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U.S. Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary Of Transportation 1200 New Je rsey Av e . • S .E
. Washington , DC 20590
May 12,2014 Mr. John R Mietus , Jr. 6701 Democracy Blvd . Suite 300 Bethesda, MD 20817 Re: Dockets DOT-OST

- 2014-0012 and DOT-OST

- 2014-0013 Applications of Eastern Air Lines Group , Inc. for Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity Dear Mr. Mietus: We have completed our initial revi ew of the i nformation y ou filed on January 28 , 20 1 4 , on behalf of Eastern Air Lines Group , Inc. ( " Eastern " ), requesting authority to engage in interstate and foreign charter air transportation of persons, property, and mail . We have determined that we will need additional and/or clarifying information before we may complete our review. The attached Information Reques t lists the areas where further information andl or clarification is necessary . I ask that you respond fully to this reques t within 30 days of the date of this letter. In the meantime , as is 

### the Department's practice, further process i ng of your application will be deferred pending receipt of this material. Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions regarding this letter or the reques ted information , please contact me at (202) 366-9998 or via email at Catherine . O'Toole @ dot.gov. Sincerely ,

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# l / ~ OJofL~ Catherine 1
. O'Toole Analyst , Air Carrier Fitness Division Office of Aviation Analysis
cc: Dockets DOT-OST-2014-0012 and DOT-OST-20 14-00 13 Mr. Edward 

### J . Wegel President and CEO Eastern Air Li nes Group , Inc . Miami International Airport 

### Miami , FL 33142

### EASTE RN AIR LINES GROUP, INC . RE Q UEST F O R INF O RMATION GENE RAL INFO RMATION 1. Pl ease place a cop y of the Pre-Application S tatement o f Intent ( " PAS! ") that Eastern file d f

or a Part 12 1 certificate in the pub lic docket of this proceeding, together w ith information on any changes that have been made to this f iling since its original submission to the FAA. 2. Please pro vide eviden c e of filing the require d items in the f o l lowing dockets: the counterpart o f the Montreal Agreement in Docket DO T -OST-1995

- 236 ; the F ami ly A ss i stance Plan in Docket DO T

- OS T -1996-1960 ; and the passen g er manifest p lan in Docket DOT

- OST-1998-3305 . 3 . 14 CFR Part 259 , Enhanced Protection f or AirIine Passengers , requires that all certificated or commuter air carriers operating scheduled passenger serv ice or public charter flights with aircraft original ly designed to hav e a passenger capacity of 30 or more seats, mu st adopt a contingency plan i n the event of lengthy tarmac delay s , at each U. S . airport it serves . Please provide evidence that an appro v ed Conti n g enc y Plan for Lengthy T armac Delay s is on file w ith the Department of Trans p ortati o n ' s Office of Aviation Enforcement and Proceedings , as required b y the Act . Eastern may file its plan at the de signated DOT w eb site: http: //filingtarmacdelayplan.do t . go v. 4 . It has come to our attention th at E as tern has co mpleted its Private Placement Offering ( "PPO " ) . The following relate to the closing of E a s tern ' s PPO:
a. Please pro vide an updated affi d avit of citizen s hip f or E astern , b . Eastern states in its application that it w i ll provide an amended certificate of incorporation b e fore the initial closing of its private plac ement . Pleas e provide the amended certificate o f incorporation.
c. As re ferenc e d in the appli cant ' s Private Pl acement Memorandum , plea se pro vide cop i es o f the most recent S tockholder s A greement and the Sub scription Agreement . d . H ow much money was raised in the PPO ? 

### O WNE RSHIP L Please pro vide an updated li s t of Eastern ' s Board o f Director s . Please include resumes and i dentify the citizens hip of each .

### 2 OPERATIONS AND 

### FINANCIAL POSITION 1. What percentage of Eastern ' s proposed operations wi l l be attributable to ACMI contracts and what percentage to other charters? 2. Please provide a copy of Eastern's ACMI standard contract. 3. Please provide an updated start date for Eastern. 4. Eastern ' s forecast income statement includes " start-up expenses " of $100 , 000 each in June and December 2015. Please explain. 5 . Eastern ' s forecast balance sheet indicates that it does not expect to incur any liabilities in an entire year of operations . Please explain. 6. Please provide updated information on the aircraft that Eastern intends to lease. COMPLIANCE DISPOSITION I. In its application , Eastern states that neither it nor any of its key personnel have been involved in an accident or incident in the preceding year. Please pro v ide information for the time period of 

### 5 years preceding its application. The information provided pursuant to this Information Request should be accompanied by the following certification: The contents of this application and the attached exhibit ( s) are true and correct to the best of my knowledge and belief. Pursuant to Title 18 United States Code Section 1001 , I [the individual signing 

### the application, who shall be a principal 

### owner, senior officer

, 

### or internal counsel of the applicant], in my individual capacity and as the authorized representative of the applicant , have not in any manner knowingly and willfully falsified , concealed or failed to disclose any material fact or made any false , fictitious , or fraudulent statement or knowingly used any documents which contain such statements in connection with the preparation , filing or prosecution o f the application. I understand that an individual who is found to have violated the provisions of 18 U .S.C section 100 1 shall be fined or imprisoned not more than five years , or both .