UN I TE D S TATE S O F A M ER I CA

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

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

W A S H I NGT O N

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. C.

I ssued by t he D epa r t m ent o f T r a nsp o rt a t i on on May 23 , 2012



### NO T I CE OF A C TI O N T A K E N

- - DOCK E T DOT

- OS T

- 2007

- 0034

T h i s s e r v es a s n o t i ce t o t h e pub l i c o f t h e a c t i on d e sc r i b ed b e l o w

, t a k en by t he D e p a rt m ent o f f i c i al i n d i c a t e d ( no

add i ti o nal co n f i r m i ng o r der w il l be i ss u ed i n t h i s m a t t e r)

.

A pp li c an t : LA N ARGENT I N A S. A

. (LAN Argentina) D a t e F il e d: May 2, 2012

R e l i ef r eq u es t ed: R ene w a l of e x e m p ti on under 4 9 U .S. C

. § 40109 t o p e r m i t t h e a p p l i ca n t t o provide the following

services to the extent allowed under the U.S.

- Argentina Air Services Agreement : 1

(1) scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between points in Argentina and fourteen (14)

points in the United States, and beyond to three (3) points in Canada, four ( 4 ) points in Asia (except Japan, China,

and the Philippines), eig ht ( 8 ) points in Europe, four (4 ) points in Mexico, and points in the Caribbean, Central

America , and South America ;

(2) s cheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between points in Argentina and five (5)

additional points in the Unit ed Sta tes on a code

- share basis only; and 2

(3) s cheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between points in Argentina and five (5)

additional points in the United S tates on a code

- share basis only , in conjunction with a designated ai rline of the

United States. 3

I f r ene w a l

, d a t e and c i t a t i o n of l a s t a c t i on: May 5

, 201 1

, i n t h i s D oc k e t.

A pp li c ant r e p r e se n t a t i v e s : M a r s h a l l S. S i n i c k and Edward W. Sauer , 202

- 626

- 6651

DO T an a l y s t : Darren Jaffe, 202

- 366

- 2512

Responsive pleadings: None.

DISPOSITION

Action: Approved. Action date: May 23 , 2012

Effective dates of authority granted: May 23 , 2012, through May 23 , 2013.

Basis for approval: United States

- Argentina Air Transport Agreement.

Except to the extent exempted/waived, this authority is subject to the terms, conditions, and limitations of our standard

exemption conditions (attached).

1 Under Section 1(B) of Annex I to the Agreement, the Government of Argentina may select, among other things, 14 points in the

U.S. for direct

- Argentina carrier service, five points in the United States for code

- share

- only service, and five points in the United

States for code

- share

- only service with a designated airline of the United States. The Argentine Government has selected, at this time,

Atlanta, Boston, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New York/Newark, Orlando, and

Philadelphia for Argentine carrier service; Phoenix and Salt Lake City as two of five points for serv ice on a code

- share

- only basis;

and San Diego, San Francisco, San Juan, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. as points for service on a code

- share

- only basis with a

designate d U.S. carrier. We note that LAN Argentina holds underlying authority to serve Miami (see Notice of Action Taken dated

Ju ne 1 6 , 20 10 , in Docket DOT

- OST

- 2005

- 22140).

2 LAN Argentina states that it operates these services pursuant to a code

- share arrangement with American Airlines, Inc.

3 Id.Action taken by: Paul L. Gretch, Director, Office of International Aviation

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app l i ca b l e U .S. G o v e r n m ent r e qu i r e m en t s c onc e r n i ng secu r it y

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r ed t o as I n t e r na t i on a l P r i n c i p a l S e cu r ity

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t h a t a l l S t a t es s ha l l b e co n s i de r ed t o b e H i g h C on t r a c t i n g Pa rti e s f o r t he p u r p o se o f t h i s d e fi n i t i o n ;

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it s ho m e l and;

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w it h t he D e p a r t m en t ' s r u l es g o v e r n i ng cha r t e r s ( i nc l ud i ng 14 C FR Pa rt s 212 a n d 3 80 ) ; and

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p r e s c r i bed by t h e D ep a rt m en t

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i m posed abo v e. M o r eo v e r

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under T i t l e 49 of t he U .S. C ode.

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