BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

__________________________________________

 ) 

Application of ) 

 ) 

PERFORMANCE AIR LTD. ) DOCKET DOT-OST-2009-0139 

 ) 

for an exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 ) 

(Bahamas-U.S. charters) ) 

__________________________________________)

APPLICATION OF PERFORMANCE AIR LTD. 

 FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

John R. Mietus, Jr. 

Law Office of John Mietus, LLC 

6701 Democracy Blvd., Suite 300 

Bethesda, MD 20817-7500 

 (202) 747-5212 

 (240) 396-5362 fax 

john@mietuslaw.com 

 Counsel for PERFORMANCE AIR LTD. 

NOTICE: Any person may support or oppose this application by filing an answer 

and serving a copy of the answer on counsel for Performance Air and upon 

persons served with this application no later than September 16, 2010. 

September 1, 2010
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

__________________________________________

 ) 

Application of ) 

 ) 

PERFORMANCE AIR LTD. ) DOCKET DOT-OST-2009-0139 

 ) September 1, 2010 

for an exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 ) 

(Bahamas-U.S. charters) ) 

__________________________________________)

APPLICATION OF PERFORMANCE AIR LTD. 

FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION

 Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109(c), Performance Air Ltd. ("Performance Air") 

respectfully requests renewal of the above-captioned exemption, granted by Notice of 

Action Taken dated September 3, 2009 (the “Notice”), for an additional, one-year period. 

The Notice permits Performance Air to engage in charter foreign air transportation of 

persons, property, and mail between a point or points in the Bahamas and a point or 

points in the United States, and other charters pursuant to 14 CFR Part 212 of the 

Department’s regulations, using small aircraft. Performance Air intends to invoke the 

automatic extension provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 558(c) and Part 377 of the Department's 

Special Regulations. In support of this application, it states as follows:

 1. Performance Air is a Bahamian flag carrier and intends to operate BahamasU.S. charter service under the above-captioned charter authority. It remains licensed by 

the Bahamian Department of Civil Aviation to perform charter air transportation, and 

Bahamas-U.S. charter operations remain governed by principles of comity and reciprocity 

that support the Department’s continued grant of authority. See, e.g., Inter Island Charters 

Ltd., Notice of Action Taken dated April 12, 2010 in Docket OST-2009-0039. 
 - 2 - Performance Air 

 Renewal Application 

 2. Under 49 U.S.C. § 40109(c), the Department may grant an exemption if it finds 

that such a grant is consistent with the public interest. In issuing the Notice, the Department 

recognized that the licensing of Performance Air by its homeland government to operate as a 

charter air carrier is sufficient under the U.S.-Bahamas aviation relationship to justify 

exemption authority. The same findings remain warranted today. Moreover, the public 

interest is clearly served by maintaining a variety of competitive air service options between 

the United States and the Bahamas. 

 WHEREFORE, Performance Air Ltd. respectfully requests that the Department 

renew the above-captioned exemption and grant such other relief as may be necessary or 

proper. 

Respectfully submitted, 

John R. Mietus, Jr. 

LAW OFFICE OF JOHN MIETUS, LLC 

 6701 Democracy Boulevard, Suite 300 

Bethesda, MD 20817 

(202) 747-5212 

 john@mietuslaw.com 

Counsel for PERFORMANCE AIR LTD.

September 1, 2010
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that I have, this 1st day of September, 2010 caused a copy of the 

foregoing Application for Renewal to be served by electronic mail on the following 

persons:

efaberman@wrf.comforAirTran

carl.nelson@aa.comforAmericanandAmericanEagle

jrichardson@johnlrichardson.comforAmerijet

probinet@arrowcargo.comforArrowCargo

recohn@hhlaw.comforAtlanticSoutheastandShuttleAmerica

hkamen@coair.comforContinentalandContinentalConnection

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.comforDeltaandDeltaConnection

john.palo@evergreenairlines.comforEvergreen

dhacke@gulfstreamair.comforGulfstreamIntlAirlines

jhill@dowlohnes.comforJetBlue

jamestello@earthlink.netforMiamiAir

jyoung@yklaw.comforSpirit

john.fredericksen@suncountry.comforMN(SunCountry)

jeffrey.manley@united.comforUnited

dvaughan@kelleydrye.comforUPS

howard_kass@usairways.comforUSAirways

sharfst@usa3000airlines.comforUSA3000

John R. Mietus, Jr.