 

			  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

		        DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

			  OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

			          WASHINGTON, D.C.

	       Issued by the Department of Transportation on April 22, 2003

NOTICE OF ACTION TAKEN DISMISSING APPLICATIONS -- VARIOUS DOCKETS

________________________________________________________________________
____________________________________________________________

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been withdrawn by the applicant or otherwise become moot.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-97-3209		Air Liberté S.A., filed April 28, 1999.  Renew exemption
from 49 U.S.C. 41301 and statement 

			of authorization pursuant to 14 CFR 212 of the Department’s
regulations to display the airline 

			designator code of American Airlines, Inc., on certain intra-France
flights operated by Air 

			Liberté.  Information available to the Department indicates that the
applicant has no plans to 

			prosecute the application.  

OST-2002-12530	Continental Airlines, Inc., & KLM uk Limited, filed June
13, 2002.  Exemption from 49 U.S.C. 

			41301 and statement of authorization pursuant to 14 CFR 212 of the
Department’s regulations to 

			to display the airline designator code of Continental on flights
operated by KLM uk between the 

			Netherlands and third countries.  On March 5, 2003, the applicants
withdrew their application.

OST-98-4294		Royal Air Maroc, filed October 14, 1999.  Renew exemption
from 49 U.S.C. 41301 to conduct 

			scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail
between Morocco and named 

			U.S. points pursuant to a code-share agreement with Trans World
Airlines, Inc.  Information 

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

OST-2002-12135	Van Gaever & Co. N.V. d/b/a VG Airlines, filed April 16,
2002.  Foreign air carrier permit 

			pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 41302 to conduct charter foreign air
transportation between Belgium and 

			the United States, and other charters pursuant to 14 CFR 212 of the
Department’s regulations.  

			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

________________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________

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

