BEFORE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

_____________________________________________ ) Application of ) ) YANGTZE RIVER EXPRESS AIRLINES CO., LTD. ) ) Docket No. OST-2006-24629 For renewal of exemption under 49 U. S.C. §40109 ) Docket No. OST-2006-24630 (China-U.S. Scheduled Cargo Service) ) _____________________________________________)

APPLICATION OF YANGTZE RIVER EXPRESS AIRLINES CO., LTD. FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITY

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to:

October 14, 2011 Josh Romanow Justin Bintrim PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 2300 N Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20037 Tel: (202) 663-8000 Fax: (202) 663-8007 E-mail: romanow@pillsburylaw.com justin.bintrim@pillsburylaw.com

Counsel for Yangtze River Express Airlines Co., Ltd.

NOTE: Any person who wishes to support or oppose this App lication may file an answer and serve that answer on counsel identified above and all persons served with a copy of this application. Answers to the exemption app lication are due on October 29, 2011. Yangtze intends to poll on this application and will advise the Department of the results._____________________________________________)

2 BEFORE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

_____________________________________________ ) Application of ) ) YANGTZE RIVER EXPRESS AIRLINES CO., LTD. ) ) Docket No. OST-2006-24629 For renewal of exemption under 49 U. S.C. §40109 ) Docket No. OST-2006-24630 (China-U.S. Scheduled Cargo Service) )

APPLICATION OF YANGTZE RIVER EXPRESS AIRLINES CO., LTD. FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITY

Yangtze River Express Airlines Co., Ltd. (“ Yangtze”), an air carrier of People’s

Republic of China, hereby applies, under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. §40109, the

Department’s Rules of Practice in Proceedings (14 C.F.R. §§ 302.201 and 302.301, et

seq. ), and the Department’s str eamlined licensing procedures, 1 for renewal of its

exemption authorities to engage in scheduled foreign air transpor tation of property and

mail between Shanghai, People’s Republic of China, on the one hand, and Dallas/Fort

Worth, Texas on the other hand; as well as it s Shanghai – San Francisco and Shanghai –

Chicago exemption authority also granted in this docket. Yangtze requests that this

renewal remain in effect for a period of two years, or until the Department issues Yangtze

an amended foreign air carrier permit.

1 See Notice in Docket OST-2005-22228 (August 23, 2005).3 In support of this Application, Yangtze states as follows:

1. Yangtze holds a foreign air carrier permit authorizing it to engage in scheduled

foreign air transportation of propert y and mail between Shanghai, People’s

Republic of China, and the co-termi nal points Anchorage, Alaska; Boston,

Massachusetts; Los Angeles, California; and New York, New York (Order 2008-

4-27 (Apr. 27, 2008)) and exemption aut hority for scheduled foreign air

transportation of property and mail on a Shanghai – Qingdao – Los Angeles –

Shanghai routing (Notice of Ac tion Taken dated March 25, 2011).

Yangtze also holds exemption authority to engage in charter foreign air

transportation of property and mail betw een points in China and points in the

United States. (Notice of Acti on Taken dated January 21, 2011).

2. Authority Requested: Yangtze seeks a renewal of its exemption authorities to

engage in scheduled foreign air trans portation of property and mail between (1)

Shanghai and Dallas/Fort Worth; (2) Sh anghai and San Francisco; and (3)

Shanghai and Chicago, granted in this doc ket (Notice of Action dated October 20,

2010).

3. Granting Yangtze’s request for renewal of its exemptions is fully consistent with

the Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the

People’s Republic of China Relating to Civil Air Transport 2 which authorizes

designated airlines to operate cargo servic es from any point or points in the

2 Signed September 17, 1980, and mo st recently amended July 9, 2007.4 People’s Republic of China to any point or points in the United States of America

open to scheduled international operations.

4. Yangtze hereby incorporates by reference in formation previously filed with the

Department in its foreign air carrier permit application in Docket OST-2006-

24629, as the information provide d is substantially unchanged.

5. Grant of the authority sought herein will not result in a near term increase in fuel

consumption of ten million gallons or mo re, and therefore will not comprise a

“major regulatory action” under the Ener gy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975,

as defined at 14 C.F.R. § 313(a)(1).

6. Yangtze invokes and relies upon the pr ovisions of Section 558(c) of the

Administrative Procedure Act (5 U.S.C. 558(c)), as implemented by Part 377 of

the Department’s Special Regulations, to continue in effect its existing exemption

authorities pending final Department action on this renewal application.

Yangtze’s Dallas, Chicago and San Francisco exemptions will expire on October

20, 2011 absent this renewal application, which is timely filed under C.F.R.

377.10(c).

For the reasons set forth above, Yangtze is fully qualified to ope rate the services

for which authority is herein requested, and grant of the authority will serve the public

interest. Yangtze asks that the requested ex emption remain in place for a period of two

years, or until the Department issues an amended foreign air carrier permit authorizing

the requested authority.WHEREFORE, based upon the foregoing reas ons, Yangtze respectfully requests

that the Department renew its exemption au thorities as more fully described above.

Respectfully submitted,

Josh Romanow Justin Bintrim PILLSBURY WINTHROP SHAW PITTMAN LLP 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 Phone: (202) 663-8000 Fax: (202) 663-8007 Email: romanow@pillsburylaw.com justin.bintrim@pillsburylaw.com

October 14, 2011 Counsel for Yangtze River Express Airlines Co., Ltd.

56 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a copy of th e foregoing application of Yangtze River Express Airlines Co., Ltd. for renewal of exemption has been served this the 14 th day of October, 2011, upon each of the parties below by electronic mail.

Bryan Ashley FAA SFO FSDO/IFO 831 Mitten Road, Room 105 Burlingame, CA 94010 Bryan.H.Ashley@faa.gov

Sascha Vanderbellen Jeff Morgan Delta Air Lines, Inc. 1275 K St., NW Washington, D.C. 20005 sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com jeff.morgan@delta.com

Carl B. Nelson, Jr. Associate General Counsel American Airlines, Inc. 1101 Seventeenth Street, N.W. Suite 600 Washington, D.C. 20036 Carl.nelson@aa.com

Nancy S. Sparks Bailey Leopard Federal Express Corporation 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 600 Washington, D.C. 20004 nssparks@fedex.com gbleopard@fedex.com Kevin P. Montgomery Polar Air Cargo, Inc. 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 875 Washington, DC 20006 Kevin.montgomergy@polaraircargo.com

Russell E. Pommer Associate General Counsel & Sr. Director Regulatory Affairs Atlas Air Inc. 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 875 Washington, D.C. 20006 rpommer@atlasair.com

Sam White Ranjit Seth Evergreen International Airlines, Inc. 1401 New York Avenue, NW, Suite 530 Washington, DC 20005-2147 sam.white@evergreenairlines.com ranjit.seth@evergreenairlines.com

Malcolm L. Benge Counsel for North American Airlines/World Airways Zuckert Scoutt & Rasenberger, L.L.P. 888 17 th Street, N.W., Suite 700 Washington, D.C., 2006-3309 mlbenge@zsrlaw.comDan Weiss Continental Airlines 1600 Smith Street, Ste. HQSGV Houston, TX 77002 dan.weiss@coair.com

Steve Morrissey Counsel for United Air Lines steve.morrissey@united.com

Howard Kass U.S. Airways 1401 H Street, NW, Suite 1075 Washington, DC 20005 howard.kass@usairways.com

Robert Silverberg Jeff Johnson Counsel for ABX Air, Inc. Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff, LLP 1101 30 th Street, NW, Suite 120 Washington, DC 20007 rsilverberg@sgbdc.com jjohnson@sgbdc.com

Anita Mosner Counsel for United Parcel Service Holland & Knight 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 100 Washington, DC 20006 anita.mosner@hklaw.com

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________________ Melinda A. Hernandez