BEFORE THE

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

_____________________________________________

)

Application of )

)

YANGTZE RIVER EXPRESS AIRLINES CO., LTD. )

) Docket No. OST-2006-24629

For renewal of exemption under 49 U.S.C. §40109 ) Docket No. OST-2006-24630

(China-U.S. Scheduled Cargo Service) )

_____________________________________________)

APPLICATION OF YANGTZE RIVER EXPRESS AIRLINES CO., LTD.

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITY

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to:

October 22, 2013

Josh Romanow

Peter Nelson

PILLSBURY WINTHROP

 SHAW PITTMAN LLP

2300 N Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20037

Tel: (202) 663-8000

Fax: (202) 663-8007

E-mail: romanow@pillsburylaw.com

 peter.nelson@pillsburylaw.com

 

Counsel for Yangtze River Express 

Airlines Co., Ltd.

NOTE: Any person who wishes to support or oppose this Application may file an answer

and serve that answer on counsel identified above and all persons served with a copy of this 

application. Answers to the exemption application are due on November 6, 2013. 
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BEFORE THE

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

_____________________________________________

)

Application of )

)

YANGTZE RIVER EXPRESS AIRLINES CO., LTD. )

) Docket No. OST-2006-24629

For renewal of exemption under 49 U.S.C. §40109 ) Docket No. OST-2006-24630

(China-U.S. Scheduled Cargo Service) )

_____________________________________________)

APPLICATION OF YANGTZE RIVER EXPRESS AIRLINES CO., LTD. 

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITY

Yangtze River Express Airlines Co., Ltd. (“Yangtze”), an air carrier of the 

People’s Republic of China, hereby applies, under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. §40109,

the Department’s Rules of Practice in Proceedings (14 C.F.R. §§ 302.201 and 302.301, et 

seq.), and the Department’s streamlined licensing procedures, 1 for renewal of its 

exemption authorities to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of property and 

mail between Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, on the one hand, and Dallas/Fort 

Worth, Texas on the other hand; as well as its Shanghai – San Francisco and Shanghai –

Chicago exemption authority also granted in these dockets. Yangtze requests that this 

renewal remain in effect for a period of one year. 

 1 See Notice in Docket OST-2005-22228 (August 23, 2005).
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In support of this application, Yangtze states as follows:

1. Yangtze holds a foreign air carrier permit authorizing it to engage in 

scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail between Shanghai, 

People’s Republic of China, and the co-terminal points Anchorage, Alaska; 

Boston, Massachusetts; Los Angeles, California; and New York, New York

(Order 2008-4-27, April 27, 2008) and exemption authority to engage in charter 

foreign air transportation of property and mail between points in China and points 

in the United States (Notice of Action Taken dated March 29, 2013).

2. Authority Requested: Yangtze seeks renewal of its exemption authorities to 

engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail between (1) 

Shanghai and Dallas/Fort Worth; (2) Shanghai and San Francisco; and (3) 

Shanghai and Chicago, granted in these dockets (Notice of Action Taken dated 

November 15, 2012).

3. Granting Yangtze’s request for renewal of its exemption authority is fully 

consistent with the Agreement between the Government of the United States of 

America and the Government of the People’s Republic of China Relating to Civil 

Air Transport2 which authorizes designated airlines to operate cargo services from 

any point or points in the People’s Republic of China to any point or points in the 

United States of America open to scheduled international operations.

4. Grant of the authority sought herein will not result in a near term increase in fuel 

consumption of ten million gallons or more, and therefore will not comprise a 

 2 Signed September 17, 1980, and most recently amended July 9, 2007.
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“major regulatory action” under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, 

as defined at 14 C.F.R. §313(a)(1).

5. Yangtze invokes and relies upon the provisions of Section 558(c) of the 

Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 558(c)), as implemented by Part 377 of 

the Department’s Special Regulations, to continue in effect its existing exemption 

authorities pending final Department action on this renewal application. 

Yangtze’s Dallas, Chicago and San Francisco exemptions will expire on 

November 15, 2013 absent the renewal applied for herein, which is timely applied 

for under C.F.R. 377.10(c).

For the reasons set forth above, Yangtze is fully qualified to operate the services 

for which renewal authority is herein requested, and grant of the authority will serve the 

public interest. Yangtze asks that the requested exemption remain in place for a period of 

one year.
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WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, Yangtze respectfully requests that the 

Department renew its exemption authorities as more fully described above.

Respectfully submitted,

Josh Romanow

Peter Nelson

PILLSBURY WINTHROP

SHAW PITTMAN LLP

2300 N Street, NW

Washington, DC 20037

Phone: (202) 663-8000

Fax: (202) 663-8007

Email: romanow@pillsburylaw.com

peter.nelson@pillsburylaw.com

Counsel for Yangtze River Express Airlines Co., Ltd

October 22, 2013 .
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing application of Yangtze River Express Airlines Co., Ltd. for 

renewal of exemption has been served this the 22nd day of October, 2013, upon each of the parties 

below by electronic mail.

David E. Henthorn

Rick Mayfield

FAA LA-IFO

David.E.Henthorn@faa.gov

Sascha Vanderbellen

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

Robert Wirick

Francis Heil

American Airlines, Inc.

robert.wirick@aa.com

francis.heil@aa.com

Bailey Leopard

Federal Express Corporation

gbleopard@fedex.com

Kevin P. Montgomery

Polar Air Cargo, Inc.

Kevin.montgomergy@polaraircargo.com

Russell E. Pommer

Atlas Air Inc.

rpommer@atlasair.com

Edward W. Sauer

Evergreen International Airlines, Inc.

charters@evergreenairlines.com

edward.sauer@squiresanders.com

Malcolm L. Benge

North American Airlines/World Airways

mlbenge@zsrlaw.com

Dan Weiss

Continental Airlines

dan.weiss@coair.com

Steve Morrissey

Counsel for United Air Lines

steve.morrissey@united.com

Howard Kass

U.S. Airways

howard.kass@usairways.com

Robert Silverberg

Counsel for ABX Air, Inc.

rsilverberg@sgbdc.com

Anita Mosner

Jennifer Nowak

Counsel for United Parcel Service 

anita.mosner@hklaw.com

Jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com

/s/Melinda A. Hernandez