BEFORE

THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

_____________________________________ 

 )

Application of )

 )

POLET AIRLINES )

 ) Docket No. : OST – 2013-_____________

For an emergency cabotage exemption )

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109(g) )

 )

____________________________________ )

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to:

Dmitry Avdeev, MBA

Sales Manager

Polet Airlines

301 Route 17 North

Suite 800

Rutherford, NJ 07070

Tel. +1(212)279-3707

Fax: +1(212)279-6499

Email: Sales.USA@PoletAirlines.com

August 18, 2013.
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BEFORE

THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

_____________________________________ 

 )

Application of )

 )

POLET AIRLINES )

 ) Docket No. : OST – 2013-_____________

For an emergency cabotage exemption )

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109(g) )

____________________________________ )

APPLICATION FOR EMERGENCY CABOTAGE EXEMPTION

Polet Airlines (“Polet”), a Russian cargo charter air carrier, hereby applies pursuant to 49 

U.S.C. § 40109(g) for an emergency exemption from the otherwise applicable provisions of the 

statute and of the Department’s regulations so as to authorize Polet’s operation of one (1)

emergency one-way outsized cargo charter flight from Miramar MCAS, San Diego, California to 

Kaneohe Bay MCAS, Hawaii transporting up to 71,040 pounds total of helicopters and parts, 

including one CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter with dimensions 716x192x119 inches, weighing 

29,900 pounds and 2 x AH-1W Super Cobra helicopters with dimensions 673x88x157 inches, 

each weighing 10,800 pounds to be shipped by the United States Air Mobility Command, Scott 

Air Force Base, Illinois (AMC). AMC requires the mission to be operated from August 20, 2013

and completed by August 22, 2013. 

This application is filed because there is an immediate and urgent need for this air service 

which cannot be carried out by any U.S. air carrier or any other means of transportation. In 

support of its application Polet respectfully states the following:
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1. Polet was requested on August 16, 2013 by AMC to submit this application in 

order to meet deadlines imposed for transporting the above described equipment. AMC’s stated 

requirement is for immediate movement of the equipment on August 20-21, 2013 in order to 

meet time sensitive delivery schedules. Delivery for the equipment is required by August 22, 

2013 and AMC’s standards bar its use of foreign aircraft if U.S. civil aircraft are capable of 

handling the traffic and are available to do so. This cargo is too large for transportation in any 

U.S. civil aircraft.

2. Land transportation for this equipment is impossible due to location. Polet’s 

Antonov AN-124-100 aircraft is, however capable of carrying out this air transportation. If 

timely delivery could have been achieved by less expensive transportation method the shipper 

would have been required to use that mode.

3. Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109(g) the Department of Transportation is authorized 

to grant a foreign air carrier the right to conduct operations between U.S. points under 

circumstances such as these. Specifically the Department may authorize a foreign air carrier to 

carry commercial traffic between U.S. points (i.e., cabotage traffic) upon finding that the 

authority is required in the public interest; that because of an emergency created by unusual 

circumstances not arising in the normal course of business the traffic cannot be accommodated 

by U.S. carriers holding certificates under 49 U.S.C. § 41102; that all possible efforts have been 

made to place the traffic on U.S. carriers and that the transportation is necessary to avoid 

unreasonable hardship to the traffic involved. 

Here there is a need for immediate receipt of the equipment in order to meet time 

sensitive helicopters delivery schedule and the unique outsized nature of the cargo constitutes an 
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emergency not arising in the normal course of business. Moreover, a grant of this authority 

would prevent unreasonable hardship to AMC, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Marine Corps.

This application meets all relevant criteria for grant of an exemption pursuant to 49 

U.S.C. § 40109(g).

A copy of this application has been served upon all persons listed on the attached Service 

List by e-mail and/or facsimile this 18th day of August 2013.

WHEREFORE, Polet Airlines requests an immediate grant of this application so as to 

permit the operation scheduled to begin August 20-21, 2013 of 1 (one) one-way cargo charter 

flight in Polet’s AN124-100 aircraft transporting all of oversized helicopters and related 

equipment as above identified.

Respectfully Submitted

 

___________________________________

Dmitry Avdeev, MBA

Sales Manager

Polet Airlines

301 Route 17 North

Suite 800

Rutherford, NJ 07070

Tel. +1(212)279-3707

Fax: +1(212)279-6499

Email: Sales.USA@PoletAirlines.com
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 18th day of August I have served a copy of the Application for 

Emergency Cabotage Exemption Application of the following by email or facsimile:

Malcolm L. Benge

Corporate Counsel

999 Seventeenth Street, NW

Washington, DC 20006-3309

For: WORLD AIRWAYS, INC.

Telephone: 202-298-8660

Fax: 202-342-0683

mlbenge@zsrlaw.com

John L. Richardson

John L. Richardson, P.L.L.C.

555 13th Street, N.W.

Suite 420 West

Washington, DC 20004

For: AMERIJET

Telephone: 202-371-2258

Fax: 202-828-0158

Fax: (540)288-3001 ??

Joan Canny Tel: 305-962-2156

jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com

jcanny@amerijet.com

Russell Pommer

1747 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W.

Suite 875

Washington, D. C. 20006

For: ATLAS AIR

Telephone: 202-822-9121

Fax: 202-822-9152

rpommer@atlasair.com

peter.beckett@aawholdings.com

John Mietus

Law Office of John Mietus, LLC

6701 Democracy Blvd., Ste 300

Bethesda, MD 20817-7500

For: CENTURION AIR CARGO & 

SKYLEASE

Telephone: 301-571-9334

Fax: 240-396-5362

john@mietuslaw.com

Dan Weiss

1600 Smith Street, Ste HQSGV

Houston, TX 77002

For: UNITED/CONTINENTAL AIRLINES

Telephone: 713-324-6697 or 

713-324-2140 or

(312) 997-7573 (Dan Weiss)

Fax: 713-324-2749

dan.weiss@united.com

Ben Graves

Daniel Commins

Kelli Bryan (Charter Sales)

Evergreen International Airlines

For: EVERGREEN INTERNATIONAL INC

Telephone: 503-472-9361

Tel: 503.472.0011

Fax: 503.434.4210

charters@evergreenairlines.com
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Robert P. Silverberg

Jeff Johnson

Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff, LLP

Suite 120

1101 30th Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20007

For ABX AIR 

Telephone: 202-944-3300

Fax: 202-944-3306

rsilverberg@sgbdc.com

jjohnson@sgbdc.com

***AMC TEAM

Stephen H. Lachter

Suite 900

1150 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20036-4192

For: ASTAR AIR CARGO

Telephone: 202-862-4321

Fax: 202-835-3219

Joe Hrezo

Manager - Business Development

ASTAR Air Cargo - Charter Services 

Phone: 859-980-1870

Fax: 859-980-1689

Cell: 859-803-3882

joe.hrezo@astaraircargo.us

slachter@lachter-clements.com

Sametta C. Barnett

1275 K St., NW, Suite 1200

Washington, DC 20005

For: DELTA AIRLINES

Telephone: 202-216-0700

Fax: 202-216-0824

sametta.c.barnett@delta.com

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

Marshall Sinick

Squire, Sanders & Demsey

1201 Pennsylvania Ave, NW

Washington, DC 20004

For ALASKA AIRLINES & 

FLORIDA WEST INT’L AIRWAYS

Telephone: 202-626-6600 or

202-626-6649

Fax: 202-626-6780

msinick@ssd.com

Fran Heil

Telephone: 202-496-5642

Bob Wirick, tel 817 963 0394

For: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

Fax: 202-857-4246

francis.heil@aa.com

robert.wirick@aa.com

Dawn Pefley

“Cozen O’Connor”

1627 I Street, NW, Ste 1100

Washington, DC 20006

For: KALITTA INTERNATIONAL

Telephone: 202-463-2525

Fax: 202-463-4950

DPefley@cozen.com

nwallace@wallaceair.com

***AMC TEAM

Krishna R. Urs

Dep. Asst. Secy, Trnsp. Affairs

Department of State

2201 C Street, NW, Room 5830

Washington, DC 20520

Fax: 202-647-4324

urskr@state.gov

Judy Kuo

Department of State – EUR/RUS

2201 C. Street, N.W., Room 4417

Washington, DC 20520

Fax: 202-647-8980
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Sandra Lunsford

3620 Hacks Cross Rd

Bldg. B, 3rd Floor

Memphis, TN 38135

For: FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP.

Telephone: 901-434-8589

Fax: 901-434-9289

sllunsford@fedex.com

Rick Zerkel, President

For: LYNDEN AIR CARGO

6441 s. Airpark Place

Anchorage, AK 99502

Telephone: 907-249-4100

Fax: 907-245-0642

rzerkel@lac.lynden.com

GWHITE@lac.lynden.com

JDAVIS@lac.lynden.com

Kevin P. Montgomery

1747 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

Suite 875

Washington, DC 20006

For: POLAR AIR

Telephone: 202-828-1002

Fax: 202-828-1003

Peter Beckett

Telephone 310-743-0142

Mobile: 914-572-1755

Kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com

peter.beckett@polaraircargo.com

Elaine Nisson

3900 W. Int’l Airport Rd.

Anchorage, Alaska 99519

For: NORTHERN AIR CARGO

Telephone: 907-243-3331 ext.514

Fax: 907-249-5190

Enisson@nac.aero

***AMC TEAM

Tom Gillies

Paul Chase

For: SOUTHERN AIR

Telephone: 859-568-9200

sales@southernair.com

TGillies@southernair.com

PChase@southernair.com

Paul Chase (859) 568-9159

***AMC TEAM

Aaron A. Goerlich

Garofalo, Goerlich & Hainbach, PC

1200 New Hampshire Ave., Suite 800

Washington, DC 20036

For: RYAN INTERNATIONAL

Telephone: 202-776-3970

Fax: 202-776-3975

agoerlich@ggh-airlaw.com

***AMC TEAM

Howard Kass

Ben Slocum

For: U.S. AIRWAYS

Telephone: 202-326-5153

Telephone: 480-693-5782 (Ben)

howard_kass@usairways.com

Benjamin.slocum@usairways.com

Anita Mosner 

Partner

Holland & Knight

For: UNITED PARCEL SERVICES

2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., 

Suite 100

Washington DC 20006

T: +1.202.419.2604

F: +1.202.955.5564

M: +1.202.378.0833

anita.mosner@hklaw.com

Jennifer.Nowak@hklaw.com

***AMC TEAM
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___________________________________

Dmitry Avdeev

Roger Rapier

Systems Operations Security Center 

(AJR-213)

FAA AIR TRAFFIC SYSTEM

OPERATIONS SECURITY

800 Independence Ave., SW

Washington, DC 20591

Telephone: 202-267-8115/5775

Fax: 202-267-9208

9-ATOR-HQ-RT-REQ@faa.gov

A. Oakely Brooks, President & CEO

& Paul Doell, Dir. Govt Affairs

National Air Carriers’ Association

(NACA)

Suite 1700

1000 Wilson Avenue

Arlington, VA 22209-3901

Telephone: 703-358-8065

Fax: 703-358-8070

abrooks@naca.cc 

Pdoell@naca.cc