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BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Application of 

FAI RENT-A-JET AG 

(DBA FLIGHT AMBULANCE INTERNATIONAL) 

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

and a foreign air carrier permit pursuant to 

49 U.S.C. § 41301 (EU-U.S. open-skies) 

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Docket DOT-OST-2011- 

APPLICATION OF FAI RENT-A-JET AG 

FOR AN EXEMPTION AND A FOREIGN AIR CARRIER PERMIT

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to: 

 Sheryl R. Israel 

HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP 

Columbia Square 

555 Thirteenth Street, NW 

Washington, DC 20004 

Telephone: +1 202 637 8898 

Facsimile: +1 866 728 1992 

E-mail: sheryl.israel@hoganlovells.com 

Counsel for 

FAI RENT-A-JET AG 

May 12, 2011 

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

and serving a copy of that answer on counsel for FAI rent-a-jet AG and 

all persons served with this application. Answers to the exemption 

request are due May 27, 2011, and answers to the permit request are 

due June 2, 2011. 
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BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Application of 

FAI RENT-A-JET AG 

(DBA FLIGHT AMBULANCE INTERNATIONAL) 

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

and a foreign air carrier permit pursuant to 

49 U.S.C. § 41301 (EU-U.S. open-skies) 

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Docket DOT-OST-2011- 

May 12, 2011 

APPLICATION OF FAI RENT-A-JET AG 

FOR AN EXEMPTION AND A FOREIGN AIR CARRIER PERMIT

FAI rent-a-jet AG (also doing business as Flight Ambulance International) (“FAI”) 

hereby applies under 49 U.S.C. §§ 41301, 41302 and 40109, Subparts B and C of the 

Department’s Rules of Practice (14 C.F.R. §§ 302.201 and 302.301, et seq.), the 

U.S.-EU Reciprocal Recognition Procedures,1

 and the Streamlined Licensing 

Procedures2

 for an exemption and a foreign air carrier permit authorizing FAI to engage 

in charter foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail to and from points in 

the United States to the full extent permitted by its homeland operating authority and the 

EU-U.S. open-skies agreement, as well as other charters pursuant to the prior approval 

requirements set forth in the Department’s regulations (14 C.F.R. Part 212), as more 

fully described herein. 

 

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 See DOT Notice, “Application Procedures for Foreign Air Carriers of the European Union,” 

dated February 19, 2009. 

2

 See DOT Notice in Docket DOT-OST-2005-22228, dated August 23, 2005. FAI requests that 

the Department grant this application under the show-cause procedures described in that 

Notice by issuing a single Order (a) granting the exemption authority described in this 

application for a period of two years, or until the effective date of FAI’s final foreign air carrier 

permit, whichever occurs first, and (b) tentatively awarding the foreign air carrier permit. As 

soon as possible thereafter, FAI requests that the Department release a Final Order issuing 

FAI its EU-U.S. open-skies foreign air carrier permit for a period of indefinite duration.
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In support of this application, FAI submits the following information required 

under the U.S.-EU Reciprocal Recognition Procedures: 

1. The name and address of the applicant. 

FAI rent-a-jet AG 

Flughafenstr. 100 

D-90268 Nürnberg 

Germany 

2. Statement of the authority sought.

FAI requests issuance of an exemption and a foreign air carrier permit 

authorizing FAI to engage in the following: 

• foreign charter air transportation of persons, property, and mail 

from any point or points behind any Member State of the 

European Union, via any point or points in any EU Member State 

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

United States and beyond; 

• foreign charter air transportation of persons, property, and mail 

between any point or points in the United States and any point or 

points in any member of the European Common Aviation Area; 

• foreign charter air transportation of cargo between any point or 

points in the United States and any other point or points; 

• other charters pursuant to the prior approval requirements set 

forth in the Department’s regulations governing charters; and 

• charter transportation authorized by any additional route rights 

made available to European Union carriers in the future, to the 
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extent permitted by FAI’s homeland license on file with the 

Department. 

3. Evidence of the applicant’s operating authority.

Attached as Exhibit FAI-1 are FAI’s Operating License issued by the 

German Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (“LBA”) on November 1, 2008 (No. D-049 EG), and 

its Air Operator Certificate (AOC) (No. D-049 AOC) issued by LBA on 

March 14, 2011 (as amended), authorizing FAI to perform worldwide commercial 

air transportation operations. FAI will obtain appropriate amendments to the 

Operations Specifications associated with its AOC and will otherwise continue to 

update and renew its Operating License and AOC as necessary. 

4. Name of the foreign air transport authority involved.

Luftfahrt-Bundesamt 

Hermann-Blenk-Straße 26 

D-38108 Braunschweig 

Germany 

5. Statement that the applicant’s insurance coverage meets or exceeds the 

liability limits of 14 C.F.R. Part 205. 

Exhibit FAI-2 contains a copy of OST Form 6411, Foreign Air Carrier 

Certificate of Insurance, confirming that FAI’s insurance coverage meets the 

liability limits of 14 C.F.R. Part 205, and providing the name of its insurance 

carrier. The Certificate of Insurance has also been submitted to the FAA.

6. Copies of signed OST Form 4523 (waiver of liability limits under the 

Warsaw Convention).

A copy of completed OST Form 4523 is provided as Exhibit FAI-3. FAI 

has submitted the signed form to Docket DOT-OST-1995-236. 
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.

Energy Information. In light of the very limited, on-demand nature of its proposed 

operations, the introduction of the services proposed by FAI will not involve a near-term 

net annual change in aircraft fuel consumption exceeding 10 million gallons, meaning 

approval of this application would not constitute a “major regulatory action” under the 

Energy Policy and Conservation Act, as implemented by 14 C.F.R. Part 313. FAI does 

not anticipate encountering any difficulty in obtaining adequate supplies of fuel for its 

proposed ad hoc services from existing sources. 

Family Support Plan and Passenger Manifest Information. Because FAI initially 

intends to limit its on-demand services to small aircraft operations, FAI is not submitting 

a plan to address the needs of families of passengers involved in aircraft accidents 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 41313(c), or a statement summarizing how it would collect the 

passenger manifest information required by 14 C.F.R. Part 243 and transmit the 

information to the Department of State in the event of an aviation disaster. If FAI 

determines it will expand its fleet to include large aircraft in the future, it will make the 

necessary submissions. 
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WHEREFORE, FAI rent-a-jet AG respectfully requests that the Department 

promptly approve this application and issue exemption authority and a foreign air carrier 

permit pursuant to the U.S.-EU Reciprocal Recognition Procedures and the Streamlined 

Licensing Procedures, as described herein, and grant such further and additional relief 

as the public interest may require. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

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Sheryl R. Israel 

HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP 

Columbia Square 

555 Thirteenth Street, NW 

Washington, DC 20004 

Telephone: +1 202 637 8898 

Facsimile: +1 866 728 1992 

E-mail: sheryl.israel@hoganlovells.com 

Counsel for 

FAI RENT-A-JET AG 
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EXHIBIT LIST

Exhibit 

FAI-1 Operating License and Air Operator Certificate 

FAI-2 Foreign Air Carrier Certificate of Insurance 

FAI-3 Waiver of Liability Limits under the Warsaw Convention 

FAI-4 Verification Required by § 211.11 

 
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Exhibit FAI-1

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Exhibit FAI-2

Foreign Air Carrier Certificate of Insurance


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Exhibit FAI-3

Waiver of Liability Limits under the Warsaw Convention

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Exhibit FAI-4

Verification