Notice Regarding U.S. Carrier Authority To Serve Samoa

Published date15 March 2019
Citation84 FR 9586
Record Number2019-04865
SectionNotices
CourtTransportation Department
Federal Register, Volume 84 Issue 51 (Friday, March 15, 2019)
[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 51 (Friday, March 15, 2019)]
                [Notices]
                [Pages 9586-9587]
                From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
                [FR Doc No: 2019-04865]
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                DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
                Office of the Secretary
                Notice Regarding U.S. Carrier Authority To Serve Samoa
                AGENCY: Office of the Secretary (OST), Department of Transportation
                (DOT).
                ACTION: Notice.
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                SUMMARY: This notice advises U.S. carriers holding blanket open-skies
                route authority that effective July 9, 2019, Samoa will be removed from
                the Department of Transportation's list of Open Skies Agreements
                Currently Being Applied. This notice invites carriers seeking to
                provide scheduled foreign air transportation to Samoa after that date
                to file applications for exemption authority.
                FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Brett Kruger, Chief, U.S. Carrier
                Licensing/Special Authorities Division (202) 366-8025, 1200 New Jersey
                Ave. SE, Washington, DC, 20590.
                SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A number of U.S. carriers hold blanket open-
                skies route authority by certificate or exemption, to provide scheduled
                foreign air transportation to all of our foreign aviation partners that
                have entered into
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                an open-skies agreement with the United States where that agreement is
                being applied. In this regard, the Department's Office of International
                Aviation maintains a list on its website of Open Skies Agreements
                Currently Being Applied between the United States and its open-skies
                partners, and updates the list as partners are added or removed.\1\ The
                Department has stated that it will issue a Notice if an open-skies
                partner is removed from the list, and allow U.S. carriers holding
                blanket open-skies certificate authority 120 days to seek exemption
                authority to serve that foreign aviation partner, as the certificate
                authority to serve that foreign partner will no longer be effective 120
                days after the publication date of the Notice.\2\ The Department has
                further stated that it will also publish a notice in the Federal
                Register.
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                 \1\ See http://www.transportation.gov/policy/aviation-policy/open-skies-agreements-being-applied.
                 \2\ See e.g., Orders 2007-4-2, 2007-7-3, and 2007-7-4.
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                 On March 9, 2019, Samoa withdrew as a party to the Multilateral
                Agreement on the Liberalization of International Air Transportation
                (MALIAT), thereby ending its open-skies relationship with the United
                States as a multilateral partner.\3\ On March 11, 2019, the Department
                issued a Notice stating that it will remove Samoa from its list of Open
                Skies Agreements Currently Being Applied, effective July 9, 2019. The
                Department served its March 11 Notice on all certificated U.S. air
                carriers operating large aircraft; the U.S. Department of State (Office
                of Aviation Negotiations); and the Federal Aviation Administration.
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                 \3\ The United States was informed through diplomatic channels
                that the Government of New Zealand, as depositary for the MALIAT,
                received the Government of Samoa's Notification of Withdrawal on
                March 9, 2018. Under Article 18 of the MALIAT, Samoa's withdrawal
                became effective March 9, 2019.
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                 The Department accordingly invites U.S. carriers to file
                applications for exemption authority under 49 U.S.C. 40109, to provide
                scheduled foreign air transportation to Samoa on the basis of comity
                and reciprocity.\4\
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                 \4\ U.S. carriers holding open-skies route authority by
                exemption that wish to serve Samoa should similarly file
                applications for specific exemption authority.
                 Signed in Washington, DC, on March 11, 2019.
                Brian J. Hedberg,
                Director, Office of International Aviation.
                [FR Doc. 2019-04865 Filed 3-14-19; 8:45 am]
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