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Air Jamaica Limited

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109(c) and the Department's Rules of Practice, Air Jamaica Limited hereby applies for an exemption amending the list of U.S. points that it may serve under its permit authority so that it may provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between the coterminal points Kingston and Montego Bay, Jamaica, on the one hand, and Houston, Texas, on the other. Air Jamaica's foreign air carrier permit, issued by Order 89-3-74, authorizes Air Jamaica to serve ten U.S. coterminal points, and it provides that these coterminal points may be changed by the Department, under assigned authority, upon Air Jamaica's application. Air Jamaica requests that the Department substitute Houston, Texas for San Francisco, California as one of the ten U.S. points. Air Jamaica desires to begin providing service between Jamaica and Houston on June 7, 2001.

Counsel:  Hogan Hartson, George Carneal, 202.637.6546, gucarneal@hhlaw.com 

Air Jamaica Limited

Houston enjoys close ties to Jamaica, the Caribbean, and Latin America, based on a combination of trade, tourism, and geographical proximity. Texas is among the states that generate the most U.S. visitors to Jamaica and the Caribbean. Despite the lack of nonstop service, more than 37,000 Texans visited Jamaica in 1999, comprising more than 4% of all U.S. visitors. Moreover, although Jamaica traditionally has been primarily a leisure market, there is a growing demand for cargo services. In 1999, the seaborne trade between the Port of Houston and Jamaica amounted to more than $63 million, of which more than $52 million was exports from Houston,- Jamaica was the Port of Houston's fourth-largest trading partner in the Caribbean. Meanwhile, Houston and Jamaica exchanged more than 10,000 kilograms of air cargo in 1999, of which more than 46% was exports from Houston. Jamaica was the City's sixth-largest air cargo export market and the second-largest air cargo import market in the Caribbean. Thirty--four Houston companies today trade with Jamaica, including the Enron Corporation, which supplies all of the island's industrial gases.

Counsel:  Zuckert Scoutt, Jol Silversmith, 202.298.8660, jasliversmith@zsrlaw.com 

Air Jamaica Limited

By:  Paul Gretch

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