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RUSSELL . E . POMME R (202)822-912 1 -Telephon e 1202 1 822-915 2 - Fi x rpammer@atla$alr.eo m Jul y 13,201 0 Ms , Beraic e Gra

y Offic e o f Internationa

l Aviatio n U.S . Departmen

t of Transportatio n 120 0 Ne w Jerse y Ave. , S E Washington , D.C . 2059 0 Re : Reques t

fo r Emergenc y Waive

r an d Applicatio n fo r Notic e o f Consistenc y fo

r Brazi l Charter s Dea r Ms . Gray : Atla s Air , Inc . ("Atlas" ) hereb y request s issuanc e o f aNotic e o f

Consistenc y fo

r two Brazi l carg o charte

r flights , schedule d t

o b e flow n omJulv 1 6 an

d Jul y 18 , an

d a waive r fromth e rul e tha

t carrier s wit

h schedule d Brazi l authorit y no t b e grante d charte

r allocation s unti l the las t

tw o month s o f

th e chaiter

year . Due t o the exigencie s describe d below , Atla s furthe

r request s prompt

dispositio n o f

thi s request . I

n suppor t o f thi s request . Atla s state s as follows : 1 . Atla s hold s authorit

y for, an d operate s schedule d all-carg o servic e between th e Unite d State s an

d Brazil . Unti l recently , Atla s had littl e or no proble mopergtin g n/

i ho c flights t o point s i

n Brazi l no t

o n it s reeulai

- schedule , a s "extrasections^ f it s U.S.

- Brazi l schedule d services . Th e Brazilia n regulator

y authority , ANAC , woul d regularly, , gi-ant"-p5mit

s fo r suc h flights . Tha

t ha s suddenly changed . 2 . Earlier

thi s week, Atla s applie d fo r permissio n t

o operat e tw o upcomin g flights wit

h ast^-a * Rio d

e JaneirojGIG) . ANACl^a s advise d tha t i t wil l no t gran t permit s fo r theflights . i'Ci

t ejqjlanation given t

o ou r representative s i s tha

t Brazil' s pohc y i s t o grant extf asection s only to flights involvin g point s show n on th e schedule s previously filed b y the canie r through th e designate d schedul e filing system , HOTRAN , which GI G i s not . 3 . Atla s didno t

anticipat e thi s problemwhen i t

mad e an'angement s to operat

e the flights in questio n o

n behal f o f aparticula

r shipper . Ther

e was no reaso n to believ e tha t ANAC would chang e it s longstandin g polic y of liberall y grantin g extr asectio n approvals .

### Ms . Beraic e Gra y Jul y 13,201 0 Pag e 2 4 . Becaus e Atla s ha s schedule d th e tw o flights t o operat e i n severa l day s an d wishe s t o avoi d inconveniencing th e shipper , Atla s i s applyin g herei n fo r aNotic e o f Consistenc y fo

r the flights. Atla s als o seek s awaive r o f th e provisio n mth e Brazi l Carg o Charte r Autliorizatio n Notice , serve d Jun e 11,2010 , tha t prohibit s schedule d carrier s fro mobtainin g Notice s o f

Consistenc y unti l the las t

tw o month s o f

th e charte r year . Th e requeste d action s ar

e in th e publi c interes t

becaus e the y wil l prevent

adisruptio n o f

th e flow o f good s whil e th e U.S . governmen t ha s th e opportunit

y t o addres s th e imderlyin g issu e o n a n intergovernmenta

l basis. , 5 . Information abou

t the plaime d flights i s a s follows : (a) Numbe

r o f flights requested : 2 (b ) Tim e period : Jul y 201 0 (c ) Planned flight

date s an d routing s ( + o

r - 2 days) : Departur e Dat e July 1 6 Jul y 1 8 Routin e

MIA-GIG-MI

A MIA-GIG-MI

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mtraffic wil l b e carried o n thes e flights.. (d ) Aircraft : Boein g 74 7 fireighter s (e ) Typ e ofcarg o t

o b e transported : Genera

l carg o 6 . W e intend t o pol l the person s serve d wit h thi s appUcation . Than k you vei y muc

h fo r you r attentio n t o thi s matter . Vei y trul y yours , ^'"'"T' ^ Russell E . Pomme

r Associat e Genera l Counse l an d Senio r Director o f Regulator y Affair s Cc : Pau l Gretc h EstaRosenber

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y o f July 2010 , cause d acop y o f th e foregoin g applicatio n t o b e serve d b y e-mail on al l person s liste d below : Name . Pierre Murph

y Willia mC . Evan s Marshal l Sinick To mGillie s Representin g

Arro w Centurio n Florid aWes t Souther n Ai r E-mai l

pmurphy@lopmurphy.co m bill@mietuslaw.co m msinick@ssd . co

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