UN I TE D S TATE S O F A M ER I CA

DE P ART M EN T O F TRAN SP O RTAT I O N

O F F I C E O F T H E S ECRETAR Y

W A S H I NGT O N

, DC

I ssued by t he D epa r t m ent o f T r a nsp o rt a t i on on February 7 , 2014

N O T I C E O F ACT I O N TA K E N

- - D O C K E T DO T

- O S T

- 2014

- 0016

________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This serves as notice to the public of the action described below, taken by the Department official indicated (no additional

confirming order will be issued in this matter).

A pp li c a t i on o f SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC. (SkyWest) f il ed 2 / 5 / 1 4 f o r:

X X 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: 1

Schedu l ed f 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 Washington, D.C. and Nassau,

Bahamas

.

A pp li c ant r e p resentative : Steven J. Seiden (202) 508

- 8855

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

- 2512

D I S P O S I T I O N

X X Granted ( su b j e c t t o c ond i ti o n s, s ee remarks )

T he abo v e a c t i on w as e f f e c ti v e wh en t a k en: February 7 , 201 4

, t h r o u g h February 7

, 201 6

, or until 90 days after final

Department action on SkyWest’s corresponding c ertificate application in Docket DOT

- OST

- 2007

- 0084, whichever occurs

earlier.

A c ti on t aken b y: 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

X X T he 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 o v era l l s t a t e o f av i a t i on r e l a ti o n s be t w e en t h e U n i t ed S t a t e s and t he

B ah a m a s

.

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 i nd i c a t e d :

X X H o l d e r ’ s c e r t i fi ca t es o f pub l i c c onve n i en c e and nece s s i t y

X X S t andard e x e m p t i o n cond i ti o n s ( a tt a che d )

__________________________________________________________________________________________________ Remarks: We acted on this application with the consent of all parties served without awaiting expiration of the 15

- day

answer period.

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Conditions :

The code

- share operations conducted under this authorization are subject to the following conditions:

(a) The code

- share operations conducted under this authority must comply with 14 CFR 257 and with any

amendment to the Department’s regulations concerning code

- s hare arrangements that may be adopted.

Notwithstanding any provisions in the contract between the carriers, our approval here is expressly

conditioned upon the requirements that the subject foreign air transportation be sold in the name of the carrier

hold ing out such service in computer reservation systems and elsewhere; that the carrier selling such

transportation (i.e., the carrier shown on the ticket) accept responsibility for the entirety of the code

- share

1 SkyWest will begin seasonal service in June 2014 operating as a United Express carrier. United’s designator code will be displayed

on flights operated by SkyWest.journey for all obligations established in its contract of carriage with the passenger; and that the passenger

liability of the operating carrier be unaffected.

(b) The authority granted here is specifically conditioned so that neither SkyWest nor its code

- share partner(s)

shall give any force and effec t to any contractual provisions between themselves that are contrary to these

conditions.

____________________________________________________________________________________________ On the basis of data officially noticeable under Rule 24(g) of the Depart ment’s regulations, we found the applicant

qualified to provide the services authorized.

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 ent po li c y ; ( 2) g r a nt o f t h e au t ho r it y w as c o n s i s t ent w it h t he p ub l i c i n 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 o f 1975.

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

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

. We m a 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 i s c r e ti o n

.

Pe r so n s e n t i t l ed t o p e 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 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.

A n elect r on ic ve rs i o n o f th is d o c u me n t is a v a il ab le o n t h e W o r ld W i d e W eb a t:

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U.S. Carrier Exemption Conditions

In the conduct of the operations authorized, the U.S. carrier applicant(s) shall:

(1) Hold at all times effective operating authority from the government of each country served;

(2) Comply with applicable requirements concerning oversales contained in 14 CFR 250 (for scheduled operations, if

authorized);

(3) Comply with the requirements for repo rting data contained in 14 CFR 241;

(4) Comply with requirements for minimum insurance coverage, and for certifying that coverage to the Department,

contained in 14 CFR 205;

(5) Except as specifically exempted or otherwise provided for in a Department Or der, comply with the requirements of 14

CFR 203, concerning waiver of Warsaw Convention liability limits and defenses;

(6) Comply with all applicable requirements of the Federal Aviation Administration, the Transportation Security

Administration, and with all applicable U.S. Government requirements concerning security, including, but not limited to,

49 CFR Part 1544. To assure compliance with all applicable U.S. Government requirements concerning security, the

holder shall, before commencing any new servi ce (including charter flights) to or from a foreign airport, contact its

Principal Security Inspector (PSI) to advise the PSI of its plans and to find out whether the Transportation Security

Administration has determined that security is adequate to allow such airport(s) to be served;

(7) Comply with such other reasonable terms, conditions, and limitations required by the public interest as may be

prescribed by the Department of Transportation, with all applicable orders and regulations of other U.S. agencies and

courts, and with all applicable laws of the United States.

The authority granted shall be effective only during the period when the holder is in compliance with the conditions

imposed above.

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