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) )

__________________________________________)

APPLICATION OF TRANS CAPITAL AIR LTD.

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITY

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

David M. Endersbee

Zuckert, Scoutt & 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: September 8, 2014
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) )

__________________________________________)

September 8, 2014

APPLICATION OF TRANS CAPITAL AIR LTD.

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITY

Trans Capital Air Ltd. (“Trans Capital”) hereby 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. Trans 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 September 12, 2012, the Department last 

renewed Trans Capital’s exemption 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 aircraft 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 September 12, 2014. 
Application of Trans Capital Air Ltd.

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2. Trans Capital operates a fleet of nine DHC-7-103 (combination configuration)

and DHC-7-102 (passengers or cargo) aircraft. 

3. There have been no changes to Trans Capital’s ownership, board of directors, or 

key management personnel, all of 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 regulations and applicable statutes.

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

U.S. – Canada Open Skies agreement. 

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

automatic renewal extension provisions 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,

David M. Endersbee

Zuckert, Scoutt & 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: September 8, 2014
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 8th day of September 2014, a copy of the foregoing application was served by 

e-mail on the following:

Stephen J. Morrissey

Managing Director, International and

 Regulatory Affairs

United Airlines

1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

Suite 1210

Washington, DC 20036

Steve.morrissey@united.com

Gerald F. Murphy

Steven J. Seiden

Counsel for United Airlines

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 Airlines

77 West Wacker Drive-HDQIZ

Chicago, IL 60601

Dan.weiss@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

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

Washington, 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 13th 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, 3rd 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

Counsel 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@lachterlaw.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

jjohnson@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

Russell E. Pommer

Associate General Counsel & Sr.

 Director, Regulatory Affairs

Atlas Air, Inc.

801 17th Street, NW

Suite 410

Washington, D.C 20006

rpommer@atlasair.com

Jonathan B. Hill

Counsel for Hawaiian Airlines and JetBlue

Cooley LLP

1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Suite 700

Washington, DC 20004

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. Mietus, 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 Nineteenth 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 17th 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 Hampshire 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