BEFORE THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

_____________________________________ ) Application of ) ) POLET AIRLINES ) ) Docket No. : OST

– 2012

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_____________ 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 350 Fifth Avenue Suite 2 805 New York, NY 10118 Tel. +1(212)279

- 3707 Fax: +1(212)279

- 6499 Email: Sales.USA@PoletAirlines.com

August 16 , 2012

.2 BEFORE THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

_____________________________________ ) Application of ) ) POLET AIRLINES ) ) Docket No. : OST

– 2012

-

_____________ For an emergency cabotage exemption ) Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109(g) ) ____________________________________ )

APPLICATION FOR EMERGENCY CABOTAGE EXEMPT ION

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 authorize Polet’s operation of one (1)

emergency one

- wa y outsized cargo charter flight from Alliance Fort Worth, Texas to Miami

International, Florida transporting up to 25,000 kg including a replacement kit and one Rolls
Royce Trent 892 engine on “the multipurpose” stand (allowing for a quick change) for American
Airlines AOG Boeing 777 aircraft. The engine on the multipurpose stand has the dimensions of
517x328x310 cm and weighs 9800 kg

. This Trent 892 engine in this configuration on the

multipurpose stand is confi rmed unloadable into any conventional air freighter, including Boeing

747F

. American Airlines requires most urgent delivery of this replacement engine on August 17,
2012 for its AOG Boeing 777 aircraft in Miami.

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. In support of its application Polet
respectfully states the following :3 1. Polet was requested on August 16
, 2012 by American Airlines/Rolls Royce to

su bmit this application in order to meet deadlines imposed for transporting the above described

equipment. American Airlines/Rolls Royce stated requirement is for immediate movement of

the equipment on August 17 , 2012 in order to minimize losses from the Bo eing 777 aircraft
remaining out of service

. Delivery for the equipment is required on August 17 , 2012 and
American Airlines/Rolls Royce 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 impractical due to timing and delicate
nature of this expensive cargo . Polet’s Antonov AN

- 124

- 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 au thorized
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 between 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 need for immediate receipt of the eq uipment in order to meet time

sensiti ve replacement aircraft engine delivery and the unique outsized nature of the cargo4 constitutes an emergency not arising in the normal course of business. Moreover, a grant of this
authority would p revent unreasonable hardship and minimize financial loss to American

Airlines

. 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 16 th day of August 2012

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

permit the operation scheduled August 17 , 201 2 of 1 (one ) one

- way cargo charter flight in

Polet’s AN124

- 100 airc raft transporting the oversized Rolls Royce Trent 892 engine and related

equipment as above identified.

Respectfully Submitted

___________________________________ Dmitry Avdee v, MBA Sales Manager Polet Airlines 350 Fifth Avenue Suite 2805 New York, NY 10118 Tel. +1(212)279

- 3707 Fax: +1(212)279

- 6499 Email: Sales.USA@PoletAirlines.com5 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on this 16 th day of August I have served a copy o f 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, INC. Telephone: 202

- 298

- 8660 Fax: 202

- 342

- 0 683 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@johnlr ichardson.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 Williams C. Evans 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 bill@mietuslaw.com john@mietuslaw.com

Hershel Kamen Dan Weiss 1600 Smith Street, Ste HQSGV Houston, TX 77002 For: UNITED/CONTI NENTAL AIRLINES Telephone: 713

- 324

- 6697 or 713

- 324

- 2140 or (312) 997

- 7573 (Dan Weiss) Fax: 713

- 324

- 2749 hkamen@coair.com dan.weiss@coair.com Ben Graves Daniel Commins Kelli Bryan (Charter Sales) Evergreen International Airlines For: EVERGREEN INTERNAT IONAL INC Telephone: 503

- 472

- 9361 Tel: 503.472.0011 Fax: 503.434.4210 charters@evergreenairlines.com6 Angeline N. Garbuzinski 3620 Hacks Cross Rd Bldg. B, 3 rd Floor Memphis, TN 38135 For: FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP. Telephone: 901

- 434

- 8589 Fax: 901

- 434

- 9289

an bird@fedex.com Judy McKenzie, President For: LYNDEN AIR CARGO 6441 s. Airpark Place Anchorage, AK 99502 Telephone: 907

- 249

- 4100 Fax: 907

- 245

- 0642 judy@lac.lynden.com

Kevin P. Montgomery 1747 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 875 Washington, DC 20006 For: PO LAR AIR Telephone: 202

- 828

- 1002 Fax: 202

- 828

- 1003 Peter Beckett Telephone 310

- 743

- 0142 Mobile: 914

- 572

- 1755 Kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com peter.beckett@polaraircargo.com Elaine Nisson Mark Liland 3900 W. Int’l Airport Rd. Anchorage, Alaska 99519 For: NORTHERN AIR CARGO Telephone: 907

- 243

- 3331 ext.514 Fax: 907

- 249

- 5190 Mliland@nac.aero Enisson@nac.aero ***AMC TEAM

Tom Gillies Richard Macri For: SOUTHERN AIR Telephone: 203

- 847

- 6000 vryan@southernair.com sales@southernair.com TGillies@southernai r.com RMacri@southernair.com ***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

H oward Kass Ben Slocum For: U.S. AIRWAYS Telephone: 202

- 326

- 5153 Telephone: 480

- 693

- 5782 (Ben) howard_kass@usairways.com Benjamin.slocum@usairways.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 ***AMC TEAM7 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 Joe 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 Washington, 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 Frank Avent Airline Information Research 343 Round Hill Road Sapphire, North Carolina 28774 Telephone: 703

- 489

- 9801 info@airlineinfo.com

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

- 89808 ___________________________________ 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 Carr iers’ 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

Dawn Pefley “Cozen O’Connor” 1627 I Street, NW, Ste 1100 Washington, DC 20006 For: KA LITTA INTERNATIONAL Telephone: 202

- 463

- 2525 Fax: 202

- 463

- 4950 DPefley@cozen.com nwallace@wallaceair.com ***AMC TEAM

# [I Rolls-Royce

File : M 8777 Reg

. N762AN AOG i n Miami (MIA)

August 16
, 2012

Robert Finamore Foreign Carrier Licensing Divis i on Office of International Aviation Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE Washington
, DC 20590

Dear Mr. Finamore Rolls-Royce North America Inc. A FW Maint. & Eng

. Center 2 0 00 E a gle P a rk w a y M ail Drop 83 56 Fort W orth
, Te x as 76161 Tel : (817 ) 837

- 8008 ext

. 2021 Fa x: ( 8 1 7 ) 837-8 0 10

For the purpose of expediting the transport of the Rolls-Royce Trent 892 jet engine and supporting equipment from AFW to MIA, the current engine configuration is such that it cannot be transported in a 8747 fre i ghter and only the An 124-100 aircraft is capable of performing this operat i on

. In order to use a 8747 freighter, the engine would have to be transferred into another type of engine stand. As well, a number of engine parts would need to be removed and additional tooling installed which would allow the engine to be rotated on its axis, all of which would take a considerable number of man hours. Converse l y , once the eng i ne arrives at the remote site engine change location, an equal number of man hours would be required to prepare the engine for installation onto the aircraft

. In order to expedite the return to service of the grounded aircraft
, the use of the An 124

- 1 00 is considered the preferred method to transport the engine and tool i ng in this situation

.

Sincerely yours ,

Phil Petersen Rolls-Royce Senior Services Representative