BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

__________________________________________ 

 ) 

Application of ) 

 ) 

VPAA CO. ) 

 ) Docket OST-2011- _____ 

For registration of Name Change and Reissuance )

of Commuter Air Carrier Authority Authorization ) 

under 14 C.F.R. Part 215 ) 

__________________________________________) 

APPLICATION OF VPAA CO. FOR NAME CHANGE AND 

REISSUANCE OF COMMUTER AIR CARRIER AUTHORIZATION

Communications with respect to this document should be served upon: 

Darrell Richardson 

Chief Executive Officer 

VPAA Co. 

1100 Lee Wagener Blvd., Suite 207 

Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33315 

David M. Hernandez 

Shareholder 

VEDDER PRICE P.C. 

1401 I Street NW, Suite 1100 

Washington, DC 20005 

(202) 312-3340 

(202) 312-3322 (fax) 

dhernandez@vedderprice.com 

Counsel for VPAA Co. 

 

Dated: October 28, 2011 
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

__________________________________________ 

 ) 

Application of ) 

 ) 

VPAA CO. ) 

 ) Docket OST-2011 - _______ 

For registration of Name Change and Reissuance )

of Commuter Air Carrier Authority Authorization ) 

under 14 C.F.R. Part 215 ) 

__________________________________________) 

APPLICATION OF VPAA CO. FOR NAME CHANGE AND 

REISSUANCE OF COMMUTER AIR CARRIER AUTHORIZATION

 Pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 215, VPAA Co. (“VPAA or the “Company”) hereby 

respectfully requests that the Department approve a change in its name from “VPAA Co.” to 

“Silver Airways Corp.” VPAA also requests that the Department reissue the Commuter Air 

Carrier Authorization issued on April 29, 2011 by Order 2011-4-28. In support of this 

application, VPAA states as follows: 

 1. VPAA is an air carrier that conducts scheduled passenger operations as a 

commuter air carrier with operations specifications issued under 14 C.F.R. Part 121 under the 

trade names “Gulfstream International Airlines,” “Island Air,” “Continental Connection,” 

and “United Express.” The Department recently found VPAA fit, willing, and able to 

conduct scheduled passenger operations on April 29, 2011.1

 

1

Joint Application of Gulfstream International Group, Inc. and VPAA CO. for the transfer of 

commuter air carrier authority under 49 U.S.C. § 41105, Order 2011-4-28, April 29, 2011. 
Application of VPAA Co. 

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2. VPAA is one of the largest air carrier based in Florida and operates 51 

scheduled flights per day, serving seven destinations in Florida and eight destinations in the 

Bahamas. VPAA currently operates between either West Palm Beach (PBI) or Fort 

Lauderdale (FLL) and eight Bahamas destinations: Andros Town, Freeport, Georgetown, 

Governor’s Harbour, Marsh Harbour, North Eleuthera, South Bimini, and Treasure Cay. Its 

fleet consists of 21 B1900D, 19-seat, turbo-prop aircraft. 

 3. VPAA also performs Essential Air Service at the following locations: 

Cleveland, OH and Jamestown, NY, Bradford, PA, Franklin, PA, Dubois, PA and 

Parkersburg, WV. Montana service between Billings, and Havre, Glasgow, Wolf Point, 

Sidney, Glendive, Miles City and Lewistown, Montana. VPAA also operates non-EAS 

service between Cleveland, OH and Lewisburg, WV. 

 4. The name change is a change in corporate name only and does not constitute a 

substantial change as defined in 14 C.F.R. § 204.6, and this change will not affect the 

Company’s operations, ownership or management. 

 5. Upon the Department’s approval of VPAA’s name change, Silver Airways 

Corp. will continue to use the following trade names: “Gulfstream International Airlines,” 

“Island Air,” “Continental Connection,” “United Express” along with the new trade names 

“Silver Airways” and “Go Silver.” 

 6. The Silver Airways name is not identical or similar to the name of any other 

certificate, commuter or foreign air carrier. 

 7. A copy of the OST Form 4523 is attached and will be filed concurrently with 

Application in the relevant docket. 
Application of VPAA Co. 

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 8. In the interest of expediency, VPAA requests a verbal acknowledgement at 

the earliest possible time with written confirmation to follow when applicable. 

 WHEREFORE, VPAA respectfully requests that the Department grant its 

Application to register its name change to Silver Airways Corp. and reissue its Commuter 

Air Carrier Authorization as soon as possible. 

Respectfully submitted, 

VEDDER PRICE P.C. 

______________________________ 

David M. Hernandez 

Counsel for VPAA Co. 

1401 I Street NW, Suite 1100 

Washington, DC 20005 

(202) 312-3340 

(202) 312-3322 (fax) 

dhernandez@vedderprice.com 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I, Megan Schreck, hereby certify that I have, this, the 28th day of October, 2011, 

caused a true copy of the foregoing Application of VPAA Co. for Name Change and 

Reissuance of Commuter Air Carrier Authorization to be served on the following Parties 

via electronic mail: 

Name Organization Address 

Laura Remo Air Carrier Fitness Division, X-56 laura.remo@dot.gov 

Rosendo Rigau South Florida CMO – 29 Rosendo.M.Rigau@faa.gov 

Dennis DeVany EAS & Domestic Analysis Dennis.DeVany@dot.gov 

Tom Frungillo Bradford Regional Airport tom@bradfordairport.net 

Bob Shaffer DuBois Regional Airport bob@dujairport.com 

Otho Bell Venango Regional Airport obell@co.vernango.pa.us 

David Sanctuary Chautauqua County-Jamestown 

Airport 

SanctuaD@co.chautauqua.ny.us

Terry Moore Mid-Ohio Valley Regional 

Airport

tm@flymov.com 

Todd Payne Cleveland-Hopkins International 

Airport 

tpayne@clevelandairport.com 

Thomas Binford Billings Logan International 

Airport 

tbinford@gulfstreamair.com 

Steve Stanley Wokal Field-Glasgow 

International Airport 

Praireav@yahoo.com 

Leon Baker Dawson Community Airport airport@midrivers.com 

Jim Lyons Havre City-County Airport jlyons@ncmtransit.org 

Jerry Moline Lewistown Municipal Airport lwt@midrivers.com 

Brad Schmidt Frank Wiley Field Airport mcairport@midrivers.com 

William Henderson Sidney-Richland Municipal 

Airport 

sdyapt@midrivers.com 

Richard Isle LF Clayton Airport wppublicworks@nemont.net 

 /S/ Megan Schreck 

 

 Megan Schreck