CORRECTED COPY*

NEW

June 9, 1997

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 decision document will be issued as soon as possible.

Application of Nations Air Express, Inc. filed 5/22/97 in Docket OST-97-2551 for:

XX Exemption under 49 U.S.C. 40109 to provide the following service:

Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Miami, Florida, and Maracaibo, Venezuela.

Applicant rep.: Thomas J. Stalzer, 404-812-5680 DOT analyst: Sylvia Moore, 202-366-6519

DISPOSITION

XX Granted (see below)

The above action was effective when taken: June 5, 1997, through June 5, 1998

XX Under assigned authority (14 CFR 385) by:

Paul L. Gretch, Director
Office of International Aviation

(Petitions for review may be filed from now until 10 days after the confirming order/letter issues. Filing of a petition shall not stay the effectiveness of this action.)

XX Authority granted is consistent with the aviation agreement between the United States and Venezuela.

Except to the extent exempted or waived, this authority is subject to the terms, conditions, and limitations indicated:

XX Holder’s certificate of public convenience and necessity
XX Standard Exemption Conditions (attached)

Remarks: Nations Air has previously been found to be a citizen of the United States and fit, willing, and able to provide scheduled interstate air transportation of persons, property, and mail as a certificated air carrier under section 41102 of Title 49 U.S.C. (see Order 95-3-32 ). The foreign air transportation services authorized here are not markedly different in terms of aircraft size or stage length from the carrier’s current scheduled interstate operations under its existing certificate authority. We, therefore, found that Nations Air is qualified to provide the proposed air transportation services for the one-year period covered by the exemption.

*Corrects Notice of Action Taken dated June 5, 1997, to reflect the filing date as May 22, 1997.

We acted on this application without awaiting expiration of the 15-day answer period with the consent of all parties served with the application.