BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

'"PORWiON 

Application of 

OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY 

TRANSAERO AIRLINES 

for amendment of exemption issued pursuant to 

49 U.S.C. §40109 

(U.S.-Russian Federation) 

Docket DOT-OST-2010-0093 

APPLICATION OF 

OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY TRANSAERO AIRLINES 

FOR AMENDMENT OF EXEMPTION 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

Alex Krinichansky 

Executive Director 

TRANSAERO AIRLINES 

B. Polyanka Street, 47, bid. 1 

Moscow 119180, Russian Federation 

Denis Savchenko 

Head of Governmental Affairs 

Dept. of International Relations 

TRANSAERO AIRLINES 

B. Polyanka Street, 47, bid. 1 

Moscow 119180, Russian Federation 

June 28, 2010 

Eileen M. Gleimer 

Gerald F. Murphy 

Meaghan F. Molinini 

CROWELL & MORING LLP 

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, DC 20004-2595 

(202) 624-2500 

egleimer@crowell.com 

gmurphv@crowell.com 

mmolinini@crowell.com 

Counsel for 

Transaero Airlines 

NOTICE: The Applicant requests expedited action. Answers to this application are 

due on or before July 13, 2010; however, counsel will poll the carrier 

representatives served and promptly notify the Department of the results. 
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Application of 

OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY 

TRANSAERO AIRLINES 

for amendment of exemption issued pursuant to 

49 U.S.C. §40109 

(U.S.-Russian Federation) 

Docket DOT-OST-2010-0093 

APPLICATION OF 

OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY TRANSAERO AIRLINES 

FOR AMENDMENT OF EXEMPTION 

The Department recently granted Open Joint Stock Company Transaero Airlines 

("Transaero") exemption authority for service between Moscow, on the one hand, and 

New, York, New York and Miami, Florida, on the other.^ So that it may integrate that 

authority with other service via its Moscow hub, Domodedovo International Airport 

("DME"), Transaero asks the Department to amend the exemption to include authority 

for Transaero to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and 

1 The following authority was granted to Transaero in Order 2010-6-11: (i) scheduled 

foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Moscow, Russian 

Federation, on the one hand, and New York, New York and Miami, Florida, on the 

other hand; and (ii) charter foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail 

between a point(s) in the Russian Federation, on the one hand, and a point(s) in the 

United States, on the other hand, and other charter flights as permitted pursuant to 

Part 212 of the Department's Regulations. 
mail (i) from any point or points behind the Russian Federation, via any point or points 

in the Russian Federation and intermediate points, to New York, New York and 

Miami, Florida, and (ii) from New York, New York and Miami, Florida, to any point or 

points in the Russian Federation and beyond.^ 

In support of this amendment, Transaero states as follows: 

1. On April 13, 2010, Transaero applied under 49 U.S.C. §§ 41302 and 40109, 

Subparts B and C of the Department's Rules of Practice in Proceedings (14 C.F.R. §§ 

302.201 and 302.301, et sea.), Part 211 of the Department's Economic Regulations, the 

Department's August 23, 2005 Notice in Docket OST-2005-22228, and the January 14, 

1994 Air Transport Agreement between the United States and the Russian Federation, 

as amended, (the "U.S.-Russia Agreement"), for an exemption (and a foreign air carrier 

permit) authorizing Transaero to provide: (i) scheduled foreign air transportation of 

persons, property and mail between Moscow, Russian Federation, on the one hand, and 

New York, New York and Miami, Florida, on the other hand; and (ii) charter foreign air 

transportation of persons, property and mail between a point(s) in the Russian 

Federation, on the one hand, and a point(s) in the United States, on the other hand, 

and other charter flights as permitted pursuant to Part 212 of the Department's 

Regulations. 

2. On June 7, 2010, the Department issued Order 2010-6-11, granting 

Transaero the requested exemption authority and directing all interested persons to 

2 Concurrent with this filing, Transaero is seeking parallel amendment of its pending 

application for a foreign air carrier permit. 
show cause why its tentative decision to grant a foreign air carrier permit should not 

be made final.•'^ 

3. Transaero seeks to amend its existing exemption authority so that Transaero 

may provide scheduled foreign air transportation (i) from points behind Moscow, via 

Moscow to Miami, Florida and New York, New York, and (ii) from New York, New York 

and Miami Florida to any point or points in the Russian Federation and beyond. 

Transaero intends to commence service to the United States in October 2010 by 

offering scheduled flights between DME, on the one hand, and Miami International 

Airport and JFK International Airport, on the other. Transaero seeks to expand its 

authority so that it can sell tickets between other points in its network (both intraRussian and third country points) and Miami and New York, via Moscow. 

4. Transaero is fit, willing and able to provide the foreign scheduled and charter 

air transportation services described herein and to comply with Title 49 of the United 

States Code and the applicable rules, regulations and requirements of DOT and other 

governmental agencies. 

5. Amending Transaero's exemption as requested is fully consistent with the 

U.S.-Russia Agreement. Aviation relations between the U.S. and Russia have been 

harmonious since the signing of the U.S.-Russia Agreement, and there is every reason 

to believe that they will continue as such. The fact that the authority is consistent 

with the rights available to Russian carriers under the U.S.-Russia Agreement 

provides prima facie evidence that approval of this application is in the pubHc interest. 

3 Interested parties are to submit comments to the "show cause order" no later than 

June 28, 2010. As of the time of this filing, Transaero has not been served with any 

comments. 
6. Based upon its anticipated services to and from the U.S., Transaero expects 

that its annual fuel consumption will be less than ten million gallons. Thus, issuance 

of this amended exemption authority will not constitute a "major federal action 

significantly affecting the quality of the human environment" within the meaning of 

Section 102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy Act or a "major regulatory 

action" under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act. 

WHEREFORE, Transaero respectfully requests that the Department approve 

this application on an expedited basis and issue an amended exemption authorizing 

the air transportation described herein, and grant such further and additional reUef as 

the public interest may require. Transaero will poll carrier representatives served with 

this application and advise the Department of the results. 

Respectfully submitted, 

CROWELL & MORING LLP 

^O^^f(^aL^i^l 

Eileen M.lGleimer 

Gerald FnMurphy 

Meaghan F. Molinini 

egleimer@crowell.com 

gm urp hv@crowell .com 

mmolinini@croweU.com 

Counsel for 

Transaero Airlines 

June 28, 2010 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE. 

I certify that I have this date served a copy of the foregoing application on the 

persons listed below in accordance with the Department's Rules of Practice: 

carl.nelson@aa.com 

hershel.kamen@coair.com 

dan.weiss@coair.com 

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com 

ieff.morgan@delta.com 

jeffrey.manley@united.com 

iulie.oettinger@united.com 

howard.kass@usairwavs.com 

benj amin. slocum@usairw ays .com 

bruce.rabinovitz@wilmerhale.com 

iabreu@miami-airport.com 

ispampa@panvni.gov 

dwight.moore@ustranscom.mil 

herb.herzog@faa.gov 

byerlvir@state.gov 

June 28, 2010 

l^pJ^Ai 

Kathleen Duffy