BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Joint Application of : 

: 

SINGAPORE AIRLINES LIMITED :

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and : Docket DOT-OST-2011-0115

:

OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY :

TRANSAERO AIRLINES :

:

For Statements of Authorization and :

related Exemption Authority pursuant to :

14 C.F.R. Part 212 and 49 U.S.C. § 40109 : 

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APPLICATION OF OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY

TRANSAERO AIRLINES FOR RENEWAL

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

Denis Savchenko

Head of Governmental Affairs

Dept. of International Relations

TRANSAERO AIRLINES

B. Polyanka Street, 47, Bld. 1

Moscow 119180, Russian Federation

Kostadin Botev

Regional Manager for North America

TRANSAERO AIRLINES

Terminal 4, Room 272.142

JFK International Airport

Jamaica, NY 11430

June 7, 2013

Gerald F. Murphy

Steven J. Seiden

CROWELL & MORING LLP

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20004-2595

(202) 624-2500

gmurphy@crowell.com

sseiden@crowell.com

Counsel for 

Transaero Airlines
BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Joint Application of : 

: 

SINGAPORE AIRLINES LIMITED :

:

and : Docket DOT-OST-2011-0115

:

OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY :

TRANSAERO AIRLINES :

:

For Statements of Authorization and :

related Exemption Authority pursuant to :

14 C.F.R. Part 212 and 49 U.S.C. § 40109 : 

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APPLICATION OF OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY

TRANSAERO AIRLINES FOR RENEWAL

Transaero

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applies, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and Subpart C of the Department’s 

Rules of Practice, for renewal of its exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 authorizing Transaero to 

provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Moscow and 

Houston by displaying its “UN*” designator code on flights operated by Singapore Airlines 

(“SIA”), as well as operate its own flights from any point(s) behind the Russian Federation, via 

any point(s) in the Russian Federation and intermediate points, to Moscow, for passengers 

traveling on SIA’s flights (bearing Transaero’s code) between Moscow and Houston. Transaero 

asks that its exemption authority be renewed for a period of at least two years.

Transaero states as follows in support of its application: 

 

1 Common names are used for airlines. 
Renewal Application of Transaero

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1. Transaero’s underlying exemption authority for Moscow-Houston codesharing 

with SIA was originally granted to Transaero by Notice of Action Taken issued July 8, 2011 in 

this docket, and was most recently granted by Notice of Action Taken issued August 15, 2012 in 

this docket. Absent renewal, Transaero’s exemption authority will expire on August 15, 2013. 

2. Renewal of Transaero’s exemption authority will permit it to continue providing 

significant benefits to passengers traveling in these markets, stimulating demand, increasing

competition and enhancing consumer convenience by offering single-carrier reservations and 

ticketing. Renewal of Transaero’s exemption authority is also consistent with the Multilateral 

Agreement on the Liberalization of International Air Transport (MALIAT), the Annexes to the 

1994 U.S.-Russian Federation Air Transport Agreement (as amended by the February 13, 2009 

U.S.-Russia Memorandum of Consultations), and the overall state of aviation relations between 

the United States and the Russian Federation.2 

3. Transaero holds a foreign air carrier permit authorizing it to engage in scheduled 

foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail from any point or points behind the 

Russian Federation, via any point or points in the Russian Federation and intermediate points, to 

Los Angeles, California; New York, New York; Miami, Florida and San Francisco, California; 

and charter foreign transportation of persons, property and mail between points in the Russian 

Federation and points in the United States.

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4. Transaero invokes the automatic extension provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 558(c), as 

implemented by Part 377 of the Department’s Special Regulations, to continue this authority in 

effect pending action on this renewal application. 

 

2

See Notice of Action Taken dated August 15, 2012 in this docket.

3

 See Order 2013-3-3.