Application

of Kalitta Air, LLC BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT
OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON,

DC Docket DOT-OST-2011-0084 for Certificate and Exemption Authority and Allocation
of Frequencies (U.S

. -Brazil All-Cargo)

) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) _____________________________

) APPLICATION
OF KALITTA AIR, LLC FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION Communications with respect to this document should be addressed
to: March 12, 2015

Mark W. Atwood Cozen O'Connor The Army and Navy Club Bldg. 1627

I Street, NW Washington,
DC 20006 (202) 463-2513 matwood@cozen.com Counsel for Kalitta Air, LLC NOTE: Any person may support or oppose this application
by filing an answer and serving

a copy of the answer on counsel for Kalitta Air, LLC and all persons listed on the attached service list. Answers
to this exemption renewal application are due on or before March 27, 2015.ApplicationofKalittaAir,LLCBEFORETHEDEPARTMENTOFTRANSPORTATIONOFFICEOFTHESECRETARYWASHINGTON,DCDocketDOT-OST-2011-0084forCertificateandExemptionAuthorityandAllocationofFrequencies(U.S.-BrazilAll-Cargo)))))))))_____________________________)APPLICATIONOFKALITTAAIR,LLCFORRENEWALOFANEXEMPTIONPursuantto14U.S.C.§40109andSubpartCoftheDepartment'sProceduralRules(14C.F.R.§§302.301etseq.),KalittaAir,LLC("KalittaAir"or"Kalitta")herebyrequestsrenewalofitsexemptionfrom49U.S.C.§41101topermitittooperatescheduledforeignairtransportationofpropertyandmailbetweenanypointorpointsintheUnitedStatesandanypointorpointsinBrazil,viaintermediatepoints,andbeyond.KalittarequeststhatitsexemptionberenewedforanadditionaltwoyearsorforsuchlongerperiodastheDepartmentdeemsappropriate.1Kalittainvokestheautomaticextensionprovisionsof5U.S.C.§558(c)andPart377oftheDepartment'sSpecialRegulationstoensurethecontinuedeffectivenessofitsexemptionpendingfinalactionbytheDepartmentonthisapplication.Insupportofitsapplication,Kalittastatesasfollows:1.KalittaAirisaMichiganlimitedliabilitycompany.ItisacitizenoftheUnitedStateswithinthemeaningoftheStatute,inthatitisentirelyownedbyMr.1OnApril21,2011,KalittaAirappliedintheabove-captioneddocketforacertificateofpublicconvenienceandnecessitytooperateU.S.-Brazilall-cargoservice.Thatapplicationremainspending.1Conrad Kalitta,

a U.S. citizen and resident of Michigan. Mr. Kalitta
is the sole owner of the company, and all of the company's officers are U

. S . citizens. 2. Kalitta Air was granted an exemption
on May 13, 2011, allowing

it to operate scheduled foreign air transportation

of property and mail between any point or points
in the United States, via intermediate points, to any point or points
in Brazil, and beyond

. The exemption authority was most recently renewed on May 13, 2013, and expires on May 13, 2015

. 2 3 . Kalitta Air now seeks renewal
of its exemption authority

to provide scheduled all-cargo service between the U.S. and Brazil. Although Kalitta
is not currently operating scheduled all-cargo service

in the U.S.-Brazil market due to weak economic conditions

in Brazil,

it plans to operate U.S.-Brazil all-cargo service as soon as economic conditions generate sufficient demand for its service. 4. Kalitta Air has repeatedly been found fit, willing and able to provide the kind of air transportation contemplated herein

. It holds

a Certificate
of Public Convenience and Necessity for scheduled interstate cargo air transportation

. This certificate was issued by Order 2000-11-27 dated November
29

, 2000. Kalitta Air also holds blanket Open Skies certificate authority as issued by Order 2007-7-14

, as well as exemption authority, allowing

it to provide foreign air transportation

to points
in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.

3 2 Notice of Action Taken dated May 13
, 2013

, Docket DOT-OST-2011-0084

. 3 Notice of Action Taken dated May 30

, 2013, Docket DOT

- OST

- 2002

- 12525 (U

. S

. -Hong Kong all-cargo); Notice of Action Taken dated May 29

, 2012

, Docket DOT

- OST

- 2010-0017

(U

. S

. -China all-cargo)(renewal p e nding)

; Notic e of Act

i on Ta k e n d a t e d March 19 , 2 013

, Docket DOT

- OS T - 2009

- 0100 (U

. S

. - Afghanistan)(renewal pending)

.

25. Grant of the requested exemption renewal

is consistent with the public interest. The exemption authority allows Kalitta to offer
U

. S.-Brazil air cargo transportation

to shippers both in the U.S

. and abroad. Kalitta's authority
to serve Brazil is permitted under the U

. S.-Brazil air transport services agreement. The agreement allows

U

. S. airlines
to operate from points behind the United States via the United States and intermediate points to any point or points
in Brazil and beyond.

4 6. As noted above, Kalitta wishes
to invoke section 558(c) of the Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C.

§ 558(c}, as implemented under 14 C.F.R. Part 377, pending DOT action on this renewal request. This renewal application

is being filed in a "timely and sufficient" manner as required by the statute

. WHEREFORE, Kalitta Air requests that the Department renew its exemption from the requirements

of 49 U.S.C.

§ 41101 to the extent necessary

to permit the carrier to operate scheduled foreign air transportation

of property and mail between

a point or points
in the United States and a point or points
in Brazil, via intermediate points, and beyond

. Kalitta requests that this authority be renewed for a period of two years. Dated: March 12, 2015 **~d ~**  Mark W

. Atwood Cozen O'Connor The Army and Navy Club Bldg. 1627

I Street, NW Washington,
DC 20006 (202) 463-2513 matwood@cozen

. com Counsel for Kalitta Air, LLC 4 A

i r Transport Agreement Between the Government

of the United States of Amer

i ca and the Government of the Federative Republ

i c of Brazil, Article

2 , March 19
, 2011

. 3CERTIFICATE
OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on this 12th day of March 2015,

I have caused

a copy of the foregoing Application
of Kalitta Air for Exemption Rene

a to b

II persons listed below by e-mail. John S. Duncan FAA john.s

. duncan@faa

. gov Robert Silverberg ABX Air, Inc

. and Air rsilverberg@sgbdc.com Transport
lnt

' l Howard Kass American Airlines howard

. kass@aa

. com Robert Wirick robert.wirick@aa.com Abigail Donovan Abigail.donovan@aa

. com John Richardson Amerijet lnt'l jrichardson@johnlrichardson

. com Joan M
. Canny jcanny@amerijet.com Russell Pommer Atlas A

i r rpommer@atlasair

. com John R. Mietus Centurion Air Cargo

, john@mietuslaw

. com Inc. Sascha Vanderbellen Delta Airlines sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com Christopher Walker christopher.walker@delta

. com Nancy
S . Sparks Fed Ex nssparks@fedex

. com Courtney

E. Felts cefelts@fedex.com Kevin Montgomery Polar Air Cargo kevin

. montgomery@polaraircargo

. com Aaron Goerlich Southern Air agoerl ich@gg h-ai rlaw. com Dan Weiss United Air Lines

, Inc

. dan.weiss@united.com Steve Morrissey steve.morrissey@united

. com Gerald Murphy gmurghy@crowell.com Anita Mosner UPS anita.mosner@hklaw.com Jennifer Nowak jennifer.nowak@hklaw

. com LEGAL \2225 9338 \1

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