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I n t he condu c t of t he op e r a t i ons au t h o r i z ed, t h e f o r e i g n ca r ri e r a pp l i c a n t ( s) sh a l l :

( 1) N o t co n du c t any op e r a t i ons u n l e ss i t h o l d s a c u r r e n tl y e f f e c ti v e a u t h o ri z a t i on f

r om it s ho m

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ope r a t i ons, and i t h as f

i l ed a copy of s u ch a u t h o ri za ti o n w it h t he D epa r t m en t ;

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A d m i n i s t r a t i on, a nd wi t h a l l ap p l i ca b l e U .S. G o v e r n m ent r equ i r e m

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

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t o, 14 C FR P a

r t s 129, 91, a

nd 36 and 49 C FR P a

r t 1 54 6 or 15 5 0, as ap p l i ca b l e. To ass u r e co m p li an c e wi t h a l l

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

, t h e h o l d e r sh a l l

, 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 ch a

rt e r f li g h t s) f r om a f o r e i g n a i r po r t t hat w ou l d b e t h e h o l d e r’ s l a st p o i nt of dep a r t u r e f o r t h e U n it ed S t a t e s,

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I nspec t o r ) t o ad v i se t he I I R of i t s p l a n s and t o fi n d o u t w he t h e r t he T r ans p o r t a t i on Secu r it y A d m i n i s t r a ti on h a s

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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 con t a i n ed i n 1 4 C FR Pa r t 205, a nd, p ri o r t o t h e

co m m ence m ent of any ope r a t i ons u n der t h i s a u t h o r i t y

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

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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 t i on a l a i r

se r v i c e s;

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ent O r de r

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en t s

of 14 C FR P a

r t 203, c o nc er

n i ng w a i v er of W a

r saw C o n v en ti on l i ab i l i t y li m it s and de f

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

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, a cc o r d i ng t o t h e c o n tr a ct of

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

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a g r ee m ent or tr e a t y co g n i z ab l e i n any co u r t o r o t h e r t r i bunal of t he 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

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r ans p o r t a t i 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 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 ;

( 8) E x ce p t as sp e c i fi c a l l y au 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 in

it 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 o r t i ng of sc h ed u l ed, n o nsc h ed u l ed, and

cha r t e r d a t a;

( 10) I f ch a

rt e r o p e r a t i ons a

r e au t ho r i z ed, ex c ept as 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 it h t he D e p a r t m

en t ' s r u l es g o v ern 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

( 11) C o m p l y w it h s uch o t h er r eas o na b l e t e r m s, con d i ti ons, and l i m it a t i ons r e q u i r e d by t he pu b l i 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 ep a

rt m en t

, wi t h a l l ap p li c ab l e o r de r s or r e g u l a ti o n s of o t h er U

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

app l i ca b l e l a w s of t he U n i t 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 ec t i v e du r i ng any pe r i od w hen t h e ho l der i s not i n co m p li ance wi t h t he con d i t i o ns

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

, t h i s a u t h o r i t y cannot be s o l d or o t h e r w i s e t r an s f e rr e d w it ho u t e x p l i c i t D e p a r t m ent ap p r o v al

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

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