This serves as interim notice to the public of the action described below, taken orally by the Department official indicated; the confirming order or other decisional document will be issued as soon as possible. 

Applicant: LTU LUFTTRANSPORT-UNTERNEHMEN SUD GmbH. & Co. FLUGGESELLSCHAFT 

Date filed: January 13, 1997 

Relief requested: Exemption from 49 USC section 41301 to permit the applicant to conduct: (1) charter operations, carrying persons, property and mail, between any point or points in Germany and any point or points in the United States; and between any point or points in the United States and any point or points in a third country or countries, provided that, except with respect to cargo charters, such service constitutes part of a continuous operation, with or without a change of aircraft, that includes service to Germany for the purpose of carrying local traffic between Germany and the United States; and (2) other charters pursuant to 14 CFR Part 212. 

If renewal, date of last action(s): The applicant holds authority to conduct charter operations to/from the United States under its foreign air carrier permit, issued by Order 91-7-38 on July 16, 1991. The subject application, however, requests an expansion of that authority to include rights to which the applicant is entitled under the current U.S.-Germany Air Transport Agreement. 

Applicant representative(s): Frederick S. Hird, Jr., 202-778-0878 

Responsive pleadings: None. 

Action: Approved. Action date: March 3, 1997 

Effective date of authority granted: March 3, 1997, through March 3, 1998, or until 90 days after the Department submits an order for Presidential review under 49 USC section 41307 in Docket OST-97-2066 (the applicant's related request for amendment of its foreign air carrier permit), whichever occurs first. 

Basis for approval: United States-Germany Air Transport Agreement, as amended. 

Except to the extent exempted/waived, this authority is subject to the terms, conditions, and limitations indicated: Foreign air carrier permit conditions. 

Special conditions/Partial grant/Denial basis/Remarks: 

Action taken by Paul L. Gretch, Director, Office of International Aviation, under assigned authority (14 CFR 385) (Petitions for review may be filed from now until 10 days after the service date of the confirming order/letter. Filing of a petition shall not stay the effectiveness of this action.)