Application of 

TAMPA CARGO S.A. 

BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

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) Docket No. OST-2012- o'tc:) 

for an exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 

and an amended foreign air carrier permit 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40301 

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(U.S.- Colombia Open Skies) ) 

APPLICATION OF TAMPA CARGO S.A. 

FOR AN EXEMPTION AND AMENDED 

FOREIGN AIR CARRIER PERMIT 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

John E. Gillick 

David M. Endersbee 

Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, L.L.P. 

888 Seventeenth Street, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

Tel: (202) 973-7939 

Fax: (202) 342-0683 

j egillick@zsrlaw .com 

dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com 

Counsel for Tampa Cargo S.A. 

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NOTICE: Any person may support or oppose this application by filing an answer and 

serving a copy of the answer on the applicant and on all persons listed in the attached service list 

on or before July 25, 2012 for the exemption request, and July 31, 2012 for the permit request. 

However, the applicant seeks expedited treatment of this application and intends to poll. 

July 10, 2012 
Application of 

TAMPA CARGO S.A. 

BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

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) Docket No. OST~2012~ ono 

for an exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 

and an amended foreign air carrier permit 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40301 

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(U.S.- Colombia Open Skies) ) 

Dated: July 10, 2012 

APPLICATION OF TAMPA CARGO S.A. 

FOR AN EXEMPTION AND AMENDED 

FOREIGN AIR CARRIER PERMIT 

Tampa Cargo S.A. ("Tampa"), pursuant to 49 U.S.C. §§ 40109 and 41301, Subparts B 

and C ofthe Department's Rules ofPractice, and the Department's 2005 Notice on Streamlining 

Regulatory Procedures (Docket OST-2005-22228) (the "2005 Notice"), hereby applies for an 

exemption and amended foreign air carrier permit authorizing Tampa to operate the following 

services pursuant to the Open Skies Air Transport Agreement between the Government of the 

United States and the Government of the Republic of Colombia: 

• foreign air transportation of property and mail from points behind Colombia via 

Colombia and intermediate points to any point or points in the United States and 

beyond; and, 

• other charters pursuant to Part 212 of the Department's regulations. 

Tampa respectfully requests that the Department issue a single order (1) granting 

Tampa's exemption application for a two-year period or until after the requested permit 
amendment becomes effective, whichever occurs earlier, and (2) approving the corresponding 

amended foreign air carrier permit under the procedures set forth in the Department's 2005 

Notice. 

In support of this application, Tampa states as follows: 

1. On May 10,2011, the U.S. and Colombia signed a historic open skies air 

transport agreement (the "Agreement") that has brought open skies to cargo services between the 

two countries, and will liberalize combination services to full open skies after a brieftransitional 

period. The Agreement is a landmark for being the 1 OOth open skies air services agreement 

reached with a U.S. partner and was noted as such by Secretary LaHood. 1 The Agreement is 

being observed provisionally in accordance with Article 18.2 

2. Tampa presently holds a foreign air carrier permit authorizing it to engage in 

foreign air transportation of property between Medellin and Bogota, Colombia and Miami. 

Order 81-4-94, Docket 34426. Tampa also holds a variety of exemption authorities under which 

it has been proving services to shippers in the U.S. and throughout Latin America using its fleet 

of Boeing 767-200ERF and -300ERF freighters, which will eventually be replaced by four 

recently-ordered A330-200F freighters. Tampa now seeks the full complement of rights 

available to it under the Agreement, as set forth in paragraph 8 below, so that it may have the 

maximum possible flexibility in offering new service options to shippers and the travelling 

public and for responding to new commercial opportunities. 

3. Tampa is a corporation organized under Colombian law. Tampa's full name and 

headquarters address is: 

1 "Colombia Becomes 100th U.S. Open-Skies Partner," Nov. 12,2010, 

http://www.dot.gov/affairs/2010/dot19910.html 

2 This was accomplished by means of an exchange ofnotes on August 26,2011. 

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Tampa Cargo S.A. 

A venida El Dorado No. 116-87 

Terminal Intemacional de Carga 

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Bogota, Colombia 

4. Tampa is a privately-held company and is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of 

Aerovias del Continente Americano S.A. (Avianca), also a citizen of Colombia. Tampa is 

therefore substantially owned and effectively controlled by nationals of Colombia. 

5. The competent air transport authority having regulatory jurisdiction over Tampa 

is the Aeromiutica Civil de Colombia. Aeromiutica Civil is located at A venida Eldorado 1 03-15. 

Nuevo Edificio Aerocivil, Bogota, D. C.- Colombia. 

6. Tampa's Air Operator Certificate issued by Aeronautica Civil on July 25, 1996 

and authorizing Tampa to engage in international air transportation services is attached as 

Exhibit QT-1. Tampa's Air Operator Certificate fully authorizes the services described herein 

and has no expiration date. 

7. Financial summaries are attached as Exhibit QT-2. Confidential treatment is 

requested for Exhibit QT-2 pursuant to Rule 12. 

8. The authority requested herein is consistent with, and is provided for, in the 

Agreement. Article 2, paragraph 1 ( c )(ii) of the Agreement provides the following traffic rights 

for Colombian airlines: 

from points behind Colombia via Colombia and intermediate points to any point or points 

in the United States and beyond. 

9. Tampa does not receive, nor does it expect to receive, any financial assistance 

from the Government of Colombia. 

10. Tampa's insurance coverage meets or exceeds the requirements of 14 C.F.R. Part 

205. The current certificate is on file with the Department. 

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11. Tampa's aircraft maintenance program complies with ICAO Pilots and Airmen 

Annexes 1, 6 (Part 1) and 7. Colombia is a contracting state to the Convention on International 

Civil Aviation. 

12. Tampa remains fit, willing and able to perform the foreign air transportation 

services described in this application. Tampa has recently been found fit by the Department. 

See, e.g., Notice of Action Taken, Docket OST-2005-22238, October 28,2010. Tampa will 

conform with the Department's statutory provisions, rules, regulations and other requirements 

13. The public interest will be served by the grant of this authority to Tampa. In 

announcing the U.S.- Colombia agreement, Secretary LaHood noted that "Travelers, shippers, 

airlines and economies all over the world have benefited from the competitive pricing and more 

convenient service that Open Skies have made possible."3 And, as noted above, this authority 

will provide Tampa with the maximum possible flexibility to respond to market conditions and 

the needs of shippers in both the U.S. and Colombia with a minimum of regulatory delay. 

14. Tampa has not been involved in any safety or tariff violations or any fatal 

accidents during the five years preceding this application. 

15. Grant of the authority sought by Tampa will not constitute a major regulatory 

action under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, as defined in Part 313 of the 

Department's Regulations. 

16. Tampa remains fit, willing and able to perform the foreign air transportation 

services described in this application and will conform with the Department's statutory 

provisions, rules, regulations and other requirements. 

3 "Colombia Becomes IOOth U.S. Open-Skies Partner," Nov. 12, 2010, 

http://www.dot.gov/affairs/20 1 0/dotl 991 O.html 

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17. Tampa intends to poll all parties served with a copy of this Application and will 

inform the Department of the results as soon as possible. 

WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, Tampa Cargo S.A. respectfully requests that 

the Department grant the requested exemption and amended foreign air carrier permit as 

described more fully herein. Tampa also requests such further, different and additional relief as 

the Department may deem to be appropriate. 

July 10, 2012 

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Respectfully submitted, 

John E. lhck 

David M. Enders bee 

Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, L.L.P. 

888 Seventeenth Street, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

Tel: (202) 973-7939 

Fax: (202) 342-0683 

jegillick@zsrlaw.com 

dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com 

Counsel for Tampa Cargo S.A. 
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Financial Summaries 

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Confidential Treatment Requested Under §302.12 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that on this lOth day of July 2012, a copy of the foregoing Application of 

Tampa Cargo S.A. was served by electronic mail or facsimile on the following: 

R. Bruce Keiner, Jr. 

Lorraine B. Halloway 

Gerald F. Murphy 

Counsel for Continental/United Airlines 

Crowell & Moring LLP 

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20004-2595 

rbkeiner@crowell.com 

lhalloway@crowell.com 

gmurphy@crowell.com 

Dan Weiss 

Managing Director - International & 

Regulatory Affairs 

United Air Lines 

77 West Wacker Drive-HDQIZ 

Chicago, IL 60601 

dan.weiss@united.com 

Stephen J. Morrissey 

Managing Director, Regulatory and 

Policy 

United Air Lines, Inc. 

1225 New York Avenue, NW- DCAIZ 

Suite 1100 

Washington, DC 20005 

steve.morrissey@united.com 

Jonathan T. Linde 

Managing Director & Senior CounselRegulatory 

United Air Lines, Inc. 

77 West Wacker Drive-HDQLD 

16th Floor 

Chicago, IL 60601 

jonathan.linde@united.com 

Kelli Bryan 

Ranjit Seth 

Robert Foster 

Charter Sales 

Evergreen International Airlines, Inc. 

3850 Three Mile Lane 

McMinnville, OR 97128 

charters@evergreenairlines.com 

ranj it.seth@evergreenairlines.com 

Robert.foster@evergreenairlines.com 

Carl B. Nelson, Jr. 

Associate General Counsel 

Robert Wirick 

American Airlines, Inc. 

1101 Seventeenth Street, N.W. 

Suite 600 

Washington, D.C. 20036 

carl.nelson@aa.com 

robert.wirick@aa.com 

francis.heil@aa.com 

james.kaleigh@aa.com 

John L. Richardson 

Joan Canny 

Counsel for Amerijet International 

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

555 13th Street, N.W. 

Suite 420 West 

Washington, D.C. 20004 

jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com 

JCanny@amerijet.com 

Russell E. Pommer 

Associate General Counsel and 

Director of Regulatory Affairs 

Atlas Air, Inc. 

1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 875 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

rpommer@atlasair.com 
Kevin Montgomery 

Peter Beckett 

Polar Air Cargo, Inc. 

1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 875 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com 

peter. beckett@polaraircargo.com 

MarshallS. Sinick 

Counsel for Florida West 

International Airways 

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. 

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 500 

Washington, D.C. 20004 

msinick@ssd.com 

Anita Mosner 

Jennifer Nowak 

Counsel for United Parcel Service 

Holland & Knight 

2099 Pennsylvania A venue, NW 

Suite 100 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

anita.mosner@hklaw.com 

jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com 

Alexander Van Der Bell en 

Sametta C. Barnett 

Delta Air Lines 

1212 New York Avenue, NW 

Suite 200 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

sascha. vanderbellen@delta.com 

sametta.c.barnett@delta.com 

John R. Mietus, Jr. 

Counsel for Centurion Air Cargo 

Law Office of John Mietus, LLC 

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 300 

Washington, DC 20004 

john@mietuslaw.com 

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John M. Allen 

Director 

Flight Standards Service 

Federal Aviation Administration 

800 Independence Avenue, S.W., Rm 821 

Washington, D.C. 20591 

john.allen@faa.gov 

Courtney Felts 

Legal and Regulatory Affairs 

FedEx Express 

3620 Hacks Cross Road 

Building B, 3rd Floor 

Memphis, 1N 38125 

cefelts@fedex.com 

Robert P. Silverberg 

Jeffrey Johnson 

Counsel for ABX Air 

Silverberg, Goldman &Bikoff, L.L.P. 

1101 30th Street, N.W., Ste. 120 

Washington, D.C. 20007 

rsilverberg@sgbdc.com 

jjohnson@sgbdc.com 

Howard Kass 

Managing Director & Associate General 

Counsel 

US Airways 

1401 H Street, N.W. 

Suite 1075 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

howard_ kass@usairways.com 

Mark W. Atwood 

Counsel for Kalitta Air 

Cozen O'Connor 

Army Navy Building 

1627 I Street, NW 

Suite 1100 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

matwood@cozen.com 
Aaron Goerlich 

Counsel for Allegiant Air, Ryan 

International Airlines and Southern Air 

Garofalo Goerlich Hainbach PC 

1200 New Hampshire Avenue NW 

Suite 800 

Washington, D.C. 20036-6802 

agoerlich@ggh-airlaw.com 

Elaine Nisson 

Mark Liland 

Northern Air Cargo, Inc. 

3900 Old International Airport Road 

Anchorage, AK 99502 

enisson@nac.aero 

mliland@nac;aero 

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Joanne W. Young 

Counsel for Spirit Airlines 

Kirstein & Young PLLC 

1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. 

Suite 600 South 

Washington, DC 20004 

jyoung@yklaw.com 

Jonathan B. Hill 

Counsel for JetBlue 

Dow Lohnes 

1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 800 

Washington, DC 20036-6802 

jhill@dowlohnes.com 

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