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

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1975. T o t he ex t ent not g r an t ed, w e den i ed a l l r eques t s i n t he r e f e r enced D oc k e t . We m ay a m end, m od if y , or

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I n the c ondu c t of the op era tions a utho r i z e d, t h e U

. S

. c arr i e r app l i can t ( s) s h all:

( 1) Hold a t a ll tim e s effec tive op era ting a utho r ity fr om the g ov er nm e nt of eac h c ount r y s er v e d;

( 2) C omply with a ppli ca ble re qui re m e nts c on cer ning ov er s a l e s c ont a in e d in 14 C F R 250 (f or

s c h e dul e d op era tions, if a uth o ri z ed );

( 3) C omply with the re qui re m e nts f or re po r ting d a ta c ont a in e d in 14 C F R 241;

( 4) C omply with re qui re m e nts f or minimum insu ra n c e c ov era g e

, a nd f or cer ti f y

ing th a t c ov era g e to

the D e p ar tm e nt, c ont a in e d in 14 C F R 205;

(5 ) E x cep t a s s p e c i f i ca lly e x e mpt e d or oth er wise p r ovid e d f or in a D e p ar tm e nt O r d er

, c omply with

the re qui re m e nts of 14 C F R 203, c on cer ning w a iv e r of W ar s a w C onv e ntion li a bility limits a nd

d e fen s e s;

( 6) C omply with a ll a ppli ca ble re qui re m e nts of the Fe d era l Avi a tion A dminist ra tion, the

T ra nspo r t a tion S ec u r ity Administ ra tion, a nd with a ll a ppli ca ble U. S . Gov er nm e nt re qui re m e nts

c on cer ning s ec u r it y , in c ludin g , but not limit e d to, 49 C F R P ar t 1544. To ass u re co m p l i an ce with all

a ppli ca ble U. S . Gov er nm e nt re qui re m e nts c on cer ning s ec u r it y , the hold e r sh a ll, b ef o r e c omm e n c ing

a ny n e w s er vi c e ( in c luding c h ar t e r f li g hts) to or fr om a f o re i g n a i r po r t, c ont ac t its P r in c ip a l S ec u r ity

I n s p e c t o r ( PS I ) to a dvise the PS I of its pl a ns a nd to f ind out wh e th e r the T ra nspo r t a tion S ec u r ity

Administ ra tion h a s d e t er min e d th a t s ec u r ity is a d e qu a te to a llow su c h a i r po r t ( s) to be s er v e d;

( 7) C omply with su c h oth e r rea son a ble t er ms, c onditions, a nd limit a tions re qui re d by the public

int ere st a s m a y be p re s cr ib e d by the D e p ar tm e nt of T ra nspo r t a tion, with a ll a ppli ca ble o r d er s a nd

re g ul a tions of oth e r U. S

. a g e n c i e s a nd c ou r ts, a nd with a ll a ppli ca ble l a ws of the Unit e d S t a t e s.

The a utho r ity g ra nt e d sh a ll be effec tive only du r ing the p er iod wh e n the hold e r is in c ompli a n c e

with the c onditions impos e d a bov e

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