 

			  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

		        DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

			  OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

			          WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation on June 25, 2002

NOTICE OF ACTION TAKEN DISMISSING APPLICATIONS—VARIOUS DOCKETS

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This serves as notice to the public of the actions described below,
taken on the date shown above by the Department official indicated (no
additional confirming order will be issued in these matters).

The carriers listed below have applied for various forms of authority or
relief under Title 49 of the United States Code in order to perform the
air transportation activities described.  Each application has either
been withdrawn by the applicant or otherwise become moot.  Therefore,
under authority assigned by the Department in its Regulations, 14 CFR §
385.3 and 385.13, we find that these applications should be dismissed.

Docket			Description of Application	

OST-2002-11374	Aerovias de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., filed January 23, 2002.
 Exemption to conduct scheduled combination service between Mexico City,
Mexico, and El Paso, Texas.  By letter dated February 19, 2002,
Aeromexico stated that it does not intend to pursue this application and
that the application may be dismissed.

OST-98-4401	Itapemirim Transportes Aereos, S.A., filed August 31, 1998. 
Initial foreign air carrier permit to engage in scheduled foreign air
transportation of property and mail between a point or points in Brazil,
on the one hand, and the coterminal points Los Angeles/New York/Miami
and Atlanta, via intermediate points; and authority to conduct all-cargo
charters in accordance with Part 212.  Information available to the
Department indicates that Itapemirim has no plans to prosecute this
application.

OST-98-3739	Société Air France, filed February 8, 2002.  Renew
exemption, last granted by Notice of Action Taken, dated May 24, 2000,
to allow Air France to continue to engage in scheduled foreign air
transportation of persons, property and mail between any point or points
in France and any point or points in the United States, either directly
or via intermediate points.  By Order 2002-5-8, we issued Air France an
amended foreign air carrier permit which encompasses the authority at
issue here.

OST-96-1862	Air Atlantic Dominicana, C. por A., filed October 11, 1996. 
Initial foreign air carrier permit to engage in scheduled foreign air
transportation of persons, property and mail between Santo Domingo,
Dominican Republic, and the coterminal points Miami, New York and San
Juan; and authority to conduct charters in accordance with Part 212. 
Information available to the Department indicates that Air Atlantic
Dominicana has no plans to prosecute this application.

OST-96-1516	Aerocomercial de Transporte Y Rutas, S.A., filed July 8,
1996, as supplemented.

	Initial foreign air carrier permit to engage in charter foreign air
transportation of  property and mail between Ecuador and the United
States, and other all-cargo charters in accordance with Part 212. 
Information available to the Department indicates that Aerocomercial has
no plans to prosecute this application.

OST-95-758	Haiti National Airlines, filed October 7, 1999.  Renew
exemption, last granted October 28, 1998, in Order 98-10-30, to engage
in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail
between Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and Miami, Fort Lauderdale, New York and
San Juan; and authority to conduct charters in accordance with Part 212.
 Information available to the Department indicates that Haiti National
has no plans to prosecute this application.



OST-95-428	Skyjet, Inc. d/b/a Skyjet Antigua & Barbuda, filed August 21,
1995.  Exemption to engage in charter foreign air transportation of
persons, property and mail between 

	Antigua and Barbuda and the United States.  Information available to
the Department indicates that Skyjet has no plans to prosecute this
application.

OST-95-427	Skyjet, Inc. d/b/a Skyjet Antigua & Barbuda, filed August 21,
1995.  Initial foreign air carrier permit to engage in charter foreign
air transportation of persons, property and mail between Antigua and
Barbuda and the United States.  Information available to the Department
indicates that Skyjet has no plans to prosecute this application.

OST-95-165	Aerovias Honduras, S.A. de C.V., filed February 13, 1995. 
Initial foreign air carrier permit to engage in scheduled foreign air
transportation of persons, property and mail between Honduras and points
in the United States, via Belize and beyond.  Information available to
the Department indicates that Aerovias Honduras has no plans to
prosecute this application.

OST-97-2194	Atlant-Soyuz Airlines, filed May 15, 1995.  Initial foreign
air carrier permit to engage in charter foreign air transportation of
property and mail between the Russian Federation and the United States;
and to conduct other all-cargo charters in accordance with Part 212. 
Information available to the Department indicates that Atlant-Soyuz has
no plans to prosecute this application.

50127	Aerovias Honduras, S.A. de C.V., filed February 13, 1995. 
Exemption to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons,
property and mail between Honduras and points in the United States, via
Belize and beyond.  Information available to the Department indicates
that Aerovias Honduras has no plans to prosecute this application.

49965	Haytian Aviation Lines, S.A. d/b/a Halisa Air, filed December 13,
1994.  Initial foreign air carrier permit to engage in foreign air
transportation of persons, property

	and mail between Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and Miami and Fort Lauderdale,
Florida.  Information available to the Department indicates that Halisa
Air has no plans to prosecute this application.

OST-95-595	Société Air France, filed April 27, 1993.  Exemption to
allow Air France to continue operating under all existing exemption
authorities and to include all other authorities outstanding, pending
renewal or in effect prior to expiration of the 1946 Air Transport
Agreement between the United States and France.  By Order 2002-5-8, we
issued Air France an amended foreign air carrier permit under the 1998
Air Transport Agreement between the United States and France which
encompasses the authority at issue here.

OST-95-594	Société Air France, filed April 27, 1993.  Renew and amend
foreign air carrier permit

	to permit Air France to continue operating under all existing permits
and to include all other authorities outstanding, pending renewal or in
effect prior to expiration of the 1946 Air Transport Agreement between
the United States and France.  By Order 2002-5-8, we issued Air France
an amended foreign air carrier permit under the 1998 Air Transport
Agreement between the United States and France which encompasses the
authority at issue here.

48630	Japan Universal System Transport Co., Ltd., filed January 29,
1993.  Initial foreign air carrier permit to engage in charter foreign
air transportation of property and mail between Japan and the United
States.  Information available to the Department indicates that Japan
Universal System has no plans to prosecute this application.

47556	World Air Network Co., Ltd., filed May 28, 1991.  Initial foreign
air carrier permit to engage in charter foreign air transportation of
persons, property and mail between Japan and the United States. 
Information available to the Department indicates that World Air Network
has no plans to prosecute this application.

46016	Société Air France, filed October 10, 1991.  Renew exemption,
last granted October 31, 1990, and confirmed by Order 90-12-5, to
commingle all-cargo traffic in foreign air transportation between
specified points in the United States and France, with all-cargo traffic
not in foreign air transportation between specified points in Canada and
France.  By Order 2002-5-8, we issued Air France an amended foreign air
carrier permit which encompasses the authority at issue here.

45652	Société Air France, filed August 4, 1992.  Renew exemption, last
granted August 7, 1990, and confirmed by Order 90-12-5, to engage in
scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail
between France and San Juan, via intermediate or beyond points
Martinique and Guadeloupe.  By Order 2002-5-8, we issued Air France an
amended foreign air carrier permit which encompasses the authority at
issue here.

44313	Société Air France, filed August 25, 1992.  Renew exemption,
last granted October 9, 1991, and confirmed by Order 93-3-3, to among
other things, (a) serve Los Angeles on  all-cargo operations as a
coterminal point on the route specified in paragraph 2 of its effective
foreign air carrier permit (Order 76-2-25); (2) serve Montreal as an
intermediate point and San Francisco as a coterminal point on its
authorized France-Los Angeles route; and (3) provide scheduled service
between Tahiti and Los Angeles.  By 

Order 2002-5-8, we issued Air France an amended foreign air carrier
permit which encompasses the authority at issue here.

46845	Air Liberté S.A., filed March 15, 1990.  Initial foreign air
carrier permit to engage in charter foreign air transportation of
persons, property and mail between France and the United States. 
Information available to the Department indicates that Air Liberté has
no plans to prosecute this application.

DISPOSITION

Action:  We dismiss the applications described above.

Action taken by:   Paul L. Gretch, Director	

		      Office of International Aviation	

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Persons entitled to petition the Department for review of the action set
forth in this Notice under the Department’s regulations, 14 CFR §
385.30, may file their petitions within seven (7) days after the date of
issuance of this Notice.  

The actions set forth in this Notice shall be effective and become the
actions of the Department of Transportation upon expiration of the above
period unless within such period a petition for Department review is
filed or the Department gives 

notice that it will review one or more actions on its own motion.  The
filing of a petition for review with respect to one of the dismissed
items will not alter the effectiveness of this Notice with respect to
the others.

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