BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________ 

 ) 

Application of ) 

 ) 

CENTURION AIR CARGO, INC. ) DOCKET OST-2009-0141 

for renewal of exemption authority ) 

(U.S.-Dominican Republic) ) 

__________________________________________) 

APPLICATION OF CENTURION AIR CARGO, 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 CENTURION AIR CARGO, INC.

 

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

answer and serving a copy of the answer on counsel for 

Centurion 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 ) 

 ) 

CENTURION AIR CARGO, INC. ) DOCKET OST-2009-0141

 ) January 28, 2015

for renewal of exemption authority ) 

(U.S.-Dominican Republic) ) 

__________________________________________) 

APPLICATION OF CENTURION AIR CARGO, INC.

FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109(c), Centurion Air Cargo, Inc. 

(“Centurion”) respectfully requests renewal of the above-captioned 

exemption, granted by Notice of Action Taken dated April 1, 2013, for an 

additional, two-year period. The Notice, set to expire on April 1, 2015, 

permits Centurion to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of 

property and mail between a point or points in the United States, via 

intermediate points, and the co-terminal points Santo Domingo and Puerto 

Plata, Dominican Republic, and beyond to points in the Caribbean and South 

America.; it also authorizes Centurion to integrate this exemption authority 

with its existing authority. Centurion 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, Centurion states as follows: 
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Renewal Application

1. Centurion is an air carrier of property and mail headquartered at 

Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida. 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; Centurion also holds scheduled exemption authority to serve 

China and several Latin American countries. Centurion provides extensive 

scheduled and charter service in a number of international markets with the 

MD-11 freighter aircraft it operates. 

2. Centurion submits that renewal of the authority remains in the 

public interest and consistent with the aviation relationship between the U.S. 

and the Dominican Republic. Centurion wishes to have the flexibility to 

operate scheduled service to and from that country in the future. 

Information officially noticeable under Rule 24(g) of the Department’s 

Procedural Regulations supports Centurion’s continued fitness for service

between the U.S. and the Dominican Republic. 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 1986 U.S.-Dominican Republic Air Transport 

Agreement.