VistaJet Luftfahrtunternehmen GmbH

Order 2007-8-18
OST-2006-26328 - VistaJet - Exemption and Foreign Air Carrier Permit - Austria-US

Issued and Served August 17, 2007

Order Granting Exemption and to Show Cause

We grant the request of VistaJet Luftfahrtunternehmen GmbH for an exemption under 49 U.S.C. §40109 to permit it (1) effective on the issue date of this order, to accept payments, issue tickets, and enter into charter contracts, and (2) effective March 30, 2008, to commence flight operations, using small aircraft, for the services: a. charter foreign 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; b. charter foreign 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; c. other charters pursuant to the prior approval requirements set forth in 14 CFR Part 212 of the Department’s regulations; and d. charter transportation authorized by any additional route rights made available to European Community carriers in the future.

With respect to the applicant’s request for an amended foreign air carrier permit in this proceeding, we direct all interested persons to show cause why our tentative decision on that application, set forth above, should not be made final, no later than twenty-one calendar days after the date of service of this order.

By: Paul Gretch