### BEFORETHE DEPARTMENT OFTRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

Application of VOLGA-DNEPR 1.S. CARGO AIRLINE for anemergency exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.c. 

### § 40109(g) Kaneohe BayMCA, HI

- Ywna MCAS, AZ 

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### APPLICATION OF VOLGA-DNEPR J.S. CARGO AIRLINE FORAN EMERGENCYEXEMPTION Communication with respect to tius document should be addressed to: Alexey L Isaikin Chairman Volga-DneprJ.S. Cargo Airline 

### 14 Karbysheva Street 1215 Ulyanovsk, Russia



### DATED: March 10,2011 Artem Tarasenko Operations Manager Volga Dnepr-Unique AirCargo, Inc. 9400 Grogan's Mill Road, Town Center Plaza, Suite 220, TheWoodlands, TXUSA (832) 585-8611

NOTICE: THIS APPLICATION IS FILED PURSUANT TO THE EMERGENCY EXEMPTION PROCEDURES OF 14 C.ER. 

### § 302.410, WHICH AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT TO ACT ON EMERGENCY EXEMPTIONS IMMEDIATELY. ANY PERSONINTERESTED IN FILING ANANSWERIS REQUESTED TO DO SO INTHE ABOVE DOCKETIMMEDIATELY. COPIES OFTHE SUBMISSION SHOULD BE SERVED ONTHE PERSONS LISTED ABOVE AND ON THE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST.

### BEFORETHE DEPARTMENT OFTRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.



### Application of**VOLGA~DNEPR** 

### J.S. CARGO AIRLINE for anemergency exemption pursuant to 49U.S.CO 

### § 40109(g) Kaneohe Bay MCA, HI

- Yuma MCAS, AZ ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 

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APPLICATION OF VOLGA-DNEPR

### J.S. CARGO AIRLINE FORAN EMERGENCYEXEMPTION



### Volga-DneprJ.S. Cargo Airline ("Volga-DneprAirlines" or "Volga-Dnepr") respectfully requests an emergency exemption from the provisions of49 U.S.C. 

### §§ 40109(g) and 41703(c), and otherwise applicable provisions ofthe Department ofTransportation (,'DOT") regulations,
so as to pennitVolga-Dnepr to operate two (2) one-way aU·cargo charter flights, utilizingVolgaDnepr's AN-l24-100 aircraft, to transport outsize cargo from Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps Airfield, HI to Yuma Marine Corps 

### Air Station, AZ on or about March 16,2011

- March 19, 2011, on behalfofU.S
.TRANSCOM. The cargo to be transported by Volga-Dnepr from Kaneohe Bay, HI to Yuma, AZ will consist offour CH-53D helicopters and associated equipment. Each helicopter's dimensions are L-679" x W-186" x H-162"weighing approximately 23,680pounds. In support ofits application, Volga-Dnepr states as follows: 1. Volga-Dnepr is a foreign aircarrierholding appropriate DOT authority to conduct a11- cargo charter foreign air transportation between a point orpoints in Russia and a point orpointsin the United States, and**all~cargo** charter transportation between the United Sates and third countries pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212. 2. Volga-Dnepr will operate flights onbehalfofU.S. TRANSCOM as part ofan effort to provide needed lift to complete the required equipment rotation as set forth above. The cargo
was originally planned to be transported by 

## u.s. TRANSCOM on organic lift, however, due to the need to divert available organic lift to other areas, 

## u.s. TRANSCOM is requiring this cargo to be transported by commercial aircraft. U.S. Carriers were solicited for movement of this cargo, however did not have the required availability, orrequired aircraft to meet the requested movement timeline outlined by

## u.s. TRANSCOM for trapsport ofthe cargo. The military stands to face substantial delays in highly time sensitive operations if the mission is not completed within the set schedule, while only the use of**Volga~Dnepr's** aircraft can make it possible to perform the service in question ontime. 3. Due to the nature ofthe cargo, as well as the urgency ofthe shipments, the military cannotuse alternative surface transportation to ship the systems and equipment. 4. Given the tight schedule associated with the missions, Volga-Dnepr must perform the operations not laterthan stated above. Volga-Dnepr is polling 

### all U.S. certificated aircarriers on the attached service list and will inform the Department ofTransportation on the results ofthe poll. 5. Under 49 U.S.C. § 40109(g), the Department may authorize a foreign air carrier to transport commercial traffic between U.S. points under limited circumstances. Specifically, the Department must find that the authority is required in the public interest; that because of an emergency created by unusual circumstances not arising 

### in the normal course ofbusiness the traffic cannot be accommodated by U.S. carriers holding certificates under 49 U.S.C. § 41102; that all possible efforts have been made to accommodate the traffic on U.S. certificated air carriers; and that the exemption is necessary to avoid unreasonable hardship for the traffic. This

### application is consistent with the public interest and meets all ofthe relevant criteria under 49 U.S.c. 

### §40109(g) for the grant ofan exemption. 6. Grant of this application is in the public interest. As is evidenced by the attached correspondence, timely shipment ofthe payloads is imperative to avoid substantial delay in 

### U.S. TRANSCOM's operations. 7. In this instance, an emergency created by unusual circumstances not arising in the nonnal course ofbusiness exists as a result ofthe diversion ofU.S. TRANSCOM's organic fleet to other emergency tasks related to ongoing operations worldwide, the exigent circumstances surrounding the lack ofavailability ofU.S. civil aircraft and the urgency ofthe shipment. As a result, the best way to resolve this emergency is for the AN-124-100 to transport the payload in question. 8. As previously stated no U.S. carrier is available or has the aircraft to transport this cargo within the dates requested by U.S. TRANSCOM. Indeed, there is no viable transportation option by any commercially available means other than Volga-Dnepr's aircraft to meet desired timeline. 9. Grant ofthis exemption application is necessary to avoid unreasonable hardship for the traffic atissue. In fact, the shipper stands to sufferconsiderable disruption to its operations in the interest ofnational security and safetyifthe shipments are delayed. 10. Volga-Dnepr's fitness and ability to carry out the proposed transportation has been amply demonstrated through its conduct of numerous cargo charter operations world-wide, including traffic in and out ofthe United States, over the past several years - on behalfofthe U.S. TRANSCOM. 11. Grant ofthis application is consistent 

### with Departmentprecedent. Foreign air carriers have been granted emergency exemption authority to carry cargo between U.S. points when an emergency existed as a result of unusual circumstances not arising in the normal course of business. See, e.g., Orders 96-6-31, 96-4-29, 95-11-35, 95-2-35, 94-11-6 and 94-4-14, as well as

### Notices ofAction Taken in dockets OST-04-17906, OST-07-26806, OST-07-27125, OST-07- 28857, OST-08-0003, and OST-09-0041. 12. In light ofthe exigent circumstances, Volga-Dnepr requests expeditious processing and the immediate grant ofthis emergency exemption application. The Department's Procedural Regulations provide that the Department can act on an emergency exemption application immediately. Designated agent for Volga-Dnepr will 

### promptly advise the Department of the responses ofthe interested U.S. carriers to the poll conducted regarding this application.

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WHEREFORE, Volga-Dnepr respectfully requests that the Department issue an emergency exemption permitting 

### it to operate two (2) one-way all-cargo charter flights, utilizing Volga-Dnepr's AN-124-IOO aircraft, to transport cargo from Kaneohe Bay Marine Corps Airfield, HI to Yuma Marine Corps Air Station, AZ on or around March 16, 2011

- March 19, 2011 as described herein, and grant such further reliefas the Department deems to be consistent with the public interest.

Dated: Marcb 10, 2011 

### Respectfully submitted,

ArtemTarasenko Designated agent for Volga-Dnepr Airlines (832) 585-8611CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE



### I hereby certify that I have on this day served a copy ofthe foregoing document upon all persons named on the attached service list via electronic mail.

Artem Tarasenko

Dated: March 10, 2011Marshall S. Sinick 202/626-6600 Squire, Sanders & Dempsey 1201 PennsylvaniaAvenue, N.W. Suite 400 Washington, DC 20004 For: ALASKAAIRLINES, INC. FLORIDAWEST (FAX: 202/626-6780) Carl B. Nelson, Jr. 202/496-5647 Associate General Counsel AMERICANAIRLINES 1101 17th Street, N.W. Suite 600 Washington, DC 20036 (FAX: 202/496-5660) Scott Yohe 202/216-0700 Vice-President, GovernmentMfairs 1629 K Street, N.W. Suite 501 Washington, DC 20006 For: DELTAAIRLINES, INC. (FAX: 202/216-0824)
DepartmentofState

- EURJRUS Room 4223 2201 C Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20250 (FAX: 2021736-4710)

DeputyAssistant Secretaryfor TransportationMfairs Department ofState Bureau ofEconomics and Business Mfairs, EBITRA, Room 5830 2201 C Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20250 (FAX: 202/647-4324) Roger Rapier 202/267-9555 (ATO-R) Office ofInternationalAviation FederalAviationAdministration 800 IndependenceAvenue, S.W. Washington, DC 20591 (FAX: 202/267-9208) 

### Service List Angelia Bird 9011434-8589 FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION 3620 Hacks Cross Rd. Memphis, TN 38125 (FAX: 901/434-9289)

Margot Wiegele 907/249-5142 NORTHERNAIR CARGO, Inc. 3900West InternationalAirport Road Anchorage, AK 99502 (FAX: 907/249-5190)

Tom Gillies 203/847-6000 President 117 GloverAvenue Norwalk, CT 06850 For: SOUTHERNAIR (FAX: 203/847-6000)

Russell E. Pommer 202/822-9121 Associate General Counsel and Director of RegulatoryMfairs ATLAS AIR, INC. 1747 PennsylvaniaAve., N.W., Suite 875 Washington, DC 20006 (FAX: 202/822-9152) JeffreyManley 202/663-6655

1455 PennsylvaniaAve, N.W. Washington, DC 20004 For: UNITEDAIRLINES (FAX: 2021772-6670)

Pierre Murphy, Esq. 202/776-3980 1200 New HampshireAvenue, N.W. Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20036 For: ARROWAIR, INC. (FAX: 2021776-3975)David Vaughan 202/955-9864 Kelley Drye &Warren 1200 19th Street, N.W. Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20036 For: U.P.S. (FAX: 202/955-9792)



### Robert Silverberg 202-944-3300 Silverberg, Goldman 

### & Bikoff 1101 30th St., N.W., Suite 120 Washington, D.C. 20007 For: ABX Air, Inc 

### (FAX: 202/944-3304)
Hershel Kamen 7131324-6697 SeniorManaging Director ofInternational RegulatoryAffairs CONTINENTALAIRLINES 2929 Allen Parkway Suite 1925 Houston, TX 77019 (FAX: 713/324-2749)
Ronald Priddy 703/358-8060 NationalAir Carriers'Association 1000 Wilson Bvd., Suite 1700 Arlington, VA 22209 (FAX: 703/358-8070)



### Ben Graves 503/472-9361 

### EVERGREEN INTERNATIONAL, INC. 1401 New York Ave., N.W., Suite 530 Washington, D.C. 20005-2147 (FAX: 202/638-4593)

David Vaughan 202/955-9864 Kelley Drye & Warren 1200 19th Street, N.W. Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20036 For: U.P.S. (FAX: 2021955-9792) John L. Richardson 202/828-0158 202/371-2258 Crispin & Brenner

### I 1156 15th Street, NW, Suite 1105 Washington, DC 20005 For: AMERIJET INTERNATIONAL, INC. (FAX: 202/828-0152) 

### MarkAtwood 202/463-2513 

### Sher 

### & Blackwell 1850 M Street, N.W., Suite 900 Washington, D.C. 20036 For: KALITTAAIR, L.L.C. (FAX: 202/463-4950) Stephen H. Lachter 202/962-4321 1150 ConnecticutAve, N.W. Suite 900 Washington, D.C. 20036 For: ASTARAIR CARGO (FAX: 202/835-3219)

JudyMcKenzie 907/249-4100 6441 SouthAir Park Place Anchorage,AK 99502 LYNDENAIR CARGO (FAX: 907/245-0642)

Mark McMillin 770/632-8215 Assistant General Counsel HLH Bldg, 101 World Drive Peachtree City, GA 30269 For: WORLD AIRLINES (FAX: 770/632-8048)
Kevin P. Montgomery 202/828-1002 POLAR AIR CARGO 1747 PennsylvaniaAve., N.W., Suite 875 Washington, DC 20006 (FAX: 202/828-1003)