Condor Flugdienst GmbH

Order 2007-10-31
OST-1996-1976 - Foreign Air Carrier Permit - Germany-US

Issued and Served October 25, 2007

Order Granting Exemption and to Show Cause

We grant the request of Condor Flugdienst 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, for: a) 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; b) 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; c) foreign scheduled and charter cargo air transportation between any point or points in the United States and any point or points; d) other charters pursuant to the prior approval requirements set forth in 14 CFR Part 212 of the Department’s regulations; and e. transportation authorized by any additional route rights made available to European Community carriers in the future.

Condor Flugdienst GmbH shall, before it commences any new service under subparagraph (e) of ordering paragraph 1 above, provide the Department, in Docket OST-1996-1976, with evidence that it holds a homeland license for that new service, unless it has already provided such evidence to the Department.

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. Any interested person objecting to the issuance of an order making final our tentative findings and conclusions with respect to the applicant’s request for a foreign air carrier permit shall, no later than twenty-one calendar days after the date of service of this order, file with the Department.

By: Paul Gretch