BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

Joint Application of SINGAPORE AIRLINES LIMITED and OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY TRANSAERO AIRLINES For Statements ofAuthorization and related Exemption Authority pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 and 49 U.S.C. § 40109

APPLICATION OF Docket DOT-OST-2011-0115

OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY TRANSAERO AIRLINES FOR RENEWAL Communications withrespect to this document should be sentto: Denis Savchenko Head ofGovernmental Affairs Dept. ofInternational Relations TRANSAERO AIRLINES B. Polyanka Street, 47, Bld. 1 Moscow 119180, Russian Federation Kostadin Botev Regional Manager for NorthAmerica TRANSAERO AIRLINES Terminal4, Room 272.142 JFK International Airport Jamaica,NY 11430
May 15,2015 Gerald F. Murphy Steven J. Seiden CROWELL & MORING LLP 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004-2595 (202) 624

-2500 gmurphy@crowell.com sseiden@crowell.com Counsel for Transaero AirlinesBEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

Joint Application of SINGAPORE AIRLINES LIMITED and OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY TRANSAERO AIRLINES For Statements ofAuthorization and related Exemption Authority pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 and 49 U.S.C. § 40109

APPLICATION OF Docket DOT-OST-2011-0115

OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY TRANSAERO AIRLINES FORRENEWAL
Transaero 1 applies, pursuant to 49 U.S.C
. § 40109 and Subpart C ofthe Department's Rules ofPractice, for renewal ofits exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 authorizing Transaero to provide scheduled foreign air transportation ofpersons, property and mail between Moscow and Houston by displaying its "UN*" designator code on flights operated by Singapore Airlines ("SIA''), as well as operate its own·flights from any point(s) behind the Russian Federation, via any point(s) in the Russian Federation and intermediate points, to Moscow, for passengers traveling on SIA's flights (bearing Transaero's code) between Moscow and Houston. Transaero asks that its exemption authority be renewed for a period ofat least one year.
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### Renewal Application ofTransaero Page 2
Transaero states as follows in support ofits application: 1. 

### Transaero's exemption authority for Moscow-Houston codesharing with SIA was originally granted by Notice ofAction Taken dated July 8, 2011, and most recently renewed by Notice of Action Taken dated July 14, 2014, in this docket. Absent renewal, Transaero's exemption authority will expire on July 14, 2015. 2. Renewal ofTransaero's exemption authority will permit it to continue providing significant benefits to passengers traveling in these markets, stimulating demand, increasing competition and enhancing consumer convenience by offering single-carrier reservations and ticketing. Renewal is also consistent with the Multilateral Agreement on the Liberalization of International Air Transport (MALIAT), the Annexes to the 1994 U.S.-Russian Federation Air Transport Agreement (as amended by the February 13, 2009 U.S.-Russia Memorandum of Consultations), and the overall state of aviation relations between the United States and the Russian Federation. 2 

### 3. Transaero holds a foreign air carrier permit authorizing it to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail from any point or points behind the Russian Federation, via any point or points in the Russian Federation and intermediate points, to Los Angeles, California; New York, New York; Miami, Florida and San Francisco, California; and charter foreign transportation ofpersons, property and mail between points in the Russian Federation and points in the United States
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### See Notice ofAction Taken dated July 14, 2014 in this docket. 

### See Order 2013-3-3
.Renewal Application ofTransaero Page 3
4. Transaero invokes the automatic extension provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 558(c), as implemented by Part 377 ofthe Department's Special Regulations, to continue this authority in effectpending action on this renewal application. WHEREFORE, Transaero asks the Department to renew the exemption authority described herein for a period ofat least one year.

May 15,2015 Respectfully submitted, CROWELL & MORING 

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Gerald F. Murphy Steven J. Seiden gmurphy@crowell.com sseiden@crowell.com Counsel for Transaero AirlinesCERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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