest Airlines, Inc. (“Midwest Airlines”) , a certificate under 49 U.S.C. § 41102 authorizing it to engage in interstate air transportation of persons, property, and mail. The air carrier operated under th is authority until November 3, 2009, when it ceased operations following a merger with Republic Airline , Inc

. To date, we have not received an app lication from Midwest Airlines to have its fitness redetermined. Under these circumstances, and in accordance with section 204.7 of our rules, we revoke Midwest Airlines’ certificate authority.
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- 29, issued Septem ber 25, 2008, we reissued to Air Greco, Inc. d/b/a Wings Air (“Wings Air”) authority to conduct scheduled passenger operations as a commuter air carrier pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 41738. The air carrier subsequently ceased all operations and was administrati vely dissolved on September 24, 2010. It has now

1 By this order, we revoke only an interstate certificate issued to Arrow

. Revocation of a foreign certificate is subject to Presidential review under 49 U.S.C. 41307 and will be handled in a separate order. 2 By this order, we cancel only an interstate certificate issued to America West. Cancellation of a foreign certificate is subject to Presidential review under 49 U.S.C. 41307 and will be handled in a separate order. 3 TWA’s foreign certificate authority has since expired according to its terms. Therefore , no o ther action is required with respect to the air carrier’s foreign authori ty.3 been more than one year since Wings Air ceased operations and we have not received an application from Wings Air to have its fitness redetermined. Under these circumstances, and in accordance with section 204.7 of our rules, we revoke Wings Air’s commuter authority.
ACCORDINGLY , Pursuant to authority assigned by the Department in its regulations, 14 CFR 385.12:

1. We revoke and/or cancel the economic authorities as described in the text of this order. 2. We will serve a copy of this order on the persons listed in Attachment A. Persons entitled to petition the Department for review of this order, under 14 CFR 385.30, may file their petitions within 10 days of the service date of this order.
This order shal l become effective immediately and the filing of a petition for review shall not alter its effectiveness. By:

TODD M. HOMAN Director Office of Aviation Analysis

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