BEFORE THE

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

___________________________________

Application of: )

)

INTERNATIONAL JET MANAGEMENT )

GmbH )

) Docket No. DOT-OST – 2010- _____

For an Exemption to Engage in Charter Air )

Transportation of Persons and Property )

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. §40109 )

U.S.A.— Austria )

___________________________________

APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL JET MANAGEMENT GmbH FOR

AN EXEMPTION TO ENGAGE IN CHARTER AIR TRANSPORTATION

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

Felix Feller Richard A. Asper, J.D., Chairman

President C.A. Southerland, Vice President

International Jet Management GmbH Aviation Professionals Group, Inc.

Concorde Business Park2/F14 3000 NE 30th Place, Suite 107

2320 Schwechat Fort Lauderdale, FL 33306

Republic of Austria Voice: (954) 763-4848

Voice: 43 1 707 82 50-10 Fax: (954) 763-4240

Fax: 43 1 707 82 50-90 Email:

Email: s.diemt@ijm.at ca@aviation-professionals.com

ricka@aviation-professionals.com

Representatives for

International Jet Management GmbH

NOTICE: ANY PERSON WHO WISHES TO SUPPORT OR OPPOSE THIS APPLICATION

MUST BY MARCH 4, 2010, FILE AN ANSWER WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF

TRANSPORTATION AND SERVE A COPY ON THE APPLICANT AND ALL OF THE

PERSONS SERVED WITH THIS APPLICATION.

IT IS REQUESTED THAT THIS APPLICATION BE PROCESSED UNDER SUBPART Q OF

THE DEPARTMENT’S REGULATIONS.

February 17, 2010
BEFORE THE

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

___________________________________

Application of: )

)

INTERNATIONAL JET MANAGEMENT )

GmbH )

) Docket No. DOT-OST – 2010- _____

For an Exemption to Engage in Charter Air )

Transportation of Persons and Property )

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. §40109 )

U.S.A.— Austria )

___________________________________

APPLICATION OF INTERNATIONAL JET MANAGEMENT GmbH FOR

AN EXEMPTION TO ENGAGE IN CHARTER AIR TRANSPORTATION

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. §§40109, 41301 and Part 211 of the Department's Economic

Regulations, International Jet Management GmbH (“IJM” or “Applicant”) hereby submits its

application for an Exemption to the extent necessary to permit IJM to engage in charter foreign air

transportation of persons and property between a point or points in the United States of America

(“USA”), on the one hand, to a point in the Republic of Austria (“Austria”), on the other hand using 

small aircraft as defined in 14 C.F.R. §298.2.

In support of its application and pursuant to the Department's Procedural Regulations,

IJM submits the following information:
1. IJM is a privately owned corporation established under the laws of Austria. See an 

extract from the Austrian Commercial Register attached hereto as Exhibit 9. The company's

executive offices are located at Concorde Business Park, Schwechat, Austria.

2. The name and address of the competent air authority in Austria is Austro Control

GmbH, located at:

Austro Control GmbH (“Austro Control”)

Schnirchgasse 11

1030 Wien

Austria

3. Applicant seeks an Exemption authorizing it to provide charter combination foreign

air transportation between Austria and the USA. By Official Communication with the reference

number GZ. 51.259/0004-II/L1/2004, dated July 1, 2004, the government of Austria granted IJM

the authority requested herein. See Operating License, attached hereto as Exhibit 8.

4. The majority of IJM is owned by citizens of Austria (83%) and its Board of

Directors and Key Managers are all citizens of Austria, with the exception of a single minority

shareholder (17% owner) who is a citizen of Switzerland, serves on the Board of Directors and

serves as President of the corporation. On July 8, 2008 Austro Control granted IJM continuing 

authority to operate international charter passenger and cargo flights between Austria and the USA.

5. IJM is a respected air carrier in Austria, serving Austria and the surrounding 

countries since 2004. Having begun with a single Gulfstream V and a Citation Excel, IJM has

grown to the current operation and management of eighteen (18) aircraft and employs a staff of

over one hundred (100) highly experienced individuals. Because of the size of its operation, its
experience, respect and its safety record, IJM receives numerous requests for on-demand charter

flights to the USA. Out of the total IJM fleet, eight (8) aircraft are long-range aircraft that are

capable of easily reaching the USA, thereby creating a strong demand among its clients for these

types of flights.

6. IJM is fit, willing, and able to provide the charter services applied for herein. The

officers, directors and key management personnel are all experienced in their respective fields,

including aircraft management and aircraft maintenance, and the company is led by highly 

experienced business persons who understand what it takes to make an international air charter

business successful. IJM’s existing business model, augmented by its plans to increase charter

flights to the USA, will assure the owners of IJM a reasonable return on their investment.

Submitted herewith in support of this application are Exhibits 1 through Exhibit 16, setting forth

the information required by the regulations.

7. IJM plans to initiate USA operations with its eight (8) long-range aircraft, consisting 

of one (1) Gulfstream V / 14 seats, one (1) Bombardier Global 5000 / 13 seats, one (1) Bombardier

Challenger 605 / 10 seats, two (2) Bombardier Challenger 300 / 8 seats, and three (3) Dassault

Falcon 900EX EASy / 14 seats. The maximum total payload capacity of any aircraft in the IJM

fleet does not exceed 5,800 pounds. All IJM aircraft are small aircraft as defined in 14 C.F.R.

§298.2(u).

8. Charter operations between the U.S.A. and Austria are governed by principles of

“comity and reciprocity.” As the Department has consistently found, the charter services proposed 

herein are fully supported by comity and reciprocity principles since many USA carriers operate

charter air services between the USA and Austria.
9. Because of the limited scope of its proposed operations,

1 the issuance to Applicant

of an Exemption will not constitute a "major federal action significantly affecting the quality of

the human environment" within the meaning of §102(2)(c) of the National Environmental Policy

Act or a "major regulatory action" under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.

WHEREFORE, IJM respectfully requests that the Department issue to it an Exemption, to the

extent necessary, to authorize it to engage in charter foreign air transportation of persons, property

and mail between a point or points in Austria, on the one hand, and a point or points in the United 

States of America, on the other hand, using small aircraft as defined in 14 C.F.R. §298.2(u), or such 

other or different relief as may be proper.

February 17, 2010

Respectfully submitted,

AVIATION PROFESSIONALS GROUP, for

International Jet Management GmbH

C.A. Southerland

Voice: (954) 763-4848

Email:ca@aviation-professionals.com

Representative for

International Jet Management GmbH

 1 . Since IJM is only proposing to operate small aircraft, it is specifically

exempted from the provision of 49 U.S.C. §41313 (Foreign Air Carrier Family Support Act of 1997).

See Order 98-1-31.
1

Table of Contents

Exhibit Description Page Number

Table of Contents............................................................................................................................1

Cross-Referenced Index to DOT Regulations..................................................................................2

Identification of Applicant ..............................................................................................................3

Summary of Proposed Operations...................................................................................................4

History of IJM and Resumes of Officers, Directors and Key Personnel...........................................5

Ownership ....................................................................................................................................10

Status of IJM ................................................................................................................................11

Insurance ......................................................................................................................................12

IJM's Homeland (Austria) Licenses...............................................................................................23

IJM's Operating History................................................................................................................26

IJM's Aircraft................................................................................................................................29

Maintenance and Operations Specifications..................................................................................30

Cooperative Agreements...............................................................................................................33

Financial Information....................................................................................................................34

USA - Austria Air Transport Agreement.......................................................................................35

Safety or Tariff Violations, Accident Information.........................................................................36

OST Form 4523............................................................................................................................37

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE......................................................................................................39
IJM Exhibits, Page 2

EXHIBIT 1

Cross-Referenced Index to DOT Regulations

Regulations Exhibit Number

14 C.F.R. §211.20(a) IJM-2

14 C.F.R. §211.20(b) IJM-2

14 C.F.R. §211.20(c) IJM-3, IJM-10

14 C.F.R. §211.20(d) IJM-4

14 C.F.R. §211.20(e) IJM- 5

14 C.F.R. §211.20(f) IJM- 6

14 C.F.R. §211.20(g) IJM-6

14 C.F.R. §211.20(h) IJM-7

14 C.F.R. §211.20(1) IJM-8

14 C.F.R. §211.20(j) IJM-4, IJM-9

14 C.F.R. §211.20(k) IJM-10

14 C.F.R. §211.20(1) IJM-11

14 C.F.R. §211.20(m) IJM-12

14 C.F.R. §211.20(n) IJM-13

14 C.F.R. §211.20(0) IJM-14

14 C.F.R. §211.20(p) IJM-14

14 C.F.R. §211.20(q) IJM-14

14 C.F.R. §211.20(r) IJM-14

14 C.F.R. §211.20(s) IJM-15

14 C.F.R. §211.20(t) IJM-16
IJM Exhibits, Page 3

EXHIBIT 2

Identification of Applicant

Name:.....................................International Jet Management GmbH

Address:.................................Concorde Business Park2/F14

2320 Schwechat

Republic of Austria

Telephone Number:............... 43 1 707 82 50-10

FAX Number:......................... 43 1 707 82 50-90

Nature of Organization:...........Corporation, incorporated under the laws of Austria on 

December 16, 2003

Under Regulatory Jurisdiction of:

Director, Dr. Heinz SOMMERBAUER

Austro Control GmbH

Schnirchgasse 11

1030 Wien

Austria

Tel: +43 051703
IJM Exhibits, Page 4

EXHIBIT 3

Summary of Proposed Operations

IJM plans to operate charter-on-demand passenger and combination flights from a point or

points in Austria, on the one hand, to a point or points in the United States of America, on the other

hand, using small aircraft as defined in 14 C.F.R. §298.2(u).

Even though the total fleet of aircraft operated commercially by IJM consists of fifteen (15)

aircraft, not all of them are capable of reaching the USA. Therefore, IJM plans to operate these

services using only the long-range aircraft in its fleet, consisting of one (1) Gulfstream V / 14 seats,

one (1) Bombardier Global 5000 / 13 seats, one (1) Bombardier Challenger 605 / 10 seats, two (2)

Bombardier Challenger 300 / 8 seats, and three (3) Dassault Falcon 900EX EASy / 14 seats. The

maximum number of seats on any IJM aircraft is fourteen (14), and the maximum payload capacity 

of any IJM aircraft is 5,577 pounds.
IJM Exhibits, Page 5

EXHIBIT 4

History of IJM and Resumes of Officers, Directors and Key

Personnel

I. History of IJM

IJM was established as a corporation under the laws of Austria on December 16, 2003, to 

inter alia, render charter air transportation services of passengers and property, within, to and from

Austria to the United States of America and provide any other type of service, direct or indirect, to

airlines and aircraft. See Exhibit 9. The officers, directors, and key management personnel reflect a

diverse and highly experienced management and operating team, as set out in Sections II and IV,

below.

II. The Officers and Directors of IJM are as follows:

Title Name _____Citizenship

President/CEO Felix Feller Switzerland

Director of Operations Bernd Menzel Austria

Director of Maintenance Markus Volk Austria

Chief Pilot Horst Nentwich Austria

III. Relationship by blood or marriage, in compliance with 14 C.F.R. §211.20(d):

None of the officers, directors, or shareholders of IJM are related by blood or marriage.

IV. The experience, citizenship and residence addresses of each of the officers, directors

and key personnel are indicated in the resumes which follow. All business addresses are the same

as that of the Applicant.
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IJM Exhibits, Page 9
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EXHIBIT 5

Ownership

Share Capital Composition - IJM

Shareholders % Stock Held Citizenship

Meridian Jet Management GmbH Twenty Six Percent (26%) Austria

Felix Feller Seventeen Percent (17%) Switzerland

Jaroslav Nyvlt Nine Percent (9%) Austria

Dr. Peter H. Prettenhofer Forty Eight Percent (48%) Austria

TOTAL SHARES 100.00%
IJM Exhibits, Page 11

EXHIBIT 6

Status of IJM

IJM is a privately owned corporation of Austria in which the Government of Austria has no 

ownership interest, either directly or indirectly.

None of the officers, directors, or managers of IJM holds any interest, directly or indirectly,

in a USA air carrier, any foreign air carrier, any person engaged in the business of aeronautics, or

any common carrier or person whose principal business is the holding of stock in, or controlling an 

air carrier.
IJM Exhibits, Page 12

EXHIBIT 7

Insurance

IJM has insurance coverage that meets or exceeds the requirements of 14 C.F.R. §205. Find

attached a USDOT Foreign Air Carriers – Certificate of Insurance (Form 6411). Also find attached 

evidence of insurance coverage for each of the eight (8) long-range aircraft that will be operated on 

flights to and from Austria and the USA.
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EXHIBIT 8

IJM's Homeland (Austria) Licenses

Copies of IJM's homeland license from Austria and its Air Operator Certificate, together,

authorizing the charter operations set out, are attached.
IJM Exhibits, Page 24
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IJM Exhibits, Page 26

EXHIBIT 9

IJM's Operating History

IJM is a corporation established under the laws of Austria on December 16, 2003. It began 

operating fixed-wing passenger and combination charter service on July 1, 2004, Since its

beginning, with a single Gulfstream V and a single Citation Excel on its aircraft operator

certificate, International Jet Management GmbH has enjoyed steady growth. Today, the company 

has eighteen (18) aircraft under management and employs more than 100 people who live the IJM

philosophy day by day, serving in different positions, such as flight crews, maintenance technicians

and office personnel. An extract from the Austrian Commercial Register, which extract verifies

the status and particulars of IJM, follows.
IJM Exhibits, Page 27
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IJM Exhibits, Page 29

EXHIBIT 10

IJM's Aircraft

IJM intends to operate flights to and from the USA utilizing the following long-range aircraft:

MAKE/MODEL REGISTRATION

Gulfstream GV OE-IVY

Challenger 300 OE-HPZ

Challenger 300 OE-HNL

Global 5000 OE-IBC

Falcon 900 EX easy OE-IOE

Falcon 900 EX easy OE-IBN

Falcon 900 EX OE-IEX

CL-605 OE-ISU

All IJM aircraft are small aircraft as defined by 14 C.F.R. §298.2(u).
IJM Exhibits, Page 30

EXHIBIT 11

Maintenance and Operations Specifications

Aircraft maintenance is performed by IJM, as well as the following approved maintenance

organizations with which IJM has a contractual relationship:

1. Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services, Berlin-Schonefeld Airport, D-12521, Berlin,

Germany

2. RUAG Aerospace Services GmbH, Airport Oberpfaffenhofen, D-82231, Wesslin, Germany

3. Jet Aviation AG, Aeschengraben 26, CH-4051 Basel, Switzerland

4. AERO-DIENST GmbH & Co. KG, Flughafenstrasse 100, D-90411, Nurnberg, Germany

5. RUAG Aerospace Ltd., CH-1215 Geneva 15 Airport, Switzerland

The maintenance program for the aircraft complies with the provisions of ICAO Pilots and Airmen

Annexes 1, 6 (Part I), and 7. Also attached is a copy of IJM’s Operation Specifications (“OPS

SPECS”), issued by Austro Control and translated into English for your convenience.
IJM Exhibits, Page 31
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EXHIBIT 12

Cooperative Agreements

IJM has not entered into any agreements or cooperative working relationships, either oral or

written, with any USA or foreign air carrier that would affect its proposed service. The normal

commercial arrangements for charter airline operations are the only such agreements that IJM

anticipates entering into in the future.
IJM Exhibits, Page 34

EXHIBIT 13

Financial Information

IJM conducts all business in Austria under the authority of its Air Operator Certificate (see

Exhibit 8) and is not required to have any additional or separate business licenses. Financial

Statements for IJM are being submitted in a separate, sealed envelope per the IJM Motion for

Confidential Treatment Pursuant to Rule 12.
IJM Exhibits, Page 35

EXHIBIT 14

USA - Austria Air Transport Agreement

Charter operations between the USA and Austria are governed by principles of

comity and reciprocity. As the Department has consistently found, the charter services proposed 

herein are fully supported by comity and reciprocity principles, since many USA carriers operate

charter air services between the USA and Austria.

By Operations Specifications issued by Austro Control on October 15, 2009 (see Exhibit

11), IJM was granted continuing authority to engage in charter foreign air transportation of

passengers and property on the routes set out in this Application.

Austria is a contracting state to the Convention on International Civil Aviation.
IJM Exhibits, Page 36

EXHIBIT 15

Safety or Tariff Violations, Accident Information

IJM has not been involved in any safety or tariff violations or had any fatal accidents in the

previous five (5) years.
IJM Exhibits, Page 37

EXHIBIT 16

OST Form 4523

IJM hereby furnishes three duly executed copies of OST Form 4523, the Affirmation

of Warsaw Convention Liability Limits, as Exhibit 16.
IJM Exhibits, Page 38
IJM Exhibits, Page 39

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that I have, on February 18, 2010, served via United States Postal Service, the foregoing Application of

IJM (DOT-OST Docket 2010- _____) on the following persons:

Carl Nelson, Jr. Howard Kass

Associate General Counsel US Airways

American Airlines 2345 Crystal Drive

110111th Street, N.W. Alexandria, VA 22227

Suite 600 Koward kass@a,,usairways.com

Washington, DC 20036

Carl.nelson@aa.com Roger Nair, General Manager

Flying Boat, Inc.

Hershel Kamen d/b/a Chalk's International Airlines

Continental Airlines 704 S.W. 34th Street

Dept. HQSGV Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315

P.O. Box 4607 (954) 359-0329

Houston; TX 77210-4607

Hkamen@conair.com Air Pony Express

1630 NW 121 Ave Pembroke

Charlene Kennedy Pines Fl. 33026

Delta Airlines (954) 450-6050

1275 K Street, N,W.

Suite 1200 David Hackett, President & CEO

Washington, DC 20005 Gulfstream International Airlines, Inc.

Charlene.kennedy@delta.com D/b/a Continental Connection

1815 Griffin Road, Suite 400

Megan Rae Rosia Dania,,FL 33004

Northwest Airlines (954) 266-3000

901 15th Street, N.W.

Suite 500 David G. Neeleman, CEO

Washington, DC 20005 JetBlue Airways Corporation

Megan.rosia@nwa.com 80-02 Kew Gardens Road

Kew Gardens, NY 11415

Jeffrey Manley (718) 286-7900

United Airlines

Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering Daniel P. Garton, President

2445 M Street, N.W. American Eagle Airlines, Inc.

Washington, DC 20037 Box 61915, MD 5475

jmanley(wilmer.com DFW Airport, TX 75261

(972) 425-1500

David Vaughan

UPS David G. Basset, Chairman & CEO

Kelley, Drye & Warren Amerijet International, Inc.

1200 l9tt` Street, N.W. 2800 S. Andrews Avenue

Suite 500 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316

Washington, DC 20036 (954) 320-5300

dvaughan@,kelleyd e.com
IJM Exhibits, Page 40

Frank Visconti, President Peter V. Garrambone, President

Arrow Air, Inc. Planet Airways, Inc.

2000 N.W. 62°d Avenue Building 711 7380 Sand Lake Road. Ste 350

Miami, FL 33122 (305) 871-6606 Orlando, Fl 32819

(407) 363-1800

George Mikelsons, President & CEO

ATA Airlines, Inc. Jacob M. Schoor, President & C

Box 51609 Spirit Airlines, Inc.

Indianapolis International Airport 2800 Executive Way

Indianapolis, IN 46251 Miramar, FL 33025

(317) 247-4000 (954) 447-7965

Joseph R. O'Gorman, President & CEO U.S. Department of State

Evergreen International Airlines, Inc. Office of Civil Aviation

3850 Three Mile Lane Room 5531

McMinnville, OR 97128 EB/TRA/AN

(503) 472-0011 800 Independence Ave. SW

Washington, DC 20591

Emilio Dirube, President

Falcon Air Express, Inc. James R. Jelinski

9500 N.W. 41st Street Miami, FL 33178 Acting Manager

(305) 592-5672 Federal Aviation Administration

Miami International Field Office

Frederick W. Smith, Chairman & CEO 2895 SW 145th Avenue, Ste 221

Federal Express Corporation Miramar, FL 33027

2005 Corporate Avenue james.r.jelinski@faa.gov

Third Floor

Memphis, TN 38132

(901) 395-3367

D. Ross Fischer, President & CEO

Miami Air International, Inc. Box 660880

Miami, FL 33266

(305) 876-3600

C.A. Southerland

Voice: (954) 763-4848

Email:ca@aviation-professionals.com

Representative for

International Jet Management GmbH