BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

_________________________________________ ) Application of ) ) VOLGA

- DNEPR AIRLINE S LLC ) ) Docket OST

- 201 4

- for an emergency exemption pursuant to ) 49 U.S.C . § 40109(g) ) ) ) Moffett Field , CA

– Titusville , FL )

_________________________________________ )

APPLICATION OF VOLGA
- DNEPR AIRLINE S LLC FOR AN EMERGENCY EXEMPTION Communication with respect to this document should be a ddressed to: Alexey I. Isaikin Artem Tarasenko Chairman Operations Manager Volga

- Dnepr Airlines LLC Volga Dnepr

- Unique Air Cargo, Inc. 14 Karbysheva Street 9400 Grogan’s Mill Road, Ulyanovsk 432072 Town Center Plaza, Suite 220 , Russia The Woodlands, TX 77381, USA (832) 585

- 8611

DATED: May 12 , 201 4

NOTICE: THIS APPLICATION IS FILED PURSUANT TO THE EMERGENCY EXEMPTION PROCEDURES OF 14 C.F.R. § 302.410, WHICH AUTHORIZE THE DEPARTMENT TO ACT ON EMERGENCY EXEMPTIO NS IMMEDIATELY. ANY PERSON INTERESTED IN FILING AN ANSWER IS REQUESTED TO DO SO IN THE ABOVE DOCKET IMMEDIATELY. COPIES OF THE SUBMISSION SHOULD BE SERVED ON THE PERSONS LISTED ABOVE AND ON THE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST.BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT ATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

_________________________________________ ) Application of ) ) VOLGA

- DNEPR AIRLINES LLC ) ) Docket OST

- 201 4

- for an emergency exemption pursuant to ) 49 U.S.C. § 40109(g) ) ) ) Moffett Field, CA

– Titusville, FL )

_________________________________________ )

APPLICATION OF VOLGA
- DNEPR AIRLINE S LLC FOR AN EMERGENCY EXEMPTION

Volga

- Dnepr Airline s LLC (“Volga

- Dnepr Airlines” or "Volga

- Dnepr") respectfully requests an emergency exemption from the provisions of 49 U.S.C. §§ 40109(g) and 41703(c), and otherwise applicable provisions of the Department of Transportation (“DOT”) regulations, so as to permit Volga

- Dnepr to operate one ( 1 ) one - way cargo charter flight , uti lizing Volga

D nepr’s AN

- 124

- 100 aircraft to transport cargo from Moffett Field , California to NASA Shuttle Landing Facility , Titusville, Florida on around May 19

– May 21 , 201 4 , on behalf of Space Systems Loral (SSL)

. The outsize d cargo to be transported b y Volga

- Dnepr consist s of Saturn Satellite Container ( L

- 345 " x W

- 175 " x H

- 162 " / 25 , 0 0 0 pounds ) with a satellite inside it

. As described, the payload is outsized and cannot be accommodated by domestic commercial carrier aircraft. In support of its applicat ion, Volga

- Dnepr states as follows:1. Volga

- Dnepr is a foreign air carrier holding appropriate DOT authority to conduct all

cargo charter foreign air transportation between a point or points in Russia and a point or points in the United States, and all

- ca rgo charter transportation between the United Sates and third countries pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212. 2. Volga

- Dnepr will operate the flight on behalf of SSL as part of an effort to provide urgently needed lift to leave Moffett Field not later than the s et dates

. SSL is shipping the satellite inside the Saturn Container to meet its deadlines and not to delay vibration and acoustic testing schedule , while only the use of Volga

- Dnepr's outsized aircraft can make it possible to perform the services in questi on within the set schedule. 3. Due to the size of the cargo and the urgency of the shipment , SSL cannot use surface transportation to ship the cargo . An evaluation conducted by SSL eliminated all other conventional movement methods including over the road trucking and rail transportation as viable methods to meet current needs

. 4. Given the tight schedules associated with the satellite testing and production , Volga

Dnepr must perform the operations not later than within the set dates. Volga

- Dnepr is polling all U.S. certificated air carriers on the attached service list and will inform the Department of the results of that poll. 5. Under 49 U.S.C. § 40109(g), the Department may authorize a foreign air carrier to transport commercial traffic between U.S. poi nts under limited circumstances. Specifically, the Department must find 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 accommodate the traffic on U.S. certificated air carriers; and that the exemption is necessary to avoid unreasonable hardship for the tr affic. This application is consistent with the public interest and meets all of the relevant criteria under 49 U.S.C. § 40109(g) for the grant of an exemption.6. Grant of this application is in the pub lic interest. T imely shipment of the SS Loral’s

satell ite is imperative to avoid substantial delay in its testing and production schedule

. 7. In this instance, an emergency created by unusual circumstances not arising in the normal course of business exists as a result of the size of the Saturn Container , as well as the exigent circumstances surrounding the impossibility to use any other mode of transportation, and the lack of availability of U.S. commercial aircraft of the nature of the AN

- 124

- 100 operated by Volga

- Dnepr Airlines. As a result, the best way to resolve this emergency is for the AN

- 124

- 100 aircraft to transport the equipment in question. 8. As previously stated, no U.S. carrier operates aircraft that ar e able to transport this
cargo. 9. Grant of this exemption application is necessary to avoid un reasonable hardship for the traffic at issue. 10. Volga

- Dnepr’s fitness and ability to carry out the proposed transportation has been amply demonstrated through its conduct of number of cargo charter operati ons on behalf of SSL in and out of the United Sta tes and throughout the world. 11. Grant of this application is consistent with Department precedent. Foreign air carriers have been granted emergency exemption authority to carry cargo between U.S. points when an emergency existed as a result of unusual ci rcumstances not arising in the normal course of business. See, e.g., Orders 96

- 6

- 31, 96

- 4

- 29, 95

- 11

- 35, 95

- 2

- 35, 94

- 11

- 6 and 94

- 4

- 14, as well as Notices of Action Taken in dockets OST

- 04

- 17906, OST

- 07

- 26806, OST

- 07

- 27125, OST

- 07

- 28857, OST

- 08

- 0003, and OST

- 09

- 0041. 12. In light of the exigent circumstances, Volga

- Dnepr requests expeditious processing and the immediate grant of this emergency exemption application. The Department’s Procedural Regulations provide that the Department can act on an emergency ex emption application immediately. Designated agent for Volga

- Dnepr will promptly advise the Department of the responses of the interested U.S. carriers to the telephone poll regarding this application.WHEREFORE, Volga

- Dnepr respectfully requests that the D epartment issue an

emergency exemption permitting it to operate one ( 1 ) one - way cargo charter flight , utilizing Volga

- D nepr’s AN

- 124

- 100 aircraft , to transport cargo from Moffett Field , California to NASA Shuttle Landing Facility, Titusville, Florida on ar ound May 19

– May 21 , 2014, as described herein, and grant such further relief as the Department deems to be consistent with the public interest.

Respectfully submitted,

_______________________________________ Artem Tarasenko Designated agent for Volga

- Dnepr Airlines (832) 585

- 8611

Dated: May 12 , 201 4CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that I have on this day served a copy of the foregoing document upon all persons named on the attached service list via electronic mail.

A rtem Tarasenko

Dated : May 12 , 201 4Service List

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 Marshall Sinick Squire, Sanders & Demsey 1201 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20004 For ALASKA AIRLINES & FLORIDA WEST Telephone: 202

- 626

- 6600 or 202

- 626

- 6649 Fax: 202

- 626

- 6780 msinick@ssd.com

Howard Kass Bob Wirick For: AMERICAN AIRLINES U.S. AIRWAYS howard.kass@aa.com robert.wirick@aa.com John L. Richardson Joh n L. Richardson, P.L.L.C. 555 13 th Street, N.W. Suite 420 West Washington, DC 20004 For: AMERIJET INTERNATIONAL, INC. Telephone: 202

- 371

- 2258 Fax: 202

- 828

- 0158 jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com Michell e Riordan mriordan@johnlrichardson.com Joan M. Canny Senior Vice President and General Counsel AMERIJET INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2800 S. Andrews Ave. Ft. Lauderdale, FL. 33316 Office 954

- 320

- 5300, Fax 305

- 423

- 3246 Direct 954

- 320

- 5367 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 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@m ietuslaw.comAlexander Van der Bellen

1275 K St., NW, Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20005 For: DELTA AIRLINES sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com S andra 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 Sandra Lunsford sllunsford@fedex.com Dawn Pefley “Cozen O’Connor” 1627 I Street, NW, Ste 1100 Washington, DC 20006 For: KALITTA AI R, L.L.C. Telephone: 202

- 463

- 2525 Fax: 202

- 463

- 4950 DPefley@cozen.com Mark Atwood matwood@cozen.com Ned Wallace nwallace@wallaceair.com Lynn Stauffer lstauffer@wallaceair.com Rick Zerkel, President rzerkel@lac.lynden.com Garry White gwhite@lac.lynden.com Jim Davis jdavis@lac.lynden.com For: LYNDEN AIR CARGO 6441 s. Airpark Place Anchorage, AK 99502 Telephone: 907

- 249

- 4100 Fax: 907

- 245

- 0642

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 Elaine Nisson enisson@nac.aero Margot Wiegele mwiegele@nac.aero Kevin P. Montgomery 1747 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 875 Washingto n, DC 20006 For: POLAR AIR Telephone: 202

- 828

- 1002 Fax: 202

- 828

- 1003 Peter Beckett Telephone 310

- 743

- 0142 Kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com pet er.beckett@polaraircargo.comTom Gillies

Paul Chase For: SOUTHERN AIR Telephone: 203

- 847

- 6000 TGillies@southernair.com PChase@southernair.com Aaron A. G oerlich Garofalo, Goerlich & Hainbach, PC 1200 New Hampshire Ave., Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 agoerlich@ggh

- airlaw.com Dan Weiss 1600 Smith Street, Ste HQSGV Houston, TX 77002 For: UNITED/CONTINENTAL AIR LINES Telephone: 713

- 324

- 6697 or 713

- 324

- 2140 or (312) 997

- 7573 (Dan Weiss) Fax: 713

- 324

- 2749 dan.weiss@coair.com

Anita Mosner 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 anita.mosner@hklaw.com jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com d smalls@ups.com Frank Avent Airline I nformation 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 583 0 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

- 8980

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 & C EO & 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 Pdoell@naca.cc