[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 146 (Tuesday, July 31, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 41808-41809]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-14794]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary


Notice of Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and 
Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed Under Subpart B 
(Formerly Subpart Q) During the Week Ending June 22, 2007

    The following Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience 
and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits were filed under Subpart 
B (formerly Subpart Q) of the Department of Transportation's Procedural 
Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et seq.).
    The due date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motions to 
Modify Scope are set forth below for each application. Following the 
Answer period DOT may process the application by expedited procedures. 
Such procedures may consist of the adoption of a show-cause order, a 
tentative order, or in appropriate cases a final order without further 
proceedings.

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    Docket Number: OST-2007-28547.
    Date Filed: June 18, 2007.
    Due Date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motion to Modify 
Scope: July 9, 2007.
    Description: Application of First Choice Airways Limited (``First 
Choice''), requesting an exemption and an amended foreign air carrier 
permit authorizing First Choice to conduct: (i) Charter foreign air 
transportation of persons, property and mail from any point(s) behind 
any European Community Member State via any point(s) in the European 
Community Member States and intermediate points to any point(s) in the 
United States and beyond; (ii) charter foreign air transportation of 
persons, property and mail between any point(s) in the United States 
and any point(s) in the European Common Aviation Area; (iii) other 
charters pursuant to Part 212; and (iv) charters as authorized in the 
future under the U.S.-E.U. Agreement.

    Docket Number: OST-2006-26702.
    Date Filed: June 18, 2007.
    Due Date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motion to Modify 
Scope: July 9, 2007.
    Description: Application of Flying Service N.V. (``Flying 
Service''), requesting an amendment to its foreign air carrier permit 
for additional authority to the full extent authorized by the US-EC 
Agreement to enable it to engage in: (i) Foreign air transportation of 
persons and property from any point or points behind any Member State 
of the European Union via any point or points in any Member State and 
via intermediate points to any point or points in the United States and 
beyond; and (ii) foreign air transportation of persons and property 
between any point or points in the United States and any point or 
points in any member of the European Common Aviation Area. Flying 
Service further requests corresponding amendment to its exemption to 
enable it to provide the additional service described above pending 
issuance of an effective foreign air carrier permit and such additional 
or other relief as the Department may deem necessary or appropriate.

    Docket Number: OST-2007-28550.
    Date Filed: June 18, 2007.
    Due Date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motion to Modify 
Scope: July 9, 2007.
    Description: Application of Aer Lingus Limited (``Aer Lingus''), 
requesting an exemption and an amended foreign air carrier permit 
authorizing Aer Lingus to conduct operations to and from the United 
States to the full extent authorized by the recently signed United 
States-European Union Air Transport Agreement (``U.S.-E.U. 
Agreement''), for flight operations on or after March 30, 2008, 
including authority to engage in: (i) Scheduled and charter foreign air 
transportation of persons, property and mail from any point(s) behind 
any Member State(s) of the European Community via any point(s) in any 
Member State(s) and intermediate points to any point(s) in the United 
States and beyond; (ii) scheduled and charter foreign air 
transportation of persons, property and mail between any point(s) in 
the United States and any point(s) in any member of the European Common 
Aviation Area; (iii) scheduled and charter foreign cargo air 
transportation between any point(s) in the United States and any other 
point(s); (iv) other charters pursuant to Part 212; and (v) 
transportation authorized by any additional route or other right(s) 
made available to European Community carriers in the future.

    Docket Number: OST-1996-923.
    Date Filed: June 21, 2007.
    Due Date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motion to Modify 
Scope: July 12, 2007.
    Description: Application of Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. (``Virgin 
Atlantic''), requesting an amendment to its existing foreign air 
carrier permit to provide: (i) Foreign scheduled and charter air 
transportation of persons, property, and mail from any point or points 
behind any Member State of the European Union via any point or points 
in any Member State and via intermediate points to any point or points 
in the United States and beyond; (ii) foreign scheduled and charter air 
transportation of persons, property, and mail between any point or 
points in the United States and any point or points in any member of 
the European Common Aviation Area; (iii) foreign scheduled and charter 
cargo air transportation between any point or points in the United 
States and any other point or points; (iv) other charters pursuant to 
the prior approval requirements set forth in Part 212; and 
transportation authorized by any additional route rights made available 
to European Community carriers in the future. Virgin Atlantic also 
requests exemption authority to enable it to provide services covered 
by its foreign air carrier permit.

    Docket Number: OST-2007-28588.
    Date Filed: June 22, 2007.
    Due Date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motion to Modify 
Scope: July 13, 2007.
    Description: Application of Skybus Airlines, Inc., requesting a 
certificate of public convenience and necessity authorizing it to 
operate scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and 
mail between Port Columbus International Airport, Columbus, Ohio on the 
one hand, and Nassau, Bahamas and Cancun, Mexico on the other.

Barbara J. Hairston,
Supervisory Docket Officer, Docket Operations, Alternate Federal 
Register Liaison.
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