Served: December 29 , 2011

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, DC

NOTICE

Japan Charter Authorizations (January 1

– December 31, 20 1 2 )

Under the terms of the 20 10 U.S.

- Japan Memorandum of Understanding ( 20 10 MOU ), U.S. carriers may operate an unlimited number of one

- way charter flights (hereinafter we refer to

“one

- way charters” simply as “charters”) between the United States and J apan , subject to the

limitation that no more than six hundred ( 6 00) charters may operate to or from Tokyo ’s Haneda Airport per year

. As a result of the 20 10 MOU , U .S. carriers now only require a Notice of Consistency from the Department when operating charters between the United

States and Haneda

. 1

We have determined that the demand for U .S.

- Haneda charters for the 2012 calendar year (January 1

- December 31, 2012) can continue to be me t by using th e U.S.

- Tokyo charter allocation procedures that were implemented for the 2008 c alendar year and have remained in place for subsequent c alendar years. Specifically, U.S.

- Haneda charter s will be available to

U.S. carriers for distribution for the 2012 calendar year on a first

- come, first

- serve d basis subject to the following procedures and conditions : 2

1. Applications to operate U.S.

- Haneda charters may be filed no earlier than 1 20 days in advance of the flight date

. 3 For the period January 1 th rough October 31, 20 1 2

, carriers may apply for up to 50 charters per month. After October 31, 20 1 2 , no restrictions apply on the number of charters that may be applied for each month;

2. Applications must identify the type of charter (passenger or cargo); the date of each

one

- way flight; the charterer(s); the city

- pair markets involved by direction; the type

1 T his does not relieve U.S. carriers from the requirement to obtain proper authorization for all U.S.

- Japan

charters from the Japan Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MLIT)

. 2 We note that on December 1, 2011, we issued a Notice of Consistency for 126 one

- way passenger charters to Delta Air Lines. This leaves 474 charters remaining for 2012.

3 Applications should be sent by e

- mail to d arren.jaffe@dot.gov

, esta.rosenberg@dot.gov

, and robert.finamore@dot.gov

, or by fax to 202

- 366

- 3694.of aircraft to be used; and (for cargo charters) the type of cargo transported. Carriers may be asked to provide copies of signed charter con tracts;

3. The Department will grant U.S.

- Haneda charter pool allocations by providing a Notice of Consistency to applicant carriers; 4

4. Carriers receiving a charter pool allocation shall, in writing, return any unused

allocations to the U.S. Air Carrier Licensing Division

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By:

Paul L. Gretch, Director

Office of International Aviation

(SEAL)

Dated: December 29 , 2011

An electronic version of this document is available on the World Wide Web at: http://www.regulations.gov

4 The carrier must also obtain proper authorization for its U.S.

- Haneda charters from the Japan M LIT

. 5 This notification must be received within two business days of the carrier’s determination that an allocated flight or flights will not operate.