OST-1996-1071 - Gulf & Caribbean Cargo, Inc. d/b/a Gulf & Caribbean Air

OST-1996-1071

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Gulf & Caribbean Cargo, Inc. d/b/a Gulf & Caribbean Air

OST-96-1023 | OST-96-1071 | April 16, 1998

Re: Letter from Frederick Mason to James Lawyer of Aviation Analysis

The purpose of this letter is to clarify my intent to make funds available to Gulf & Caribbean. I have previously stated my intention to make certain funds available for use by the Company for working capital purposes for a period of one year after the carrier commences operations.

The commencement of DC-9 passenger operations under an effective Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity is a condition precedent to my proposal to make such funds available to the Company.

Gulf & Caribbean Cargo, Inc.

OST-96-1023 | OST-96-1071 | August 28, 1998

Re: Response to DOT Letter of July 23, 1998

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GCA is actively pursuing ongoing negotiations to acquire suitable large aircraft, including the Convair 580 and the 78-seat Convair 5800. At this point, however, GCA is not on the verge of a definitive agreement to acquire any specific large aircraft. For that reason, GCA is unable, at this time, to comply with your requirement that GCA must "clearly demonstrate[s] that it has made significant progress toward the acquisition of the aircraft it proposes to utilize in its certificated service".

Counsel: Shaw Pittman, Nathaniel Breed, 202-663-8000

Gulf & Caribbean Cargo, Inc., d/b/a Gulf & Caribbean Air

OST-96-1023 OST-96-1071	September 16, 1998	Supplement No. 6 to Applications and Request for Issuance of Effective Certificates	Interstate/Foreign Scheduled Combination
		Index of Exhibits GCA-S/6-1: Air Carrier Certificate, Effective 8/16/95 and Excerpts from Operations Specifications GCA-S/6-2: Certiifcate of Insurance, 9/9/98 GCA-S/6-2: Biographical Resume and Fitness Information for William Goepfert, Chief Inspector

Gulf & Caribbean Air respectfully requests the Department to issue effective certificates of public convenience and necessity to GCA, in the form attached to Order 96-12-27 and Order 97-1-9, subject to such conditions as the Department deems to be appropriate.

Counsel: Shaw Pittman, Nathaniel Breed, 202-663-8078

Gulf & Caribbena Cargo, Inc. d/b/a Gulf & Caribbean Air

OST-96-1023 OST-96-1071	October 16, 1998	Supplement No. 7 to Applications	Certificates of Public Convenience, Interstate and Foreign Scheduled Combination	HTML
		GCA-S/7-1: Financial Statements for the Period Ending 9/30/98
		GCA-S/7-2: Financial Statements for the Year Ending 12/31/97

GCA is currently providing on-demand all-cargo charter operations utilizing the 12,500-pound payload Convair CV-440 aircraft. GCA conducts its current operations primarily within the State of Florida, and between Florida and points in the Bahamas and other Caribbean points, with its principal operations basis in Ft. Lauderdale. GCA has not conducted, and does not currently hold FAA perating authority to conduct, any passenger service operations.

Counsel: Shaw Pittman, Nathaniel Breed, 202-663-8078

Gulf and Caribbean Cargo, Inc. d/b/a Gulf and Caribbean Air

OST-96-1023 OST-98-1071	December 3, 1998	Re: Working Capital	Certificate of Public Convenience & Necessity
		Attachment: Letter from James Lawyer, Air Carrier Fitness, 12/1/98

Enclosed herewith is a fax copy of a letter dated December 1, 1998 from Mr. F. Lee Mason. President of Gulf and Caribbean Cargo, Inc., d/b/a Gulf and Caribbean Air, confirming the willingness of Mr. Mason to commit his own personal funds to provide working capital to support GCA's operations, in the event that such support should become necessary. The enclosed commitment letter, which is being furnished at your request in connection with the financial information contained in Supplement No. 8 to GCA's pending certificate applications, is identified for evidentiary purposes as Exhibit GCA-S/8-3. A copy of this letter and the enclosed letter is being filed concurrently in the referenced dockets.

Counsel: Shaw Pittman, Nathaniel Breed, 202-663-8078

Gulf & Caribbean Cargo, Inc. d/b/a Gulf & Caribbean Air

Order 98-12-15 OST-96-1023 OST-96-1071	Issued and Served December 11, 1998	Order Issuing Effective Certificates	Interstate and Foreign Scheduled of Persons, Property & Mail
		Attachment: Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity
		Service List

On December 22, 1997, G&CC filed a request for a waiver of the one year "use or lose" requirements of section 204.7. In support of its request, it stated that it had, on two occasions, been close to acquiring a DC-9 aircraft to use in its proposed service, that those plans did not materialize, and that it was continuing the search for an aircraft which would meet its requirements. Since it appeared that the carrier was actively engaged in activities towards making its certificates effective, we granted C&CC's request and gave it until June 30, 1998, to commence operations under its certificate authority. Subsequently, G&CC advised us that it had changed its aircraft acquisition plans, and that it was proposing to operate a 54-seat Convair 580 in the summer of 1998 and to later add a 74-seat Convair 5800. Although the carrier still intends to pursue its plans to obtain the Convair aircraft, G&CC has indicated that it has been unable to find suitable aircraft on satisfactory terms. G&CC proposed to operate one DC-9 aircraft in scheduled passenger service over an Indianapolis-Ft. Lauderdale-Port-au-Prince, Haiti routing.

Therefore, we have decided to make G&CC's certificates effective as of December 1 and to limit the carrier's effective authority to all-cargo operations using small aircraft. The holder's authority to conduct any other air transportation operations under these certificates, including passenger operations or operations, with large aircraft, shall not become effective until we have received the following documents: (a) a copy of the carrier's amended Operations Specifications from the Federal Aviation Administration authorizing such operations; (b) a fully executed OST Form 6410 evidencing passenger liability insurance coverage meeting the requirements of section 2()5.5(b) of our regulations; and (c) updated fitness information establishing the carrier's fitness to conduct such operations.

By: John Coleman

Gulf & Caribbean Cargo, Inc. d/b/a Gulf & Caribbean Air

OST-96-1023
OST-96-1071

January 7, 2000

Re: First Year Progress Report

Interstate and Foreign Scheduled of Persons, Property & Mail

Counsel: Shaw Pittman, Nathaniel Breed, 202.663.8060

Gulf & Caribbean Cargo, Inc. d/b/a Gulf & Caribbean Air

OST-96-1036 OST-96-1071	March 29, 2000	Re: Additional Information	Interstate and Overseas Scheduled Air Transportation
		Financials

Counsel: Shaw Pittman, Nathaniel Breed, 202.663.8078

Order 2006-1-15
OST-1996-1023 - Amendment to Its Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity
OST-1996-1071 - Interstate and Overseas Scheduled Air Transportation

Issued and Served January 19, 2006

Order Confirming Oral Actions and Reissuing Certificates - Bookmarked

By this order, we (1) confirm our oral action of January 11. 2005, making the authority of Gulf & Caribbean Cargo, Inc. d/b/a Gulf & Caribbean Air d/b/a IFL Group to operate large aircraft in interstate and foreign scheduled air transportation of property and mail effective on that date, (2) reissue its interstate and foreign scheduled certificates to reflect this authority (3) authorize the carrier to operate up to five large aircraft in all‑cargo operations.

On October 13, 2004, G&CC requested that the Department make its certificate authority effective for large aircraft. G&CC stated that it sought to dissolve an affiliated Part 125 operator, CAC, and transfer two B-727 and three Convair 5800 aircraft previously held by CAC to G&CC. G&CC provided a forecasted income statement based on its first year of all-cargo operations using five large aircraft. G&CC also provided a list of the pre-operating expenses associated with adding the five aircraft to its FAA operating specifications. G&CC stated that it would incur approximately $1.8 million in pre-operating expenses and first year operating expenses of approximately $10,067,000. We found these projections to he reasonable and concluded that G&CC would need access to approximately $4.3 million to meet the requirements of our financial fitness test. On January 5, 2005, G&CC provided third-party verification that it had access to funds in excess of that amount.

By: Todd Homan