Amira Air GmbH

Order 2006-10-18
OST-2006-24355 - Foreign Air Carrier Permit - Austria-US

Issued and Served October 31, 2006

Order Granting Exemption and to Show Cause

By applications filed March 31, 2006, Amira Air GmbH a foreign air carrier of Austria, requests an initial exemption under 49 U.S.C. 40109, and a foreign air carrier permit under 49 U.S.C. 41301, to engage in charter foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail using small aircraft (1) between any point or points in Austria and any point or points in the United States; (2) between any point or points in the United States and any point or points in a third country or countries, provided that such service constitutes part of a continuous operation, with or without a change of aircraft, that includes air service to Austria for the purpose of carrying local traffic between Austria and the United States; and (3) other charters between third countries and the United States in accordance with 14 CFR Part 212. The applicant requests that the exemption authority it seeks be granted for a term of at least two years.

By this order we (1) grant the application of the referenced foreign air carrier for an exemption under 49 U.S.C. 40109, subject to conditions; and (2) tentatively find that it is in the public interest to grant the applicant the foreign air carrier permit.

By: Paul Gretch