UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation on February 17 , 2012



### NOTICE OF ACTION TAKEN

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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 i ssued in this matter).

Applicant: CONCESIONARIA VUELA COMPANIA DE AVIACION, S.A. P.I. de C.V. D/B/A

VOLARIS ( Volari s)

Date Filed: February 1, 2012

Relief requested: E xemption from 49 USC §41301 to permit the applicant to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail on the following routes:

Mexico City

- Austin Mexico City

- Houston Mexico City

- Baltimore Mexico City

- Ft. Lauderdale Toluca

- Las Vegas Toluca

- Chicago

Toluca

- New York Toluca

- Miami Toluca

- San Antonio

Applicant representative: Charles F. Donley II, 202

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- 6840 DOT anal yst: Robert J. Finamore, 202

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- 2405

Responsive pleadings: None.

DISPOSITION

Action: Approved in part (request for exemption authority in the Mexico City

- Austin; Mexico City

- Baltimore; Mexico City

- Ft. Lauderdale; Toluca

- Chicago; Toluca

- New York; and Toluca

- Miami markets) , deferred in part (request for exemption authority in the Mexico City

- Houston and Toluca

- San Antonio markets) , and dis missed in part (request for exemption authority in the Toluca

- Las Vegas market.) (S ee remarks below)

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Action date: February 17 , 2012

Effective dates of authority granted: February 17

, 2012 , through February 17 , 2013

.

Basis for approval (bilateral agreement/reciprocity): United States

- Mexico Air Transport Services Agreement.

Except to the extent exempted/waived, this authority is subject to the terms, conditions, and limitations of our standard exemption conditions (attached).

Special conditions/R emarks: We are approving Volaris’ request for exemption authority to serve the following

Mexico

- U.S. markets for which it has been designated by the Government of Mexico: Mexico City

- Austin; Mexico City

- Baltimore; Mexico City

- Ft. Lauderdale; Toluca

- Chica go; Toluca

- New York; and Toluca

- Miami. We have not yet received designations for Volaris t o serve the Mexico City

- Houston and Toluca

- San Antonio markets and at the request of the applicant we will defer action on those routes until we have received those designations

. With respect to Volaris’ request here for exemption authority to serve the Toluca

- Las Vegas market, we note that Volaris already holds

that authority in Docket DOT

- OST

- 2011

- 0031 and we will dismiss that portion of its request in the instant Docket.

Action taken by: Paul L. Gretch, Director, Office of International Aviation

________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Under authority assigned by the Department in its regulations, 14 CFR Part 385, we found that (1) our action was consistent with Department policy; (2) the applicant was qualified to perform its proposed operations; (3) grant of the authority was consist ent with the public interest; and (4) grant of the authority woul d not constitute a major regulatory action under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975. To the extent not granted/deferred/dismissed, we denied all requests in the referenced Docket. We may amend, modify, or revoke the authority granted in this Notice at any time without hearing at our discretion.

Persons entitled to petition the Department for review of the action set forth in this Notice under the Department’s regulati ons, 14 CFR §385.30, may file their petitions within seven (7) days after th e date of issuance of this Notice. This action was effective when taken, and the filing of a petition for review will not alter such effectiveness.

An electronic version of this document is available on the World Wide Web at: http://www.regulations.gov

### Foreign Carrier Exemption Conditions

In the conduct of the operations authorized, the foreign carrier applicant(s) shall:

(1) Not conduct any operations unless it holds a currently effec tive authorization from its homeland for such operations, and it has filed a copy of such authorization with the Department;

(2) Comply with all applicable requirements of the Federal Aviation Administration, the Transportation Security Administration, an d with all applicable U.S. Government requirements concerning security, including, but not limited to, 14 CFR Parts 129, 91, and 36 and 49 CFR Part 1546 or 1550, as applicable. To assure compliance with all applicable U.S. Government requirements concerni ng security, the holder shall, before commencing any new service (including charter flights) from a foreign airport that would be the holder’s last point of departure for the United States,

contact its International Industry Representative (IIR) (formerly referred to as International Principal Security Inspector) to advise the I IR 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;

(3) Comply with th e requirements for minimum insurance coverage contained in 14 CFR Part 205, and, prior to the commencement of any operations under this authority, file evidence of such coverage, in the form of a completed OST Form 6411, with the Federal Aviation Administr ation’s Program Management Branch (AFS

- 260), Flight Standards Service (any changes to, or termination of, insurance also shall be filed with that office);

(4) Not operate aircraft under this authority unless it complies with operational safety requirement s at least equivalent to Annex 6 of the Chicago Convention;

(5) Conform to the airworthiness and airman competency requirements of its Government for international air services;

(6) Except as specifically exempted or otherwise provided for in a Departmen t Order, comply with the requirements of 14 CFR Part 203, concerning waiver of Warsaw Convention liability limits and defenses;

(7) Agree that operations under this authority constitute a waiver of sovereign immunity, for the purposes of 28 U.S.C. 1605(a) , but only with respect to those actions or proceedings instituted against it in any court or other tribunal in the United States that are: (a) based on its operations in international air transportation that, according to the contract of carriage, include a point in the United States as a point of origin, point of destination, or agreed stopping place, or for which the contract of carriage was purchased in the United States; or (b) based on a claim under any international agreement or treaty cognizable in any court or other tribunal of the United States. In this condition, the term "international air transportation" means "international transportation" as defined by the Warsaw Convention, except that all States shall be considered to be High Contracting Pa rties for the purpose of this definition;

(8) Except as specifically authorized by the Department, originate or terminate all flights to/from the United States in its homeland;

(9) Comply with the requirements of 14 CFR Part 217, concerning the reporting of scheduled, nonscheduled, and charter data;

(10) If charter operations are authorized, except as otherwise provided in the applicable aviation agreement, comply with the Department's rules governing charters (including 14 CFR Parts 212 and 380); and

(11) Comply with such other reasonable terms, conditions, and limitations required by the public interest as may be prescribed by the Department, with all applicable orders or regulations of other U.S. agencies and courts, and with all applicable laws of t he United States.

This authority shall not be effective during any period when the holder is not in compliance with the conditions imposed above. Moreover, this authority cannot be sold or otherwise transferred without explicit Department approval

under Title 49 of the U.S. Code.

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