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N O T I C E O F ACT I O N TA K E N

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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 o n s d es c r i bed b e l o w

, t a k en by t he D e pa rt m ent o f f i c i a l i n d i c a t ed

( no a d d i ti o n al con f ir m i ng o r der w i l l be i s sued i n t h i s m a t t e r )

.

A pp li c a t i on o f ATLAS AIR, INC. (Atlas) fi l ed 10/19 / 1 2 f o r:

X X Allocation of two (2) weekly fr eque n c i e s f or U

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- ca r g o se r v i ce s

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A pp li c ant r e ps: Russell E. Pommer (202) 822

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DO T A na l y s t : Darren Jaffe (202) 366

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D ISP O SI T I O N

X X Granted

, a ll o c a ti o n o f two weekly f req u en c i es t o Atlas ( su b j e c t t o co n d i ti o ns, see

b e l o w )

T he abo v e a c t i on a l l oc a t i n g fr eque n c i e s t o Atlas was e f f ec t i v e w hen t a k en: November 5

, 2 01 2 , and wi l l

r e m a i n i n e f f e c t i n de f i n i t e l y , su b j e ct t o t he co nd i t i o n s b e l o w

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O ff i ce o f I n t e rna t i on a l A v i a t i on

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B ra z i l

, as a m ended , and the Memorandum of Consultations signed March 19, 2011

.

Except t o t he ex t ent exe m p t ed or w a i v ed, t h i s au t ho r it y i s s u b j ect t o t he t e r m s, cond i t i ons, and

li m it a t i ons ind i c a t e d :

X X Atlas’ ce r t i f i ca t es o f pub l i c co n ve n i en c e a n d nece s s i t y

C ond i t i ons: C on s i s t e n t wi t h o u r s t and a r d p r a c t i ce, t he fr e q uen c i e s a ll o ca t ed he r e a r e su b j e c t t o our s t a nd a r d

90

- d a y do r m ancy cond it i o n

, w he r e i n any f r eq u ency n o t op e r a t ed f or a p e ri od of 9 0 da y s ( on c e i n au g u r a t ed

and f o r any r e ason o t h er t h an s e ason a l u se )

, w i l l be d e e m ed do r m ant and t he a ll oc a t i on as t o t h a t f

r eq u ency

w il l ex p ir e a u t o m a ti c a ll y a nd the f r equ e ncy w il l r e v e r t t o t he D e p a r t m ent f or r e a ll oca t i on.

I n add iti on, con s i s t e n t wi t h our p r a c t i ce i n a w a r d i ng U

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- B r a z i l f r e q u e n c i es, w e w i l l r e qu i r e th a t Atlas

i n a u g ura t e s e r v i ce wi t h t h e f r eq u en c i es a l l o ca t e d h e r e wi t h i n 90 d a y s of the date of this Notice

. F a i l u r e t o

i nau g ur a t e se r v i c e wi t h a n e w l y a ll o c a t ed fr e quency w it h i n 90 da y s of the date of this Notice w i l l r e s u l t in t he

unused f r equ e ncy r e v e r t i ng t o t h e D ep a rt m en t

.

Remarks: We acted on this application without awaiting expiration of the answer period with the consent of

all parties served with the application.

W i t h o u r a c t i on h e r e, t h e r e a r e 34 U .S.

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- ca r g o f r e q uen c i e s a v a i l a b l e f or a l l oc a t i on to U

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1 Atlas holds authority to provide scheduled all

- cargo service to/from Brazil and currently operate s five (5) flights per

week using frequencies awarded by Notice of Action T aken in Docket DOT

- OST

- 2008

- 0380 , dated December 22, 2008.i m m ed i a t e ope r a t i on s

.

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app l i ca n t qu a l i fi e d t o p r o v i de t he exe m p ti on se r v i c es au t h o r i z e d.

U nder a u t h o r i t y as s i g ned b y t he D epa r t m ent i n i t s r e g u l a ti o n s, 14 C FR P a r t 385, w e f ound t h a t ( 1) o ur a c t i o n

w as con s i s t e n t wi t h D e p a r t m ent pol i c y ; ( 2) g r a nt o f t h e au t ho r it y w as c o n s i s t ent w it h t he p ub l i c i n t e r e s t ; a nd

( 3 ) g r a n t o f t h e a u t h o r i t y w o u l d n o t c on s t i t u t e a m a j or r e g u l a t o r y a c ti on und e r t h e Ene r g y Po li cy and

C onse r v a t i on A c t o f 1975. T o t he ex t ent not g r a n t ed or d i s m i sse d

, w e de n i ed a l l re ques t s i n t h e r e f e r e n ced

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at o u r d i s c r e t i on.

Pe r so n s e n t i t l ed t o p e t i t i on t he D e p a r t m ent f o r r e v i ew of t h e a c t i o n s set f o rt h i n t h i s N o t i c e under t he

D epa r t m en t’ s r e g u l a ti o n s, 1 4 C FR §385.30, m ay fil e t h e i r pe t i t i o n s wi t h i n se v en (7 ) da y s a f t e r t h e d a t e of

i ss u ance of t h i s N o t i c e. T h i s a c t i on w as e f f e c ti v e w h e n t a k en, a n d t h e f i l i ng of a pe t i t i on f or r e v i ew wi l l n ot

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