BEFORE

THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

_____________________________________ )

Application of )

)

POLET AIRLINES )

) Docket No. : OST

– 2013

-

_____________ For an emergency cabotage exempt ion )

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 07 , 2013

.2 BEFORE

THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

_____________________________________ )

Applicati on of )

)

POLET AIRLINES )

) Docket No. : OST

– 2013

-

_____________ For an emergency cabotage exemption )

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109(g) )

____________________________________ )

APPLICATION FOR EMERGENCY CABOTAGE EXE MPTION

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 authori ze Polet’s operation of two (2 )

emergency one

- wa y outsized cargo charter flight s from Miramar MCAS, San Diego, California

to Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii transporting up to 10 0 ,000 pounds total of he licopters and

parts, including 3 x UH

- 1Y Huey helicopter s with dimensions 653x138x158 inches, each

weighing 11,980 pounds and 3 x AH

- 1W Super Cobra helicopters with dimensions 673x88x157

inches, each weighing 10,716 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 28

,

20 13 and completed by August 30, 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 o ther means of transportation. In

support of its application Polet respectfully states the following :3 1. Polet was requested on August 07

, 2013 by AMC to submit this application in

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

requirement is for immediate movement of the equipment on August 28, 2013 in order to meet

time sensitive delivery schedule s. Delivery for the equipment is required by August 30, 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 im possible due to location. Polet’s

Antonov AN

- 12 4

- 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 b etween 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 n eed for immediate receipt of the equipment in order to meet time

sensiti ve helicopters delivery schedule and the unique outsized nature of the cargo constitutes an4 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 07 th day of August 2013

.

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

permit the operation scheduled to begin August 28 , 201 3 of 2 (two ) one

- way cargo char ter 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.com5 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 07 th 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, I NC.

Telephone: 202

- 298

- 8660

Fax: 202

- 342

- 0683

mlbenge@zsrlaw.com John L. Richardson

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

555 13 th 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@aawholdin gs.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 77 002

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 INT ERNATIONAL INC

Telephone: 503

- 472

- 9361

Tel: 503.472.0011

Fax: 503.434.4210

charters@evergreenairlines.com6 Robert P. Silverberg

Jeff Johnson

Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff, LLP

Suite 120

1101 30 th 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

J oe 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

Washi ngton, 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

r obert.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

- 89807 Sandra Lunsford

3620 Hacks Cross Rd

Bldg. B, 3 rd 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

Ke vin.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

Pa ul 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@us airways.com Anita Mo sner

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 TE AM8 ___________________________________ 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