) 

Kalitta Air, LLC ) 

) Docket DOT-OST-2009-01 00 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 for an ) 

exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41101 ) 

(U.S.-Afghanistan) ) 

APPLICATION OF KALITTA AIR, LLC 

FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION 

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to: 

Dated: January 14, 2015 

Mark W. Atwood 

Cozen O'Connor 

The Army and Navy Club Building 

1627 I Street, NW 

Suite 1100 

Washington, DC 20006 

(202) 463-2513 

matwood@cozen.com 

Counsel for Kalitta Air, LLC 

NOTICE: Interested persons may support or oppose this application by filing an 

answer with the Department in the above-referenced docket, and serving it on 

the above-named counsel and all persons on the service list attached hereto. 

Answers must be filed no later than January 29, 2015. 
Application of ) 

) 

Kalitta Air, LLC ) 

) Docket DOT -OST -2009-0100 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 for an ) 

exemption from 49 U.S. C. § 41101 ) 

(U.S.-Afghanistan) ) 

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APPLICATION OF KALITTA AIR, LLC 

FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION 

Pursuant to 14 U.S.C. § 40109 and Subpart C of the Department's 

Procedural Rules (14 CFR §§ 302.301 et seq.)., Kalitta Air, LLC ("Kalitta Air" or 

"Kalitta") hereby requests renewal of its exemption from 49 U.S. C. § 41101 and 

the Department's rules to the extent necessary to permit it to operate scheduled 

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

United States, via intermediate points, and a point or points in Afghanistan, and 

beyond, to the extent permitted under air transport services agreements with 

third countries. Kalitta Air intends to rely upon the automatic extension provision 

of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 558(c), and Part 377 of the 

Department's rules pending action on this renewal request. 

By Notice of Action taken in this docket dated May 21, 2009, the 

Department granted Kalitta Air exemption authority to provide foreign scheduled 

air transportation of property and mail to a point or points in Afghanistan, 

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In support of its application, Kalitta Air respectfully submits as follows: 

1. Kalitta Air is a Michigan limited liability company. It is a citizen of the 

United States within the meaning of the Statute, in that it is entirety owned by Mr. 

Conrad Kalitta, a U.S. citizen and resident of Michigan. Mr. Kalitta is the sole 

member of the company, and all of the company's officers are U.S. citizens. The 

company's address is: 

818 Willow Run Airport 

Ypsilanti, Michigan 48198 

Tel. (734) 484-0088 

2. Kalitta Air has repeatedly been found fit, willing and able to provide the 

kind of air transportation contemplated herein. It holds a Certificate of Public 

Convenience and Necessity for scheduled interstate cargo air transportation. 

This certificate was issued by Order 2000-11-27 dated November 29, 2000. 

Kalitta Air also holds blanket Open Skies certificate authority as issued by Order 

2007-7-14, as well as exemption authority, allowing it to provide foreign air 

transportation to points in Asia, Europe and the Middle East.1 

3. Kalitta Air now seeks renewal of its exemption authority to provide 

scheduled all-cargo service between the U.S. and Afghanistan. Over the past 

five years under its exemption. Kalitta Air has operated a very high level of 

1 Notice of Action Taken dated May 30, 2013, Docket DOT-OST-2002-12525 (U.S.-Hong Kong 

all-cargo); Not1ce of Act1on Taken dated May 29, 2012, Docket DOT-OST-2010-0017 (U.S.-China 

all-cargo)(renewal pending). 

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that demand to continue for some time. 

4. Grant of the requested authority would be consistent with the public 

interest. There is still no bilateral air transport services agreement between the 

United States and Afghanistan; however. the government of Afghanistan has 

been supportive of the service provided by U.S. air carriers. and it is clearly in the 

public interest for that service to continue. 

5. As noted above, Kalitta wishes to invoke section 558(c) of the 

Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. § 558(c), pending action on this renewal 

request. 

WHEREFORE, Kalitta Air requests that the Department renew its 

exemption from the certificate requirements of 49 U.S.C. § 41101 to the extent 

necessary to permit the carrier to operate scheduled foreign air transportation of 

property and mail between a point or points in the United States, via an 

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Dated: January 14, 2015 

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Mark W. Atwood 

Cozen O'Connor 

Army & Navy Club Building 

1627 I Street, NW 

Suite 1100 

Washington, DC 20006 

(202) 463-2513 

matwood@cozen .com 

Counsel for Kalitta Air, LLC 
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