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I ssued by t he D epa r t m ent o f T r a nsp o rt a t i on on December 16 , 2014

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

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_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ___ This serves as notice to the public of the action described below, taken by the Department official indicated (no additional

confirming order will be issued in this matter).

Applicant : Flybe Limited ( Flybe) Dat e Filed : November 7, 2014

Relie f requested : Renewal of e xemptio n unde r 4 9 US C §4010 9 to engage in foreign air transportation of persons,

property, and mail on a code

- share only basis with United Air Lines, Inc. (United), on flights operated by Flybe within

European Union (EU) and European Union Common Aviation Area (ECAA) countries

, and between points in EU and

ECAA countries and points in third countries

, on flig hts operated by Flybe on behalf of Brussels Airlines NV/SA

( Brussels Airlines )

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If renewal, date and citation of last action: November 9, 2012, in this Docket.

Applican t representatives : Evelyn D. Sahr and Beth A. FitzPatrick

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DO T analyst : Darren Jaffe , 202

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Responsiv e pleadings : None

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Action : Approved

. Actio n date : December 16 , 2014

Effectiv e date s o f authorit y granted : Th e exemptio n authorit y grante d t o Flybe i s effectiv e December 16 , 2014

, throug h

December 16 , 2 01 6

.

Basi s fo r approva l (bilatera l agreement/reciprocity) : U.S.

- E U Ai r Transpor t Agreement.

Excep t t o th e exten t exempted/waived

, thi s authorit y i s subjec t t o th e terms

, conditions

, an d limitation s o f ou r standar d

exemption condition s ( attache d ).

Action taken by: Paul L. Gretch, Director, Office of International Aviation

_____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ __ Under authority assigned by the Department in its regulations, 14 CFR Part 385, we found that (1) our action was consistent w ith

Department policy; (2) the applicant was qualified to perform the proposed operations; (3) grant of the authority was consisten t with

the public interest; and (4) grant of the authority would not constitute a major regulatory action under the Energy Policy an d

Conservation Act of 1975. To the extent not granted/deferred/dismissed, we denied all requests in the referenced Docket. We may

amend, modify, or revoke the authority granted in this Notice at any time without hearing at our discretion.

Persons entitled to petition the Department for review of the action set forth in this Notice under the Department’s regulati ons, 14 CFR

§ 385.30, may file their petitions within seven (7) days after the date 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 a vailable on the World Wide Web at:

http://www.regulations.gov

1 We note that our November 9, 2012 action in this Docket also awarded Flybe authority to display the “US” designator code of US

Airways, Inc. (US Airways). Flybe states that it has discontinued its code

- sharing arrangement with US Airways and is seeking

renewal of its exemption authority for the purpose of providing EU/ECAA codeshare

- only services with United exclusively

.

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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 nt s ha ll:

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li m it ed t o, 1 4 C FR Pa r t s 1 2 9, 91, and 36 a n d 49 C FR P a r t 1546 o r 155 0 , as ap p li ca b l e. T o as s u r e co m p li a n ce w ith

a l l ap p li c ab 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 secu r it y

, t he ho l d er sh a l l , be f o r e c o m m enc i ng any new

se r v i ce ( i n c l ud i ng cha r t er f l i g h t s) fr om a f o r e i g n a ir p o r t t h at w o u l d b e t h e h o l d e r’ s l a s t p o i nt of d ep a rt u r e f or t he

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h o ri t y u n l es s i t c o m p l i e s w i t h o p e ra t i o n a l s a f e t y r e q u i re m e n t s a t l e a s t e q u i v al e n t t o

A nn e x 6 o f t h e C h i c a g o C o nv en t i on ;

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se r v i c e s;

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

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t he U n it e d S t a t e s t h at a r e : ( a ) based o n i t s o p e r a t i ons i n i n t e r n a t i on a l a i r t r ans p o r t a t i on t h a t

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under any i n t e r n a t i on a l a gr 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 ri b u n al o f t h e U n i t ed S t a t es. I n t h is

cond i t i on, t he t e r m "i n t e r n a ti o n al a i r t r a n spo r t a ti o n" means "i n t e r n a ti o nal t r an s po r t a t i o n " a s d e fi n ed by t he W a r saw

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de f i n i ti o n;

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a Me m ber S t a t e of t he E u r o pean U n i on;

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cha r t e r d a t a;

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w it h t he D e p a r t m en t ' s r u l es g o v e r n 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

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a l l ap p li c ab l e l a w s o f t h e U n i t ed S t a t e s.

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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 th 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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