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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 ) Docket No. OST-2006-24630

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 )

)

(China-U.S. Cargo Charters) )

__________________________________________)

APPLICATION OF YANGTZE RIVER EXPRESS AIRLINES CO., LTD. FOR 

RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITY

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to:

March 11, 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: Answers to this exemption renewal application are due on March 26, 2015. Any 

person wishing to support or oppose this application should file an answer and serve that 

answer on counsel listed above and all persons on the attached service list.
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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 ) Docket No. OST-2006-24630

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 )

)

(China-U.S. Cargo Charters) )

__________________________________________)

APPLICATION OF YANGTZE RIVER EXPRESS AIRLINES CO., LTD. FOR 

RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITY

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

People’s Republic of China, hereby applies, under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. §§ 41302 

and 40109, and Subparts B and C of the Department’s Rules of Practice in Proceedings 

(14 C.F.R. §§ 302.201 and 302.301, et seq.), 14 C.F.R. Parts 211 and 212, and the 

Department’s streamlined licensing procedures,1 for renewal of its exemption authority to 

engage in charter foreign air transportation of property and mail between a point or points 

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

States, on the other hand. Yangtze requests that the exemption renewal sought herein 

remain in place for a period of at least one year.

In support of its application, Yangtze states as follows: 

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

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

 1 See Notice in Docket OST-2005-22228 (Aug. 23, 2005).
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authorizing scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail between 

Shanghai, China and the co-terminal points of Anchorage, Boston, Los Angeles 

and New York. (See Order 2008-4-27.) 

2. Authority Requested: Yangtze seeks renewal of its exemption authority to 

conduct charter foreign air transportation of property and mail between a point or 

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

the United States, on the other hand. (See Notice of Action Taken dated April 24, 

2014.)

3. 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.

4. Grant of Yangtze’s request for renewal of its exemption authority 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 Transport.

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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 authority 

is herein requested, and grant of the requested authority is consistent with the U.S. –

China bilateral agreement and will, therefore, serve the public interest. 

 2 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

March 11, 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 renewal exemption authority has been served this the 11th day of March, 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