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S e rv e d: Ap r il 24, 2015

U N I T ED S T AT E S OF A M ERI C A

DE P A R T M ENT OF T R A NS P ORTATI O N

OF F ICE O F THE S E C RE T A R Y

WAS H IN G TON, D. C

.

I ss u e d b y the De p a rtme n t of T ra nsport a t i on

on the 24 t h d a y o f Ap r i l

, 2 0 15

I n the m a t t e r of the r e v o c a t i on of the in t e rst a te

ce rtifi c a te is s u e d to

CA R L S BAD

- P ALO M AR AI R LINE S , IN C

. d / b /a CALI F ORNIA PA C I F IC A IRLI N ES

P u r suant to the pro v is i ons of 14 C F R 204.7 D o c k e t D O T

- O ST

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- 0126

ORDER R EVO K I N G CERTI F IC A TE A U T H ORI T Y

Su m m a r y

B y th i s o r d e r, w e r e vo k e the in t e rst a te c e rtifi ca t e is s u e d to C a rlsb a d

- P a lo m a r Airlin e s, I n c

. d/b / a

C a l i fo r nia Pa c ific A irlin e s (“ CP Air ” ) b y O r d e r 2 0 11

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- 23 for r e a son o f do r man c y

.

Ba c k g r o un d

B y O r d e r 2 0 11

- 8

- 15, is s u e d A u g ust 10, 201 1

, the D e p a rtme n t found CP Air fit, wil l in g

, a nd a ble

to p r ovide in t e rs t a te s c h e duled a ir t r a nsport a t i on of p e rsons, p r op e r t y

, a nd m a i l

. T h e

e f

f

e c t i v e n e ss of that a u t hori t y w a s c ondi t ioned upon, a mong other th i n g s, CP Air obtaining

a ppro p ri a te o p e r a t i ng a uthori t y f rom the F e d e r a l Avi a t i on Admin i str a t i on ( “ F AA ” ) a nd r e quir e d

l i a bi l i t y insur a n c e c ov e ra g e

, a s w e ll a s submi t t i ng upd a ted fitness info r mation to the D e p a rtme n t.

As noted in that o r d e r, CP Air h a d one y e a r ( t h a t is, unt i l Au g ust 25, 2012) to p r ovide the

info r mation n ee d e d to h a ve i t s c e rtifi ca te a utho r i t y made e f f

e c t i v e

. I f it did not, i t s a uthori t y

would be subj e c t to r e v o ca t i on for re a son of do r man c y und e r the p r ovis i ons of s e c t i on 204.7 of

our r ules ( 14 C F R 204.7 )

.

B y letter d a ted J u l y 19, 201 2

, we r e m i nd e d CP Air of the a bo v e r e quir e ments. On A u g ust 7,

2012, C P Air filed a r e q u e st an e x tension f r om the p r ovis i ons of dorm a n c y a nd p r ovided up d a ted

info r mation in support o f i t s fitness. CP Air sta t e d that the e x tension w a s n ece s s a r y in o r d e r to

a l l ow it to c omp l e te the F AA ce rtifi c a t i on to o b tain a n Air C a rr ier C e rtifi ca te a nd Op e r a t i on

S p ec ific a t i ons. B y letter d a ted O c tober 1, 201 2

, we g r a nted CP Air a n e x tension unt i l Fe b r u a r y

25, 2013, to file the info r mation r e quir e d to m a ke i t s autho r i t y e f f

e c t i v e

.

On Fe b r u a r y 22, 201 3

, CP Air filed a n a ddi t io n a l r e qu e st for a n e x tension of t i me to file t h e

info r mation r e quir e d to make i t s a uthori t y e f f

e c t ive. CP Air stat e s that the S a n Di e g o F l i g ht

S tand a r d s Distri c t O f fi c e (“ F S D O” ) suspen d e d its P a rt 121 ce rtifi ca t i on. Ho we v e r, CP Air

a sse r ts that it h a s a p p e a led the F A A ’ s S a n D i e g o F S D O ’s suspension a nd that it is pursuing

ce rtifi c a t i on throu g h t h e L os A n g e les R e g ional O f f ice. Althou g h t h e D e p a rtme n t’s sta f f o ra l l y2

g r a nted CP Air a n a ddi t i on a l 4 mon t hs e x tension f r om the p r ovis i ons of d o r man c y

, CP Air filed

a n a ddi t i o n a l r e qu e st for a n e x tension on J une 2 4, 201 3

. C P Air s tates that a l t hou g h the L os

Ang e les R e g ional O f fi c e acce p t e d i t s a ppl i ca t i on for P a rt 121 ce rtifi c a t i on, the p r o ce ss h a s b ee n

d e l a y e d b y the f e d e r a l g o v e rnm e nt s e qu e st r a t i on.

I n l i g ht of these c ircu m stan ce s, the D e p a rtme n t g r a n t e d CP Air a n a ddi t ional e xtension unt i l

Nov e mber 8, 2014, to fi l e the info r mation r e qui r e d to make i t s a uthori t y e f f

e c t i v e

. 1 F u r the r mo r e

,

we info r med CP Air th a t a n y a ddi t ional r e qu e s t s for a w a iver f r om s ec t i on 204.7 of our rul e s

must be r e c e ived a t l ea st 45

- d a y s b e fo r e t h e e x pir a t i on of CP Air ’ s e x tension a nd be

acc ompan i e d b y a d e qu a te info r mation e viden c i ng that CP Air st i ll me e ts the D e p a rtme n t’s

fitness c rite r ia a nd that it h a s c omp l e ted n ea r l y a ll of the steps to c om m e n c e op e r a t i on s

. Th i s

d a te h a s now p a ssed a nd we h a ve r e c e ived no fu r t h e r e x tension r e qu e st f r o m CP Air nor h a ve we

r e ce i v e d a n y info r mation d e monstr a t i ng the a ir ca rr ie r ’ s c ont i nu e d fitness or that would ind i ca te

that it h a s complet e d n e a r l y a ll the steps n ece s s a r y to commen c e op e r a t i on s

.

Und e r these c ir c ums t a n c e s a nd in a c c o r d a n c e wi t h s ec t i on 204.7 of our ru l e s, we h a v e d e c ided to

r e voke CP Air ’ s ce rtifi ca te a uthori t y

. This a c t i on is without pr e jud i c e to t he c ompa n y ’s filing f o r

n e w c e rtifi ca te a uthori t y in t he f utur e

.

A C COR D I N G LY

, P u r suant to a uthori t y a ss i g n e d b y the D e p a r t m e nt in i t s r eg ulations,

14 C F R 385.12:

1. W e r e voke the ce rtifi ca t e of publ i c c onv e nien c e a nd n ece ss i t y is s u e d to C a rlsb a d

- P a lo m a r

Airlin e s, I n c

. d/b / a C a l if o r nia P ac ific Airlin e s b y O r d e r 201 1

- 8

- 15 a utho r i z ing it to e n g a ge in

in t e rst a te s c h e duled a ir t r a nsport a t i on o f p e rsons, p r op e r t y

, a nd mail.

2. W e will se r ve a c o p y of t his ord e r on the p e rsons listed in Att ac hment A.

P e rsons e nt i t l e d to p e t i t i on the D e p a rtme n t for review of th i s o rd e r, und e r 14 C F R 385.30, m a y

file th e ir p e t i t i ons within 10 d a y s o f t h e s e rv i c e d a t e of this ord e r.

This o r d e r is e f f

e c t i ve i m medi a te l y a nd the fil i ng of a p e t i t i on for r e v iew shall not a l t e r i t s

e f

f

e c t i v e n e s s

.

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