BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

_________________________________________ 

 ) 

Application of ) 

 ) 

GLOBAL SUPPLY SYSTEMS ) 

LIMITED ) DOCKET OST-2012- 

 ) 

for an amended Foreign Air Carrier Permit ) 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 41301 and ) 

exemption authority pursuant to 49 U.S.C. ) 

§ 40109 (EU-U.S. all-cargo service) ) 

_________________________________________ ) 

APPLICATION OF GLOBAL SUPPLY SYSTEMS LIMITED FOR AN 

AMENDED FOREIGN AIR CARRIER PERMIT AND AN EXEMPTION 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

John R. Mietus, Jr. 

Law Office of John Mietus, LLC 

6701 Democracy Blvd., Suite 300 

Bethesda, MD 20817-7500 

(202) 747-5212 - Telephone 

(240) 396-5362 - Fax 

john@mietuslaw.com 

Counsel for GLOBAL SUPPLY 

SYSTEMS LIMITED 

NOTICE: Any person may support or oppose this application by filing an 

answer and serving a copy of the answer upon counsel for GSS and persons 

served with this application. Answers to the exemption application are due 

November 1, 2012, and answers to the permit application are due November 

7, 2012. 

 

October 17, 2012
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

_________________________________________ 

 ) 

Application of ) 

 ) 

GLOBAL SUPPLY SYSTEMS ) 

LIMITED ) DOCKET OST-2012- 

 ) October 17, 2012 

for an amended Foreign Air Carrier Permit ) 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 41301 and ) 

exemption authority pursuant to 49 U.S.C. ) 

§ 40109 (EU-U.S. all-cargo service) ) 

_________________________________________ ) 

APPLICATION OF GLOBAL SUPPLY SYSTEMS LIMITED FOR AN 

AMENDED FOREIGN AIR CARRIER PERMIT AND AN EXEMPTION 

 Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 41301, Part 211 of the Department's Economic 

Regulations, the August 26, 2005 "Streamlining" notice in Docket OST-2005-

22228, and the February 19, 2009 “Application Procedures for Foreign Air 

Carriers of the European Union” notice (“EU Application Notice”), Global 

Supply Systems Limited (“GSS”) requests that the Department issue GSS a 

new or amended foreign air carrier permit to enable GSS, consistent with the 

open skies, U.S.-European Union (“EU”) Air Transport Agreement, to 

provide: 

foreign scheduled and charter air transportation of property and mail 

from any point or points behind any Member State of the European 

Union, via any point or points in any Member State and via any 

intermediate points to any point or points in the United States and 

beyond; 
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foreign scheduled and charter air transportation of property and mail 

between any point or points in the United States and any point or 

points in any member of the European Common Aviation Area; 

foreign scheduled and charter cargo air transportation between any 

point or points in the United States and any point or points; 

other charters pursuant to the requirements set forth in the 

Department’s regulations governing charters; and 

transportation authorized by any additional route rights made 

available to European Union carriers in the future. 

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109, GSS also requests: (1) exemption authority, to 

the extent necessary and for an initial period of two years or until the 

requested permit is issued, to enable it to hold out and provide the service 

described above; and (2) such additional or other relief as the Department 

may deem necessary or appropriate. 

 In support of this application, and pursuant to the EU Application 

Notice, GSS respectfully states as follows: 

 1. GSS is a private company limited by shares that is organized under 

the laws of England and Wales. Its is headquartered at Stansted House, 

London Stansted Airport, Essex CM24 1AE, United Kingdom and operates a 

fleet of B747 freighter aircraft worldwide. 

 2. The name and address of the government air transport authority 

with jurisdiction over GSS is: 

 
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Civil Aviation Authority 

CAA House 

45-59 Kingsway 

London WC2B 6TE 

UNITED KINGDOM 

GSS holds CAA Scheduled Route Licence S/024 and Charter Route Licence 

C/024 authorizing “flights for the carriage of passengers and/or cargo and/or 

mail between any combination of points anywhere in the world.” Both 

licenses remain effective indefinitely. Copies of these licenses, and of GSS’s 

Air Operator Certificate, are attached. 

 3. GSS currently holds a foreign air carrier permit authorizing it to 

engage in charter foreign air transportation of property and mail between 

any point or points in the United Kingdom and any point or points in the 

United States, as well as other all-cargo charter trips subject to the 

Department’s regulations governing charters. Order 2004-1-28. 

4. As it already operates to the United States, GSS has previously 

filed the various other items listed in the EU Application Notice, namely: 

OST Form 6411 regarding GSS’s compliance with DOT insurance 

requirements; a Family Assistance Plan in Docket OST-1998-3304; and OST 

Form 4523, relating to waiver of Warsaw Convention liability limitations, in 

Docket OST-1995-236. Issuance of the requested authority will have a 

limited environmental impact.1/ 

 

1/ GSS estimates that any immediate change in its U.S. operations from those 

conducted under its current permit would not result in a net change in fuel 

consumption of 10,000,000 gallons of fuel or more annually. Accordingly,