 

			  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

		        DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

			  OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

			          WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation on December 18, 2000

NOTICE OF ACTION TAKEN -- DOCKET OST 99-6719

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This serves as notice to the public of the action described below, taken
by the Department official indicated (no additional confirming order
will be issued in this matter).

Applicant:  AERO SERVICIOS AZTECA, S.A. de C.V.                         
                 Date Filed:  December 29, 1999

Relief requested:  Exemption from 49 USC section 41301 to permit the
applicant to conduct passenger charter operations between Mexico and the
United States, and other passenger charter operations in accordance with
14 CFR Part 212, using small equipment.

Applicant representative:  Eugene E. Smith, 210-590-1630

Responsive pleadings:  None.

	DISPOSITION

Action:  Approved.			   			                    Action date:  December
18, 2000

Effective dates of authority granted:  December 18, 2000, through
December 18, 2001.

Basis for approval (bilateral agreement/reciprocity):  United
States-Mexico Air Transport Services Agreement of August 15, 1960, as
amended and extended (Agreement).

Except to the extent exempted/waived, this authority is subject to the
terms, conditions, and limitations indicated:  Standard exemption
conditions.     

Special conditions/Partial grant/Denial basis/Remarks:  We find that the
carrier is operationally and financially qualified to conduct the
operations it proposes and that it is substantially owned and
effectively controlled by citizens of Mexico.  In the conduct of these
operations, the carrier may only use aircraft capable of carrying no
more than 60 passengers and having a maximum payload capacity of no more
than 18,000 pounds (small equipment).  The above grant includes
authority to conduct Third and Fourth Freedom charter operations.  While
we have subjected, consistent with the provisions of the Agreement,
Mexican carriers conducting charter operations with large aircraft to
prior approval of their Third and Fourth Freedom charters (see Order
92-2-7 at 5), we determined that a Third/Fourth Freedom prior-approval
requirement was not necessary on public interest grounds in the case of
this carrier, since it will be conducting these operations solely with
small aircraft.  (Other charter operations to/from the United States
under this authority, however, are subject to prior approval under 14
CFR Part 212.)

Action taken by:   Paul L. Gretch, Director, Office of International
Aviation	

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Under authority assigned by the Department in its regulations, 14 CFR
Part 385, we found that (1) our action was consistent with Department
policy; (2) grant of the authority was consistent with the public
interest; and (3) grant of the authority would not constitute a major
regulatory action under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975. 
To the extent not granted/deferred/dismissed, we denied all requests in
the referenced Docket.  We may amend, modify, or revoke the authority
granted in this Notice at any time without hearing at our discretion.

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 ten (10) days after the date
of issuance of this Notice.  This action was effective when taken, and
the filing of a petition for review will not alter such effectiveness.

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