Air Italy S.p.A.

Order 2008-3-33
OST-2008-0026 - Foreign Air Carrier Permit - Italy-US

Issued and Served March 28, 2008

Order Granting Exemption and to Show Cause

We grant the request of Air Italy S.p.A. for an exemption under 49 U.S.C. §40109 to permit it (1) effective on the issue date of this order, to accept payment, issue tickets, and enter into charter contracts, and (2) effective March 30, 2008, to commence flight operations, for the services: (a) foreign charter air transportation of persons, property and mail from points behind EU Member States, via the EU Member States and intermediate points to any point or points in the United States and beyond; (b) foreign charter air transportation of persons, property and mail between any point or points in the United States and any point or points in the European Common Aviation Area; (c) other charters pursuant to the prior approval requirements set forth in Part 212 of the Department’s Economic Regulations; and (d) transportation authorized by any additional route rights made available to European Community carriers in the future. To the extent not acted upon above, we dismiss the applicant’s request for exemption authority in this docket (OST-2008-0026).

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