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DE P ART M EN T O F TRAN S P O RTAT I O N

O FF I C E O F T H E S ECRETAR Y

W AS H I NGT O N

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I ssued by t he D epa rt m ent of T r anspo rt a ti on on June 1 , 2012



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T h i s se r v es as not i ce t o t he publ i c of t he ac ti on d e sc ri bed be l o w

, t a k en by t he D epa rt m ent of fi c i al

i nd i ca t ed ( no add iti onal con fir m i ng o r der w il l be i ssued i n t h is m a tt e r)

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A pp l i ca tio n of A i r T ran A i r w ays, Inc. ( A i r T ra n ) fil ed 5 / 2 9 / 1 2 fo r:

X X Renewal of e xe m p ti on f or t w o y ea r s under 49 U .S. C . 40109 t o p r o v i de t he f o ll o w i ng se r v i c e :

Schedu l ed f ore i gn a i r t ra n spor t at i on of perso n s, p ro p er t y, a n d m a i l be t w een a po i nt or po i n t s i n

t he U n it ed S t a t es and a po i nt or po i n t s i n t he D o mi n i can R epub li c

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A pp li cant r ep: Robert W. Kneisley (202) 263

- 6284 DO T An a l y s t : Darren Jaffe (202) 366

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D I S P O S I T I O N

X X G ra n t ed ( sub j ect t o r emarks , see below )

XX Granted waiver of advance filing requirement under Part 377 2

T he abo v e ac ti o n w as e ff ec ti v e w hen t a k en: June 1 , 201 2

, t h r ou g h June 1 , 201 4

.

A c ti on t a k en by: P a u l L

. G re t ch, D i rec t or

O ff i ce of In t erna ti onal A v i a ti on

XX T he a u t hor it y gra n t ed i s co n s i s t ent w it h t he aviat i on agree m ent be t w een t he U n it ed S t ates

and t he D o mi n i can R epub li c of 1986 and t he overa l l s t a t e of av i a ti on re l a ti ons be t w een t he U n it ed

S t a t es and t he D o mi n i can R epub lic

.

Except t o t he ex t ent exe m p t ed or w a i v ed, t h i s au t ho rit y i s sub j ect t o t he t e r m s, cond iti ons, and li m it a ti ons

ind i ca t e d:

XX H o l der ’ s cer ti f i cates of pub li c co n ven i ence a n d necess it y

X X S t anda r d E x e m p ti on C ond iti ons ( a tt a c hed)

Remarks: We acted on this application without awaiting expiration of the 15

- day answer period with the

consent of all parties served with a copy of the application.

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O n t he bas i s of da t a of fi c i a ll y not i ceab l e under R u l e 24 ( g ) of t he D epa rt m en t’ s r e g u l a ti ons, w e f ound t he

app li cant qua lifi ed t o p r o v i de t he se r v i ces au t ho ri z ed.

U nder au t ho rit y ass i g ned by t he D epa rt m ent i n it s r e g u l a ti ons, 14 C FR Pa r t 385, w e f ound t hat ( 1) our

ac ti on w as cons i s t ent w it h D e p a rt m ent po li c y ; ( 2) g r ant of t he app li ca ti on w as cons i s t ent w it h t he pub li c

i n t e r es t ; and ( 3) g r ant of t he au t ho rit y w ou l d not cons tit u t e a m a j or r e g u l a t o r y ac ti on under t he Ene r g y

Po li cy and C onse r v a ti on A ct of 1975. T o t he ex t ent not g r an t ed or d i s m i ssed, w e den i ed a l l r eques t s i n

t he r e f e r enced D oc k e t . We m ay a m end, m od if y , or r e v o k e t he au t ho rit y g r an t ed i n t h i s N o ti ce at any

ti m e w it hout hea ri ng at our d i sc r e ti on.

1 AirTran currently operates year round daily service between Atlanta, Georgia and Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

2 AirTran ’ s renewal application was not timely filed under the terms of 14 CFR 377.10(c) and the carrier requested a

waiver. In the current circumstances presented, including the absence of opposition to AirTran’s application, we will grant

the carrier a waiver of the advance filing requirement.

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Pe r s on s e n t itl ed to p e titio n t h e D e p a rt m e n t fo r r e v i ew o f th e ac tio n s et fo r t h in t h is N o ti ce under t he

D epa rt m en t’ s r e g u l a ti ons, 14 C FR §385.30, m ay fil e t he i r pe titi ons w it h i n se v en ( 7) da y s a ft er t he da t e of

i ssuance of t h i s N o ti ce. T h i s ac ti on w as e ff ec ti v e w hen t a k en, and the fili ng of a pe titi on for r e v i ew w il l

not a lt er such e ff ec t i v eness.

A n e l ec tr onic v e r s i on of t h i s docu m ent i s a v a il ab l e on the Wor l d W i de Web a t :

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p: // www

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### U. S . Ca rr i e r E x e m p t ion Co nd i t io n s A TT ACH M E NT

I n the c ondu c t of the op era tions a utho r i z e d, the U. S

. carr i e r a ppli ca nt ( s) sh a ll:

( 1) Hold a t a ll tim e s effec tive op era ting a utho r ity fr om the g ov er nm e nt of eac h c ount r y s er v e d;

( 2) C omply with a ppli ca ble re qui re m e nts c on cer ning ov er s a l e s c ont a in e d in 14 C F R 250 (f or

s c h e dul e d op era tions, if a utho r i z e d ) ;

( 3) C omply with the re qui re m e nts f or re po r ting d a ta c ont a in e d in 14 C F R 241;

( 4) C omply with re qui re m e nts f or minimum insu ra n c e c ov era g e

, a nd f or cer ti f y

ing th a t c ov era g e to

the D e p ar tm e nt, c ont a in e d in 14 C F R 205;

(5 ) E x cep t a s s p e c i f i ca lly e x e m p t e d o r o t h e r wise p r ov i d ed f o r in a D ep a r tm e nt O r d er

, c omply with

the re qui re m e nts of 14 C F R 203, c on cer ning w a iv e r of W ar s a w C onv e ntion li a bility limits a nd

d e fen s e s;

( 6) C omply with a ll a ppli ca ble re qui re m e nts of the Fe d era l Avi a tion A dminist ra tion, t he

T ra nspo r t a tion S ec u r ity Administ ra tion, a nd with a ll a ppli ca ble U. S . Gov er nm e nt re qui re m e nts

c on cer ning s ec u r it y , in c ludin g , but not limit e d to, 49 C F R P ar t 1544. To ass u re co m p l i an ce with all

a ppli ca ble U. S . Gov er nm e nt re qui re m e nts c on cer ning s ec u r it y , the hold e r sh a ll, b ef o r e c omm e n c ing

an y n ew s er vi c e ( in c luding c h ar t e r f li g hts) to or fr om a f o re i g n a i r po r t, c ont ac t its P r in c ip a l S ec u r ity

I n s p e c t o r ( PS I ) to a dvise the PS I of its pl a ns a nd to f ind out wh e th e r the T ra nspo r t a tion S ec u r ity

Administ ra tion h a s d e t er min e d th a t s ec u r ity is a d e qu a te to a llow su c h a i r po r t ( s) to be s er v e d;

( 7) C omply with su c h oth e r rea son a ble t er ms, c onditions, a nd limit a tions re qui re d by the public

int ere st a s m a y be p re s cr ib e d by the 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

re g ul a tions of oth e r U. S

. a g en ci e s an d c ou r ts, a n d w ith all app l i cab l e l a ws o f t h e U n i t e d S t a t e s.

The a utho r ity g ra nt e d sh a ll be effec tive only du r ing the p er iod wh e n the hold e r is in c ompli a n c e

with the c onditions impos e d a bov e

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