			  UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

		        DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

			  OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

			          WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation on March 4, 2003

NOTICE OF ACTION TAKEN -- DOCKET OST 2003-14506

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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:  COMPANIA MEXICANA de AVIACION, S.A. de C.V.                 
  

Date Filed:  February 12, 2003, as supplemented February 14, 2003

Relief requested:  Exemption from 49 USC section 41301 to permit the
applicant to conduct scheduled, combination services between the three
Mexican coterminal points Mexico City/Cancun/Puerto Vallarta, and the
U.S. terminal point Austin, Texas, by placing its code on flights to be
operated by the Mexican carrier Aerovias Caribe, S.A. de C.V.  (Mexicana
is not requesting authority to conduct any of these U.S. services on its
own behalf, and proposes to conduct these U.S. operations only under
code-share arrangement with Aerovias Caribe.  See Docket OST
2003-14393.)

If renewal, date and citation of last action:  New authority.

Applicant representative(s):  Robert D. Papkin, 202-626-6840     DOT
analyst:  Allen Brown, 202-366-2405

Responsive pleadings:  None.

	DISPOSITION

Action:  Approved.                                                      
                  		Action date:  March 4, 2003

Effective dates of authority granted:  March 4, 2003, through March 4,
2004.

Basis for approval:  United States-Mexico Air Transport Services
Agreement of August 15, 1960, as amended and extended.

Except to the extent exempted/waived, this authority is subject to the
terms, conditions, and limitations indicated:  to the Standard Exemption
Conditions and to the conditions placed on the Aerovias Caribe/Mexicana
code-share authority granted on March 4, 2003, in Docket OST 2003-14393.
 Further, Mexicana may only conduct these services under the code-share
arrangement with Aerovias Caribe.

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 seven (7) 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.

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

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

