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Order 2020-6-13, Docket DOT-OST-2007-0125 (June 22, 2020)

In the matter of National Aviation Company of India Limited d/b/a Air India: Order requiring prior approval (statements of authorization) for Air India Third- and Fourth-Freedom charter flights during India's COVID-19 suspension of scheduled international service

U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary · United States (U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary; U.S.-India air service) (Federal)

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The record

Jurisdiction
United States (U.S. Department of Transportation, Office of the Secretary; U.S.-India air service)
Level
Federal
Authority
14 C.F.R. § 212.9(d) (Department may require prior approval of a foreign carrier's charters where its homeland restricts U.S. carriers)
Issued
2020-06-22 June 22, 2020
Effective
2020-07-22 ("effective 30 days from the service date of this Order") (read as 2020-07-22)
End
until India permitted U.S. carriers reciprocal access (U.S.-India 'air bubble' arrangement, July 2020) (read as 2020-09-30)
In force
July 22, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q3
Limitation types
Travel and quarantineOther
Addressees
  • Air India
Functions reached
  • TR U.S.-India passenger travel (repatriation charters; business travel; students)
  • CB employers dependent on India travel and outsourced services
  • SC
Collection
Aviation and surface-transport regulators AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE

Operative words

"ACCORDINGLY, 1. We notify National Aviation Company of India Limited d/b/a Air India, in accordance with 14 CFR Part 212.9(d) of the Department's regulations, that, effective 30 days from the service date of this Order, it shall not perform any Third- and/or Fourth-Freedom charter flights unless the Department has granted it specific authority in the form of a statement of authorization to conduct such charters; 2.... Air India shall file applications for statements of authorization required by paragraph 1 above at least 30 calendar days before the proposed charter flights...." Recital: "the Department has determined that this situation calls for close scrutiny, on a case-by-case basis, of Air India passenger charter operations until this issue has been satisfactorily resolved."

Enforcement

49 U.S.C. §§ 41310, 46301; 14 C.F.R. part 212

Notes

Federal order limiting travel with India in response to India's COVID-19 ban on scheduled international flights; ecosystem instrument.