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

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, t a k en by t he D epa rt m ent o ffi c i al i nd i ca t ed ( no

add iti onal con fir m i ng o r der w il l be i ssued i n t h i s m a t te r).

A pp li can t : AVC O NJ E T A G ( A vcon) D a t e F il ed: O c t ober 11 , 2012

R e li ef r eques t ed: R ene w al of exe m p ti on fr om 49 U SC §41301 t o pe r m i t t he app li cant t o en g a g e i n: 1) f o r e i g n cha rt er

a i r tr anspo rt a ti on of pe r sons and p r ope rt y fr om any po i nt or po i nts beh i nd any Me m ber S t a t e of t he Eu r opean U n i on,

v i a any po i nt or po i n t s i n any Me m ber S t a t e and v i a i n t e r m ed i a t e po i n t s, t o a po i nt or po i n t s i n t he U n it ed S t a t es and

be y ond; 2) f o r e i g n cha rt er a i r tr anspo rt a ti on of pe r sons and p r ope rt y be t w een any po i nt or po i n t s i n t he U n it ed S t a t es

and any po i nt or po i n t s i n any m e m ber of t he Eu r opean C o mm on A v i a ti on A r ea; and 3) o t her cha rt e r s pu r suant t o t he

p ri or app r o v al r equ ir e m en t s set f o rt h i n 14 C FR Pa r t 212. A v con conduct s t hese se r v i ces us i ng s m a l l a ir c r a ft

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I f r ene w a l , da t e and c it a ti on of l ast ac ti on: N o v e m ber 15, 2010, i n t h i s D oc k e t

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A pp li cant r ep r esen t a ti v e: Max i m ili an Ma r una, 43

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Except t o t he ex t ent exe m p t ed / w a i v ed, t h i s au t ho rit y i s sub j ect t o t he t e r m s, cond iti ons, and li m it a ti ons of our

s t anda r d exe m p ti on cond iti ons ( a tt ached )

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Spec i al cond iti ons / R e m a r k s: T he au t ho rit y g r an t ed abo v e i s li m it ed t o se r v i ces us i ng s m a l l a ir c r a f t des i g ned t o ha v e a

m ax i m um passen g er capac it y of not m o r e t han 60 sea t s and a m ax i m um pa y l oad capac it y of not m o r e t han 18,000

pounds.

A c ti on t aken by: P aul L

. G re t ch, D i rec t or, O ff i ce of In t erna ti onal A v i a ti on

U n d er a u t h or ity a ss i gn ed b y t h e De p a r t m e n t in its r e gu lati o ns

, 1 4 C FR P a r t 385

, w e f o un d t h at (1 ) o u r acti o n w as c o ns i s te n t w ith

De p a r t m e n t po lic y ; (2 ) t h e a pp lica n t w as q u ali f ied to p e r f or m its propo s ed op e r ati o ns ; (3 ) g r a n t o f t h e a u t h or ity w as c o ns i s te n t w ith

t h e p u b lic i n te r e s t; a n d (4 ) g r a n t o f t h e a u t h or ity w o u ld n o t c o ns tit u te a m a j o r r e gu lat or y acti o n un d er t h e E n e r g y P o licy a n d

C o ns e r v ati o n A ct o f 1975

. T o t h e e x te n t n o t g r a n te d / d e f e rr e d / d i s m i ss e d

, w e d e n ied all r e q u e s ts in t h e r e f e r e n ced D o c k et. W e m ay

a m e n d

, m od i f y

, o r r e v o k e t h e a u t h or ity g r a n ted in t h is N o tice at a n y ti m e w it h o u t h ea r i n g at o u r d i s c r eti o n

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P e r s o n s e n titled to p etiti o n t h e De p a r t m e n t f o r r e v iew o f t h e acti o n s et f or th in t h is N o tice un d er t h e De par t m e n t ’ s r e gu lati o ns

, 1 4

C FR §385.30

, m ay f ile t h eir p etiti o n s w it h in s e v en (7 ) d a y s a f ter t h e d ate o f i ssu a n ce o f t h is N o tice. T h is acti o n w as e ff ecti v e

w h en ta k e n

, a n d t h e f ili n g o f a p etiti o n f o r r e v iew w ill n o t alter su ch e ff ecti v e n e ss

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I n t he conduct of t he ope r a ti ons au t ho ri z ed, t he f o r e i g n ca rri er app li cant sha ll :

(1 ) N o t conduc t an y opera ti on s un l es s i t ho l d s a curren tl y effec ti v e au t hor i z a ti o n fro m it s ho m e l an d fo r suc h opera ti ons

,

an d i t ha s f il e d a cop y o f suc h au t hor i z a ti o n w it h t h e D epar t m en t ;

( 2) C o m p l y w it h a l l app li cab l e r equ ir e m en t s of t he Fede r al A v i a t i on A d m i n i s tr a ti on, t he T r anspo rt a ti on Secu rit y

A d m i n i s tr a ti on, and w it h a l l app li cab l e U .S. G o v e r n m ent r equ ir e m en t s conce r n i ng secu rit y

, i nc l ud i n g , but not

li m it ed t o, 14 C FR Pa rt s 129, 91, and 36 and 49 C FR Pa r t 1546 or 1550, as app li cab l e. T o assu r e co m p li ance w ith

a l l app li cab l e U .S. G o v e r n m ent r equ ir e m en t s conce r n i ng secu rit y

, t he ho l der sha ll , be f o r e co mm enc i ng any new

se r v i ce (i nc l ud i ng cha rt er fli g h t s) fr om a f o r e i g n a ir po r t t hat w ou l d be t he ho l de r’ s l ast po i nt of depa rt u r e f or t he

U n it ed S t a t es, con t act it s I n t e r na ti onal I ndus tr y R ep r esen t a ti v e ( II R ) (f o r m e rl y r e f e rr ed t o as I n t e r na ti onal

P ri nc i pal Secu rit y I nspec t o r ) t o ad v i se t he II R of it s p l ans and t o fi nd out w he t her t he T r anspo rt a ti on Secu rit y

A d m i n i s tr a ti on has de t e r m i ned t hat secu rit y i s a d equa t e t o a ll ow such a ir po rt( s) t o be se r v ed;

(3 ) C o m p l y w it h t h e requ i re m en t s fo r m i n i m u m i nsuranc e co v era g e con t a i ne d i n 1 4 CF R P ar t 205

, and

, pr i o r t o t he

co mm ence m en t o f an y opera ti on s unde r t h i s au t hor it y

, f il e e v i denc e o f suc h co v era g e

, i n t h e for m o f a co m p l e t e d

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, w it h t h e F edera l A v i a ti o n A d m i n i s t ra ti on’ s P ro g ra m Mana g e m en t B ranc h ( AF S

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S t andard s S er v i c e (an y chan g e s t o

, o r t er m i na ti o n of

, i nsuranc e a l s o sha l l b e f il e d w it h t ha t off i ce) ;

(4 ) N o t opera t e a i rcraf t unde r t h i s au t hor it y un l es s i t co m p li e s w it h opera ti ona l safe t y requ i re m en t s a t l eas t equ i v a l en t t o

A nne x 6 o f t h e C h i ca g o C on v en ti on;

( 5) C on f o r m t o t he a ir w o rt h i ness and a ir m an co m pe t ency r equ ir e m en t s of it s G o v e r n m ent f or i n t e r na ti onal a i r

se r v i ces;

(6 ) E xcep t a s spec i f i ca ll y exe m p t e d o r o t her w i s e pro v i de d fo r i n a D epar t m en t O rder

, co m p l y w it h t h e requ i re m en t s of

1 4 CF R P ar t 203

, concern i n g w a i v e r o f Warsa w C on v en ti o n li ab ilit y li m it s an d defenses ;

( 7) A g r ee t hat ope r a ti ons under t h i s au t ho rit y cons tit u t e a w a i v er of so v e r e i g n i m m

un it y

, f or t he pu r poses of 28

U .S. C . 1605 ( a ) , but on l y w it h r espect t o t hose ac ti ons or p r oceed i n g s i ns tit u t ed a g a i nst i t i n any cou r t or o t her

tri bunal i n t he U n it ed S t a t es t hat a r e: ( a) based on it s ope r a ti ons i n i n t e r na ti onal a i r tr anspo rt a ti on t ha t , acco r d i ng

t o t he con tr act of ca rri a g e, i nc l ude a po i nt i n t he U n it ed S t a t es as a po i nt of o ri g i n, po i nt of des ti na ti on, or a g r eed

s t opp i ng p l ace, or f or w h i ch t he con tr act of ca rri a g e w as pu r chased i n t he U n it ed S t a t es; or ( b) based on a c l a i m

under any i n t e r na ti onal a g r ee m ent or tr ea t y co g n i z ab l e i n any cou r t or o t her tri bunal of t he U n it ed S t a t es. I n t h i s

cond iti on, t he t e r m "i n t e r na ti onal a i r tr anspo rt a ti on" means "i n t e r na ti onal tr anspo rt a ti on" as de fi ned by t he

Wa r saw C on v en ti on, except t hat a l l S t a t es sha l l be cons i de r ed t o be H i g h C on tr ac ti ng Pa rti es f or t he pu r pose of

t h i s de fi n iti on;

( 8) Except as spec ifi ca ll y au t ho ri z ed by t he D epa rt m en t , o ri g i na t e or t e r m i na t e a l l fli g h t s t o /fr om t he U n it ed S t a t es in

a Me m ber S t a t e of t he Eu r opean U n i on;

( 9) C o m p l y w it h t he r equ ir e m en t s of 14 C FR Pa r t 217, conce r n i ng t he r epo rti ng of schedu l ed, nonschedu l ed, and

cha rt er da t a;

( 10) I f cha rt er ope r a ti ons a r e au t ho ri z ed, except as o t he r w i se p r o v i ded i n t he app li cab l e a v i a ti on a g r ee m en t , co m p l y

w it h t he D epa rt m en t ' s r u l es g o v e r n i ng cha rt e r s (i nc l ud i ng 14 C FR Pa rt s 212 and 380 ) ; and

( 11) C o m p l y w it h such o t her r easonab l e t e r m s, cond iti ons, and li m it a ti ons r equ ir ed by t he pub li c i n t e r est as m ay be

p r esc ri bed by t he D epa rt m en t

, w it h a l l app li cab l e o r de r s or r e g u l a ti ons of o t h e r U .S. a g enc i es and cou rt s, and

w it h a l l app li cab l e l a w s of t he U n it ed S t a t es.

T h i s au t ho rit y sha l l not be e ff ec ti v e du ri ng any pe ri od w hen t he ho l der i s not i n co m p li ance w it h t he cond iti ons

i m posed abo v e. Mo r eo v e r

, t h i s au t ho rit y cannot be so l d or o t h e r w i se tr ans f e rr ed w it hout exp li c i t D epa rt m ent

app r o v al under T itl e 49 of t he U .S. C ode.

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