BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

Application of VOLGA-DNEPR AIRLINES LLC for an emergency exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C
. § 40109(g)
2 x Fort Worth, TX

- Everett, WA ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )



# ____ ________________ ________ _ ) Docket OST-2013-

APPLICATION OF VOLGA-DNEPR AIRLINES LLC FOR AN EMERGENCY EXEMPTION Communication with re spect to this document should be addressed to: Alexey I. Isaikin Chairman Volga-Dnepr Airlines LLC 14 Karbysheva Street Ulyanovsk 432072 Russia

DATED: February 18, 2013 Artem Tarasenko Operations Manager Volga Dnepr-Unique Air Cargo , Inc. 9400 Grogan ' s Mill Road, Town Center Plaza, Suite 220, The Woodlands, TX 77381, USA (832) 585-8611

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 EXEMPTIONS 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 TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

Application of VOLGA

- DNEPR AIRLINES LLC for an emergency exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109(g)
2 x Fort Worth , TX

- Everett, WA ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )



# ____________ ________ __ __ __ __ _ ) Docket OST-2013-

APPLICATION OF VOLGA-DNEPR AIRLINES LLC FOR AN EMERGENCY EXEMPTION

Volga

- Dnepr Airlines 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 two (2) one-way cargo charter flight s, utili z ing VolgaDn e pr 's AN

- 124-100 aircraft to transport cargo from Fort Worth , Texas to Everett, W as hington
on around February 23 , 2013- March 3, 2013 , on behalf of Boeing Commercial Aircraft. The outsized cargo to be transported by Volga-Dnepr consists of two (2) 747 fuselage panels with following dimensions: L-684" x W-220" x H

- 135" , weighing approx. 20,000 pounds each. As described, the payload i s outsized and cannot b e ac co mmodated by domestic commercial carrier aircraft. In s upport of it s application , Volga-Dnepr s tates a s follows:1. Volga-Dnepr i s a foreign air carrier holding appropriate DOT authority to conduct allcargo cha rter foreign air transportation between a point or points in Russia and a point or points in the United States , and all-cargo charte r 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 Boeing Commercial Aircraft as part of
an effort to provide urgently needed lift to leave Fort Worth not later than the set dates. Boeing Commercial Aircraft is shipping the fuselage panels to meet its deadlines and not to delay 747 production line , while only the use of Volga-Dnepr's outsized aircraft can make it possible to p e rform the services in question within the set s chedule. 3. Due to the size of the cargo and the urgency of the shipment, Boeing Commercial Aircraft cannot use surface transportation to ship the cargo. An evaluation conducted by Boeing Commercial Aircraft eliminated all other conventional movement methods including over the road trucking and rai l transportation as viable methods to meet current needs. 4
. Given the tight schedules associated with the manufacturing of 747 aircraft , VolgaDnepr 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
. points under limited circumstances
. Specifically, the Department must find that the authority is required in the public interest; that because of an
em ergency 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 traffic. 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 public interest. As is evidenced by the attached correspondence, timely shipment of the Boeing ' s fuselage panels is imperative to avoid substantial delay in 747 aircraft production line. 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 equipment, as well as the exigent circumstances surrounding the impossibility to use any other mode of transportation , and the Jack of availability of U.S. commercial aircraft of the nature of the AN-124-1 00 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 are able to transport this cargo. 9. Grant of this exemption application is necessary to avoid unreasonable 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 operations on behalf of Boeing in and out of the United States 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 circumstances 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 li g ht 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 exemption applicationimmediately. 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 Department issue an emergency exemption permitting it to operate two (2) one-way cargo charter flights, utilizing Volga-Dnepr ' s AN-124-100 aircraft, to transport cargo from Fort Worth, Texas to Everett, Washington on or around February 23, 2013

- March 3, 2013, as described herein, and grant such further relief as the Department deems to be consis tent with the public interest.

Dated: February 18, 2013 Respectfully submitted ,

Artem Tarasenko Designated agent for Volga-Dnepr Airlines (832) 585-8611CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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

Artem Tarasenko

Dated: February 18, 2013

### Service 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

Francis C. Heil , Sr. Atty
. 4333 Amon Center Boulevard Fort Worth, T X For: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. francis.heil@aa.com John L. Richardson John 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 Michelle Riordan mriordan@johnlrichardson.com Joan M. Canny Senior Vice President and General Counsel AMERIJET INTERNATIONAL, INC. 28 00 S. Andrews Ave. Ft. Lauderdale, FL. 33316 Office 954
- 320
- 5300, Fax 305
- 423
- 3246 Direct 954
- 320
- 5367 jcanny@amerijet.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 slachter@lachter
- clements.com 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 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 Ken Johnson Ken.Johnson@aawholdings.com

Williams C. Evans John Mietus Law Office of John Mietus, LLC 6701 Democracy Blvd., Ste 300 B ethesda, MD 20817
- 7500 For: CENTURION AIR CARGO & SKYLEASE Telephone: 301
- 571
- 9334 Fax: 240
- 396
- 5362 john@mietuslaw.com Alexander Van der Bellen 1275 K St., NW, Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20005 For: DELTA AIRLINES sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

Ben Graves Daniel Commins Kelli Bryan (Charter Sales) Evergreen International Airlines EVERGREEN INTERNATIONAL , INC . Telephone: 503
- 472
- 9361 Tel: 503.472.0011 Fax: 503. 434.4210 charters@evergreenairlines.com Sam White sam.white@evergreenaviation.com Ranjit Seth ranjit.seth@evergreenairlines.com Angeline N. Garbuzinski 3620 Hacks Cross Rd Bldg. B, 3 rd 

### Floor Memphis, TN 38135 For: FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP. Telephone: 901
- 434
- 8589 Fax: 901
- 434
- 9289 anbird@fedex.com Sandra Lunsford sllunsford@fedex.com

### Dawn Pefley

“Cozen O’Connor” 1627 I Street, NW, Ste 1100 Washington, DC 20006 For: KALITTA AIR, 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 Judy McKenzie, President Fo r: LYNDEN AIR CARGO 6441 s. Airpark Place Anchorage, AK 99502 Telephone: 907
- 249
- 4100 Fax: 907
- 245
- 0642 judy@lac.lynden.com Garry White gwhite@lac.lynden.com Jim Davis jdavis@lac.lynden.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 Elaine Nisson enisson@nac.aero Margot Wiegele mwiegele@nac.aero 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 Kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com peter.beckett@p olaraircargo.com

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 Tom Gillies Richard Macri For: SOUTHERN AIR Telephone: 203
- 847
- 6000 vryan@southernair.com sales@southernair.com TGillies@southernair.com RMacri@southernair.com

### 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 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
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 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
Frank Avent Airline Information Research 343 Round Hill Road Sapphire, North Carolina 28774 Telephone: 703
- 489
- 9801 info@airlineinfo.com Krishna R. Urs D ep. 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 Washingt on, 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 & 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
- 35 8
- 8070 Pdoell@naca.cc

## To whom it may concern,

This letter confirms the requirement for two outsized cargo aircraft charter s in support of shipping aircraft parts to Boeing Everett production. Because of time constraints related to meeting the production schedule and the oversized dimensions of the part s and shipping fixture s , the Boeing Company has an immediate need for two air charter s . We have explored and eliminated all other conventional movemen t methods including air freight , over the road trucking and rail tran sportation. Air charter is the only method that can meet our deadlines and not delay the production line. The AN124 is the only aircraft capable of handling this size of part s . The cha rter s are required on or about Feb ruary 23, 2013

– March 3, 2013 from Ft Worth, TX to Everett, WA . Regards, 

# Kyle Burns Kyle Burns Transportation Focal The Boeing Company