Jet Aviation Business Jets AG

Order 2008-3-17
OST-2007-27264 - Exemption and Foreign Air Carrier Permit - Switzerland-US Charters

Issued and Served March 19, 2008

Order Granting Exemption and to Show Cause

We grant the request of Jet Aviation Business Jets AG for an exemption under 49 U.S.C. §40109 to permit it to engage in charter foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail (1) between any point or points in Switzerland 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 Switzerland for the purpose of carrying local traffic between Switzerland and the United States; and (3) between third countries and the United States in accordance with 14 CFR Part 212.

We grant the request of Jet Aviation Business Jets AG for confidential treatment of its financial submissions.

To the extent not acted upon above, we dismiss the applicant’s request for exemption authority in this docket (OST-2007-27264).

With respect to the applicant’s request for a 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