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) )

 )

____________________________________ )

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to:

Dmitry Avdeev, 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.com

January 23, 2012.
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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 EXEMPTION

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 six (6)

emergency one-way outsized cargo charter flights from Campbell Army Airfield, Kentucky to 

Victorville, California transporting up to 310,000 pounds total of helicopters and parts, including 

6 x AH-64 helicopters with dimensions 592x206x140 inches, each weighing 13,000 pounds; 

11 x UH-60M helicopters with dimensions 600x120x148 inches, each weighing 14,660 pounds;

12 x OH-58D helicopters with dimensions 408x100x107 inches, each weighing 5,000 pounds

to be shipped by the United States Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois 

(AMC). AMC requires the mission to be operated from January 26, 2012 and completed by

February 02, 2012. 

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 or any other means of transportation. In 

support of its application Polet respectfully states the following:
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1. Polet was requested on January 20, 2012 by AMC to submit this application in 

order to meet deadlines imposed for transporting the above described equipment. AMC’s stated 

requirement is for immediate movement of the equipment in order to meet time sensitive training

schedules. Delivery for the equipment is required by February 02, 2012 and AMC’s 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 location. 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 authorized 

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 equipment in order to meet time 

sensitive helicopters delivery schedule and the unique outsized nature of the cargo constitutes an 

emergency not arising in the normal course of business. Moreover, a grant of this authority 

would prevent unreasonable hardship to AMC, U.S. Air Force and U.S. Army.
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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 23rd day of January 2012.

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

permit the operation scheduled to begin January 26, 2012 of 6 (six) one-way cargo charter flight

in Polet’s AN124-100 aircraft transporting all of oversized helicopters and related equipment as 

above identified.

Respectfully Submitted

 

___________________________________

Dmitry Avdeev, 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.com
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 23rd day of January I have served a copy of the Application 

for Emergency Cabotage Exemption Application of the following by email or facsimile:

Robert P. Silverberg

Jeff Johnson

Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff, LLP

Suite 120

1101 30th 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

John L. Richardson

John L. Richardson, P.L.L.C.

555 13th 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@johnlrichardson.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/CONTINENTAL

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 INTERNATIONAL 

INC

Telephone: 503-472-9361

Tel: 503.472.0011

Fax: 503.434.4210

charters@evergreenairlines.com
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Angeline N. Garbuzinski

3620 Hacks Cross Rd

Bldg. B, 3rd Floor

Memphis, TN 38135

For: FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP.

Telephone: 901-434-8589

Fax: 901-434-9289

anbird@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: POLAR 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@southernair.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

Howard 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 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

M: +1.202.378.0833

anita.mosner@hklaw.com

***AMC TEAM
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Malcolm L. Benge

Corporate Counsel

999 Seventeenth Street, NW

Washington, DC 20006-3309

For: WORLD AIRWAYS, INC.

Telephone: 202-298-8660

Fax: 202-342-0683

mlbenge@zsrlaw.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

Jeff.Morgan@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

Carl B. Nelson, Jr., Esq.

Associate General Counsel

1101 17th Street, N.W. Suite 

600Washington, DC 20036-4704

For: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

Telephone: 202-496-5647

Fax: 202-857-4246

carl.nelson@aa.com

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

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: 202-647-8980
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___________________________________

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 Carriers’ Association

(NACA)

Suite 1700

1000 Wilson Avenue

Arlington, VA 22209-3901

Telephone: 703-358-8065

Fax: 703-358-8070

abrooks@naca.cc 

Dawn Pefley

“Cozen O’Connor”

1627 I Street, NW, Ste 1100

Washington, DC 20006

For: KALITTA INTERNATIONAL

Telephone: 202-463-2525

Fax: 202-463-4950

DPefley@cozen.com

nwallace@wallaceair.com

mfeldmann@kalittaair.com

***AMC TEAM

Frank Avent

Airline Information Research

343 Round Hill Road

Sapphire, North Carolina 28774

Telephone: 703-489-9801

info@airlineinfo.com