BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.
) Application of ) ) VOLGA-DNEPR AIRLINES LLC ) ) Docket OST-12-
__ for an emergency exemption from ) conditions established by Order 98-2-5 , ) and for Statement of Authorization ) Washington , D.C.

- Tunis, Tunisia

- Khartoum, Sudan )

APPLICATION OF VOLGA-DNEPR AIRLINES LLC FOR AN EMERGENCY EXEMPTION Communication with re s pect to this document should be addressed to: A1e xey I. Isaikin Chairman Volga-Dnepr Airlines LLC 14 Karbysheva Street 1215 Ulyanovsk, Russia

DATED: September 17,2012 Colon Miller Volga Dnepr-Unique Air Cargo, Inc. 9400 Grogan's Mill Road, Town Center Plaza, Suite 220 , The Woodlands , TX USA (832) 585-8611

NOTICE: THIS APPLICATION IS F IL E D 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 INTEREST ED IN FILING AN ANSWER IS REQUESTED TO DO SO IN THE ABOVE DOCKET IMMEDIATELY. COPIES OF THE SUBMISSION SHOULD BE SERV ED 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-12-
__ for an emergency exemption from ) conditions established by Order 98-2-5 , ) and for Statement of Authorization ) Washington, D.C.

- Tunis , Tunisia- Khartoum, Sudan )

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 the Department's Order No. 98-2-5 ("The Sudan Order") so as to permit Volga-Dnepr to operate one (1) one-way all-cargo charter flight, utilizing Volga-Dnepr ' s AN-124-100 aircraft to transport U.S. diplomatic cargo from Washington, D.C. to Tunis, Tunisia and Khartoum, Sudan on or about September 19, 2012

- September 22,2012, on behalfofthe U.S. Department ofState. The cargo to be transported would consist of approximately 105,000 pounds of seven (7) fully armored vehicles (L-18'5" x W-6'9" H-6'6" each) and physical security material s required to secure and protect U.S. Embassies in Tunis , Tunisia and Khartoum, Sudan. In support of its application , Volga-Dnepr states as follows: l. 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 this flight on behalf of the U.S. Department of State as part of an effort to provide urgently needed lift to leave Washington , D.C. not later than the set dates. U.S. Department of State is requesting transportation of armored vehicles and equipment for protection of U.S. Embassies in Tunis, Tunisia and Khartoum , Sudan. 3. The extreme urgency of this shipment is caused by the current situation unfolding in relation to threats against U.S. Embassies in Tunisia and Sudan. The immediate movement ofthe vehicles and equipment is critical to the lives and safety of the U.S. State Department's personnel and U.S. Citizens. 4
. Given the tight schedules associated with the situation , Volga-Dnepr 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 ofthat poll. 5. It is critical for the U
. S. Department of State to use aircraft with a roll-on/roll-off capability such as the AN-124-1 00 to minimize reliance on aircraft ground handling equipment and cargo facilities at the destination airfields. Use of this type of aircraft will minimize the risk caused by disruptions to normal airport operations due to the current conditions in the region. 6. Grant of this application is in the public interest since timely shipment of the vehicles and equipment is imperative to secure and protect U.S. Embassies in Tunis, Tunisia and Khartoum , Sudan. 7. Volga-Dnepr's fitness and ability to carry out the proposed transportation has been amply demonstrated through its conduct of numerous cargo charter operations for the U.S. Department of State throughout the world. 8. 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 poll regarding this application.WHEREFORE, Volga

- Dnepr Airlines respectfully requests that the Department issue an emergency exemption from the provisions of Order DOT 98-2-5 and grant Statement of Authorization under 14 C.F.R. Part 212 so as to permit Volga-Dnepr to operate one one-way all cargo charter flight utili z ing Volga-Dnepr's AN124-100 aircraft to transport the above described cargo on behalf of U.S. Department of State from Washington , D.C. to Tunis, Tunisia and Khartoum, Sudan on September 19 , 2012

- September 22,2012
.

Dated: September 17 , 2012 Respectfully submitted ,

Colon Miller Designated Agent for Volga-Dnepr Airlines (832) 585

- 8611CERTIFICATE 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.

Colon Miller

Dated: September 17,2012Service List

Robert P. Silverberg Jeff Johnson Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff, LLP Suite 120 1101 30 th 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
Carl B. Nelson, Jr. , Esq. Associate General Counsel 1101 17 th Street, N.W. Sui te 600Washington, DC 20036
- 4704 For: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. Telephone: 202
- 496
- 5647 Fax: 202
- 857
- 4246 carl.nelson@aa.com John L. Richardson John L. Richardson, P.L.L.C. 555 13 th 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. 28 00 S. Andrews Ave. Ft. Lauderdale, FL. 33316 Office 954
- 320
- 5300, Fax 305
- 423
- 3246 Direct 954
- 320
- 5367 jcanny@amerijet.comStephen H. Lachter

Suite 900 1150 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20036
- 4192 For: ASTAR AIR CARGO Telephone: 202
- 862
- 4321 Fax: 202
- 835
- 3219 slachter@lachter
- clements.com Joe Hrezo Manager
- Business Development ASTAR AIR CARGO
- Charter Services Phone: 859
- 980
- 1870 Fax: 859
- 980
- 1689 Cell: 859
- 803
- 3882 joe.hrezo@astaraircargo.us 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 Ken Johnson Ken.Johnson@aawholdings.com

Williams C. Evans John Mietus Law Office of John Mietus, LLC 6701 Democracy Blvd., Ste 300 B ethesda, 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 Sam White sam.white@evergreenaviation.com Ranjit Seth ranjit.seth@evergreenairlines.com An geline N. Garbuzinski 3620 Hacks Cross Rd Bldg. B, 3 rd Floor Memphis, TN 38135 For: FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP. Telephone: 901
- 434
- 8589 Fax: 901
- 434
- 9289 anbird@fedex.com Sandra Lunsford sllunsford@fedex.comDawn 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 matw ood@cozen.com Ned Wallace nwallace@wallaceair.com Lynn Stauffer lstauffer@wallaceair.com Judy McKenzie, President For: LYNDEN AIR CARGO 6441 s. Airpark Place A nchorage, AK 99502 Telephone: 907
- 249
- 4100 Fax: 907
- 245
- 0642 judy@lac.lynden.com Garry White gwhite@lac.lynden.com Jim Davis jdavis@lac.lynden.com

Elaine Nisson Mark Liland 3900 W. Int’l Airport Rd. Anchorage, Alaska 99519 For: NORTHERN AIR CARGO Telephone: 907
- 243
- 3331 ext.514 Fax: 907
- 249
- 5190 Mliland@nac.aero 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 Gar ofalo, 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 Richard Mac ri For: SOUTHERN AIR Telephone: 203
- 847
- 6000 vryan@southernair.com sales@southernair.com TGillies@southernair.com RMacri@southernair.comDan 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
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@zsr law.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 o f 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 Rog er 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.govA. 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