Florida Coastal Airlines, Inc.

Order 2008-2-16
OST-2001-10874 - Scheduled Passenger Service as a Commuter Air Carrier

Issued and Served February 12, 2008

Order Revoking Commuter Authority

By this order, we revoke the Commuter Air Carrier Authorization issued to Florida Coastal Airlines, Inc. for reason of dormancy.

By Order 2002-7-24, issued July 15, 2002, the Department found FCA fit, willing, and able to conduct scheduled passenger operations as a commuter air carrier and issued to it a Commuter Air Carrier Authorization. That authority was made effective by Order 2003-1-15, issued January 17, 2003. In March 2006, FCA began reducing the frequency of its scheduled service and ultimately ceased all of its commuter operations in October 2006. By letter dated October 17, 2006, the Department advised FCA that, pursuant to section 204.7 of the Department's Aviation Economic Regulations, its commuter authority was suspended and it could neither resume nor advertise commuter operations until its fitness to do so had been redetermined. We further stated that, under section 204.7 of our rules, if the carrier did not resume operations within one year of its cessation, its authority would be revoked for reason of dormancy. It has now been more than one year since FCA ceased operations and we have not received an application from FCA to have its fitness redetermined.

By: Todd Homan