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( 1) N ot cond u ct a ny ope ra t i ons u n l e ss i t ho l ds a c u r r e n tl y e ff e c t i v e a u t ho r i z a t i on f r om it s h o m e l and f o r such o pe r a ti o ns,

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A d m i n i s t r a t i on, a nd wi t h a l l ap p l i ca b l e U .S. G o v e r n m ent r equ i r e m en t s con c e r n i ng sec u r i t y

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U .S. G o v e r n m ent r eq u ir e men t s con c e r n i ng sec u r i t y

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t he I I R of it s p l a n s and t o f i nd out w h e t h er t he T r a n sp o rt a t i on Se c u r it y A d m i n i s t r a ti on has de t e r m i ned t h a t s ec u r i t y i s adequ a t e t o a l l ow such a i r p o r t ( s) t o b e s e r v ed;

( 3) C o m p l y w it h t he r eq u i r e m en t s f o r m i n i m u m i nsu r a nce co v e r a g e con t a i n ed i n 1 4 C FR Pa r t 205, a nd, p ri o r t o t he

co m m ence m ent of any ope r a t i ons u n der t h i s a u t h o r i t y

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A nnex 6 o f t h e C h i ca g o C on v en ti o n ;

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ca r ri a g e, i n c l ude a p o i nt i n t he U n it e d S t a t e s as a p o i nt of o r i g i n, p o i nt of d e s ti n a ti on, or a g r eed s t op p i ng p l ac e, or f or

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a g r ee m ent or tr e a t y co g n i z ab l e i n any co u r t o r o t h e r t r i bunal of t he U n i t ed S t a t e s. I n t h i s con d i t i on, t he t e r m

"i n t e r n a ti o n al a i r t r a n spo r t a ti o n " m eans "i n t e r n a ti o n al t r ans p o r t a t i o n " a s d e fi n ed b y t he W a r saw C on v en t i on, exce p t t hat

a l l S t a t es sh a l l be c on s i de re d t o be H i g h C on t r a c ti ng P a r t i es f o r t h e p u r po s e of t hi s de f i n i t i on;

( 8) E x ce p t as sp e c i fi c a l l y au t ho r i z ed by t he D e pa r t m en t , o r i g i n a t e o r t e r m i na t e a l l f li g h t s t o / f r om t he U n i t ed S t a t es i n i t s

ho m e l and;

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da t a;

( 10) I f ch a rt e r o p e r a t i ons a r e au t ho r i z ed, ex c ept as o t h e r w i se p r o v i d e d i n t h e ap p l i c ab l e a v i a t i on a g r e e m en t , c o m p l y w ith

t he D e p a r t m en t ' s r u l es g o v e r n i ng ch a r t e r s ( i n c l ud i ng 14 C FR Pa r t s 212 and 38 0 ) ; a nd

( 11) C o m p l y w it h s uch o t h er r eas o na b l e t e r m s, con d i ti ons, and l i m it a t i ons r e q u i r e d by t he pu b l i c i n t e r e s t a s m a y be

p r e s c r i bed by t h e D ep a rt m en t

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. S. a g enc i e s and co u rt s, and w it h a l l

app l i ca b l e l a w s of t he U n i t ed S t a t e s.

T h i s a u t h o r i t y sh a l l n o t b e e f f ec t i v e du r i ng any pe r i od w hen t h e ho l der i s not i n co m p li ance wi t h t he con d i t i o ns i m posed

abo v e. Mo r eo v e r

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49 of t he U .S. C o d e.

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