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 author ity ) Docket No. OST-2006-24630 pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 ) ) (China-US Scheduled Cargo Service) ) __________________________________________)

APPLICATION OF YANGTZE RIVER EX PRESS 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 exempti on application are due on March 14, 2012. Any person wishing to support or oppose these applicati ons should file an an swer and serve that answer on counsel above and all pe rsons on the attached service list

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403331724v2BEFORE 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 author ity ) Docket No. OST-2006-24630 pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 ) ) (China-US Scheduled Cargo Service) ) __________________________________________)

APPLICATION OF YANGTZE RIVER EX PRESS AIRLINES CO., LTD. FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITY

Yangtze River Express Airlines Co., Lt d. (“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 author ity 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 ca rgo service between China and the

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

scheduled foreign air tran sportation of property and mail between Shanghai,

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

403331724v2(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 (D FW), 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 rene wal of its exemption to engage in

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

Qingdao (TAO) - Los Angeles (LAX) – Sh anghai (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 Transport 1

, 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 au tomatic 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 mo st recently amended July 9, 2007.

403331724v2Yangtze 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 inte rest. 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, Ya ngtze respectfully requests that the

Department renew its exemption author ity 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.

403331724v2CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a copy of th e foregoing application of Yangtze River Express Airlines Co., Ltd. for renewal exemption authority has been served this the 29 th 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 17 th Street, N.W., Suite 700 Washington, D.C., 2006-3309 mlbenge@zsrlaw.com

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403331724v2 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 30 th Street, NW, Suite 120 Washington, DC 20007 rsilverberg@sgbdc.com jjohnson@sgbdc.com

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Melinda A. Hernandez