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 November 21 , 2013

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

- 2013

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________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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 11/ 1 4 / 1 3 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 Houston, Texas and Nassau,

Bahamas

. 2

A pp li c ant r e p resentative : Gerald F. Murphy (202) 508

- 8855

The City of Houston submitted an answer in support of SkyWest’s application.

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 b e l o w )

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: November 21 , 201 3

, t h r o u g h November 21

, 201 5

. 3

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 )

____________________________________________________________________________________________________________ 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

- share 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

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

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

flights operated by SkyWest.

2 SkyWest states in the instant application that it previously requested U.S.

- Caribbean certif icate authority at the time it applied for a

blanket open

- skies certificate of public convenience and necessity

. The Department granted authority to serve open

- skies partners and

deferred on the portion of the request that addressed specific Caribbean destinations , including the Bahamas, in Order 2008

- 4

- 26. We

again defer on that request and will handle it separately.

3 We acted on this application without awaiting expiration of the 15

- day answer period with th e consent of all parties served.transportation (i.e., the carrier shown on the ticket) accept responsibility for the entirety of the code

- share

journey for all obligations established in its contract of carriage with the passenger; and that the passenger

liabili ty 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 effect 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 Department’s regulations, we found the applicant

qualified to provide the serv ices 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 reporting 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 Order, comply with the requirements of 14

C FR 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 requireme nts 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 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) 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 l aws 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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