### BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________ )

Application of )

)

TRANS CAPITAL AIR LTD. ) Docket No. OST

- 2005

- 20934

)

for renewal of exemption authority )

( U.S.

– C anada charters ) )

__________________________________________)

APPLICATION OF TRANS CAPITAL AIR LTD.

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMP TION AUTHORITY

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

David M. Endersbee

Zuckert, S coutt & Rasenberger, LLP

Suite 700

888 Seventeenth St., NW

Washington, DC 20006

Tel: 202

- 973

- 7935

Fax: 202

- 342

- 0683

dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com

Counsel for Trans Capital Air Ltd.

Dated: S eptember 8 , 201 4

### BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________ )

Application of )

)

TRANS CAPITAL AIR LTD. ) Docket No. OST

- 2005

- 20934

)

for renewal of exemption authority )

(U.S.

– Canada charters) )

__________________________________________)

S eptember 8, 2014

APPLICATION OF TRANS CAPITAL AIR LTD.

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMP TION AUTHORITY

Trans Capital Air Ltd. (“Trans Capital”) her eby applies, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109

and Subpart C of the Department’s procedural regulations, for renewal of its exemption authority

permitting it to operate charter foreign air transportation pursuant to the U.S.

– Canada Open

Skies agreement . Tra ns Capital requests that this authority be issued for a period of not less than

two years.

In support of its application, Trans Capital states as follows:

1. By Notice of Action Taken dated S eptember 12, 2012 , the Department last

renewed Trans Capital’s exempti on authority permitting it to engage in charter foreign air

transportation of persons, property, and mail between any point or points in Canada and any

point or points in the United States; and other charters in accordance with 14 C.F.R. Part 212,

using ai rcraft of 60 or fewer seats and with a maximum payload capacity of 18,000 pounds or

less. This authority expires by its own terms on S eptember 12, 2014

.

### Application of Trans Capital Air Ltd.

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2. Trans Capital operates a fleet of n ine DHC

- 7

- 103 (combination configuration)

and DHC

- 7

- 102 ( passengers or c argo) aircraft.

3. There have been no chang es to Trans Capit al’s ownership, board of directors , or

key management personnel , all o f whom are Canadian citizens or landed immigrants, and Trans

Capital remains fit, willing, and able to perform these services and will abide by the

Department’s rules and regula tions and applicable statutes

.

4. Renewal of this authority is in the public inter est and remains consistent with the

U.S.

– Canada Open S kies agreement

.

5. By submitting this timely renewal application, Trans Capital invokes the

automatic renewal extension pr ovisions of 5 U.S.C. § 558 (c), as implemented by Part 377 of the

Department’s Regulations, to continue in effect its current exemption authorization for the

service specified in this application, pending a final determination of this renewal application.

6. 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 Regulations

.

7. WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, Trans Capital Air Ltd. respectfully

requests that the Department grant its request for renewal of the exemption in the manner

described more fully herein.

### Application of Trans Capital Air Ltd.

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Respectfully submitted,

D avid M. Endersbee

Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, LLP

Suite 700

888 Sevente enth St., NW

Washington, DC 20006

Tel: 202

- 973

- 7935

Fax: 202

- 342

- 0683

dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com

Counsel for Trans Capital Air Ltd.

Dated: S eptember 8, 2014CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 8 th day of September 201 4 , a copy of the foregoing application was served by

e

- mail on the following:

Stephen J. Morrissey

Managing Director, International and

Regulatory Affairs

United Airl ine s

1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

Suite 1210

Washington, DC 20036

Steve.morrissey@united.com

Gerald F. Murphy

Steven J. Seiden

Counsel for United Airl ines

Crowell & Moring

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004

gmurphy@crowell.com

sseiden@crowell.com

abby.bried@united.com

Dan Weiss

Managing Director

– International &

Regulatory Affairs

United Airl ines

77 West Wacker Drive

- HDQIZ

Chicago, IL 60601

Dan.weiss@united.com

Anita Mosner

Jennifer Nowak

Counsel for United Parcel Service

Holland & Knight

800 17 th Street, N.W.

Suite 1100

Washington, D.C. 20006

Anita.mosner@hklaw.com

Jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com

dsmalls@ups.com

Alexander Van Der Bellen

Chris Walker

Delta Air Lines

1212 New York Avenue, NW

Suite 200

Washington, D.C. 20005

Sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

chris.walker@delta.com Robert Wirick

Howard Kass

Francis Heil

American Airlines, Inc.

1101 Seventeenth Street, N.W.

Suite 600

Washingt on, D.C. 20036

Robert.wirick@aa.com

Howard. kass @aa .com

Francis.heil@aa.com

John L. Richardson

Joan Canny

Counsel for Amerijet International

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

555 13 th Street, N.W.

Suite 420 West

Washington, D.C. 20004

jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com

JCanny@amerijet.com

Sandra Lunsford

Sharon Pasley

Legal and Regulatory Affairs

Federal Express Corporation

3620 Hacks Cross Road

Building B, 3 rd Floor

Memphis, TN 38125

sllunsford @fedex.com

Sharon.pasley@fedex.com

Charles Hill

Director,

Safety, Security & Regulatory Compliance

Air Transport International LLC

6012 Campus Circle W

Suite 240

Irving, TX 75063

Chuck.hill @airtransport.cc

Aaron Goerlich

C ounsel for Allegiant Air

Garofalo Goerlich Hainbach PC

1200 New Hampshire Avenue NW

Suite 800

Washington, D.C. 20036

- 6802

agoerlich @ggh

- airlaw.com

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Mark W. Atwood

Stephen Lachter

Counsel for Kalitta Air , Xtra Airways and

Frontier Airlines

Cozen O’Connor

Army Navy Building

1627 I Street, NW

Suite 1100

Washington, D.C. 20006

matwood@cozen.com

Stephen.lachter@lacht erlaw.com

ldunn@ xtraairways.com

Robert P. Silverberg

Jeffrey Johnson

Counsel for ABX Air

Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff, L.L.P.

1101 30th Street, N.W.

Suite 120

Washington, D.C. 20007

rsilverberg@sgbdc.com

jjoh nson@sgbdc.com

Marshall S. Sinick

Counsel for Alaska Airlines

and Florida West International Airways

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Suite 500

Washington, D.C. 20004

msinick@ssd.com

R ussell E. Pommer

Associate General Counsel & Sr.

Director, Regulatory Affairs

Atlas Air, Inc.

801 17 th Street, NW

Suite 410

Washington, D.C 20006

rpommer@atlasair.com

Jonathan B. Hill

Counsel for Hawaiian Ai rlines and JetBlue

Cooley LLP

1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Suite 700

Washington, DC 200 04

jhill@cooley.com

perkmann@cooley.com Thomas Ting

MN Airlines, LLC dba Sun Country

Airlines

1300 Mendota Heights Road

Mendota Heights, MN 55120

Thomas.Ting @suncountry.com

Joanne W. Young

David Kirstein

Counsel for Spirit Airlines

Kirstein & Young PLLC

1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.

Suite 600 South

Washington, DC 20004

jyoung@yklaw.com

dkirstein@yklaw.com

John R. Mie tus, Jr.

Counsel for Centurion Air Cargo and Sky Lease

Cargo

6701 Democracy Blvd.

Suite 300

Bethesda, MD 20817

john@mietuslaw.com

Stephen A. Alterman

Counsel for Horizon Air

Meyers & Alterman

1220 Nineteen th Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20036

salterman@cargoair.org

Eric Christensen

Vice President, Planning

Skywest Airlines

444 S. River Road

St. George, UT 84770

echristensen@skywest.com

Kevin Montgomery

Peter Beckett

Polar Air Cargo, Inc.

801 17 th Street, NW

Suite 410

Washington, D.C 20006

kevin.montgomery@ polaraircargo.com

peter.beckett@polaraircargo.com

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Don H. Hainbach

Jason E. Maddux

Counsel for WestJet

Garofalo Goerlich Hainbach PC

1200 New Hamp shire Avenue NW

Suite 800

Washington, D.C. 20036

- 6802

dhainbach@ggh

- airlaw.com

jmaddux@ggh

- airlaw.com John S. Duncan

Deputy Director

Flight Standards Service

Federal Aviation Administration

800 Independence Avenue, S.W.

Room 821

Washington, D.C. 20591

john.s.duncan @faa.gov

David M. Endersbee