 

			  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

		        DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

			  OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

			          WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation on May 3, 2004

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been withdrawn by the applicant or otherwise become moot.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-2002-12159	European Aviation Air Charter Limited, filed June 23,
2003.  Renew exemption, last granted June 24, 2002, to engage in charter
foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between the
United Kingdom and the United States.  By Order 2003-7-27, we issued
European Aviation a foreign air carrier permit which encompasses the
authority at issue here.

OST-1999-6295	Lan Chile S.A., filed October 3, 2003.  Renew exemption,
last granted

October 24, 2001, to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of
persons, property and mail between Chile and Seattle, Washington, and
Portland, Oregon, and to coterminalize that authority with its existing
authority to serve Los Angeles, California.  By letter dated October 6,
2003, Lan Chile stated that it did not intend to pursue this application
and that the application may be dismissed.

OST-1996-1286	Air Jamaica Limited, filed January 21, 2003  Renew
exemption, last granted February 15, 2002, to engage in scheduled
foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between
Kingston and Montego Bay, Jamaica, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida.  By
Notice of Action Taken dated March 3, 2004, in Docket OST-2004-17040, we
granted Air Jamaica exemption authority which encompasses the authority
at issue here.

OST-2002-13230	Dairo Air Services Limited, d/b/a DAS Air Cargo, filed
October 10, 2003.  Foreign air carrier permit to engage in scheduled
foreign air transportation of property and mail between Uganda and the
United States.  On October 10, 2003, DAS Air Cargo filed a motion
withdrawing the subject request.

OST-2002-13231	Dairo Air Services Limited, d/b/a DAS Air Cargo, filed
October 10, 2003.  Exemption 

	to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail
between

	Uganda and the United States.  On October 10, 2003, DAS Air Cargo filed
a motion withdrawing the subject request.

OST-95-547	Balkan Bulgarian Airlines, filed August 22, 1995, as amended.
 Foreign air carrier permit to engage in scheduled foreign air
transportation of persons, property and mail between a point or points
in Bulgaria, on the one hand, and New York and Detroit, on the other
hand, via Malta; and charters subject to Part 212 of the Department’s
rules.  Information available to the Department indicates that Balkan
Bulgarian Airlines has no plans to prosecute this application.



OST-95-450	Balkan Bulgarian Airlines, filed May 29, 1998.  Renew
exemption last granted June 4, 1997, and confirmed by Order 97-8-12, to
engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and
mail between Sofia, Bulgaria, on the one hand, and Detroit and New York,
on the other hand, via named intermediate points; and charters subject
to Part 212 of the Department’s rules.  Information available to the
Department indicates that Balkan Bulgarian Airlines has no plans to
prosecute this application.

OST-97-2403	Balkan Bulgarian Airlines, filed April 29, 1997.  Exemption
to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property
and mail between Sofia, Bulgaria, on the one hand, and Chicago,
Illinois, on the other hand, via Belgrade, Yugoslavia.  Information
available to the Department indicates that Balkan Bulgarian Airlines has
no plans to prosecute this application.

47474	Japan Air System Company, Ltd., filed March 21, 1991.  Foreign air
carrier permit to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of
persons, property and mail between Tokyo, Japan, on the one hand, and
Honolulu, Hawaii, on the other hand; and charters subject to Part 212. 
On March 1, 2004, Japan Air System filed a motion stating that it did
not intend to pursue this application and that the application may be
dismissed.

OST-2003-15058	Antonov Design Bureau, filed April 25, 2003.  Emergency
exemption from foreign air carrier permit and exemption conditions in
Order 90-8-16 (pertaining to services to Iraq), to the extent necessary
to permit Antonov to operate up to five one-way all-cargo charter
flights from Lake Charles, Louisiana, to points in Iraq, April 28-May
18, 2003, using AN-124 aircraft.  By letter dated July 3, 2003, Antonov
stated that it does not intend to pursue this application and that the
application may be dismissed.

47213	Air Foyle Limited, filed October 12, 1990.  Foreign air carrier
permit to engage in charter foreign air transportation of property and
mail between the United Kingdom and the United States.  By letter dated
March 15, 2004, Air Foyle withdrew the subject request.

47214	Air Foyle Limited, filed September 21, 1992.  Renew exemption,
last issued October 4, 1991, in Order 91-10-11, to engage in charter
foreign air transportation of property and mail between the United
Kingdom and the United States.  By letter dated March 15, 2004, Air
Foyle withdrew the subject request.

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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