UNI T ED S T ATES OF AMERICA

DEPA R T M ENT OF TR ANSPORT A TION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHI N GTON, DC

Issu e d by t h e Dep a rt ment of Tra n s p ortati o n on August 17

, 2012

NOTICE OF A CTION TAKEN

— DOCKET DOT

- OST

- 1997

- 2591

This s e rv e s as notice to t h e p ublic of t h e ac t ion des c rib e d b el o w, tak e n by t h e D e p a rt me n t o f ficial indic a ted

(no ad d iti on al c o nfir m i n g order will b e iss u ed in t h is m atter).

Ap p licati o n of A tlas Air, I nc.(Atlas) filed 8 /1 /12 t o :

XX Renew and amend e xemption u n d e r 49 U.S.C. 4 0109 to pr ov i d e the f o ll o w i n g ser v ice:

Scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail between a point or points in the United States,

on the one hand, and Hong Kong, on the other, via intermediate points in Taiwan and Korea (without

local traffic rights between Taiwan and Korea, on the one han d, and Hong Kong, on the other). 1

Ap p lica n t re p : Ru s s ell P o mmer 2 0 2

- 822

- 9121 DOT A n a l y st: Darren Jaffe 202

- 366

- 2512

D I S P O S I T I O N

XX G r anted (subje c t to conditions see below).

The ab ove action was effective when tak e n: August 17

, 2012

, th r ou g h August 17

, 2 014

.

Act i on taken by: Paul L. Gretch

, Director

O f fice of I n tern a tion a l A v iati o n



### XX The authority granted is consistent with the Air Transport Agreement between the Government of

the United States and the Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s

Republic of China.

E x ce p t to t h e e x te n t e x e m p ted or wai v e d

, t h is a u t h ority is s u b j ect to t h e ter m s, c o n d iti o ns, a n d l i m it a ti on s

indicated:

XX Holde r ’s ce r tificat e s of pub l ic co n v enience a n d nec e ssity



### XX Standard Exemption Conditions (attached)

O n t he b as i s of d a t a o f f i c i a l l y no ti c ea b l e u nder R u l e 2 4 ( g ) of t he D e p a r t m en t ' s r eg u l a ti o n s, w e f ound t he

app l i ca n t q u a l i f i ed t o p r o v i de t h e exe m p t i on s e r v i ces a u t ho r i z ed.

U nder a u t h o r i t y as s i g ned b y t he D epa r t m ent i n i t s r e g u l a ti o n s, 14 C FR P a r t 385, w e f ound t h a t ( 1) o ur a c t i o n w as

con s i s t e n t wi t h D e p a r t m ent po li c y ; ( 2) g r a nt o f t h e au t ho r it y w as c o n s i s t ent w it h t he p ub l i c i n t e r e s t ; a n d ( 3) g r a n t o f

t h e a u t h o r i t y w ou l d n o t c on s t i t u t e a m a j or r e g u l a t o r y a c ti on und e r t h e Ene r g y Po li cy and C onse r v a t i on A c t o f 1975.

T o t he ex t ent not g r a n t e d

, w e den i ed a l l r eq u e s t s i n t h e r e f e r en c ed D oc k e t

. We m a y a m end, m od if y , or r e v o k e t he

a u t h o r i t y g r anted i n t h i s N o t i ce at any ti m e w i t hout h ea r i ng at o ur d i s c r e ti o n

.

1 Atlas states that it operates to and from Hong Kong under exemption authority granted by Notice of Action Taken dated May 28,

2003 in this docket. That exemption

, which has been kept in force through the Administrative Procedure Act

, was issued before the

U.S.

- Hong Kong agreement was amended to in clu de an open route description. T he exemption therefore limits Atlas’ Hong Kong

service to specific U.S. gateways

. Atlas states that it now wishes to avail itself of the ability to serve Hong Kong from all U.S. points

and thus seeks to amend its exemption authority.Pe r so n s e n t i t l ed t o p e t i t i on t he D e p a r t m ent f o r r e v i ew of t h e a c t i on s et f o r

t h i n t h i s N o t i ce u n der t he D epa r t m en t’ s

r e g u l a ti o n s, 1 4 C FR §385.30, m ay fil e t h e i r pe t i t i o n s wi t h i n se v en (7 ) d a y s a f t e r t h e d a t e o f i ss u ance of t h i s N o t i c e.

T h i s a c t i on w as e f f e c ti v e w h e n t a k en, a n d t h e f i l i ng of a pe t i t i on f or r e v i ew wi l l n ot a l t er such e f f e c ti v ene s s.

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c ount r y s er v e d;

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250 (f or s c h e dul e d op e ra tions, if a utho r i z e d ) ;

( 3) C omp l y with the r e q ui re m e nts f or r e po r ti n g d a ta c ont a in e d in 14 C F R 241;

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c o v er a ge to the D e p ar tm e nt, c ont a in e d in 14 C F R 205;

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c omp l y with the re qui re m e nts of 14 C F R 203, c on c er ni n g w a i v e r of W ar s a w C onv e ntion

li a bili t y limits a nd d efe ns e s;

( 6) C omp l y with a ll a pp l i ca ble re qu i re m e nts of t h e Fe d era l Av i a tion Administ ra tion, the

T ra nspo r t a tion S ec u r i t y Administ ra tion, a nd with a ll a ppli ca ble U. S . Gov e r nm e nt

re qui re m e nts c on cer ni n g s ec u r i t y , in c l udin g , but not limit e d to, 49 C F R P ar t 1544. To

a s su r e c ompli a n c e with a ll a ppli ca ble U. S . Gov e r nm e nt re qui re m e nts c on c e r n ing s ec u r i t y

,

t h e hold e r s h a ll, b ef o r e c omm e n c i n g a n y n e w s e r vi c e ( i n c luding c h ar t e r f li g hts) to o r f r om

a f o re i g n a i r p o r t, c o n t ac t its P r in c ip a l S ec u r i t y I ns p ec tor ( P S I ) to a dvi s e the P S I of its

pl a ns a nd t o f ind out wh e th e r the Tr a nspo r t a tion S ec u r i t y Administ ra tion h a s d e t e r min e d

th a t s ec u r i t y is a d e qu a te to a llow su c h a i r p o r t ( s) to be s er v e d;

( 7) C omp l y with su c h o t h e r r e a son a ble t e r ms, c o n ditions, a nd limit a tions r e qui re d b y

t h e public int ere st a s m a y be p re s c r ib e d b y t h e 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 r e g ul a tions of oth e r U. S

. a g e n c i e s a nd c ou r ts, a nd with a ll

a ppli ca ble l a ws o f the Unit e d S t a t e s.

The a utho r i t y g ra nt e d s h a ll be ef f

ec tive on l y du r i ng the p er iod wh e n the h old e r is in

c ompli a n c e with the c onditions imp o s e d a bov e

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