BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

_________________________________________ ) Application of ) ) VOLGA

- DNEPR AIRLINE S LLC ) ) Docket OST

- 201 5

- for an emergency exemption pursuant to ) 49 U.S.C . § 40109(g) ) ) ) Columbus , OH

– Seattle , WA )

_________________________________________ )

APPLICATION OF VOLGA
- DNEPR AIRLINE S LLC
FOR AN EMERGENCY EXEMPTION Communication with respect to this document should be addressed to: Alexey I. Isaikin Artem Tarasenko Chairman Operations Manager Volga

- Dnepr Airlines LLC Volga Dnepr

- Unique Air Cargo, Inc. 14 Karbysheva Street 9400 Grogan’s Mill Road, Ulyanovsk 432072 Town Center Plaza, Suite 220, Russia The Woodlands, TX 77381, USA (832) 585

- 8611

DATED: February 13 , 201 5

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 TRANSPORTATI ON

WASHINGTON, D.C.

_________________________________________ ) Application of ) ) VOLGA

- DNEPR AIRLINES LLC ) ) Docket OST

- 201 5

- for an emergency exemption pursuant to ) 49 U.S.C. § 40109(g) ) ) ) Columbus, OH

– Seattle, WA )

_________________________________________ )

APPLICATION OF VOLGA
- DNEPR AIRLINE S LLC FOR AN EMERGENCY EXEMPTION

Volga

- Dnepr Airline s LLC (“Volga

- Dnepr Airlines” or "Volga

- Dnepr") respectfully requests an emergenc y 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 one ( 1 ) one
- way cargo charter flight , utilizing Volga

D nepr’s AN

- 124

- 100 aircraft to transport cargo from Columbus , Ohio, to Seattle , Washington , on around February 23

– 27 , 201 5 , on behalf of GE Aviation

. The outsize d cargo to be transported by Volga

- Dnepr consist s of four ( 4 ) GEnx aircraft engines and associ ated equipment ; each engine on its shipping stand measures approximately L

210 " x W

- 142 " x H

- 149 " , weighing approx. 19 , 95 0 pounds. As described, the payload is outsized and cannot be accommodated by domestic commercial carrier aircraft. In support of its a pplication, Volga

- Dnepr states as follows:1. Volga

- Dnepr is a foreign air carrier holding appropriate DOT authority to conduct all

cargo charter foreign air transportation between a point or points in Russia and a point or points in the United States, and all

- cargo charter 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 GE Aviation as part of an effort to provide urgently needed lift to leave Columbus not later than the set dates

. GE’s customer Boeing urgently requires those engines to meet its deadlines and not to delay B 7 87 production
line , while only the use of Volga

- Dnepr's outsized aircraft can make it possible to perform the services in question within the set schedule.
3. Due to the size of the cargo and the urgency of the shipment , GE Aviation cannot use surface transportation to ship the cargo . An evaluation conducted by GE Aviation eliminated all other conventional movement methods including over the roa d trucking and rail transportation as
viable methods to meet current needs

. 4. Given the tight schedules associated with the manufacturing of B 7 8 7 aircraft , Volga

Dnepr 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. poi nts under limited circumstances. Specifically, the Department must find that the authority is required in the public interest; that because of an emergency 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 tr affic. 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 pub lic interest. T imely shipment of the engines is

impera tive to avoid substantial delay in B 7 87 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 cargo , as well as the exigent
circumstan ces surrounding the impossibility to use any other mode of transportation, and the lack of availability of U.S. commercial aircraft of the nature of the AN

- 124

- 100 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 ar e able to transport this
cargo. 9. Grant of this exemption application is necessary to avoid unreasonable hardship for the

tr affic 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 operati ons on behalf of GE
Aviation 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 arisin g 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 light 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 application
im mediately. 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

eme rgency exemption permitting it to operate one ( 1 ) one
- way cargo charter flight, utilizing Volga

- D nepr’s AN

- 124

- 100 aircraft , to transport cargo from Columbus , Ohio, to Seattle , Washington , on or around February 23

– 27 , 201 5 , as described herein, and grant s uch further relief as the Department deems to be cons istent with the public interest.

Respectfully submitted,

_______________________________________ Artem Tarasenko Designated agent for Volga

- Dnepr Airlines (832) 585

- 8611

Dated: Februar y 13 , 201 5CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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

Artem Tarasenko

Dated : February 13 , 201 5Service 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 David Heffernan Cozen O ’ Conno r For ALASKA AIRLINES Telephone: 202

- 463

- 2537 Fax: 202

- 640

- 5985 dheffernan@cozen.com

Howard Kass Bob Wirick For: AMERICAN AIRLINES U.S. AIRWAYS howard.kass@aa.com robert.wirick@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. 2800 S. Andrews Ave. Ft. Lauderdale, FL. 33316 Office 954

- 320

- 5300, Fax 305

- 423

- 3246 Direct 954

- 320

- 5367 jcanny@amerijet.com
Russell Pommer 1747 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W. Suite 875 Washington, D. C. 20006 For: ATLAS AIR Telephone: 202

- 822

- 9121 Fax: 202

- 822

- 9152 rpomm er@atlasair.com John Mietus Law Office of John Mietus, LLC 6701 Democracy Blvd., Ste 300 Bethesda, MD 20817

- 7500 For: CENTURION AIR CARGO & SKYLEASE Telephone: 301

- 571

- 9334 Fax: 240

- 396

- 5362 john@mietuslaw.comA lexander Van der Bellen

1275 K St., NW, Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20005 Chris Walker 202 842 3949 For: DELTA AIRLINES sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com chris.walk er@delta.com S andra Lunsford 3620 Hacks Cross Rd Bldg. B, 3 rd Floor Memphis, TN 38135 For: FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP. Telephone: 901

- 434

- 8589 Fax: 901

- 434

- 9289 Sandra Lunsford sllunsford@fedex.com
Charles Donley Partner and Chair, Aviation Industry Group Squire Patton Boggs LLP 1200 19th Street, N.W., Suite 300 Washington, D.C. 20036 For: FLORIDA WEST Telephone : +1.202.626.6840 Fax: +1.202.626.6780 charles.donley@ squirepb.com magitlitz@fwia.com jmaloney@fwia.com crasnavad@fwia.com

Stephen Lachter slachter@cozen.com Telephone: 202

- 471

- 3416 Fax: 202

- 618

- 4833 F or: FRONTIER AIRLINES 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

Rick Zerkel, President rzerkel@lac.lynden.com Garry White gwhite@lac.lynden.com Jim Davis jdavis@lac.lynden.com For: LYNDEN AIR CARGO 6441 s. Airp ark Place Anchorage, AK 99502 Telephone: 907

- 249

- 4100 Fax: 907

- 245

- 0642 Margot Wiegele 3900 Old Int’l Airport Rd. Anchorage, Alaska 995 02 For: NORTHERN AIR CARGO Telephone: 907

- 2 49

- 5142 Fax: 907

- 249

- 5194 mwiegele@ nac.aero Sami Glascott SGlascott@nac.aeroKevin 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

- 0 142 Kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com peter.beckett@polaraircargo.com Tom Gillies Paul Chase For: SOUTHERN AIR Telephone: 203

- 847

- 6000 TGillies@southernair.com PChase@southernair.com Aaron A. Goerlich Garofalo, Goerlich & Hainbach, PC 1200 New Hampshire Ave., Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 agoerlich@ggh

- airlaw.com
Dan Weiss 1600 Smith Street, Ste HQSGV Houston, TX 77002 For: UNITED 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 jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com dsmalls@ups.com
Frank Avent Airline Information Research 2115 Stuart Ave Richmond , VA 23220 Telephone: 703

- 489

- 9801 info@airlineinfo.com Stephen A. Cristina Acting Dep. Asst. Secy, Trnsp. Affairs Department of State 2201 C Street, NW, Room 5830 Washington, DC 20520 Fax: 202

- 647

- 4324 Cristin aSA@state.gov 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

- 358

- 8070 Pdoell@naca.cc Dawn Pefley