BEFORE THE 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

) 

Application of ) 

) 

NORWEGIAN AIR INTERNATIONAL ) Docket OST-2013-0204 

LIMITED ) August 25, 2014 

) 

For an exemption and foreign air carrier permit ) _______________________________ ) 

REPLY COMMENTS OF ATLAS AIR, INC. 

Communications with respect to this document should be served on: 

Adam R. Kokas 

Executive Vice President, General 

Counsel & Chief Human Resources 

Officer 

ATLAS AIR, INC. 

2000 Westchester A venue 

Purchase, NY 10577-2543 

(914) 701-8576- Telephone 

(914) 701-8333- Fax 

adam.kokas@atlasair.com 

August 25, 2014 

Russell E. Pommer 

Associate General Counsel & 

Sr. Director, Regulatory Affairs 

ATLAS AIR, INC. 

801 1 ih Street, NW, Suite 410 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

(202) 822-9121 -Telephone 

(202) 822-9152- Fax 

rpommer@atlasair .com 
BEFORE THE 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

) 

Application of ) 

) 

NORWEGIAN AIR INTERNATIONAL ) 

LIMITED ) 

) 

For an exemption and foreign air carrier permit ) _______________________________ ) 

Docket OST-2013-0204 

August 25, 2014 

REPLY COMMENTS OF ATLAS AIR, INC. 

The comments submitted by the opponents of the pending NAI 1 application are 

striking in several related respects. Briefly stated, they go well beyond the legal questions 

posed in the Department's Notice and advance arguments that are imaginative but 

unsound. 

According to several parties, for instance, the views expressed by DG MOVE do 

not represent the opinions of the broader European Union constituency. We submit the 

point is irrelevant because the U.S.-EU Air Transport Agreement speaks for itself. 

Efforts to twist its wording to imply unstated regulatory rights and obligations do not pass 

muster. 

Other parties speak of safety concerns about NAI's operation. NAI, however, 

received its AOC from Ireland, which is in Category 1 of the FAA's International 

1 Abbreviations defined in the Atlas Air, Inc. Comments of August 18, 2014 are used herein. 
ATLAS AIR, INC. 

Reply Comments 

Aviation Safety Assessments ("IASA") Program, and NAI is subject to Ireland's ongoing 

safety oversight. If despite those facts the Department has specific concerns about NAI's 

safety, it is free to raise them- but it must do so through the Article 6 bis consultation 

process. 

Perhaps most inventive is the argument that the Department has a responsibility to 

make public interest findings independently from its Article 4 obligations and needs to 

evaluate NAI' s labor arrangements in that context. Acceptance of the argument could 

create precedent for DOT review of labor conditions at U.S. and foreign airlines generally 

- a dramatic departure from the principles of airline deregulation. Furthermore, the 

argument ignores the key fact that the Department historically has deemed the existence 

of an open skies agreement (like the U .S.-EU Air Transport Agreement) to be one of the 

most important factors supporting its public interest findings. 

Atlas Air, Inc. continues to believe that the NAI application merits prompt 

approval. 

August 25, 2014 

Respectfully submjtted, 

--;R-.-./{~ Russell E. Pommer 

Associate General Counsel & Sr. Director, 

Regulatory Affairs 

ATLAS AIR, INC. 

801 1 th Street, NW, Suite 410 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

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ATLAS AIR, INC. 

Reply Comments 

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that I have, this 251

h day of August 2014, caused a copy of the 

foregoing document to be served by e-mail on all persons listed below: 

Name Representing E-Mail 

Josh Romanow Norwegian romanow@Qillsburylaw.com 

Bob Wirick American robert.wirick@aa.com 

Sascha Vander Bellen Delta sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com 

Dan Weiss United dan.weiss@united.com 

Rob Land JetBiue robert.land@jetblue.com 

Nancy Sparks Fed Ex nssQarks@fedex.com 

Anita Mosner UPS anita.mosner@hklaw.com 

Chris Lytle Port of Oakland clytle@Qortoakland.com 

Kent George Broward County Aviation kgeorge@broward.org 

Keith W. Meurlin Washington ATF keith @wash igtonairQorts.com 

Phiip Brown Orlando Aviation Authority Qbrown@goaa.org 

David Berg A4A dberg@airlines.org 

Russell Bailey ALPA Russell.bailey@alQa.org 

Edward Wytkind TTD, AFL-CIO edw@ttd.org 

Edward James Allied Pilots Ass'n ejames@jamhoff.com 

Mark Richardson SWAP A mrichardson@swaQa.org 

Philip von Schoppenthau ECA QVS@ e u rocockQ it. be 

John Hanlon ELFAA john.hanlon@ELFAA.com 

Vegard Einan Parat Vegard.einan@Qarat.com 

John Duncan FAA John.s.duncan@faa.gov 

Steve Cristina DOS cristinasa@state.gov 

Russell E. Pommer 

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