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APPLICATION OF TAMPA CARGO S.A. FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION

Communications withrespectto this document shouldbe sent to:

November 18, 2010 JohnE. Gillick David M. Endersbee Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, L.L.P. 888 Seventeenth Street, NW Suite 700 Washington, DC 20006 Tel: (202) 973-7939 Fax: (202) 342-0683 Email: jegillicktalzsrlaw.com dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com Counsel for Tampa Cargo S.A.

### Application of TAMPA CARGO, S.A. 

### BEFORETHE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.



### DocketNo. OST-2008-0293 (Colombia- U.S. codesharing with Avianca) ) ) ) ) ) ) 

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APPLICATION OF TAMPA CARGO S.A. FORRENEWAL OF EXEMPTION



### Tampa Cargo S.A. ("Tampa") hereby applies for renewal of its exemption, previously granted by the Department on November 24, 2009, authorizing it to hold out foreign air transportation ofproperty and mail between certain U.S. and Colombian points, pursuant to its codeshare arrangement with Aerovias del Continente Americano S.A ("Avianca"). In support ofits application, Tamparespectfully states as follows: 1. Tampa seeks renewal of its exemption authority to hold out foreign air transportation ofproperty and mail between certain U.S. and Colombianpoints on a codesharing basis pursuant to its codesharing agreement with Avianca. This authority would otherwise expire by its terms on November 24, 2010. Tampa is a wholly-owned subsidiary ofAvianca. Avianca holds a statement ofauthorization to display Tampa's QT* code on its flights in these markets pursuant to the Department's October 2,2008Notice ofAction Taken in this docket. 2. Tampa is a Colombian all-cargo airline which holds a foreign air carrier permit authorizing it to engage in scheduled cargo air transportation between Medellin and Bogota, on the one hand, and Miami, Florida, on the other hand. Order 81-4-94. Tampa also holds various

2exemption authorities authorizing it to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation ofproperty and mail between a point orpoints in Colombia and the U.S., viapoints in South America. 3. Renewal ofthis authority is in the public interest. This authority is necessary to permit Tampa to continue to serve shippers in the U.S.

- Colombia market and complements Tampa's other services to the United States. 4. The exemption authority requested by Tampa herein is provided for in the U.S.- Colombia bilateral aviation agreement,I and Tampa is properly licensed and designated by the Government ofColombiato conduct these services. 5. Tampa remains fit, willing, and able to perform these services and will abide by the Department's rules and regulations and applicable statutes. 6. Grant ofthis exemption authority will not constitute "a major regulatory action" under the Energy and Conservation Act of 1975, as defined in Section 313A( a)(1) of the Department's Regulations.
7. By submitting this timely renewal application, Tampa 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 m effect its current exemption authorization for the service specified inthis application, pending a final determination ofthis renewal application.

I These services are also provided for inthe recently agreed-upon U.S.

- Colombia Open Skies Agreement, which is not yet being applied.

3WHEREFORE. for the foregoing reasons, Tampa Cargo S.A. respectfully requests that the Department renew its exemption authority in the manner described more fully herein, and such further, different, and additional reliefas the Department may deem appropriate.

November 18,2010

4 Respectfully submitted,

101m E. Gillick David M. Endersbee Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, L.L.P. 888 Seventeenth Street, NW Suite 700 Washington, DC 20006 Tel: (202) 973-7939 Fax: (202) 342-0683 Email: jegillick@zsrlaw.com dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com Counsel for TampaCargo S.A.

### CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
Ihereby certify that onthis 18thday ofNovember 2010, a copy ofthe foregoing Application ofTampa Cargo S.A. for a Statement ofAuthorization was served by electronic mail orfacsimile onthe following:

R. Bruce Keiner, Jr. Lorraine B. Halloway Counsel for Continental Airlines Crowell & Moring LLP 1001 PennsylvaniaAvenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004-2595 rbkeiner@crowell.com Lhalloway@crowell.com Hershel 1. Kamen StaffVice President,

International and Regulatory Affairs Dan Weiss Continental Airlines, Inc. Government Affairs-8th Floor 1600 Smith Street, Dept. HQSGV Houston, TX 77002 hkamen@coair.com dan.weiss@coair.com Jeffrey Manley SeniorAdvisor

- Regulatory Affairs United AirLines, Inc. 1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Suite 1210 Washington, DC 20036 jeffrey.manley@united.com John Palo Vice President, Planning Military and Government Evergreen International Airlines, Inc. 3850 Three Mile Lane McMinnville, OR 97128 john.palo@evergreenairlines.com charters@evergreenairlines.com Carl B. Nelson, Jr. Associate General Counsel American Airlines, Inc. 1101 Seventeenth Street, N.W. Suite 600 Washington, D.C. 20036 carl.nelson@aa.com

JohnL. Richardson 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

Russell E. Pommer Associate General Counsel and

Director ofRegulatory Affairs Atlas Air, Inc. 1747 PennsylvaniaAvenue, N.W. Suite 875 Washington, D.C. 20006 rpommer@atlasair.com

Kevin Montgomery PeterBeckett PolarAirCargo, Inc. 1747 PennsylvaniaAvenue, N.W. Suite 875 Washington, D.C. 20006 Kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com peter.beckett@polaraircargo.comMarshall S. Sinick Counsel for Florida West

International Airways Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20004 msinick@ssd.com David L. Vaughan Danielle Fisher Counsel for United Parcel Service Kelley Drye Collier Shannon 3050 K Street, N.W., Ste. Suite400 Washington, D.C. 20007 dvaughan@kelleydrye.com dfisher@kelleydrye.com Alexander VanDerBellen JeffMorgan Sametta C. Barnett DeltaAirLines 1212 New York Avenue, NW Suite 200 Washington, D.C. 20005 Sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com sametta.c.barnett@delta.com Jeff.morgan@delta.com William C. Evans John R. Mietus, Jr. Counsel for Centurion Air Cargo LawOffice ofJohnMietus, LLC 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 300 Washington, DC 20004 bill@mietuslaw.com john@mietuslaw.com JohnM. Allen Director Flight Standards Service Federal AviationAdministration 800 Independence Avenue, S.W., Rrn 821 Washington, D.C. 20591 john.allen@faa.gov

2 Angeline Garbuzinski Legal and Regulatory Affairs Federal Express Corporation 3620 Hacks Cross Road Building B, 3rd Floor Memphis, TN 38125 anbird@fedex.com

Robert P. Silverberg Jeffrey Johnson Counsel for ABXAir Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff, L.L.P. 1101 30th Street, N.W., Ste. 120 Washington, D.C. 20007 rsilverberg@sgbdc.com jjohnson@sgbdc.com

Pierre Murphy Counsel for Arrow Air 1200NewHampshire Avenue, N.W. Suite 590 Washington, D.C. 20036-6802 pmurphy@lopmurphy.com

Thomas A. Gillies ChiefOperating Officer SouthernAirInc. 117 GloverAve. Norwalk, CT 06850 tgillies@southernair.com

Howard Kass Managing Director & Associate General Counsel US Airways 1401 H Street, N.W. Suite 1075 Washington, D.C. 20006 howard

_kass@usairways.comOakley Brooks President and CEO Paul Doell National Air CarrierAssociation 1000 Wilson Boulevard Suite 1700 Arlington, Virginia 22209 obrooks@naca.cc pdoell@naca.cc Mark W. Atwood Counsel for KalittaAir Cozen O'Connor Army Navy Building 1627 I Street, NW Suite 1100 Washington, D.C. 20006 matwood@cozen.com Aaron Goerlich Counsel for AllegiantAir and Ryan International Airlines Garofalo Goerlich Hainbach PC 1200 NewHampshire Avenue NW Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20036-6802 agoerlich@ggh-airlaw.com

3 David Squier Northern Air Cargo, Inc. 3900 Old International Airport Road Anchorage, AK 99502 dsquier@nac.aero

Joanne W. Young Counsel for Spirit Airlines Kirstein & Young PLLC 1001 PennsylvaniaAve., N.W. Suite 600 South Washington, DC 20004 jyoung@yklaw.com

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