BEFORE THE

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

_____________________________________________

)

Application of )

)

YANGTZE RIVER EXPRESS AIRLINES CO., LTD. )

) Docket No. OST-2006-24629

For renewal of exemption under 49 U.S.C. §40109 ) Docket No. OST-2006-24630

(China-U.S. Scheduled Cargo Service) )

_____________________________________________)

APPLICATION OF YANGTZE RIVER EXPRESS AIRLINES CO., LTD.

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITY

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to:

October 11, 2012

Josh Romanow

Justin Bintrim

PILLSBURY WINTHROP

 SHAW PITTMAN LLP

2300 N Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20037

Tel: (202) 663-8000

Fax: (202) 663-8007

E-mail: romanow@pillsburylaw.com

 justin.bintrim@pillsburylaw.com

 

Counsel for Yangtze River Express 

Airlines Co., Ltd.

NOTE: Any person who wishes to support or oppose this Application may file an answer

and serve that answer on counsel identified above and all persons served with a copy of this 

application. Answers to the exemption application are due on October 26, 2012. 
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BEFORE THE

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

_____________________________________________

)

Application of )

)

YANGTZE RIVER EXPRESS AIRLINES CO., LTD. )

) Docket No. OST-2006-24629

For renewal of exemption under 49 U.S.C. §40109 ) Docket No. OST-2006-24630

(China-U.S. Scheduled Cargo Service) )

_____________________________________________)

APPLICATION OF YANGTZE RIVER EXPRESS AIRLINES CO., LTD. 

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITY

Yangtze River Express Airlines Co., Ltd. (“Yangtze”), an air carrier of the 

People’s Republic of China, hereby applies, under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. §40109,

the Department’s Rules of Practice in Proceedings (14 C.F.R. §§ 302.201 and 302.301, et 

seq.), and the Department’s streamlined licensing procedures, 1 for renewal of its 

exemption authorities to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of property and 

mail between Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, on the one hand, and Dallas/Fort 

Worth, Texas on the other hand; as well as its Shanghai – San Francisco and Shanghai –

Chicago exemption authority also granted in these dockets. Yangtze requests that this 

renewal remain in effect for a period of one year, or until the Department issues Yangtze

an amended foreign air carrier permit. 

 1 See Notice in Docket OST-2005-22228 (August 23, 2005).
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In support of this application, Yangtze states as follows:

1. Yangtze holds a foreign air carrier permit authorizing it to engage in scheduled 

foreign air transportation of property and mail between Shanghai, People’s 

Republic of China, and the co-terminal points Anchorage, Alaska; Boston, 

Massachusetts; Los Angeles, California; and New York, New York (Order 2008-

4-27, April 27, 2008) and exemption authority for scheduled foreign air 

transportation of property and mail on a Shanghai – Qingdao – Los Angeles –

Shanghai routing (Notice of Action Taken dated March 20, 2012).

Yangtze also holds exemption authority to engage in charter foreign air 

transportation of property and mail between points in China and points in the 

United States (Notice of Action Taken dated March 20, 2012).

2. Authority Requested: Yangtze seeks renewal of its exemption authorities to 

engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail between (1) 

Shanghai and Dallas/Fort Worth; (2) Shanghai and San Francisco; and (3) 

Shanghai and Chicago, granted in these dockets (Notice of Action Taken dated 

November 4, 2011).

3. Granting Yangtze’s request for renewal of its exemption authority is fully 

consistent with the Agreement between the Government of the United States of 

America and the Government of the People’s Republic of China Relating to Civil 

Air Transport2 which authorizes designated airlines to operate cargo services from 

 2 Signed September 17, 1980, and most recently amended July 9, 2007.
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any point or points in the People’s Republic of China to any point or points in the 

United States of America open to scheduled international operations.

4. Yangtze hereby incorporates by reference information previously filed with the 

Department in its foreign air carrier permit application in Docket OST-2006-

24629, as the information provided is substantially unchanged.

5. Grant of the authority sought herein will not result in a near term increase in fuel 

consumption of ten million gallons or more, and therefore will not comprise a 

“major regulatory action” under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, 

as defined at 14 C.F.R. §313(a)(1).

6. Yangtze invokes and relies upon the provisions of Section 558(c) of the 

Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 558(c)), as implemented by Part 377 of 

the Department’s Special Regulations, to continue in effect its existing exemption 

authorities pending final Department action on this renewal application. 

Yangtze’s Dallas, Chicago and San Francisco exemptions will expire on 

November 4, 2012 absent the renewal applied for herein, which is timely applied 

for under C.F.R. 377.10(c).

For the reasons set forth above, Yangtze is fully qualified to operate the services 

for which renewal authority is herein requested, and grant of the authority will serve the 

public interest. Yangtze asks that the requested exemption remain in place for a period of 

one year, or until the Department issues an amended foreign air carrier permit authorizing 

the requested authority.
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WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, Yangtze respectfully requests that the 

Department renew its exemption authorities as more fully described above.

Respectfully submitted,

Josh Romanow

Justin Bintrim

PILLSBURY WINTHROP

SHAW PITTMAN LLP

2300 N Street, NW

Washington, DC 20037

Phone: (202) 663-8000

Fax: (202) 663-8007

Email: romanow@pillsburylaw.com

justin.bintrim@pillsburylaw.com

October 11, 2012 Counsel for Yangtze River Express Airlines Co., Ltd.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing application of Yangtze River Express Airlines Co., 

Ltd. for renewal of exemption has been served this the 11th day of October, 2012, upon each 

of the parties below by electronic mail.

David E. Henthorn

FAA SFO-IFO

831 Mitten Road, Room 105

Burlingame, CA 94010

David.E.Henthorn@faa.gov

Sascha Vanderbellen

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

1275 K St., NW

Washington, D.C. 20005

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

Robert Wirick

Francis Heil

American Airlines, Inc.

robert.wirick@aa.com

francis.heil@aa.com

Nancy S. Sparks

Bailey Leopard

Federal Express Corporation

1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 600

Washington, D.C. 20004

nssparks@fedex.com

gbleopard@fedex.com

Kevin P. Montgomery

Polar Air Cargo, Inc.

1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 875

Washington, DC 20006

Kevin.montgomergy@polaraircargo.com

Russell E. Pommer

Associate General Counsel & Sr. Director

 Regulatory Affairs

Atlas Air Inc.

1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 875

Washington, D.C. 20006

rpommer@atlasair.com

Sam White

Ranjit Seth

Evergreen International Airlines, Inc.

1401 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 530

Washington, DC 20005-2147

sam.white@evergreenairlines.com

ranjit.seth@evergreenairlines.com

Malcolm L. Benge

Counsel for North American 

Airlines/World Airways

Zuckert Scoutt & Rasenberger, L.L.P.

888 17th Street, N.W., Suite 700

Washington, D.C., 2006-3309

mlbenge@zsrlaw.com
Dan Weiss

Continental Airlines

1600 Smith Street, Ste. HQSGV

Houston, TX 77002

dan.weiss@coair.com

Steve Morrissey

Counsel for United Air Lines

steve.morrissey@united.com

Howard Kass

U.S. Airways

1401 H Street, NW, Suite 1075

Washington, DC 20005

howard.kass@usairways.com

Robert Silverberg

Jeff Johnson

Counsel for ABX Air, Inc.

Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff, LLP

1101 30th Street, NW, Suite 120

Washington, DC 20007

rsilverberg@sgbdc.com

jjohnson@sgbdc.com

Anita Mosner

Counsel for United Parcel Service 

Holland & Knight 

800 17th Street NW, Suite 1100

Washington, DC 20006

anita.mosner@hklaw.com

/s/Melinda A. Hernandez