BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

) 

Application of ) 

) 

AMERIJET INTERNATIONAL, INC. ) 

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for renewal of exemption authority ) 

(U.S.-Turks and Caicos) ) 

Docket DOT-OST-1997-2183 

APPLICATION OF AMERIJET INTERNATIONAL, INC. 

FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

Joan M. Canny 

Senior Vice President and General Counsel 

Amerijet International, Inc. 

2800 S. Andrews Avenue 

Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33316 

Telephone: (954) 320-5367 

Facsimile: (305) 423-3246 

Email: jcanny@amerijet.com 

John L. Richardson 

John L. Richardson; P:L:L:C. 

2700 Calvert Street, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20008 

Telephone: (202) 371-2258 

Facsimile: (202) 667-2539 

Email: jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com 

Counsel for Amerijet International, Inc. 

NOTICE: Any person may support or oppose this application by filing an answer by 

March 31, 2015 and serving a copy of the answer upon counsel for Amerijet and 

upon persons served with this application. Note, however, that Arnerijet is asking 

all parties to inform Amerijet as to whether they oppose expedited action by the 

Department on this application. 

March 16, 2015 

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, 
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

) 

Application of ) 

) 

AMERIJET INTERNATIONAL, INC. ) 

) 

for renewal of exemption authority ) 

(U.S.-Turks and Caicos) ) 

Docket DOT-OST-1997-2183 

APPLICATION OF AMERIJET INTERNATIONAL, INC. 

FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION 

On April 25, 2013, the Department issued a Notice of Action Taken in this docket 

extending for a two-ear period its earlier approval of an exemption to Amerijet International, Inc. 

("Amerijet") authorizing Amerijet to engage in foreign air transportation of property and mail 

between Miami and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on the one hand, and the Turks and Caicos Islands, 

on the other, until April 25, 2015. Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109(c), Amerijet respectfiilly 

requests renewal of the exemption for an additional two-year period. 

For the following reasons, Amerijet also requests that the Department approve this 

application before April 25, 2015, or waive the 60-day requirement ' in Part 377 of the 

Department's Special Regulations so that Amerijet's exemption authority will continue in effect 

beyond Apri125 until the Department acts on this application for renewal. 1 

5 U.S.C. 558(c) and Part 377 provide that expiring exemption authority will rernain , in 

effect pending final Department action on a renewal application if that application is filed at least 

60 days prior to the expiration date of the subject exemption. This application:i's not beiing filed 

in accordance with that 60-day requirement due to administrative, oversight , and a failure i of 

appropriate coordination on a timely basis. Accordingly, Amerijet respectfully requests approval 

of this application or a waiver of the 60-day requirement prior to Apri1 ,25:, .2015 ,to: preclude 
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termination of the effectiveness of the exemption authority the Departrnent has previously 

awarded to it. 

Approval of this request is clearly in the public interest: There can be no reason why 

Amerijet should lose the operating authority the Department has determined it should have just 

because this application in being filed late, and Amerijet believes that no interested party will be 

injured by Department approval of this request. To assure certainty in this regard, Amerijet will 

poll parties served with its application and will report the results of that polling to the 

Department. 

In support of approval of its application for renewal of its exemption authority, Amerijet 

states as follows: 

1. Amerijet is an air carrier of property and mail headquartered at 2800 South 

Andrews Avenue, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33316. Amerijet is a United States citizen within the 

meaning of 49 U.S.C. § 40102(a)(15)(C). 

2. Amerijet is an established domestic and international all-cargo carrier providing 

scheduled and charter service. Amerijet holds Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity 

and exemptions authorizing it to provide all-cargo charter service throughout Central an& South 

America, the Caribbean Sea and Canada and to provide scheduled all-cargo service between 

points in the United States and more than seventy points throughout the world: 

3. Amerijet is fit, willing and able to provide scheduled all-cargo service in 

international markets. Each of the Department's decisions granting new or amended operating 

authority to Amerijet has included a finding that Amerijet is qualified to provide the category of 

air transportation services authorized. Information officially noticeable under Rule 24(g) of the 

Department's Procedural Regulations supports Amerijet's continued fitness for service to and 

from the Turks and Caicos Islands in connection with this renewal application. 

4. Amerijet submits that renewal of the authority remains in the public interest and 

consistent with aviation relations between the United States and the Turks and Caicos Islands. 

Amerijet is not currently using its authority, but it wishes to have the flexibility to operate 
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scheduled service to and from the Turks and Caicos Islands in the future. Renewal will not 

constitute a major regulatory action under Part 313 of the Department's regulations and the 

Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975. 

5. The authority to be renewed is consistent with the Air Services Agreement 

between the United States and the United Kingdom of 1977, as amended. 

WHEREFORE, Amerijet respectfully requests that the Department renew the abovecaptioned exemption for a period of two years and grant such other relief as may be necessary or 

proper. 

Respectfully submitted, 

~ . 

John L. Richardson 

John L. Richardson, P.L.L.C. 

2700 Calvert Street, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20008 

Telephone: (202) 371-2258 

Facsimile: (202) 667-2539 

Email: jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com 

Counsel for Amerijet International, Inc. 

March 16, 2015 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that I have, this 16 thday of March, 2015, served a copy of the foregoing 

application for renewal by email upon the following persons: 

Howard Kass 

American Airlines 

howard.kassn,aa.com 

Robert Wirick 

American Airlines 

robert. wirickgaa. com 

Abigail Donovan 

American Airlines 

abi.gail. donovankaa. com 

Alexander Van Der Bellen 

Delta Air Lines 

sascha.vanderbellenkdelta. com 

Jonathan Hill 

Counsel for JetBlue 

j hillgdowlohnes.com 

Dan Weiss 

United Airlines 

dan.weiss&united.com 

Brett D. Kruger 

brett.kru er(a,dot.gov ~

Paul L. Gretch 

pauL Qretch(a,dot. gov ~

Robert Finemore 

ro bert. fin.emorekdot. gov 

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