BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

_________________________________________

) 

Application of ) 

) 

VOLGA-DNEPR AIRLINES LLC ) 

) Docket OST-2013-

for an emergency exemption pursuant to ) 

49 U.S.C. § 40109(g) ) 

) 

) 

Fort Worth, TX – Everett, WA ) 

_________________________________________ ) 

APPLICATION OF

VOLGA-DNEPR AIRLINES 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: December 6, 2013

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 ) 

) Docket OST-2013-

for an emergency exemption pursuant to ) 

49 U.S.C. § 40109(g) ) 

) 

) 

Fort Worth, TX – Everett, WA ) 

_________________________________________ ) 

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 one (1) one-way cargo charter flight, utilizing VolgaDnepr’s AN-124-100 aircraft to transport cargo from Fort Worth, Texas to Everett, Washington

on around December 14–15, 2013, on behalf of Boeing Commercial Aircraft.

The outsized cargo to be transported by Volga-Dnepr consists of two (2) crated B747

horizontal stabilizers with following dimensions: L-600" x W-197" x H-72", weighing approx. 

11,300 pounds each. As described, the payload is outsized and cannot be accommodated by 

domestic commercial carrier aircraft.

In support of its application, Volga-Dnepr states as follows:
1. Volga-Dnepr is a foreign air carrier holding appropriate DOT authority to conduct allcargo 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 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 stabilizers to meet its deadlines and not to delay B747 

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, 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 rail transportation as viable methods to meet current needs.

4. Given the tight schedules associated with the manufacturing of B747 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 

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 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 stabilizers is imperative to avoid substantial 

delay in B747 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 

circumstances 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 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 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 
immediately. 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 one (1) one-way cargo charter flight, utilizing 

Volga-Dnepr’s AN-124-100 aircraft; to transport cargo from Fort Worth, Texas to Everett, 

Washington on or around December 14–15, 2013, as described herein, and grant such further 

relief as the Department deems to be consistent with the public interest.

Respectfully submitted, 

_______________________________________ 

Artem Tarasenko

Designated agent for Volga-Dnepr Airlines

(832) 585-8611

Dated: December 6, 2013
CERTIFICATE 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: December 6, 2013
Service List

Robert P. Silverberg

Jeff Johnson

Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff, LLP

Suite 120

1101 30th 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, TX

For: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

francis.heil@aa.com

Robert Wirick

Robert.Wirick@aa.com

John L. Richardson

John L. Richardson, P.L.L.C.

555 13th 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
Stephen H. Lachter

Suite 900

1150 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20036-4192

Telephone: 202-862-4321

Fax: 202-835-3219

slachter@lachter-clements.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

rpommer@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.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

Ranjit Seth 

ranjit.seth@evergreenairlines.com

Sandra Lunsford

3620 Hacks Cross Rd

Bldg. B, 3rd Floor

Memphis, TN 38135

For: FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP.

Telephone: 901-434-8589

Fax: 901-434-9289

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

Rick Zerkel, President

rzerkel@lac.lynden.com

Judy McKenzie

judy@lac.lynden.com

Garry White

gwhite@lac.lynden.com

Jim Davis

jdavis@lac.lynden.com

For: LYNDEN AIR CARGO

6441 s. Airpark Place

Anchorage, AK 99502

Telephone: 907-249-4100

Fax: 907-245-0642

Elaine Nisson

3900 W. Int’l Airport Rd.

Anchorage, Alaska 99519

For: NORTHERN AIR CARGO

Telephone: 907-243-3331 ext.514

Fax: 907-249-5190

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@polaraircargo.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

Paul Chase

For: SOUTHERN AIR

Telephone: 203-847-6000

TGillies@southernair.com

PChase@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

jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com

dsmalls@ups.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

Dep. 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

Washington, 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: 703-358-8070

Pdoell@naca.cc
To whom it may concern,

This letter confirms the requirement for an outsized cargo aircraft 

charter in support of shipping an aircraft parts (horizontal stabilizers)

to Boeing Everett production. Because of time constraints related to 

meeting the production schedule and the oversized dimensions of the 

parts and shipping fixtures, the Boeing Company has an immediate 

need for an air charter. We have explored and eliminated all other 

conventional movement methods including air freight, over the road

trucking and rail transportation. 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 parts. The charter is

required on or about December 14–15, 2013 from Ft Worth, TX to 

Everett, WA.

Regards, 

Vickie Currie 

Vickie Currie

Transportation Focal 

The Boeing Company