UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, DC

Issu e d by t h e Dep a rt ment of Tra n s p ortati o n on July 1 , 2014

NOTICE OF A CTION TAKEN

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This s e rv e s as notice to t h e p ublic of t h e ac t ion des c rib e d b el o w, tak e n by t h e D e p a rt me n t o f ficial indic a ted

(no ad d iti on al c o nfir m i n g order will b e iss u ed in t h is m atter).

Ap p licati o n of A tlas Air, I nc.(Atlas) filed 5 / 20 /1 4 for :

XX Renew al and amend ment of e xemption u n d e r 49 U.S.C. 4 0109 to pr ov i d e the f o ll o w i n g ser v ice:

Scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail between a point or points in the United States,

on the one hand, and Hong Kong, on the other, via intermediate points and beyond to points in third

countries

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Ap p lica n t re p : Ru s s ell P o mmer 2 0 2

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D I S P O S I T I O N

XX G r anted (subje c t to conditions see below). 2

The ab ove action was effective when tak e n: July 1, 201 4

, th r ou g h July 1

, 2 01 6

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Act i on taken by: Paul L. Gretch

, Director

O f fice of I n tern a tion a l A v iati o n



### XX The authority granted is consistent with the Air Transport Agreement between the Government of

the United States and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s

Republic of China.

E x ce p t to t h e e x te n t e x e m p ted or wai v e d

, t h is a u t h ority is s u b j ect to t h e ter m s, c o n d iti o ns, a n d l i m it a ti on s

indicated:

XX Holde r ’s ce r tificat e s of pub l ic co n v enience a n d nec e ssity



### XX Standard Exemption Conditions (attached)

O n t he b as i s of d a t a o f f i c i a l l y no ti c ea b l e u nder R u l e 2 4 ( g ) of t he D e p a r t m en t ' s r eg u l a ti o n s, w e f ound t he

app l i ca n t q u a l i f i ed t o p r o v i de t h e exe m p t i on s e r v i ces a u t ho r i z ed.

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.

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, 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 anted 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, may fil e t h e i r pe t i t i o n s wi t h i n se v en (7 ) d a 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.

1 Atlas currently holds exemption authority to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail between a poin t or

points in the United States, on the one hand, and Hong Kong, on the other, via intermediate points in Taiwan and Korea (witho u t local

traffic rights between Taiwan and Korea, on the one hand, and Hong Kong, on the other). See Notice of Action T aken dated August

17, 2012 in this docket. Atlas now seeks this amendment to broaden its authority to allow service via all intermediat e points and

beyond

. 2 We note that any operations serving intermediate or beyond points would be without local traffic rights unless Atlas secures fifth

freedom Hong Kong frequencies for the carriage of local traffic.A n elect r on ic ve rs i o n o f t h 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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e c tive op era ti n g a uth o r i t y fr om the g ov er nm e nt o f e ac h

c ount r y s er v e d;

( 2) C omp l y with a ppli c a ble re qui re m e nts c on c e r n ing ov er s a l e s c ont a i n e d in 14 C F R

250 (f or s c h e dul e d op e ra tions, if a utho r i z e d ) ;

( 3) C omp l y with the r e q ui re m e nts f or r e po r ti n g d a ta c ont a in e d in 14 C F R 241;

( 4) C omp l y with re qui r e m e nts f or minimum insu r a n c e c ov e r a g e

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c o v er a ge to the D e p ar tm e nt, c ont a in e d in 14 C F R 205;

( 5) E x ce pt a s sp ec i f i ca l l y e x e mpt e d or oth e r wise p r ovid e d f or in a D e p a r tm e nt O r d er

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c omp l y with the re qui re m e nts of 14 C F R 203, c on c er ni n g w a i v e r of W ar s a w C onv e ntion

li a bili t y limits a nd d efe ns e s;

( 6) C omp l y with a ll a pp l i ca ble re qu i re m e nts of t h e Fe d era l Av i a tion Administ ra tion, the

T ra nspo r t a tion S ec u r i t y Administ ra tion, a nd with a ll a ppli ca ble U. S . Gov e r nm e nt

re qui re m e nts c on cer ni n g s ec u r i t y , in c l udin g , but not limit e d to, 49 C F R P ar t 1544. To

a s su r e c ompli a n c e with a ll a ppli ca ble U. S . Gov e r nm e nt re qui re m e nts c on c e r n ing s ec u r i t y

,

t h e hold e r s h a ll, b ef o r e c omm e n c i n g a n y n e w s e r vi c e ( i n c luding c h ar t e r f li g hts) to o r f r om

a f o re i g n a i r p o r t, c o n t ac t its P r in c ip a l S ec u r i t y I ns p ec tor ( P S I ) to a dvi s e the P S I of its

pl a ns a nd t o f ind out wh e th e r the Tr a nspo r t a tion S ec u r i t y Administ ra tion h a s d e t e r min e d

th a t s ec u r i t y is a d e qu a te to a llow su c h a i r p o r t ( s) to be s er v e d;

( 7) C omp l y with su c h o t h e r r e a son a ble t e r ms, c o n ditions, a nd limit a tions r e qui re d b y

t h e public int ere st a s m a y be p re s c r ib e d b y t h e 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 r e 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 o f the Unit e d S t a t e s.

The a utho r i t y g ra nt e d s h a ll be ef f

ec tive on l y du r i ng the p er iod wh e n the h old e r is in

c ompli a n c e with the c onditions imp o s e d a bov e

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