BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________

)

Application of )

)

 AIR PACIFIC LIMITED )

 D/B/A FIJI AIRWAYS ) Docket No. OST-2005-21868

)

for renewal of exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 )

(Fiji – Kiribati – Honolulu) )

__________________________________________)

APPLICATION OF AIR PACIFIC LIMITED

D/B/A FIJI AIRWAYS FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

Malcolm L. Benge

David M. Endersbee

ZUCKERT, SCOUTT & RASENBERGER, 

L.L.P.

888 Seventeenth Street, NW

Suite 700

Washington, DC 20006

Tel: (202) 973-7904

Fax: (202) 342-0683

Email: mlbenge@zsrlaw.com

 dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com

Counsel for Air Pacific Limited d/b/a Fiji 

Airways

July 11, 2013
BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________

)

Application of )

)

 AIR PACIFIC LIMITED )

 D/B/A FIJI AIRWAYS ) Docket No. OST-2005-21868

)

for renewal of exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 )

(Fiji – Kiribati – Honolulu) )

__________________________________________)

APPLICATION OF AIR PACIFIC LIMITED

D/B/A FIJI AIRWAYS FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and Subpart C of the Department’s Rules of Practice, Air 

Pacific Limited d/b/a Fiji Airways (“Fiji Airways”)1

In support of this application, Fiji Airways respectfully states as follows:

hereby requests renewal of its exemption 

from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 authorizing Fiji Airways to engage in scheduled air transportation of 

persons, property and mail between Nadi, Fiji and Honolulu, Hawaii via Christmas Island, 

Kiribati. 

1. On July 9, 2012, the Department renewed Fiji Airways’s exemption authority in 

this docket to perform “scheduled air transportation of persons, property and mail between Nadi, 

 1 By letter dated June 21, 2013, the Department acknowledged Air Pacific Limited’s registration of the “Fiji 

Airways” trade name.
Application of Air Pacific Limited

d/b/a Fiji Airways For Renewal of Exemption 

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Fiji, and Honolulu, Hawaii via Christmas Island, Kiribati.”2

2. The renewed exemption authority sought by Fiji Airways remains consistent with 

the principles of comity and reciprocity, as the Governments of the United States and Fiji enjoy 

warm aviation relations, and with the public interest. Fiji Airways’s services provide a valuable 

and necessary air transportation link between the South Pacific and the U.S. 

By this application, Fiji Airways 

seeks renewal of its exemption authority to continue operating these services. 

3. Fiji Airways continues to hold the appropriate operating authority from the 

Government of Fiji for the services described herein. In addition, Fiji Airways continues in all 

respects to be fit, willing, and able to perform the services contemplated by this application. 

4. Fiji Airways will accept all terms, limitations, and conditions that the Department 

normally attaches to exemption authority for foreign air transportation, and Fiji Airways will 

comply with the provisions of the Transportation Code as well as the rules, regulations, and 

requirements issued thereunder.

5. Renewal of this exemption authority will not constitute a “major regulatory 

action” under the Energy and Conservation Act of 1975, as defined in section 313.4(a)(1) of the 

Department’s Regulations. 

6. Fiji Airways will conduct a poll of all persons served with a copy of this 

application, and respectfully requests expedited processing of this renewal application. 

 2 This exemption authority expired on July 9, 2013, and due to an oversight, a renewal application was not 

submitted before that date. 
Application of Air Pacific Limited

d/b/a Fiji Airways For Renewal of Exemption 

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WHEREFORE, Air Pacific Limited d/b/a Fiji Airways respectfully requests renewal of 

its exemption authority, as described herein, for not less than a one-year period, and such further, 

different, and additional relief as the Department may deem appropriate.

 

 Respectfully submitted,

By: ____________________________________

Malcolm L. Benge

David M. Endersbee

ZUCKERT, SCOUTT & RASENBERGER, 

L.L.P.

888 Seventeenth Street, NW

Suite 700

Washington, DC 20006

Tel: (202) 973-7904

Fax: (202) 342-0683

Email: mlbenge@zsrlaw.com 

dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com

Counsel for Air Pacific Limited d/b/a Fiji 

Airways

Dated: July 11, 2013
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 11th day of July 2013, a copy of the foregoing Application of Air Pacific 

Limited d/b/a Fiji Airways was served by email on the parties named below:

Lorraine B. Halloway

Gerald F. Murphy

Counsel for Continental/United Airlines

Crowell & Moring LLP

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004-2595

lhalloway@crowell.com

gmurphy@crowell.com

Dan Weiss

Managing Director – International &

 Regulatory Affairs

United Air Lines

77 West Wacker Drive-HDQIZ

Chicago, IL 60601

dan.weiss@united.com

Stephen J. Morrissey

Managing Director, Regulatory and

 Policy

United Air Lines, Inc.

1225 New York Avenue, NW - DCAIZ

Suite 1100

Washington, DC 20005

steve.morrissey@united.com

Jonathan T. Linde

Managing Director & Senior Counsel-

 Regulatory

United Air Lines, Inc.

77 West Wacker Drive-HDQLD

16th Floor

Chicago, IL 60601

jonathan.linde@united.com

Anita Mosner

Jennifer Nowak

Counsel for United Parcel Service

Holland & Knight

800 17th Street, N.W.

Suite 1100

Washington, D.C. 20006

anita.mosner@hklaw.com

jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com

Alexander Van Der Bellen

Sametta C. Barnett

Delta Air Lines

1212 New York Avenue, NW

Suite 200

Washington, D.C. 20005

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

sametta.c.barnett@delta.com

chris.walker@delta.com

Robert Wirick

American Airlines, Inc.

1101 Seventeenth Street, N.W.

Suite 600

Washington, D.C. 20036

robert.wirick@aa.com

Kelli Bryan

Ranjit Seth

Robert Foster

Charter Sales

Evergreen International Airlines, Inc.

3850 Three Mile Lane

McMinnville, OR 97128

charters@evergreenairlines.com

ranjit.seth@evergreenairlines.com

chris.schuldt@evergreenhelicopters.com 

philip.Church@evergreenhelicopters.com

Robert.foster@evergreenairlines.com

Brian S. Gillman, Esq. (For World Airways and 

 North American Airlines)

Senior Vice President and

 General Counsel

Global Aviation Holdings

101 World Drive

Peachtree City, GA 30269

bgillman@glah.com

G. Bailey Leopard

Angeline Garbuzinski

Legal and Regulatory Affairs

Federal Express Corporation

3620 Hacks Cross Road

Building B, 3rd Floor

Memphis, TN 38125

anbird@fedex.com

gbleopard@fedex.com
2

Howard Kass

Managing Director & Associate General

 Counsel

US Airways

1401 H Street, N.W.

Suite 1075

Washington, D.C. 20006

Howard.kass@usairways.com

John M. Allen

Director

Flight Standards Service

Federal Aviation Administration

800 Independence Avenue, S.W.

Room 821

Washington, D.C. 20591

john.allen@faa.gov 

Marshall S. Sinick

Counsel for Alaska Airlines 

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Suite 500

Washington, D.C. 20004

msinick@ssd.com

Kevin Montgomery

Peter Beckett

Polar Air Cargo, Inc.

1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Suite 875

Washington, D.C 20006

kevin.montgomery@ polaraircargo.com

peter.beckett@polaraircargo.com

Russell E. Pommer

Associate General Counsel and

 Director of Regulatory Affairs

Atlas Air, Inc.

1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Suite 875

Washington, D.C 20006

rpommer@atlasair.com

Jonathan B. Hill

Counsel for Hawaiian Airlines and JetBlue

Dow Lohnes 

1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.

Suite 800

Washington, DC 20036-6802

jhill@dowlohnes.com

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David M. Endersbee