BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Joint Application of 

VIRGIN ATLANTIC AIRWAYS LTD 

and 

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 

APPLICATION OF 

Docket DOT-OST-2012-0148 

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 

Terminal4, Room 272.142 

JFK International Airport 

Jamaica, NY 11430 

May 15,2015 

Gerald F. Murphy 

Steven J. Seiden 

CROWELL & MORING LLP 

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

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. 

Joint Application of 

VIRGIN ATLANTIC AIRWAYS LTD 

and 

OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY 

TRANSAERO AIRLINES 

For Statements of Authorization and 

related Exemption Authority pursuant to 

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

APPLICATION OF 

Docket DOT-OST-2012-0148 

OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY 

TRANSAERO AIRLINES FOR RENEWAL 

Transaero 1 applies, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and Subpart C of the Department's 

Rules ofPractice, 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 

Boston, Los Angeles, Orlando and San Francisco by codesharing on Virgin Atlantic's flights 

between London, on the one hand, and Boston, Los Angeles, Orlando and San Francisco, on the 

other hand. Transaero asks that its exemption authority be renewed for a period of at least one 

year. 

Common names are used for airlines. 
Renewal Application of Transaero 

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Transaero states as follows in support of its application: 

1. Transaero' s exemption authority for Boston/Los Angeles/Orlando/San FranciscoMoscow codesharing with Virgin Atlantic was originally granted by Notice of Action Taken 

dated August 28, 2012, and most recently renewed by Notice of Action Taken dated July 14, 

2014, in this docket. Absent renewal, Transaero's exemption authority will expire on July 14, 

2015. 

2. Renewal of Transaero's exemption authority will allow 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 (MALIA T), 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, New York, Miami and San Francisco; and charter foreign transportation of 

persons, property and mail between points in the Russian Federation and points in the United 

States.3 

2 

3 

See Notice of Action Taken dated July 14, 2014 in this docket. 

See Order 2013-3-3. 
Renewal Application of Trans aero 

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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. 

WHEREFORE, Transaero asks the Department to renew the exemption authority 

described herein, for a period of at least one year. 

May 15,2015 

Respectfully submitted, 

CROWELL & MORING LLP 

Gerald F. Murphy 

Steven J. Seiden 

gmurphy@crowell.com 

sseiden@crowell.com 

Counsel for 

Transaero Airlines 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I certify that I have this date served the foregoing document on the following persons in 

accordance with the Department's Rules of Practice. 

dheffeman@cozen.com 

jere my .ross@alaskaair. com 

robert. wirick@aa. com 

howard.kass@aa.com 

rpommer@atlasair.com 

sllunsford@fedex. com 

nssparks@fedex.com 

gbleopard@fedex.com 

steve.morrissey@united.com 

dan. weiss@united.com 

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com 

May 15,2015 

chris. walker@delta.com 

bob.kneisley@wnco.com 

leslie.abbott@wnco.com 

dkirstein@yklaw. com 

jyoung@yklaw.com 

anita.mosner@hklaw.com 

jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com 

dwight.moore@transcom.mil 

john.s.duncan@faa.gov 

englets@state. gov 

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