Order 2015

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Served: April 3, 2015

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I T E D S

T A T E S O F A

M E R I C A D E P A R T M E N T O F T R A N S P O R T A T

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N UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation

on the 3 rd day of April , 2015

In the matter of the revocation of the commuter air

carr ier authorization issued to

AVIATION SERVICES, LTD.

d/b/a FREEDOM AIR

Pursuant to the provisions of 14 CFR 204.7 Docket DOT

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ORDER REVOKING COMMUTER AUTHORITY

Summary

By this order, we revoke the Commuter Air Carrier Author ization issued to Aviation Services,

Ltd. d/b/a Freedom Air (“ Freedom Air ”) for reason of dormancy.

Background

By Order 81

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the Department, f ound Freedom Air fit, willing, an d able to conduct scheduled passenger

operations as a commuter air carrier, and issued to it a Commuter Air Carrier Authorization. The

air carrier operated under this authority until March 8, 2014 , when it ceased all flight operations.

By letter dated Ma rch 31 , 2014, the Department advised Freedom Air that, pursuant to section

204.7 of the Department’s Aviation Economic Regulations (14 CFR 204.7), its authority was

suspended and it could neither resume nor advertise commuter operations until its fitness t o do so

had been redetermined. We further stated that, under section 204.7 of our rules, if the air carrier

did not resume operations within one year of its cessation, its authority would be revoked for

reason of dormancy. It has now been more than one y ear since Freedom Air ceased operations

and we have not received an application from Freedom Air to have its fitness redetermined.

Under these circumstances, and in accordance with section 204.7 of our rules, we find it

appropriate to revoke the Commuter Air Carrier Authorization issued to Freedom Air . This

action is without prejudice to the company’s filing for new commuter authority in the future.ACCORDINGLY , Pursuant to authority assigned by the Department in its regulations,

14 CFR 385.12:

1. We revoke the Commuter Air Carrier Authorization issued to Aviation Services, Ltd. d/b/a

Freedom Air by Order 81

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2. 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 th e service date of this

order.

This order is effective immediately 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.govAttachment A

SERVICE LIST FOR AVIATION SERVICES, LTD.

d/b/a FREEDOM AIR

JOAQUIN L FLOR ES

PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER

AVIATION SERVICES LTD

DBA FREEDOM AIR

PO BOX 1578

HAGATHA GUAM 96932 OFFICE OF AIRLINE INFO

DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION

1200 NEW JERSEY AVE SE

WASHINGTON DC 20590

PETER LYNCH AGC

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ASST CHIEF COUNSEL FOR

ENFORCEMENT

FED ERAL AVIATION

ADMINISTRATION

800 INDEPENDENCE AVE SW

WASHINGTON DC 20591 MARK MAZOR AFS

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MANAGER CSET

FAA SUITE 203B

45005 AVIATION DRIVE

DULLES VA 20166

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ROBIN S NOE

MANAGER

HONOLULU CERTIFICATE

MANAGEMENT OFFICE

CMO

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135 NAKOLO PLACE

H ONOLULU HAWAII 96819

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