BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Request of: ) 

) 

Silk Way West Airlines ) Docket OST-2014-0111 

) 

to amend issued exemption authority and ) 

pending application for a foreign air carrier permit ) 

and motion to expedite processing ) 

(Baku-Hong Kong-Chicago-New York-Luxemburg-Baku) ) 

ANSWER OF NATIONAL AIRLINES TO 

REQUEST OF SILK WAY WEST AIRLINES APPLICATION 

TO AMEND ISSUED EXEMPTION AUTHORITY 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

Glen G. Joerger 

President 

National Air Cargo Group, Inc., 

d/b/a National Airlines 

5955 T. G. Lee Blvd 

Suite 500 

Orlando, FL 32822 

October 23, 2014 

Pierre Murphy 

Law Offices of Pierre Murphy 

1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 590 

Washington, D.C. 20036 

Telephone: (202) 776-3980 

Facsimile: (202) 776-3975 

Email: pmurphy@lopmurphy.com 

Attorney for National Air Cargo Group, Inc. 

d/b/a National Airlines 
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Request of: 

Silk Way West Airlines 

to amend issued exemption authority and 

pending application for a foreign air carrier permit 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

) 

and motion to expedite processing ) 

(Baku-Hong Kong-Chicago-New York-Luxemburg-Baku) ) 

Docket OST-2014-0111 

ANSWER OF NATIONAL AIRLINES TO 

REQUEST OF SILK WAY WEST AIRLINES APPLICATION 

TO AMEND ISSUED EXEMPTION AUTHORITY 

National Air Cargo Group, Inc., d/b/a National Airlines ("National") respectfully 

responds to the request of Silk Way West Airlines ("Silk Way West") to amend its issued 

exemption authority. 

Other than a purported "greater economic efficiency" for its Baku - New York operation 

already authorized by the Department on principles of comity and reciprocity, Silk Way West 

has submitted no valid basis for an award of the additional, extraordinarily broad intermediate 

and beyond authority (Hong Kong & Luxemburg) it is again seeking and nothing has changed 

since the award to Silk Way West of Baku- New York authority. The Department should not 

change its initial decision to decline awarding the incredibly broad intermediate and beyond 

authorities sought by Silk Way West. 
ANSWER OF NATIONAL AIRLINES 

Clearly it is Silk Way West's intention to transport substantial Hong Kong- U.S. and 

U.S.- Luxemburg cargo, both major U.S. all-cargo markets, but markets to which a carrier from 

a country where there is no governing aviation bilateral agreement has no basis to operate. As 

reflected in the Department's award of authority herein, there is no basis for the award of such 

substantial authority on the basis of comity and reciprocity which has not been demonstrated. 

Further, in connection with the comity and reciprocity principles which apply to U.S. 

Azerbaijan aviation relations, National has on multiple occasions now been denied crew visas 

both in and out of Baku preventing and substantially hindering National's authorized operations 

in the region. 

Under these circumstances, Silk Way West's application should be denied as being 

unduly broad and inconsistent with the applicable governing aviation principles. 

October 23,2014 

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espectfl4ly submitted, ' ( ~------=-~ 

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ffices 

~ of Pierre Murphy 

1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 590 

Washington, D.C. 20036 

Telephone: (202) 776-3980 

Facsimile: (202) 776-3975 

Email: pmurphy@lopmurphy.com 

Attorney for National Air Cargo Group, Inc. 

d/b/a National Airlines 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that I have on this day served a copy of the foregoing document on this 

23rd day of October 2014 upon each of the following email addresses: 

gpwicks@wicks-group.com 

ekagrimes@wicks-group.com 

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com 

chris. walker@delta.com 

dshort@fedex.com 

sllunsford@fedex.com 

nssparks@fedex.com 

gbleopard@fedex.com 

msinick@ssd.com 

enisson@nac.aero 

mwiegele@nac.aero 

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com 

peter .beckett@polaraircargo.com 

dan.weiss@united.com 

pdoell@naca.cc 

robert. wirick@aa.com 

francis.heil@aa.com 

howard.kass@usairways.com 

benjamin.slocum@usairways.com 

rsilverberg@sgbdc.com 

jjohnson@sgbdc.com 

jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com 

jcanny@amerijet.com 

john@mietuslaw .com 

rpommer@atlasair .com 

matwood@cozen.com 

nwallace@wallaceair.com 

agoerlich@ggh-airlaw .com 

dhainbach@ggh-airlaw .com 

judy@lac.lynden.com 

rzerkel@lac.lynden.com 

gwhite@lac.lynden.com 

jdavis@lac.lynden.com 

TGillies@lsouthemair.com 

anita.mosner@hklaw .com 

jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com 

dsmalls@ups.com 

stephen.lachter@lachterlaw.com 

EngleTS@state.gov 

Kristin K. Leake