						

	

                    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

            DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                    OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

                              WASHINGTON, DC          



								Served: May 12, 2003

NOTICE

Brazil Cargo Charter Authorizations

2003/2004

By Orders 98-4-19 and 98-6-14, we decided to use the simplified
procedures previously established by Order 92-9-22 to distribute the 750
annual round-trip all-cargo charters available to U.S. carriers for
operations in the U.S.-Brazil market.  Specifically, we replaced our
year-to-year comparative allocation proceedings with streamlined
advanced allotment/charter pool procedures.  Under these procedures, a
portion of the available charters is allotted in advance to carriers
that have operated an average total of at least 20 charters over the
previous two calendar years.  The balance is maintained in a charter
pool for distribution on a first-come, first-served basis.  We stated
that, prior to the beginning of each charter year, we would issue a
notice announcing the advance allotments to qualifying carriers for the
upcoming charter year.

Based on the above and our analysis of carrier operations in the Brazil
all-cargo charter market, which is attached, we issue advance allotments
to the following carriers for all-cargo charter operations for the
2003/2004 charter year (July 1, 2003 – June 30, 2004):  Florida West
International Airways, Inc. - 104; Southern Air, Inc. – 44; and Gemini
Air Cargo, Inc. - 36.  The remaining 566 charters are reserved in a
charter pool for distribution on a first-come, first-served basis.  

As discussed in Order 98-6-14, we require each carrier issued an advance
allotment to advise the U.S. Air Carrier Licensing Division (X-44),
Office of International Aviation, by letter no later than 14 days after
the service date of this notice of how many of the flights in its
advance allotment it has plans to operate and how many it is returning
to the charter pool.

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The advance allotments issued by this notice and flights operated from
the charter pool for operations in the 2003/2004 charter year are
subject to the conditions and procedures established for such flights in
ordering paragraphs 4 through 8 of Order 98-5-14.

By:

						

						READ C. VAN DE WATER

						Assistant Secretary for Aviation

						    and International Affairs

(SEAL)

Dated:  May 12, 2003

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2001 CALENDAR YEAR

Carrier				JAN	FEB	MAR	APR	MAY	JUN	JUL	AUG	SEPT	OCT	NOV	DEC	TOTAL

Florida West 			  7	25 	  22	 26	   12	    8*	   9	   6	    6	    7	   6
    7

				10*	                  		     5*								    156

Gemini				13*         14*          12*         7*             3*        
0           0             1             3            2            1     
       1              57

Southern		    	  0             0              0           1*            
6*         8*         9*           9*           7*        10*         
3*           4*            57

2002  CALENDAR YEAR

Florida West			 7             4             5               7          
4                5          2            4              7            0  
        3             4              52

						    		      							       

Gemini				 2	  3  	   3 	     3            2               1          0 
          0              1             0          0             0       
      15

Southern			 2*           5*           10*           9*          5*      
      0          0            0              0             0          0 
           0              31

*Charter Pool Flight

																	

TWO-YEAR AVERAGE

						2001			2002			Average

Florida West					156			 52                                         104

Gemini				 		  57                                      15               
                           36

Southern				                57                                      31  
                                        44

