UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, DC

Issued by the Department of Transportation on October 4 , 20 1 1

NOTICE OF ACTION TAKEN

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_______________________________________________________________________________________ This serves as notice to the public of the action s described below, taken by the Department official indicated (no additional confirming order will be issued in this mat ter).

Application of SPIRIT AIRLINES, INC. ( Spirit ) filed 9/15 / 1 1 for:

XX Allocation of 14 U.S.

- Colombia weekly combination frequencies to provide two additional daily flights between Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Bogota, Colombia. 1

Applicant rep s : Joanne W. Young (202) 331

- 3348 DOT Analyst: Brett D. Kruger (202) 366

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DISPOSITION

XX Granted allocation of 14 frequencies (subject to conditions, see below)

The above action allocating frequencies was effective when taken: October 4

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, and will remain in effect indefinitely, subject to the conditions below

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Action taken by: Paul L. Gretch, Director

O ffice of International Aviation

XX The authority granted is consistent with the aviation agreement between the United States and

Colombia

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Except to the extent exempted or waived, this authority is subject to the terms, conditions, and limitations

indicated:

XX Holder ’s certificates of public convenience and necessity

_______________________________________________________________________________________ Remarks : With our action here, there are 14 U.S.

- Colombia combination frequencies available for

allocation to U.S. carriers for operations beginning immediately and seven U.S.

- Colombia combination frequencies available for allocation to U.S. carriers for operations beginning January 1, 2012.

Conditions: Consistent with our standard practice, the frequencies allocated here are subject to our standard

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- day dormancy condition, wherein any frequency not opera ted for a period of 90 days (once inaugurated and for any reason other than seasonal use), will be deemed dormant and the allocation as to that frequency will expire automatically and the frequency will revert to the Department for reallocation.

In additi on, consistent with our practice in awarding U.S.

- Colombia frequencies, we will require that Spirit inaugurate service with the frequencies allocated here within 1 0 days of April 1, 2012, the beginning of the month in which Spirit proposes to commence the subject services . Failure to inaugurate service with a newly

1 Spirit states that beginning April 2012, it plans to add two additional daily flights between Fort Lauderdale and Bogota and continue on to the beyond points Quito and Guayaquil, Ecuador , and may also operate one

- stop service to Lima, Peru, via Bogota . Spirit further states that operations will decrease slightly by season and that two of the seven freq uencies on each route will not be operated between September 5, 2012, and November 14, 2012.allocated frequency within 10 days of April 1, 2012 will result in the unused frequency reverting to the Department.

_______________________________________________________________________________________ Under authority assigned by the Department in its regulations, 14 CFR Part 385, we found that (1) our action was consistent with Department policy; (2) grant of the authority was consistent with the public interest ; and (3) grant of the authority would not constitute a major regulatory action under the Energy Policy and

Conservation Act of 1975

. To the extent not granted, we denied all requests in the referenced Docket. We may amend, modify, or revoke the authority granted in this Notic e at any time without hearing at our

discretion.

Persons entitled to petition the Department for review of the action s set forth in this Notice under the Department’s regulations, 14 CFR §385.30, may file their petitions within seven (7) days after the da te of issuance of this Notice. This action was effective when taken, and the filing of a petition for review will not

alter such effectiveness.

An electronic version of this document is available on the World Wide Web at: http://www.regulations.gov