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 authority ) Docket No. OST-2006-24630 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 ) 

 ) 

(China-US 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: 

February 29, 2012 

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: Answers to the renewal exemption application are due on March 14, 2012. Any 

person wishing to support or oppose these applications should file an answer and serve that 

answer on counsel above and all persons on the attached service list. 

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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 authority ) Docket No. OST-2006-24630 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 ) 

 ) 

(China-US 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 the 

People’s Republic of China, hereby applies, under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. §§ 41302 

and 40109 for renewal of its exemption authority to engage in scheduled foreign air 

transportation of property and mail on a Shanghai (PVG) – Qingdao (TAO) – Los 

Angeles (LAX) – Shanghai (PVG) routing. Yangtze requests that the exemption renewal 

sought herein remain in place for a period of at least one year, or until the Department 

issues it an amended foreign air carrier permit providing the requested authority. 

In support of its application, Yangtze states as follows: 

1. Yangtze has been operating scheduled cargo service between China and the 

United States for many years, and holds a foreign air carrier permit authorizing 

scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail between Shanghai, 

China and the co-terminal points Anchorage, Boston, Los Angeles and New York 

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(Order 2008-4-27). Yangtze also holds exemption authority to engage in 

scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail between Shanghai, on 

the one hand, and Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), Chicago (ORD) and San Francisco 

(SFO), on the other hand. (Notice of Action Taken dated November 4, 2011). 

2. Yangtze hereby incorporates by reference the information filed previously in this 

docket and considered by the Department when it granted Yangtze’s permit and 

subsequent exemption authorities. 

3. Authority Requested: Yangtze seeks renewal of its exemption to engage in 

scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail on a Shanghai (PVG) - 

Qingdao (TAO) - Los Angeles (LAX) – Shanghai (PVG) routing. (Notice of 

Action Taken dated March 25, 2011.) 

4. 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 

Government of the People’s Republic of China Relating to Civil Air Transport1

, 

which authorizes designated airlines to operate cargo services from any point or 

points in the People’s Republic of China to any point or points in the United 

States open to scheduled international operations. 

5. Yangtze invokes and relies upon the automatic renewal provisions 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 

authority pending final Department action on this renewal application. 

 

1

 Signed September 17, 1980, and most recently amended July 9, 2007. 

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 Yangtze is fully qualified to operate the services for which authority is herein 

requested, and grant of the requested authority is consistent with the U.S.-China bilateral 

and will, therefore, serve the public interest. Yangtze requests that the requested 

exemption renewal remain in effect for a period of at least one year, or until the 

Department issues an amended permit authorizing the requested authority. 

 WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, Yangtze respectfully requests that the 

Department renew its exemption authority 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

February 29, 2012 Counsel for Yangtze River Express 

Airlines Co., Ltd. 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing application of Yangtze River Express Airlines Co., 

Ltd. for renewal exemption authority has been served this the 29th day of February, 2012 

upon each of the parties below by electronic mail. 

Hardie H. DeGuzman 

FAA - Los Angeles International Field 

Office 

Hardie.H.DeGuzman@faa.gov

Rick Mayfiled 

FAA - Oakland Field Office 

Rick.Mayfield@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

Anita Mosner 

Counsel for United Parcel Service 

Holland & Knight 

2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 100 

Washington, DC 20006 

anita.mosner@hklaw.com

Malcolm L. Benge 

Counsel for North American Airlines/World 

 Airways 

Zuckert Scoutt & Rasenberger, L.L.P. 

888 17th Street, N.W., Suite 700 

Washington, D.C., 2006-3309 

mlbenge@zsrlaw.com

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Dan 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 30th Street, NW, Suite 120 

Washington, DC 20007 

rsilverberg@sgbdc.com

jjohnson@sgbdc.com

/s/ 

Melinda A. Hernandez