 

			  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

		        DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

			  OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

			          WASHINGTON, D.C.

	       Issued by the Department of Transportation on February 3, 2003

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
this matter).

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been withdrawn by the applicant or otherwise become moot.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,
we find that these applications should be dismissed, under authority
assigned by the Department in its Regulations, 14 CFR § 385.3 and
385.13.

Docket			Description of Application

OST-95-350		Air Afrique, filed August 26, 1997.  Renew exemption from 49
U.S.C. 41301 to serve Bamako, 

			Mali, as an intermediate point.  Information available to the
Department indicates that the 

			applicant has no plans to prosecute the application.  

OST-2000-7280	Air Namibia (Pty) Ltd., filed April 21, 2000.  Exemption
from 49 U.S.C. 41301 and foreign air 

OST-2000-7281	carrier permit purusant to 49 U.S.C. 41302 to conduct
foreign air transportation between Namibia 

			and the United States.  Information available to the Department
indicates that the applicant has no 

			plans to prosecute the application.  

OST-2000-6783	Bellview Airlines Ltd., filed January 11, 2000.  Exemption
from 49 U.S.C. 41301 and foreign air 

OST-2000-6784	carrier permit purusant to 49 U.S.C. 41302 to conduct
foreign air transportation between Lagos, 

			Nigeria and New York.  Information available to the Department
indicates that the applicant has 

			no plans to prosecute the application.  

OST-96-1238		Midas Commuter Airlines, C.A., filed April 4, 1996 and
November 4, 1994.  Exemption from 49872			49 U.S.C. 41301 and foreign
air carrier permit purusant to 49 U.S.C. 41302 to conduct foreign air 

			transportation between Venezuela and the United States.  Information
available to the Department 

			indicates that the applicant has no plans to prosecute the
application.  

OST-98-4434		Pan Airlines Cargo Ltd., filed September 9, 1998. 
Exemption from 49 U.S.C. 41301 to conduct 

			foreign air transportation between Colombia and the United States. 
Information available to the 

			Department indicates that the applicant has no plans to prosecute the
application.  

OST-96-992		Servicios Avensa S.A. (Servivensa), filed January 5, 1996
and January 14, 1997.  Renew 

OST-96-998		exemptions from 49 U.S.C. 41301 to conduct foreign air
transportation between Venezuela and 

			the United States.  Information available to the Department indicates
that the applicant has no 

			plans to prosecute the application.  

OST-99-6377		Sky Unlimited Ltd., filed October 18, 1999.  Exemption from
49 U.S.C. 41301 and foreign air 

OST-99-6378		carrier permit purusant to 49 U.S.C. 41302 to conduct
foreign air transportation between 

			Bahamas and the United States.  Information available to the
Department indicates that the 

			applicant has no plans to prosecute the 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 actions
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.

An electronic version of this document is available on the World Wide
Web at:

http://dms.dot.gov//reports/reports_aviation.asp

