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BEFORE THE

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

_____________________________________________

)

Application of )

)

YANGTZE RIVER EXPRESS AIRLINES CO., LTD. )

) Docket No. OST-2006-24629

For renewal of exemption authority under ) OST-2006-24630

49 U.S.C. §40109 ) 

)

(China-U.S. Scheduled Cargo Service) )

_____________________________________________)

APPLICATION OF YANGTZE RIVER EXPRESS AIRLINES CO., LTD.

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITY

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to:

February 24, 2015

Josh Romanow

Peter Nelson

PILLSBURY WINTHROP

SHAW PITTMAN LLP

1200 Seventeenth Street, NW

Washington, DC 20036

Tel: (202) 663-8000

Fax: (202) 663-8007

E-mail: romanow@pillsburylaw.com

 peter.nelson@pillsburylaw.com

 

Counsel for Yangtze River Express

Airlines Co., Ltd.

NOTE: Any person who wishes to support or oppose this Application may file an answer

and serve that answer on counsel identified above and all persons served with a copy of this 

application. Answers to this exemption application are due on March 11, 2015. 
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BEFORE THE

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

_____________________________________________

)

Application of )

)

YANGTZE RIVER EXPRESS AIRLINES CO., LTD. )

) Docket No. OST-2006-24629

For renewal of exemption authority under ) OST-2006-24630

49 U.S.C. §40109 ) 

)

(China-U.S. Scheduled Cargo Service) )

_____________________________________________)

APPLICATION OF YANGTZE RIVER EXPRESS AIRLINES CO., LTD. 

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITY

Yangtze River Express Airlines Co., Ltd. (“Yangtze”), a foreign air carrier of the 

People’s Republic of China, hereby applies, under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. § 40109, the 

Department’s Rules of Practice in Proceedings and 14 C.F.R. §§ 211 and 212 for renewal of its 

exemption authority to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail 

between any point or points in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), via intermediate points, to 

any point or points in the United States open to scheduled international operations, and beyond to 

any points outside the United States. 

In support of this Application, Yangtze states as follows:

1. Yangtze has been operating scheduled cargo service between China and the 

United States for many years, and holds a foreign air carrier permit authorizing scheduled 

foreign air transportation of property and mail between Shanghai, China and the coterminal points Anchorage, Boston, Los Angeles and New York (See Order 2008-4-27). 
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2. Yangtze hereby incorporates by reference the information filed previously in this docket 

and considered by the Department when it granted Yangtze’s foreign air carrier permit 

and subsequent exemption authorities.

3. Authority Requested: Yangtze seeks renewal of its exemption authority to engage in 

scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail between any point or points in 

the People’s Republic of China (PRC), via intermediate points, to any point or points in 

the United States open to scheduled international operations, and beyond to any points 

outside the United States. (See Notice of Action Taken dated March 7, 2014)

4. Grant of Yangtze’s request for renewal of its exemptions is fully consistent with the 

Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the People’s 

Republic of China Relating to Civil Air Transport1 which authorizes designated airlines 

to operate cargo services from any point or points in the People’s Republic of China to 

any point or points in the United States of America open to scheduled international 

operations.

5. Yangtze invokes and relies upon the automatic renewal provisions of the Administrative 

Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. § 558(c)), as implemented by Part 377 of the Department’s 

Special Regulations, to continue in effect its existing exemption authority pending final 

Department action on this renewal application.

Yangtze continues to be fully qualified to operate the services for which renewal 

authority is herein requested. Grant of the requested authority is consistent with the U.S. – China 

bilateral agreement and will, therefore, serve the public interest. Yangtze requests that the 

requested exemption renewal remain in effect for a period of at least one year.

 1 Signed September 17, 1980, and most recently amended July 9, 2007.
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WHEREFORE, based upon the foregoing reasons, Yangtze respectfully requests that the 

Department renew its exemption authority as more fully described above.

Respectfully submitted,

Josh Romanow

Peter Nelson

PILLSBURY WINTHROP

SHAW PITTMAN LLP

1200 Seventeenth Street, NW

Washington, DC 20036

Phone: (202) 663-8000

Fax: (202) 663-8007

Email: romanow@pillsburylaw.com

peter.nelson@pillsburylaw.com

February 24, 2015 Counsel for Yangtze River Express Airlines Co., Ltd.
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing application of Yangtze River Express Airlines 

Co., Ltd. for an amended foreign air carrier permit and exemption has been served this the 24th

day of February, 2015, upon each of the parties below by electronic mail.

Rick Mayfield

International Aviation Safety Inspector

Federal Aviation Administration

rick.mayfield@faa.gov

Sascha Vanderbellen

Chris Walker

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

chris.walker@delta.com

Robert Wirick

Howard Kass

American Airlines, Inc.

robert.wirick@aa.com

howard.kass@aa.com

Bailey Leopard

Nancy Sparks

Federal Express Corporation

gbleopard@fedex.com

nssparks@fedex.com

Kevin P. Montgomery

Polar Air Cargo, Inc.

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com

Russell E. Pommer

Atlas Air Inc.

rpommer@atlasair.com

Anita Mosner

Jennifer Nowak

Counsel for United Parcel Service Co

Holland & Knight

anita.mosner@hklaw.com

jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com

Steve Morrissey

Dan Weiss

United Air Lines

steve.morrissey@united.com

dan.weiss@united.com

Robert Silverberg

Jeff Johnson

Counsel for ABX Air, Inc.

Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff, LLP

rsilverberg@sgbdc.com

jjohnson@sgbdc.com

Mark W. Atwood

Counsel for Kalitta Air

Cozen O’Connor

matwood@cozen.com

/s/Melinda A. Hernandez

Melinda A. Hernandez