Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana, S.A.

Order 2008-3-32
OST-2008-0043 - Amended Permit and Exemption - EU-US

Issued and Served March 27, 2008

Order Granting Exemption and to Show Cause

We grant the request of Iberia Líneas Aéreas de España, S.A. 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 any member of the European Common Aviation Area and any point or points in the United States; (c) foreign scheduled and charter all-cargo transportation between any point or points in the United States and any other point or points; (d) other charters pursuant to the prior approval requirements set forth in the Department’s regulations governing charters; and (e) transportation authorized by any additional rights made available to European Community carriers in the future. To the extent not acted upon above, we dismiss all requests for exemption authority in Docket OST-2008-0043.

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 an amended 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