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, t a k en by t h e D e p a rt m

ent o f f i c i a l i n d i c a t ed

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p ti on f or t w o y e a r s und e r 49 U .S

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. 40109 t o p r o v i de t he f o l l o w i ng se r v i c e :

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o r e i gn a i r t ra n spor t a t i on o f prop e r t y a n d m a i l between a point or points in the United

States

, via intermediate points, and the co

- terminal points Santo Domingo and Puerto Plata,

Dominican Republic, and beyond to points in the Caribbean and South America, and t o i n te gra t e

t h i s e x e m p t i on au t h or i t

y wit h it s e x i s t i ng exemption and certificate au t ho r it y

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en: February 27

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, t h r ou g h February 27

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A c ti on t aken b y : P a u l L

. G re t ch, D i re c t or

O ff i c e o f I n t e rna t i onal A v i a t i on

X X T he au t hor it y g ran te d i s con s i s t ent w i t h t he av i a ti on a gre e m e n t be t w e e n t he U n i t ed S t a t es and

t he Dominican Republic of 1986.

Except t o t h e ex t ent exe m p t ed or w a i v ed, t h i s a u t h o r i t y i s su b j e c t t o t he t e r m s, c o nd i t i ons, and l i m it a t i ons

i nd i c a t e d :

X X H o l d e r ’ s c e r t i f i ca t es o f pu b l i c conve n i ence and ne c es s it y

X X S t andard e x e m p t i on cond i ti o n s (attac h ed )

C ond i t i ons: T he a u t ho ri t y g r an t ed to serve intermediate and beyond points is limited to countries with which

the United States has signed open

- skies agreements and/or countries for which Centurion holds authority to

serve under certificates and exemptions issued by the Department.

The route integration authority granted is su b j e c t t o t he con d i t i on t h a t any service provided under this exemption

shall be cons i s t ent w it h all app l i c a b l e a g r ee m en t s between the United States and the foreign countries involved

. Fu r t h e r m o r e, ( a ) n o t h i ng i n t he a w a r d o f t he r ou t e i n t e g r a t i on au t h o r i t y r eque s t ed sh o u l d be c o n s t r u ed as

co n f e r r i ng upon C e n t u ri on ri g h t s (i n c l u di ng fi f t h

- fr ee d om i n t e r m

ed i a t e and / o r beyond r i g h t s) t o s e rv e m a r k e t s

w he r e U .S

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r i er en t r y i s li m

it ed un l ess C en t u r i on n o t i fi e s t h e D epa rt m ent o f i t s i n t e nt t o s e r v e such a m a r k et

and u n l e ss and u n t i l t he D epa rt m ent h as c o m

p l e t ed any neces s a r y ca r

r i er s e l e c t i on p r o c edu r es t o d e t e r m i ne

w h i ch c a r ri e r ( s ) s hou l d be au t h o ri z ed t o e x e r c i s e s u ch ri g h t s ; and ( b) sho u l d t he r e be a r eq u est by any c a r r i er t o

use t he l i m

it ed

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i g h t s t h a t a

r e i n c l u de d i n C e n t ur i on ’ s a u t ho ri t y b y v ir t ue o f t h e r ou t e i n t e gra ti on

exemption g r an t e d he r e, b u t t h a t a r e n o t t hen b e i ng used by C e n t u r i on, t he ho l d i ng of such a u t h o r i t y b y r ou t e

i n t e g r a t i on wil l n ot be con s i d e r ed as p r o v i d i ng any p r e f e r e n ce f o r C e n t ur i o n i n a co m

pe ti t i v e ca r

r i er s e l e c ti o n

p r oc e ed i ng t o de t e r m

i ne w h i ch c a

r r i e r ( s ) shou l d b e e n t i tl e d t o u se t he au t h o r i t y at i s s ue.O n t he ba s i s o f d a t a o f f i c i a l l y no ti c ea b l e un d er R u l e 2 4 ( g ) of t he D e p a rt m en t ' s r e g u l a ti o n s, w e f

ound t he

app l i ca n t qu a l i f

i ed t o p r o v i de t he s e r v i ces a u t h o ri z ed.

U nder a u t h or it y a ss 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 ns, 14 C FR P a r t 385, w e f

o u nd t h at ( 1 ) o u r ac t i on

w as co n s i s t e nt wi t h D ep a r t m ent po l i cy; ( 2) g r a n t o f t h e application w as cons i s t ent w it h t he p ub l i c i n t e r e s t ;

and ( 3 ) g r a n t o f t he au t h o ri t y w ou l d not con s t it u t e a m a j o r r e g u l a t o r y ac t i o n und e r t h e Ene r g y Po l i cy and

C on s e r v a t i on A c t o f 19 75. T o t he e x t e nt n ot g r a n t ed, w e de n i ed a l l r eq u e s t s i n the r e f e r e nc e d D oc k

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e t he a u t h or it y g r an t ed i n t h i s N o t i ce a t any ti m e wit h o u t hea r i ng at o ur

d i s c r e t i on.

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

D epa rt m en t ’ s r e g u l a t i ons, 1 4 C FR §385.30, m ay fil e t h e i r p e t i t i ons wi t h i n s e v en ( 7 ) d ays a f t er t he d a t e of

i ss u ance of t h i s N o t i c e. T h i s ac t i on w a s e f f e c ti v e w hen t a k

en, and t he f

i l i ng of a p e t i ti on f

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a l t er s u ch e f

f e c ti v ene s s.

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### U. S . Ca rr i e r E x e m p t ion Co nd i t io n s

I n the c ondu c t of t h e op e ra tions a utho r i z e d, the U

. S

. carr i e r a ppli ca nt ( s ) sh a ll: A TT AC H M E NT

( 1) Hold a t a ll ti m e s e f

f e c tive op era ti n g a utho r i t y fr om the g ov e r nm e nt of e ac h c ount r y s er v e d;

( 2) C o m p l y with a ppli ca ble re qui re m e nts c on cer n ing ov er s a l e s c ont a i n e d in 14 C F R 250 (f or

s c h e dul e d op e ra tions, if a utho r i z e d ) ;

( 3) C o m p l y with the r e q ui re m e nts f or r e po r ti n g d a ta c ont a in e d in 14 C F R 241;

( 4) C o m p l y with r e qui re m e nts f

or m i ni m um insu ra n c e c ov e r a g e

, a nd f or ce r ti f y i n g th a t c o v er a ge

to the D e p ar t m e nt, c ont a i n e d in 14 C F R 205;

( 5) E x ce pt a s sp ec i f

i c a lly e x e m pt e d or oth e r wi s e p r ovid e d f or in a D e p a r t m e nt O r d er

, c o m p l y

with the re qui re m e nts of 14 C F R 203, c on c e r ning w a iv e r of W ar s a w C onv e ntion li a bi l i t y li m its

a nd d efe n s e s;

( 6) C o m p l y with a ll a pp l i ca ble re qui re m e nts of t h e Fe d era l Avi a tion Ad m i nist ra tion, the

T ra nspo r t a tion S ec u r i t y Ad m inist ra tion, a nd with a ll a ppli ca ble U. S . Gov e r n m e nt re qui r e m e nts

c on cer ni n g s ec u r i t y , in c l udin g , but not li m it e d to, 49 C F R P ar t 1544. To a s su r e c o mpli a n c e with

a ll a ppli ca ble U. S . Go v e r n m e nt re qui re m e nts c o n c er ning s ec u r i t y , the hold e r sh a ll, b ef o r e

c omm e n c i n g a n y n e w s e r vi c e ( in c ludi n g c h a r t e r f li g hts) to or f

r om a f o re i g n a i r po r t, c ont a c t its

P r in c ip a l S ec u r i t y I nsp e c tor ( P S I ) to a dvise the P S I o f its pl a ns a nd to f ind out wh e th e r the

T ra nspo r t a tion S ec u r i t y Ad m inist ra tion h a s d e t er m in e d th a t s ec u r i t y is a d e qu a te to a llow su c h

a i rpo r t ( s) to be s er v e d;

( 7) C o mp l y with su c h oth e r r e a son a ble t e r m s, c o n ditions, a nd li m it a tions re qui re d b y t h e public

int ere st a s m a y b e p re s c r ib e d b y the D e p ar tm e nt of T ra nspo r t a tion, with a ll a ppli ca ble o r d e rs

a nd r e g ul a tions of oth e r U. S

. a g e n c i e s a nd c ou r t s

, a nd with a ll a ppli ca ble l a ws of the Unit e d

S t a t e s.

The a utho r i t y g ra nt e d s h a ll be ef f ec tive on l y du r i ng the p er iod wh e n the h old e r is in c o m pli a n ce

with the c onditions i mp o s e d a bov e

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