Order 2015-5-19

Served May 26, 2015

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation

on the 26th day of May, 2015

Applications of

WESTERN GLOBAL AIRLINES, LLC

for certificates of public convenience and necessity under 

49 U.S.C. § 41102 to engage in interstate and foreign charter 

air transportation of property and mail

Docket DOT-OST-2013-0105

Docket DOT-OST-2013-0106

Application of

WESTERN GLOBAL AIRLINES, LLC

for an exemption from 14 CFR § 201.5 to carry revenue 

cargo on FAA proving run flights

Docket DOT-OST-2014-0118

ORDER CONFIRMING ORAL ACTIONS

AND ISSUING EFFECTIVE CERTIFICATES 

Summary

By this order, we (1) confirm our oral action of July 11, 2014, granting Western Global Airlines, 

LLC (“Western Global”) an exemption from the requirements of section 201.5 of our rules (14 

CFR § 201.5) to the extent necessary to allow the company to carry revenue cargo on proving 

flights conducted under the surveillance of the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”); 

(2) confirm our oral action of August 1, 2014, making the interstate and foreign charter cargo 

authority effective on that date; and (3) reissue Western Global’s interstate and foreign charter 

cargo certificates to reflect their effective dates. 

Background

By Order 2014-2-21, issued February 25, 2014, the Department found Western Global fit to 

engage in interstate and foreign charter air transportation of property and mail, and issued the 

company a certificate authorizing it to engage in interstate charter cargo operations. By Order 

2014-4-27, the Department issued a companion certificate to Western Global authorizing it to 

engage in foreign charter cargo operations. 

The authority granted under these certificates was not to become effective until six (business) 

days after the Department had received (1) a copy of Western Global’s Air Carrier Certificate 

and Operations Specifications authorizing such operations from the FAA, (2) a certificate of 

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insurance (OST Form 6410) evidencing liability insurance coverage meeting the requirements of 

14 CFR § 205.5(b) for all of its aircraft, (3) updated fitness information describing any changes 

Western Global may have undergone subsequent to the issuance of the show-cause order in this 

proceeding,1

and (4) evidence that the air carrier continued to have sufficient funding to meet our 

financial fitness criteria.

On July 9, 2014, Western Global requested an exemption from section 201.5 of the Department’s 

rules to allow it to carry cargo in revenue service during the air carrier’s FAA-required proving 

run flights between the United States and Liege, Belgium. In support of its request, Western 

Global noted that the carriage of revenue cargo on the proving runs would allow the FAA to 

observe the air carrier conducting actual flight operations as well as allow the applicant to recoup 

some of the costs associated with conducting these flights. The Department has, in the past, 

granted such exemptions to other cargo carriers and we saw no reason not to do so here. 

Therefore, on July 11, 2014, we orally granted Western Global’s exemption request and confirm 

that action herein.

On July 24, 2014, Western Global provided updated fitness information, including evidence of 

sufficient liability insurance; a statement that it had undergone no substantial changes in 

ownership, key personnel, compliance history or financial posture since the issuance of the Show 

Cause Order; and third-party verification of funds available to the air carrier that supported its 

ability to meet our financial fitness criteria. 

On August 1, 2014, Western Global provided to the Department a copy of its Air Carrier 

Certificate and Operations Specifications from the FAA and also requested that we make its 

authority effective prior to the expiration of the six (6) day waiting period.

Based on our review of the information provided by Western Global, we concluded that the air 

carrier remained a U.S. citizen and was fit to commence its interstate and foreign charter cargo 

operations. We also determined that there was no reason not to grant the company the waiver it 

requested and make its authority effective prior to the expiration of the six-day waiting period. 

Therefore, on August 1, 2014, we orally advised Western Global that we were making its 

certificate authority effective on that date. 

By this order, we confirm our action of August 1, 2014, and reissue to Western Global its 

interstate and foreign charter cargo certificates to reflect their effective dates of August 1, 2014. 

ACCORDINGLY: Acting under authority assigned by the Department in its regulations, 

14 CFR 385.12:

1. We confirm our oral action of July 11, 2014, that granted Western Global Airlines, LLC 

an exemption from 14 CFR § 201.5 of our regulations to the extent necessary to permit it to carry 

revenue cargo on its proving runs.

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See Order 2014-2-11, issued February 11, 2014.
2. We confirm our oral action of August 1, 2014, granting Western Global Airlines, LLC a 

waiver from the six-day waiting period and making its interstate and foreign charter all-cargo 

certificates effective on that same date.

3. We reissue the certificates of public convenience and necessity to engage in interstate and 

foreign charter air transportation of property and mail issued to Western Global Airlines, LLC by 

Order 2014-2-21 and Order 2014-4-27, in the attached form to reflect their effective dates.

4. We direct that should Western Global Airlines, LLC propose to operate more than four 

aircraft, if must first notify the Department in writing at least 45 days prior to the proposed 

operation and demonstrate its fitness to conduct such operations before their commencement.

5. We direct Western Global Airlines, LLC to submit to the Air Carrier Fitness Division a

first year progress report within 45 days following the end of its first year of certificated 

operations.

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6. 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 the Department’s 

Regulations, 14 CFR 385.30, may file their petitions within 10 days of the service date of this 

order.

The action confirmed in this order was effective when taken and the filing of a petition for 

review shall not alter its effectiveness.

By:

TODD M. HOMAN

Director

Office of Aviation Analysis

An electronic version of this document is available on the World Wide Web at

http://www.regulations.gov

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The report shall include a description of the air carrier’s current operations (number and type of aircraft, 

principal markets served, total number of full-time and part-time employees), a summary of how these operations 

have changed during the year, a discussion of any changes it anticipates from its current operations during its second 

year, current financial statements (including a balance sheet at the end of its first year of flight operations and a 

12-month income statement ending that same date), and a listing of current senior management and key technical 

personnel. The air carrier should also be prepared to meet with staff members of the Fitness Division to discuss its 

current and future operations.
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity

for

Interstate Charter Air Transportation

This Certifies That

WESTERN GLOBAL AIRLINES, LLC

is authorized, subject to the provisions of Subtitle VII of Title 49 of the 

United States Code, the orders, rules, and regulations issued thereunder, 

and the attached Terms, Conditions, and Limitations, to engage in 

interstate charter air transportation of property and mail.

This Certificate is not transferable without the approval of the Department 

of Transportation.

By Direction of the Secretary

Issued by Order 2015-5-19 Todd M. Homan 

On May 26, 2015 Director

Effective on August 1, 2014 Office of Aviation Analysis
Attachment ∗

As reissued by Order 2015-5-19

Terms, Conditions, and Limitations

Western Global Airlines, LLC

is authorized to engage in interstate charter air transportation of property and mail 

between any point in any State, territory, or possession of the United States or the 

District of Columbia, and any other point in any of those entities.

This authority is subject to the following provisions:

(1) The holder shall at all times conduct its operations in accordance with the 

regulations prescribed by the Department of Transportation for the services authorized 

by this certificate, and with such other reasonable terms, conditions, and limitations as 

the Department of Transportation may prescribe in the public interest.

(2) The holder is not authorized to carry passengers (other than cargo attendants 

accompanying freight shipments).

(3) The holder's authority under this certificate is effective only to the extent that such 

operations are also authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and 

comply with all U.S. Government requirements concerning security, including, but not 

limited to 49 CFR Part 1544.

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(4) The holder shall at all times remain a "Citizen of the United States" as required 

by 49 U.S.C. § 40102(a)(15).

(5) The holder shall maintain in effect liability insurance coverage as required under

14 CFR Part 205. Failure to maintain such insurance coverage will render a certificate 

ineffective, and this or other failure to comply with the provisions of Subtitle VII of Title 

49 of the United States Code or the Department's regulations shall be sufficient grounds 

to revoke this certificate.

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This certificate is being reissued to reflect its effective date. ∗∗

To assure compliance with all applicable U.S. Government requirements concerning security, 

the holder shall, before commencing any new service (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.
(6) The holder is not authorized to engage in air transportation operations between 

points within the State of Alaska.

(7) Should the holder propose any substantial change in its ownership, management, 

or operations (as defined in 14 CFR § 204.2(l)), it must first comply with the 

requirements of 14 CFR § 204.5.

(8) In the event that the holder commences but subsequently ceases all operations for 

which it was found "fit, willing, and able," its authority under this certificate shall be 

suspended under the terms of 14 CFR § 204.7 and the holder may neither recommence 

nor advertise such operations unless its fitness to do so has been redetermined by the 

Department. Moreover, if the holder does not resume operations within one year of its 

cessation, its authority shall be revoked for dormancy.
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity 

for

Foreign Charter Air Transportation

This Certifies That

WESTERN GLOBAL AIRLINES, LLC

(as reissued)

is authorized, subject to the provisions of Subtitle VII of Title 49 of the United 

States Code, the orders, rules, and regulations issued thereunder, and the 

attached Terms, Conditions, and Limitations, to engage in foreign charter air 

transportation of property and mail.

This Certificate is not transferable without the approval of the Department of 

Transportation.

By Direction of the Secretary

Issued by Order2015-5-19 Todd M. Homan

On May 26, 2015 Director

Effective on August 1, 2014 Office of Aviation Analysis
Attachment ∗

As reissued by Order 2015-5-19

Terms, Conditions, and Limitations

Western Global Airlines, LLC 

is authorized to engage in foreign charter air transportation of property and mail: 

Between any place in the United States and any place outside thereof.

This authority is subject to the following provisions:

(1) The holder shall at all times conduct its operations in accordance with the regulations 

prescribed by the Department of Transportation for the services authorized by this certificate, 

and with such other reasonable terms, conditions, and limitations as the Department of 

Transportation may prescribe in the public interest.

(2) The holder is not authorized to carry passengers (other than cargo attendants 

accompanying freight shipments).

(3) The holder shall at all times conduct its operations in accordance with all treaties and 

agreements between the United States and other countries, and the exercise of the privileges 

granted by this certificate is subject to compliance with such treaties and agreements and with 

any orders of the Department of Transportation issued under them or for the purpose of 

requiring compliance with them.

(4) The exercise of the authority granted here is subject to the holder's first obtaining from 

the appropriate foreign governments such operating rights as may be necessary.

(5) The holder's authority under this certificate is effective only to the extent that such 

operations are also authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and comply with 

all U.S. Government requirements concerning security, including, but not limited to 49 CFR Part 

1544.∗∗

(6) The holder shall at all times remain a "Citizen of the United States" as required by 49 

U.S.C. § 40102(a)(15).

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This certificate is being reissued to reflect its effective date. ∗∗

To assure compliance with all applicable U.S. Government requirements concerning security, the 

holder shall, before commencing any new service (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) The holder shall maintain in effect liability insurance coverage as required under 14 

CFR Part 205. Failure to maintain such insurance coverage will render a certificate ineffective, 

and this or other failure to comply with the provisions of Subtitle VII of Title 49 of the United 

States Code or the Department's regulations shall be sufficient grounds to revoke this certificate.

(8) Should the holder propose any substantial change in its ownership, management, or 

operations (as defined in 14 CFR § 204.2(l)), it must first comply with the requirements of 14 

CFR § 204.5.

(9) In the event that the holder commences but subsequently ceases all operations for which 

it was found "fit, willing, and able," its authority under this certificate shall be suspended under 

the terms of 14 CFR § 204.7 and the holder may neither recommence nor advertise such 

operations unless its fitness to do so has been redetermined by the Department. Moreover, if the 

holder does not resume operations within one year of its cessation, its authority shall be revoked 

for dormancy.
ATTACHMENT A

SERVICE LIST FOR 

WESTERN GLOBAL AIRLINES, LLC

MR JAMES NEFF

CEO

WESTERN GLOBAL AIRLINES LLC

5566 BROADCAST COURT

SARASOTA FL 34230

MR MARK ATWOOD

COZEN O’CONNOR

1627 I STREET NW

WASHINGTON DC 20006

MR WILLIAM ROYAL

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

5601 MARINER STREET

SUITE 310

TAMPA FL 33609

MR PETER LYNCH AGC-300

ASST CHIEF COUNSEL FOR 

ENFORCEMENT

FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION

800 INDEPENDENCE AVE SW

WASHINGTON DC 20591

MR WILLIAM CHADWICK

OFFICE OF AIRLINE INFO

DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION

1200 NEW JERSEY AVE SE

WASHINGTON DC 20590

MR MARK MAZOR AFS-900

MANAGER CSET

FAA SUITE 203B

45005 AVIATION DRIVE

DULLES VA 20166-7537