BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________ 

 ) 

Application of ) 

 ) 

SKY LEASE I, INC. ) DOCKET OST-2011-0092

 ) 

for renewal of exemption authority ) 

(U.S.-China) ) 

__________________________________________) 

APPLICATION OF SKY LEASE I, INC.

FOR RENEWAL OF 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

john@mietuslaw.com

Counsel for SKY LEASE I, INC.

 

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

answer and serving a copy of the answer on counsel for Sky 

Lease and upon persons served with this application no later 

than February 12, 2015. 

January 28, 2015
BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________ 

 ) 

Application of ) 

 ) 

SKY LEASE I, INC. ) DOCKET OST-2011-0092 

 ) January 28, 2015

for renewal of exemption authority ) 

(U.S.-China) ) 

__________________________________________) 

APPLICATION OF SKY LEASE I, INC.

FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109(c), Sky Lease I, Inc. (“Sky Lease”) 

respectfully requests renewal of the above-captioned exemption, granted by 

Notice of Action Taken dated April 8, 2013, for an additional, two-year period.

The Notice, set to expire on April 8, 2015, permits Sky Lease to engage in 

scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail between a point or 

points in the United States, on the one hand, and a point or points in the 

People’s Republic of China, on the other hand, via intermediate points and 

beyond China; it also authorizes Sky Lease to integrate this exemption 

authority with its existing authority. Sky Lease intends to invoke the 

automatic extension provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 558(c) and Part 377 of the 

Department's Special Regulations; this application is timely pursuant to 14 

C.F.R. § 377.10. In support of this application, Sky Lease states as follows: 
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Renewal Application

1. Sky Lease is an air carrier of property and mail headquartered in 

Greensboro, North Carolina. It is a U.S. citizen within the meaning of 49 

U.S.C. § 40102(a)(5) and holds two certificates of public convenience and 

necessity: one authorizing domestic all-cargo transportation (and worldwide

charter service) and a second with blanket, all-cargo, open skies authority. 

Sky Lease provides extensive scheduled and charter service in a number of 

international markets with B747 and MD-11 freighter aircraft. 

2. Sky Lease submits that renewal of the authority remains in the 

public interest and consistent with U.S.-China aviation relations. Sky Lease

wishes to have the flexibility to operate scheduled service to and from China 

in the future. Information officially noticeable under Rule 24(g) of the 

Department’s Procedural Regulations supports Sky Lease’s continued fitness 

for U.S.-China service. Renewal will not constitute a major regulatory action 

under Part 313 of the Department’s regulations and the Energy Policy and 

Conservation Act of 1975. Finally, the authority to be renewed is 

contemplated by the 2007 Protocol to the U.S.-China Air Transport 

Agreement, which provides for unlimited U.S. all-cargo carrier designations.