BEFORE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C. ) Application of ) ) NORWEGIAN AIR INTERNATIONAL ) Docket OST-2013-0204 August 25, 2014 LIMITED ) ) For an exemption and foreign air carrier permit )



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Communications with respect to this document should be served on: Adam R. Kokas Executive Vice President, General

Counsel & ChiefHuman Resources Officer ATLAS AIR, INC. 2000 Westchester Avenue 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.comBEFORE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C. ) Application of ) ) NORWEGIAN AIR INTERNATIONAL ) LIMITED ) ) For an exemption and foreign air carrier permit )



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REPLY COMMENTS OF ATLAS AIR, INC.
The comments submitted bythe opponents ofthe pendingNAI 1 application are striking in several related respects. Briefly stated, they go well beyond the legal questions posed inthe Department'sNotice and advance arguments that are imaginative but unsound. According to several parties, for instance, the views expressed by DG MOVE do notrepresent the opinions ofthe broader European Union constituency. We submitthe 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 ofsafety concerns about NAI's operation. NAI, however, received its AOC from Ireland, which is in Category 1 ofthe FAA's International

1 Abbreviations defined in the Atlas Air, Inc. Comments ofAugust 18, 2014 are used herein
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Aviation Safety Assessments ("IASA") Program, and NAI is subject to Ireland's ongoing safety oversight. Ifdespite those facts the Department has specific concerns aboutNAI's safety, it is free to raise them- but itmust 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 inthat context. Acceptance ofthe argument could create precedent for DOT review oflabor conditions at U.S. and foreign airlines generally

- a dramatic departure from the principles ofairline deregulation. Furthermore, the argument ignores the key fact that the Department historically has deemed the existence ofan open skies agreement (like the U.S
.-EU Air Transport Agreement) to be one ofthe most important factors supporting its public interest findings. Atlas Air, Inc. continues to believe thatthe NAI application merits prompt approval.

August 25, 2014 Respectfully submjtted,



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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that I have, this 25 1 h day ofAugust 2014, caused a copy ofthe 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 @washigtonairQorts.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 SWAPA mrichardson@swaQa.org Philip von Schoppenthau ECA QVS@e urocockQit.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

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