 

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, DC

Issued by the Department of Transportation on December 22, 2006

NOTICE OF ACTION TAKEN – DOCKET OST-2006-26620

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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).

Application of TRAVELSPAN GT, INC. S.A. (TRAVELSPAN GT) filed 12/13/06
for:

XX Exemption authority for one year under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 to provide
the following service:

Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail
between Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, and Georgetown, Guyana, via Port of
Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, using wet-leased aircraft.  

Applicant rep: Robert E. Cohn (202) 637-4999	DOT Analyst: Thuy H. Cooper
(202) 366-5423

	            

D I S P O S I T I O N

XX  Granted (subject to conditions, see below)

The above action was effective when taken: December 22, 2006, through
December  22, 2007.

Action taken by:  Paul L. Gretch, Director	

		      Office of International Aviation

Basis for approval (bilateral agreement/reciprocity):  Reciprocity with
Guyana.  

Except to the extent exempted or waived, this authority is subject to
the terms, conditions, and limitations indicated:  XX  Foreign Air
Carrier Exemption Conditions (attached as Appendix)

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Conditions: TravelspanGT may conduct the services authorized here only
using aircraft wet-leased from a duly authorized and properly supervised
U.S. or foreign air carrier.

Remarks:  We acted on this application without awaiting expiration of
the 15-day answer period with the consent of all parties served with the
application.   

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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) the applicant was qualified to perform its proposed
operations;  

(3) grant of the authority was consistent with the public interest; and
(4) 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, 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

				APPENDIX

Foreign Carrier Exemption Conditions

In the conduct of the operations authorized, the foreign carrier
applicant(s) shall:

(1)  Not conduct any operations unless it holds a currently effective
authorization from its homeland for such operations, and it has filed a
copy of such authorization with the Department;

(2)  Comply with all applicable requirements of the Federal Aviation
Administration, the Transportation Security Administration, and with all
applicable U.S. Government requirements concerning security, including,
but not limited to, 14 CFR Parts 129, 91, and 36 and 49 CFR Part 1546 or
1550, as applicable.  To assure compliance with all applicable U.S.
Government requirements concerning security, the holder shall, before
commencing any new service (including charter flights) from a foreign
airport that would be the holder’s last point of departure for the
United States, contact its International Principal Security Inspector
(IPSI) to advise the IPSI of its plans and to find out whether the
Transportation Security Administration has determined that security is
adequate to allow such airport(s) to be served;

(3)  Comply with the requirements for minimum insurance coverage
contained in 14 CFR Part 205, and, prior to the commencement of any
operations under this authority, file evidence of such coverage, in the
form of a completed OST Form 6411, with the Federal Aviation
Administration’s Program Management Branch (AFS-260), Flight Standards
Service (any changes to, or termination of, insurance also shall be
filed with that office);

(4)  Not operate aircraft under this authority unless it complies with
operational safety requirements at least equivalent to Annex 6 of the
Chicago Convention;

(5)  Conform to the airworthiness and airman competency requirements of
its Government for international air services;

(6)  Except as specifically exempted or otherwise provided for in a
Department Order, comply with the requirements of 14 CFR Part 203,
concerning waiver of Warsaw Convention liability limits and defenses;

(7)  Agree that operations under this authority constitute a waiver of
sovereign immunity, for the purposes of 28 U.S.C. 1605(a), but only with
respect to those actions or proceedings instituted against it in any
court or other tribunal in the United States that are: (a)  based on its
operations in international air transportation that, according to the
contract of carriage, include a point in the United States as a point of
origin, point of destination, or agreed stopping place, or for which the
contract of carriage was purchased in the United States; or (b)  based
on a claim under any international agreement or treaty cognizable in any
court or other tribunal of the United States.  In this condition, the
term "international air transportation" means "international
transportation" as defined by the Warsaw Convention, except that all
States shall be considered to be High Contracting Parties for the
purpose of this definition;

(8)  Except as specifically authorized by the Department, originate or
terminate all flights to/from the United States in its homeland; 

(9)  Comply with the requirements of 14 CFR Part 217, concerning the
reporting of scheduled, nonscheduled, and charter data;

(10) If charter operations are authorized, except as otherwise provided
in the applicable aviation agreement, comply with the Department's rules
governing charters (including 14 CFR Parts 212 and 380); and

(11) Comply with such other reasonable terms, conditions, and
limitations required by the public interest as may be prescribed by the
Department, with all applicable orders or regulations of other U.S.
agencies and courts, and with all applicable laws of the United States.

This authority shall not be effective during any period when the holder
is not in compliance with the conditions imposed above.  Moreover, this
authority cannot be sold or otherwise transferred without explicit
Department approval under Title 49 of the U.S. Code.

11/2006

 Guyana is currently a Category 2 country under the Federal Aviation
Administration’s (FAA) International Aviation Safety Assessment
Program (IASA).  

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