Order 2013-12-15

Served: December 26, 2013 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation

on the 26th day of December, 2013

Application of

ULTIMATE JETCHARTERS, LLC

 d/b/a ULTIMATE AIR SHUTTLE

for authority to engage in scheduled passenger operations

as a commuter air carrier under 49 U.S.C. § 41738

 Docket DOT-OST-2013-0018

FINAL ORDER

By Order 2013-11-20, issued November 25, 2013, we directed all interested persons to show 

cause why we should not make final our tentative findings and conclusions that Ultimate 

JETCHARTERS, LLC d/b/a Ultimate Air Shuttle, is fit, willing and able to provide scheduled 

passenger service as a commuter air carrier using small aircraft pursuant to Part 135 of the 

Federal Aviation Regulations. Interested persons were given 14 days to file objections to the 

order.

No objections to the show-cause order were received.

ACCORDINGLY,

1. We find that Ultimate JETCHARTERS, LLC d/b/a Ultimate Air Shuttle is fit, willing, and 

able under 49 U.S.C. § 41738 to provide scheduled passenger service as a commuter air 

carrier using small aircraft pursuant to Part 135 of the Federal Aviation Regulations, subject 

to conditions.

2. We issue a Commuter Air Carrier Authorization to Ultimate JETCHARTERS, LLC d/b/a 

Ultimate Air Shuttle, subject to the Terms, Conditions, and Limitations attached.

3. We direct Ultimate JETCHARTERS, LLC d/b/a Ultimate Air Shuttle to submit to the Air 

Carrier Fitness Division a first year progress report within 45 days following the end of its 

first year of actual commuter air carrier flight operations.2

 

2 The report should include a description of the carrier’s current operations (number and type of 

aircraft, principal markets served, total number of full-time and part-time employees), a summary of 

how these operations have changed during the year, a discussion of any changes it anticipates from its 

current operations during its second year, current financial statements, and a listing of current senior 

management and key technical personnel. The carrier should also be prepared to meet with staff 

members of the Fitness Division to discuss its current and future operations.
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4. We will serve a copy of this order on the persons listed in Attachment A.

By:

SUSAN L. KURLAND

Assistant Secretary for Aviation

and International Affairs

An electronic version of this document is available on the World Wide Web at:

http://regulations.gov
Commuter Air Carrier Authorization 

 

This Certifies That

ULTIMATE JETCHARTERS, LLC

d/b/a ULTIMATE AIR SHUTTLE

is authorized, subject to the provisions of Subtitle VII of Title 49 of United 

States Code, the orders, rules, and regulations issued thereunder, and the 

attached Terms, Conditions, and Limitations, to engage in scheduled passenger

air transportation as a commuter air carrier.

This authorization is not transferable without the approval of the Department of 

Transportation.

 

 

 

By Direction of the Secretary

Issued by Order 2013-12-15 Susan L. Kurland

On Month December 26, 2013 Assistant Secretary for 

Effective on (See Attached) Aviation and International Affairs

 
Attachment

Terms, Conditions, and Limitations

ULTIMATE JETCHARTERS, LLC

d/b/a ULTIMATE AIR SHUTTLE

is authorized to engage in scheduled passenger air transportation operations as a commuter air 

carrier. 

This authority is subject to the following provisions:

(1) The authority to conduct scheduled passenger operations will not become effective until six 

(business) days after the Department has received the following documents; provided, however, that 

the Department may stay the effectiveness of this authority at any time prior to that date:

(a) A copy of the holder's Air Carrier Certificate and Operations Specifications 

authorizing such operations from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).

(b) A certificate of insurance on OST Form 6410 evidencing liability insurance 

coverage meeting the requirements of 14 CFR 205.5(b) for all of its aircraft.

(c) A statement of any changes the holder has undergone in its ownership, key 

personnel, operating plans, financial posture, or compliance history, since the date of the 

Show Cause Order in this case.

(d) A revised list of pre-operating expenses already paid and those remaining to be 

paid, as well as independent verification that the holder has available to it funds 

sufficient to cover any remaining pre-operating expenses and to provide a working 

capital reserve equal to the operating costs that would be incurred in three months of 

operations.

(2) Pending receipt of effective authority, the holder may not accept payment of any 

kind (i.e., cash, check, or credit card), issue tickets for the operations proposed under this 

certificate, or enter into contracts with charter operators, and any advertisement by the 

holder must prominently state: "This service is subject to receipt of government operating 

authority." 

(3) The holder shall at all times conduct its operations in accordance with the requirements of 14 

CFR Part 298 and any other regulations prescribed by the Department of Transportation for the 

services authorized here, and with such other reasonable terms, conditions, and limitations as the 

Department of Transportation may prescribe in the public interest.

(4) The holder authority is limited to operations conducted pursuant to Part 135 of the Federal 

Aviation Regulation. In the event that the holder wishes to institute operations that would require Part 

121 certification from the FAA, it must first be determined fit for such operations.

(5) The holder may not operate aircraft designed to have a maximum passenger capacity of more 

than 60 seats or a maximum payload capacity of more than 18,000 pounds.
(6) The holder's authority under this certificate is effective only to the extent that such operations 

are also authorized by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and comply with all U.S. 

Government requirements concerning security, including, but not limited to 49 CFR Part 1544.

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(7) The holder shall at all times remain a "Citizen of the United States" as required by 49 U.S.C. 

40102(a)(15).

(8) The holder shall maintain in effect liability insurance coverage as required under 14 CFR Part 

205. Failure to maintain such insurance coverage will render a certificate ineffective, and this or 

other failure to comply with the provisions of Subtitle VII of Title 49 of the United States Code or the 

Department's regulations shall be sufficient grounds to revoke this certificate.

(9) In the event that the holder receives effective scheduled passenger authority, the following 

additional conditions will apply:

(a) The holder may reduce or terminate service at any point or between any two 

points, subject to compliance with the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 41734 and all orders and 

regulations issued by the Department of Transportation under that section.

(b) The holder may not provide scheduled passenger air transportation to or from 

Dallas (Love Field), Texas, except within the limits set forth in section 29 of the 

International Air Transportation Competition Act of 1979, as amended by section 337 of 

the Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1998. 

(10) Should the holder propose any substantial changes in its ownership, management, or 

operations (as that term is defined in 14 CFR 204.2(l)), it must first comply with the requirements of 14 

CFR 204.5.

(11) In the event that the holder does not commence actual flying operations under this certificate 

within one year of the date of the Department's determination of its fitness, its authority shall be 

revoked for dormancy, unless the holder is conducting operations under another type of certificate 

authority. Further, in the event that the holder commences operations for which it was found "fit, 

willing, and able" and subsequently ceases all such operations, its authority under all certificates held 

shall be suspended under the terms of 14 CFR 204.7 and the holder may neither recommence nor 

advertise such operations unless its fitness to do so has been redetermined by the Department. 

Moreover, if the holder does not resume operations within one year of its cessation, its authority shall 

be revoked for dormancy.

 

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To assure compliance with all applicable U.S. Government requirements concerning security, the holder shall, before 

commencing any new service (including charter flights) to or from a foreign airport, contact its Principal Security 

Inspector (PSI) to advise the PSI of its plans and to find out whether the Transportation Security Administration has 

determined that security is adequate to allow such airport(s) to be served.
Attachment A

SERVICE LIST FOR

ULTIMATE 

JETCHARTERS LLC

JOHN C GORDON

PRESIDENT

ULTIMATE JETCHARTERS 

LLC

6061WEST AIRPORT 

DRIVE 

NORTH CANTON OH 

44720

PETER LYNCH

ASST. CHIEF COUNCEL FOR

ENFORCEMENT, AGC-300

FEDERAL AVIATION

ADMINISTRATION

800 INDEPENDENCE AVE SW

WASHINGTON DC 20591

MARK MAZOR

MANAGER

CERTIFICATION& 

EVALUATION PROGRAM

OFFICE

FAA AFS-900

45005 AVIATION DRIVE

SUITE 131

DULLES VA 20166

SUSAN B JOLLIE

COUNCEL FOR

ULTIMATE JETCHARTERS

LLC

7503 WALTON LANE

ANNANDALE VA 22003

OFFICE OF AIRLINE

INFORMATION

DOT/RITA/BTS E-34

1200 NEW JERSEY AVE SE

WASHINGTON DC 20590

THOMAS J LEAHY

PRINCIPAL OPERATIONS

INSPECTOR

CLEVELAND FSDO

25249 COUNTRY CLUB BLVD

NORTH OLMSTED OH 44070