BEFORE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C.

Application of

FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION
for one Hong Kong-Dubai fifth-freedom all-cargo frequency Docket OST-2010-__________

APPLICATION OF FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION FOR IMMEDIATE ALLOCATION
Communications with respect to th is document should be sent to:

G. Bailey Leopard, Jr. Senior Counsel FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION Regulatory Affairs 3620 Hacks Cross Road Building B, 3rd Floor Memphis, Tennessee 38125 (901) 434-6664 (phone) (901) 434-8283 (fax) Email: gbleopard@fedex.com
Attorney for FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION

NOTICE: Answers to this application are due on June 16, 2010, but FedEx Express respectfully requests expedited treatment of this application. FedEx Express will poll interested parties and advise the Department of the results.

June 1, 2010BEFORE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C.

Application of

FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION
for one Hong Kong-Dubai fifth-freedom all-cargo frequency Docket OST-2010-___________

APPLICATION OF FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION FOR IMMEDIATE ALLOCATION
Federal Express Corporation (“FedEx Expr ess”) submits this application under 14
C.F.R. Part 302, subpart C and the October 19, 2002 Memorandum of Understanding
between the United States and Hong Kong (“the 2002 MOU”). FedEx Express hereby
applies for one weekly Hong Kong-Dubai frequency, with full traffic rights, to use on the
following service, which will connect FedEx Express’s Dubai hub in the Middle East to
its SuperHub in Memphis, its European hub in Paris and Hong Kong with full traffic
rights:

Equipment Day (Local) Origin Destination MD-11 1 Friday MEM CDG CDG DXB+ Saturday DXB HKG

The requested frequency is available under the Hong Kong-Duba i point-cap since
Kalitta Air, L.L.C. recently exchanged tw o Hong Kong-Dubai frequencies for two Hong

1 FedEx Express will use MD-11 aircraft from its existing fleet on this y ear-round service. The MD-11 has a gross payload of 196,000 pounds.

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Kong-Manama, Bahrain freque ncies, and FedEx Express has long sought Hong KongDubai fifth-freedom authority since it became available under the 2002 MOU. The
Department’s grant of FedEx Express’s reques t will be in the public interest, allowing it
to provide competition on this important lane segment one time per week against UPS,
who holds five Hong Kong-Dubai fifth-freedom frequencies, and foreign carriers in the

market.
FedEx Express seeks an a llocation for an indefinite period, consistent with
Department practice, and will accept the Depart ment’s standard dormancy requirement.
The authority requested in this application is consistent with bilateral air services
agreements between the United States, on the one hand, and Hong Kong, the United Arab

Emirates, and all other relevant countries, on the other hand.
FedEx Express currently operates the above -described service on a “blind sector”
basis between Hong Kong and Duba i, so it could start using the relevant frequency as
soon as the Department grants this a pplication and the H ong Kong Civil Aviation
Department approves the service for the exerci se of full traffic ri ghts between Dubai and
Hong Kong. Therefore, FedEx Express is resp ectfully requesting expedited treatment of
this application, and FedEx Expr ess will poll interested partie s and advise the Department

of the results.
FedEx Express is a Delaware corporati on with its principal office at 3610 Hacks
Cross Road, Memphis, Tennessee 38125. FedEx Express holds certificates of public
convenience and necessity authorizing it to en gage in domestic and foreign all-cargo airApplication of Federal Express Corporation Page 3

transportation. 2 The proposed services are well with in the scope of the operations that

FedEx Express is authorized to provide.
FedEx Express is a citizen of the United States and is fit, willing, and able to
provide the requested service. All of FedEx Express’s officer s, directors, shareholders,
and influential management are citizens of the United States, and well over 75% of its
voting rights are in the hands of U.S. c itizens. The proposed services would not
constitute a major regulator y action under the Energy Polic y and Conservation Act and
Part 313 of the Department’s regulation.

Conclusion
FedEx Express respectfully requests that the Department grant FedEx Express
authority for one U.S.-Hong Kong-Dubai fifth- freedom frequency. FedEx Express also
respectfully requests the Department to consid er this application on an expedited basis.
Respectfully submitted,

FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION

_______ /s/

____________________ G. Bailey Leopard, Jr. Sr. Counsel Regulatory Affairs

2 See Order 98-7-6 (US domestic), Orders 89-5-10, 90-7-50, 90-10-11, 94-6-5, and 98-6-22 (transpacific), and broad route integration authority granted on September 25, 2003, in Docket OST-95- 838.Certificate of Service
I hereby certify that I have this 1 st day of June, 2010, cause d the Application of Federal Express Corporation for Immediat e Allocation to be served upon each party listed below in the manner indicated.

_________ /s/

_____________________ G. Bailey Leopard, Jr.

Edward W. Sauer Counsel for Evergreen International Airlines, Inc. esauer@ssd.com (via e-mail) C. Blair Berselli Evergreen International Airlines, Inc. blair.berselli@evergreenairlines.com (via e-mail)

Mark W. Atwood Counsel for Kalitta Air, LLC matwood@sherblackwell.com (via e-mail) Alexander Van der Bellen Counsel for Delta Air Lines, Inc. sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com (via e-mail)
Pierre Murphy Counsel for Arrow Air, Inc. pmurphy@lopmurphy.com (via e-mail) Kevin P. Montgomery Polar Air Cargo, Inc. kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com (via e-mail)

Dontai Smalls United Parcel Service Co. dsmalls@ups.com (via e-mail) Danielle Fisher Counsel for United Parcel Service Co. dfisher@kelleydrye.com (via e-mail)

Aaron A. Goerlich Counsel for Southern Air Inc. agoerlich@ggh-airlaw.com (via e-mail) Tim Brown, President Gemini Worldwide Airways LLC tbrown@geminiairways.com (via e-mail)
Malcolm L. Benge Counsel for World Airways, Inc. mlbenge@zsrlaw.com (via e-mail) Russell E. Pommer Atlas Air, Inc. rpommer@atlasair.com (via e-mail)

Bill Evans Counsel for TradeWinds Airlines bill@mietuslaw.com (via e-mail)