BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

__________________________________________ 

 ) 

Application of ) 

 ) 

CENTURION AIR CARGO, INC. ) DOCKET OST-2011-0093

 ) 

for renewal of exemption authority ) 

(U.S.-China) ) 

__________________________________________) 

APPLICATION OF CENTURION AIR CARGO, INC. 

FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

John R. Mietus, Jr. 

Law Office of John Mietus, LLC 

6701 Democracy Blvd., Suite 300 

Bethesda, MD 20817-7500

(202) 747-5212 

(240) 396-5362 fax 

john@mietuslaw.com 

Counsel for CENTURION AIR CARGO, INC.

 

NOTICE: Any person may support or oppose this application by filing an 

answer and serving a copy of the answer on counsel for 

Centurion and upon persons served with this application no 

later than March 27, 2013.

March 12, 2013
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

__________________________________________ 

 ) 

Application of ) 

 ) 

CENTURION AIR CARGO, INC. ) DOCKET OST-2011-0093 

 ) March 12, 2013 

for renewal of exemption authority ) 

(U.S.-China) ) 

__________________________________________) 

APPLICATION OF CENTURION AIR CARGO, INC. 

FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION 

 Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109(c), Centurion Air Cargo, Inc. 

(“Centurion”) respectfully requests renewal of the above-captioned 

exemption, granted by Notice of Action Taken dated May 16, 2011, for an 

additional, two-year period. The Notice, set to expire on May 16, 2013, 

permits Centurion to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of 

property and mail between a point or points in the United States, on the one 

hand, and a point or points in the People’s Republic of China, on the other 

hand, via intermediate points and beyond China; it also authorizes Centurion 

to integrate this exemption authority with its existing authority. Centurion 

intends to invoke the automatic extension provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 558(c) and 

Part 377 of the Department's Special Regulations; this application is timely 

pursuant to 14 C.F.R. § 377.10. In support of this application, Centurion 

states as follows: 
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Renewal Application 

1. Centurion is an air carrier of property and mail headquartered at 

Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida. It is a U.S. citizen within the 

meaning of 49 U.S.C. § 40102(a)(5) and holds two certificates of public 

convenience and necessity: one authorizing domestic all-cargo transportation 

(and worldwide charter service) and a second with blanket, all-cargo, open 

skies authority; Centurion also holds scheduled exemption authority to serve 

China and several Latin American countries. Centurion provides extensive 

scheduled and charter service in a number of international markets with MD11 freighter aircraft. 

2. Centurion submits that renewal of the authority remains in the 

public interest and consistent with U.S.-China aviation relations. Centurion

is not currently using its authority, but it wishes to have the flexibility to 

operate scheduled service to and from China in the future. Information 

officially noticeable under Rule 24(g) of the Department’s Procedural 

Regulations supports Centurion’s continued fitness for U.S.-China service. 

Renewal will not constitute a major regulatory action under Part 313 of the 

Department’s regulations and the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 

1975. Finally, the authority to be renewed is contemplated by the 2007 

Protocol to the U.S.-China Air Transport Agreement, which provides for 

unlimited U.S. all-cargo carrier designations.