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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation

on the 12 th day of September

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Served: November 17, 2014

Application of

QATAR EXECUTIVE Docket DOT

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for an exemption under 49 U.S.C. §40109 and a foreign air carrier permit under 49 U.S.C. §41301

FINAL ORDER

By Order 20 1 4

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, issued August 21, 2014

, we directed all interested persons to show cause why we should not make final our tentative findings and conclusions stated therein and award a foreign air carrier permit in the form attached to the Order and subject to the conditions att ached thereto. We gave interested persons 21 days to file objections to the Order. We said that if no objections are filed, all further procedural steps shall be deemed waived, and the Department will enter an order (subject to

Presidential review under 49 USC §41307) which will make final the findings and conclusions of the

Order.

No objections were received within the time period provided.

ACCORDINGLY,

1. We make final our findings and conclusions as stated in the Order and award to Qatar Executiv e the foreign air carrier permit and conditions attached to the Order (and attached as the Appendix to the present Order );

2. Unless disapproved by the President of the United States under 49 USC § 41307, this order shall

become effective on the 61 st da y after its submission for section 41307 review or upon the date of receipt of advice from the President or his designee under Executive Order 12597 and implementing regulations that he or she does not intend to disapprove the Department’s order under that section, whichever occurs earlier; 1

3. To the extent not acted upon above, we dismiss all remaining requests for relief in Docket DOT

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1 This order was submitted for review under 49 U.S.C. §41307 on September 12, 2014

. The 61 st day is November 12, 2014

. Since the President’s designee did not disapprove this order before that date, it became effective on November 12, 2014

.4 . We will serve a copy of this order on the applicant, the Embassy of Qatar in Washington, D.C., the Department of State, and the Federal Aviation Administration

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By:

PAUL L. GRETCH

Director

Office of International Aviation (SEAL)

Appendix

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

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### UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C.

-------------------------------------------------------- PERMIT TO FOREIGN AIR CARRIER



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### QATAR EXECUTIVE

A Foreign Air Carrier of Qatar

is authorized, subject to the followin g provisions, the provisions of Title 49 of the U.S. Code, and the orders, rules, and regulations of the Department of Transportation, to engage in :

Charter foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between any point or points in Qatar and any point or points in the United States

, and between any point or points in the U nited States and any point or points in a third country or countries, provided that, except with respect to cargo charters, such service constitutes part of a

continuous operation, with or without a change of aircraft, that includes service to Qatar for the purposes of carrying local traffic between Qatar and the United States

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The holder shall also be authorized to engage in other charter trips in foreign air transportation, subject to the terms, conditions, and limitations of the Department’s regulations governing

charters.

In the conduct of these operations, the holder may only use aircraft capable of carrying no more than 60 passengers and having a maximum payload capacity of no more than 18,000 pounds.

This permit and the exercise of the privileges granted in it shall be subject to the terms, conditions and limitations in both the order issuing this permit and the attachment to this order, and to all appli cable provisions of any treaty, convention or agreement affecting international air transportation now in effect, or that may become effective during the period this permit remains in effect, to which the United States and the holder’s homeland are or shal l become parties.

This permit shall be effective on November 12, 2014. Unl ess otherwise terminated at an earlier date pursuant to the terms of any applicable treaty, convention or agreement, this permit shall terminate (1) upon the dissolution or liquida tion of the holder to whom it was issued; (2) upon the effective date of any treaty, convention, or agreement or amendment, which shall have the effect of eliminating the bilateral right for the service authorized by this permit from the service which may be operated by airlines designated by the Government of Qatar (or, if the right is partially eliminated, then the authority of this permit shall terminate in like part); (3) upon theeffective date of any permit granted by the Department to any other carri er designated by the

Government of Qatar in lieu of the holder; or (4) upon the termination or expiration of the applicable air services agreement between the United States and Qatar. However, clause (4) of this paragraph shall not apply if prior to such termination or expiration, the foreign air transportation authorized herein becomes the subject of another treaty, convention or agreement

to which the United States and Qatar become parties.

The Department of Transportation has executed this permit and a ffixed its seal on September 12,

2014.

By:

PAUL L. GRETCH

Director

Office of International Aviation



### (SEAL)Foreign Air Carrier Permit Conditions

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

(1) Not conduct any operations unless it holds a currently effective 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 Administra tion, the Transportation Security Administration, and 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 concerning 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 In ternational 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

all ow such airport(s) to be served;

(3) Comply with the 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 OS T Form 6411, with the Federal Aviation Administration’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 requirements 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 o therwise provided for in a Department 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 t he 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

co nsidered to be High Contracting Parties 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 (inclu ding 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 the United States.

This authority shall not be effective during any period when the holder is not in com pliance 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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