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o re i gn a i r t r a nspor t 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 point or points in t he U n it ed

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X X T he au t hor i t 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 and B r a z il , as

a m ende d , and t h e M e m or andum o f C onsu l t a ti o n s s i gned M a rch 19, 2011 ; and with the aviation agreement

between the United States and the People’s Republic of China.

Except t o t h e e x t e nt exe m p t ed or w a i v ed, t h i s a u t ho r it y i s s u b j ect t o t h e t e r m s, c ond iti o ns, a n d li m it a ti ons

i nd i c a t e d :

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XX S t and a rd U .S. c a r r i e r ex e m p ti on co nd iti o ns (at t a c h ed as A p p en d i x A )

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f i c i a l l y no ti c ea b l e u nd e r R u l e 2 4 ( g ) of t he D e par t m en t ' s r e gu l a ti o n s, w e f

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u t ho rit y as s i g ned by t he D ep ar 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

3 85, w e f o u nd t h at ( 1 ) o u r ac ti on w as c o n s i s t e nt w it h D e pa rt m ent p o li c y ; ( 2 ) g r a n t o f t he a u t h or it y w as c o ns i s t e nt w it h

t he p u b li c i n t er e s t ; a n d ( 3 ) g r a nt o f t he a u t h or it y w ou l d n o t co ns t it u t e a m a j o r r e g u l a t o r y a c ti on und e r t h e E n e r g y Po li cy

and C on s e r v a ti o n A ct of 19 75. T o t he ex t e n t n o t g r an t ed, w e d e n i e d a l l r e q ue s t s i n t he ref e r en c e d D oc k e t s. We m

a y

a m end, m od i f y , or r e v o k e t he a u t h o r it y g r an t ed i n t h i s N o t i ce a t any ti m e w it ho u t h e a r i ng at our d i s c r e ti o n

.Pe r so n s e n t i t l ed t o pe t i t i on t he D e p a r t m ent f o r r e v i ew of t h e a c t i on s et f o r t h i n t h i s N o t i ce u n d e r 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. 3 0, m a y fil e t h e i r pe t i ti o n s w it h i n se v en (7 ) d a y s a f t e r t h e d a t e o f i s s u an c e of t h i s N o t i c e.

T h i s ac ti on w as ef

f e c ti v e w h e n t a k en, a n d t h e f il i ng of a p e t i ti on fo r r e v i ew w il l no t a lt e r such e f f e c ti v ene s s.

An elect ro n ic v e r s i o n o f t h i s d o c u m e n t is a v aila b le o n t h e W or ld W i d e W eb a t :

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### AP P E N DIX A

U. S . Ca rr i e r E x e m p t ion Co nd i t io n s

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

. carr i e r a ppli ca nt ( s ) sh a ll:

( 1) Hold a t a ll t i m e s ef

f ec 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 cer ning 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 era tions, if a utho r i z e d ) ;

( 3) C omp l y with the r e q ui re m e nts f or r e po r t i 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 min i mum 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 ce p t a s sp ec i f

i ca lly e x e mpt e d or oth er wise p r ovid e d f or in a D e p ar t m 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 cer ni n g w a i v e r o f W ar s a w C onv e nti o n li a bili t y limits a nd

d efe n 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 the Fe d era l Av i a tion Ad mi nist ra tion, the

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 er 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 er nm e nt re qui re m e nts c on cer ning 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 er vi c e ( i n c lud i ng c h ar t e r f l i g hts) to o r f

r om a f o re i g n a i rp o r t, c o n t ac t its P r in c i p a l S ec u r i t y

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

Administ ra tion h a s d e t er 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 rpo r t ( s) to be s er v e d;

( 7) C omp l y with su c h o t h e r rea son a ble t er ms, c o n ditions, a nd li m it 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 cr i b e d b y t h e D e p ar tm e nt of T ra nspo r t a tion, with a ll a ppli ca ble o r d er s a nd

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 of 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 n g the p er iod wh e n the h old e r is in c ompli a n c e w i th

the c onditions impos e d a

bov e

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