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A c ti o n : A p p r o v ed ( s u b

j e c t t o co nd iti o n s, s ee b e l o w )

. A c ti on d a t e: May 15

, 201 5

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p ti on au t h o r i t y g r an t e d : May 15

, 2015 t h r o u g h May 15

, 2 0 1 6.

B as i s f o r a p p r o v al ( b i l a t era l a g r e e m en t/r e c i pr o c i t y ) : T h e a u t ho r i t y i s p r o v i ded f

o r i n t he O c t o b e r 19, 2002 Me m o r and u m of

U nde r s t a n d i ng be t w e en t he U n it ed S t a t e s a n d t h e H o ng K o ng Spec i al A d m i n i s tr a t i v e R e g i on ( S AR ) o f t h e Pe op l e ’ s

R epu b li c o f C h i n a

.

Except t o t h e e x t e n t exe m p t e d / w a i v ed, t h i s a u t h or it y i s su b j ec t t o t he t e r m

s, con d i t i o n s, and li m

it a ti o ns of o u r s t an d a r d

exe m p ti on c on d i t i ons, and t o t he o t h e r w i se

- app li c a b l e t e r m s, cond i t i o n s, an d li m

i t a ti o n s of C a t h ay Pa c ifi c ’ s fo r e i g n a i r

ca r ri e r p e r m i t ( O r der 97

- 8

- 12 )

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i ti ons / R e m a r k s: T h i s a

u t h o r i t y i s s u b

j ec t t o our r e ce i p t of n o t i f i ca ti o n f r om t he G o v e r n m

ent of H o ng K ong

of t h e p o i n t s and fr equ e n c i e s i t h as a ll o c a t ed t o C a t h ay Pa c ifi c f o r i n t e r m ed i a t e a n d be y ond r i g h t s, con s i s t e n t w it h t he

t e r m s of t he O c t o b er 1 9, 2 0 02 Me m o r andum of U nde r s t an d i ng b e t w e e n t h e U n it ed S t a t es a n d H ong K on g

.

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

. G re t ch

D i r e c t or , O ffi c e o f In t

ern a ti o n al A v i a t i on

U n d er a u t h or i t y a s s i g n ed b y t h e De p a r t m e n t i n its re gu l a ti o n s

, 1 4 C FR P a r t 385

, w e f o u n d t h at (1 ) o u r acti o n w as c o ns i s t e n t w i t h

De p a r t m e n t po li c y ; (2 ) t h e a p p lica n t w as q u al i f ied to p e r f

o r m its propo s ed op e r ati o ns ; (3 ) g r a n t o f t h e a u t h or i t y w as c o n s i s te n t w i th

t h e p u b lic i n te r e s t; a n d (4 ) g r a n t o f t h e a u t h or i t y w o u ld n o t c o ns ti t u te a m a j o r r e gu lat o r y a c ti o n u n d er t h e E n e r g y P o li c y a n d

C ons e r v a t io n A ct o f 1 9 75

. T o t h e e x t e n t n o t g r a n te d

, w e d e n ied all r e q u e s t s i n t h e r e f e r e n c ed D o c k et. W e m

a y a m e nd

, m od i f y

, o r

r e v o k e t h e a u t h or i t y g r a n ted in t h is N o tice a t a n y t i m e w i t h ou t h ea r i n g at o u r d i s c r et i o n

.

P e r s o n s e n titled to p etiti o n t h e De p a r t m e n t f o r r e v i e w o f t h e a cti o n s e t f or t h i n t h i s N o tice und er t h e De p a r t m e n t ’ s r e g u lat i o ns

, 14

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a y f i le t h eir p etiti o n s w i t h i n s e v e n (7 ) d a y s a f ter t h e d ate o f i s s u a n ce o f t h i s N o tice. T h is acti o n w a s e f f ec t i v e

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I n t he cond u ct o f t h e o p e r a t i ons a u t h o ri z ed, t h e f

o r e i g n ca r ri e r ap p li can t( s ) s h a ll :

( 1) N ot c ond uc t a ny ope r a t i ons u n l es s i t h o l d s 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,

and i t has f

i l e d a copy of s u ch au t hor i z a ti o n w it h t he D epa rt m en t ;

( 2) C o m p l y w it h a l l ap p li c a

b l e r eq u i r e m en t s of t he F e d e r a l A v i a t i on A d m i n i s tr a ti o n, t he T r a n spo r

t a t i on Se c u r

i t y

A d m i n i s t r a ti o n, a nd w i t h a

l l ap p l i ca b l e U .S. G o v e r n m

e nt r eq u i r e m

en t s con c e r n i ng sec ur it y

, i n c l u d i n g , but n o t li m it ed t o,

14 C FR P ar t s 12 9

, 9 1, a nd 36 and 49 C FR P ar t 1546 o r 1550, as app li c a b l e. T o a s su r e co m

p li a n ce w it h a l l a p p l i ca b l e

U .S. G o v e r n m

ent r eq u ir e m

en t s co nc e r n i ng sec ur it y

, t h e ho l de r s h a ll

, b e f o r e co m m enc i ng any new se r v i ce ( i n c l u d i ng

cha r t e r f li g h t s ) f r om a f o r e i g n a ir p o r t t h a

t w o u l d b e t he ho l d e r ’ s l a st p o i n t o f d e pa r t u r e f o r t h e U n it ed S t a

t e s

, c on t a c t i t s

I n t e r na ti o n a l I

ndus tr y R ep r ese n t a ti v e ( I I R ) (f o r m e rl y r e f e rr e d t o as I

n t e r n a ti on a l P

ri n c i p a l S e cu r it y I

nspec t o r ) t o ad v i s e

t he I I R of it s p l a n s and t o f

i nd out w he t h er t he T r a n sp o rt a t i on Se cur it y A d m i n i s tr a ti on has de t e r m

i ned t h a t s e c u rit y i s adequ a t e t o a l l ow su c h a ir

p o rt ( 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 co n t a i n ed i n 1 4 C FR Pa r t 2 05, a nd, p ri o r t o t he

co m m enc e m ent of any ope r a t i ons u nd er t h i s a u t h o r i t y

, fil e e v i d e nce o f s u ch c o v e r a g e, i n t h e f o r m of a c o m

p l e t ed O ST

Fo r m 6411, w it h t he F e de r a l A v i a ti on A d m

i n i s tr a ti o n’ s P r o g r a m Mana g e m ent B r a nch ( A FS

- 260 ) , F li g ht S t a n da r ds

Se r v i ce ( any chan g es t o, o r t e r m i n a ti on o f

, i ns u r a nc e a l so sh a l l be f il ed w it h t h a

t o f fi c e );

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t e a i r c raf t un d er t h i s a u t h o r it y u n l e s s i t c o m p li es w it h op e r a ti o n a l s af e t y r eq u i r e m

en t s at l e a s t e q

u i v a l e n t to

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

( 5) C o n f o r m t o t he a ir w or

t h i ne s s and a ir m

an c o m pe t e n cy r equ ir e m

en t s o f i t s G o v e r n m

ent f o r i n t e r n a ti o n al a i r se r v i c e s;

( 6) E x ce p t as sp e c ifi ca ll y e xe m p t ed or o t h e r w i s e p r o v i ded f o r i n a D e p a r t m

ent O r de r

, c o m p l y w it h t he r e q u i r

e m en t s of 14

C FR Pa r t 2 03, c o n ce r n i ng w a i v er of W a r s aw C on v e n t i on l i a b i l it y li m it s a nd d e f

e nse s;

( 7) A g r ee t h a t o p e r a

t i ons u nder t h i s a u t h or

i t y con s t i t u t e a w a i v er of s o v e r e i g n i m m un i t y

, f or t h e pu r pos e s of 28 U .S. C

. 1605 ( a ) , b u t o n l y w it h r es p ect t o t h o se a c t i o ns o r p r o ce ed i n g s i n s t i t u t ed a g a i n st i t i n any co u r t o r o t h e r tri b u n a l i n t he

U n it ed S t a

t e s t ha t a r e : ( a) b ased o n i t s o p e r a ti o ns i n i n t

e r n a ti o n a l a

i r t r a n sp o rt a

ti on t h a t , a cc o r d i ng t o t he c o n t r act of

ca r ri a g e, i nc 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 n t of o r i g i n, p o i nt of des ti n a ti on, or a g r eed s t op p i ng p l ac e, or f or

w h i ch t he c o n tr a c t o f c arr i a g e w as pu r c h a s ed i n t he U n it e d S t a t es ; o r (b ) b as e d on a c l a i m under any i n t e r n a ti onal

a g r e e m ent or tr e a t y co g n i z a b l e i n any co u r t o r o t h e r t r i bunal of t h e 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 sp or 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 ti 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 h at

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

( 8) E x ce p t as sp e c ifi ca ll y a u 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;

( 9) C o m p l y w it h t he r eq u i r e m

en t s of 14 C FR Pa r

t 21 7

, conc e r n i ng t he r ep or ti ng of sc h ed u l ed, n o nsc h ed u l e d, a nd c h a r t er

da t a;

( 10) I f ch a rt e r o p e r a t i ons a r e a u t ho r i z ed, ex c e p t a s 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 nc l u d i ng 14 C FR Pa r t s 2 1 2 and 38 0 ) ; a nd

( 11) C o m p l y w it h s uch o t h er r e a s o na b l e t e r m s, con d i t i ons, and li m

it a t i ons r e qu i r e d by t he pu b li 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 e p a

rt m en t

, w it h a l l ap p li cab l e o r de r s or r e g u l a ti o n s of o t he r U

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

ap p li ca b l e l a w s of t he U n it 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 e c ti v e du r i ng any pe r i od w hen t h e h o l d e r i s n o t i n c o m p li ance w it h t he con d i t i on s i m posed

abo v e. Mo re o v e r

, t h i s a u t h o rit y cann o t be so l d or o t h e r w i se tr a ns f e rr e d w i t ho u t e xp l i c i t D e p a rt m ent app r o v a l und e r T i tl e

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

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