BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

_________________________________________ ) Application of ) ) VOLGA

- DNEPR AIRLINE S LLC ) ) Docket OST

- 201 4

- for an emergency exemption pursuant to ) 49 U.S.C . § 40109(g) ) ) ) Fort Worth , TX

– Everett , WA )

_________________________________________ )

APPLICATION OF VOLGA
- DNEPR AIRLINE S LLC
FOR AN EMERGENCY EXEMPTION Communication with respect to this document should be address ed to: Alexey I. Isaikin Artem Tarasenko Chairman Operations Manager Volga

- Dnepr Airlines LLC Volga Dnepr

- Unique Air Cargo, Inc. 14 Karbysheva Street 9400 Grogan’s Mill Road, Ulyanovsk 432072 Town Center Plaza, Suite 220, Russ ia The Woodlands, TX 77381, USA (832) 585

- 8611

DATED: August 2 1 , 201 4

NOTICE: THIS APPLICATION IS FILED 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 INTERESTED IN FILING AN ANSWER IS REQUESTED TO DO SO IN THE ABOVE DOCKET IMMEDIATELY. COPIES OF THE SUBMISSION SHOULD BE SERVED ON THE PERSONS LISTED ABOVE AND ON THE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST.BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATI ON

WASHINGTON, D.C.

_________________________________________ ) Application of ) ) VOLGA

- DNEPR AIRLINES LLC ) ) Docket OST

- 201 4

- for an emergency exemption pursuant to ) 49 U.S.C. § 40109(g) ) ) ) Fort Worth, TX

– Everett , WA )

_________________________________________ )

APPLICATION OF VOLGA
- DNEPR AIRLINE S LLC FOR AN EMERGENCY EXEMPTION

Volga

- Dnepr Airline s LLC (“Volga

- Dnepr Airlines” or "Volga

- Dnepr") respectfully requests an emerge ncy exemption from the provisions of 49 U.S.C. §§ 40109(g) and 41703(c), and otherwise applicable provisions of the Department of Transportation (“DOT”) regulations, so as to permit Volga

- Dnepr to operate one ( 1 ) one
- way cargo charter flight , utilizing Vol ga
D nepr’s AN

- 124

- 100 aircraft to transport cargo from Fort Worth , Texas to Everett , Washington
on around August 2 6

– 3 0 , 201 4 , on behalf of Boeing Commercial Aircraft

. The outsize d cargo to be transported by Volga

- Dnepr consist s of one ( 1 ) crated B 7 6 7
horiz ontal stabilizer with following dimensions: L

- 448 " x W

- 95 " x H

- 156 " , weighing approx.
1 5 , 5 00 pounds and one (1) B767 SME with following dimensions: L

- 113" x W

- 94" x H

- 114", weighing approx. 19,900 pounds

. As described, the payload is outsized and cannot be accommodated by domestic commercial carrier aircraft. In support of its application, Volga

- Dnepr states as follows:1. Volga

- Dnepr is a foreign air carrier holding appropriate DOT authority to conduct all

cargo 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 the flight on behalf of Boeing Commercial A ircraft as part of an effort to provide urgently needed lift to leave Fort Worth not later than the set dates

. Boeing
Commercial Aircraft is shipping the stabilizer s to meet its deadlines and not to delay B 7 6 7 production line , while only the use of Volga

- D nepr's outsized aircraft can make it possible to perform the services in question within the set schedule.
3. Due to the size of the cargo and the urgency of the shipment , Boeing Commercial
Aircraft cannot use surface transportation to ship the cargo . An e valuation conducted by Boeing
Commercial Aircraft eliminated all other conventional movement methods including over the
road trucking and rail transportation as viable methods to meet current needs

. 4. Given the tight schedules associated with the manufact uring of B 7 6 7 aircraft , 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 of that poll.
5. Unde r 49 U.S.C. § 40109(g), the Department may authorize a foreign air carrier to transport commercial traffic between U.S. points under limited circumstances. Specifically, the Department must find that the authority is required in the public interest; that b ecause of an emergency created by unusual circumstances not arising in the normal course of business the traffic cannot be accommodated by U.S. carriers holding certificates under 49 U.S.C. § 41102; that all possible efforts have been made to accommodate t he traffic on U.S. certificated air carriers; and that the exemption is necessary to avoid unreasonable hardship for the traffic. This application is consistent with the public interest and meets all of the relevant criteria under 49 U.S.C. § 40109(g) for the grant of an exemption.6. Grant of this application is in the pub lic interest. As is evidenced by the attached

correspondence, timely shipment of the Boeing’s stabilizer s is imperative to avoid substantial delay in B 7 6 7 aircraft production line

. 7. In this instance, an emergency created by unusual circumstances not arising in the
normal course of business exists as a result of the size of the cargo , as well as the exigent circumstances surrounding the impossibility to use any other mode of transportatio n, and the lack of availability of U.S. commercial aircraft of the nature of the AN

- 124

- 100 operated by Volga

- Dnepr Airlines. As a result, the best way to resolve this emergency is for the AN

- 124

- 100 aircraft to transport the equipment in question. 8. As p reviously stated, no U.S. carrier operates aircraft that ar e able to transport this
cargo. 9. Grant of this exemption application is necessary to avoid unreasonable hardship for the
traffic at issue. 10. Volga

- Dnepr’s fitness and ability to carry out the p roposed transportation has been amply demonstrated through its conduct of number of cargo charter operati ons on behalf of Boeing in and out of the United States and throughout the world. 11. Grant of this application is consistent with Department precedent . Foreign air carriers have been granted emergency exemption authority to carry cargo between U.S. points when an emergency existed as a result of unusual circumstances not arising in the normal course of business. See, e.g., Orders 96

- 6

- 31, 96

- 4

- 29, 95

- 11

- 35, 95

- 2

- 35, 94

- 11

- 6 and 94

- 4

- 14, as well as
Notices of Action Taken in dockets OST

- 04

- 17906, OST

- 07

- 26806, OST

- 07

- 27125, OST

- 07

- 28857, OST

- 08

- 0003, and OST

- 09

- 0041. 12. In light of the exigent circumstances, Volga

- Dnepr requests expeditious processing

an d the immediate grant of this emergency exemption application. The Department’s Procedural Regulations provide that the Department can act on an emergency exemption applicationimmediately. Designated agent for Volga

- Dnepr will promptly advise the Departme nt of the

responses of the interested U.S. carriers to the telephone poll regarding this application.WHEREFORE, Volga

- Dnepr respectfully requests that the Department issue an

emergency exemption permitting it to operate one ( 1 ) one
- way cargo charter fligh t, utilizing Volga

- D nepr’s AN

- 124

- 100 aircraft; to transport cargo from Fort Worth , Texas to Everett , Washington on or around August 2 6

– 30 , 201 4 , as described herein, and grant such further relief as the Department deems to be cons istent with the public in terest.

Respectfully submitted,

_______________________________________ Artem Tarasenko Designated agent for Volga

- Dnepr Airlines (832) 585

- 8611

Dated: August 2 1 , 201 4CERTIFICATE 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.

Artem Tarasenko

Dated : August 2 1 , 201 4Service 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

“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 matwood@cozen.com Ned Wallace nwallace@wallaceair.com Lynn Stauffer lstauffer@wallaceair.com Stephen Lachter stephen.lachter@lachterlaw.com for: FRONTIER AIRLINES John L. Richardson Joh n 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 Michell e Riordan mriordan@johnlrichardson.com Joan M. Canny Senior Vice President and General Counsel AMERIJET INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2800 S. Andrews Ave. Ft. Lauderdale, FL. 33316 Office 954

- 320

- 5300, Fax 305

- 423

- 3246 Direct 954

- 320

- 5367 jcanny@amerijet.com
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 John Mietus Law Office of John Mietus, LLC 6701 Democracy Blvd., Ste 300 Bethesda, MD 20817

- 7500 For: CENTURION AIR CARGO & SKYLEASE Telephone: 301

- 571

- 9334 Fax: 240

- 396

- 5362 john@m ietuslaw.comAlexander Van der Bellen

1275 K St., NW, Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20005 Chris Walker 202 842 3949 For: DELTA AIRLINES sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com chris.walker@delta.com S andra Lunsford 3620 Hacks Cross Rd Bldg. B, 3 rd Floor Memphis, TN 38135 For: FEDERAL EXPRESS CORP. Telephone: 901

- 434

- 8589 Fax: 901

- 434

- 9289 Sandra Lunsford sllunsford@fedex.com
Howard Kass Bob Wirick For: AMERICAN AIRLINES U.S. AIRWAYS howard.kass@aa.com robert.wirick@aa.com Rick Zerkel, President rzerkel@lac.lynden.com Garry White gwhite@lac.lynden.com Jim Davis jdavis@lac.lynden.com For: LYNDEN AIR CARGO 6441 s. Airpark Place Anchorage, AK 99502 Telephone: 907

- 249

- 4100 Fax: 907

- 245

- 0642
Elain e Nisson 3900 W. Int’l Airport Rd. Anchorage, Alaska 99519 For: NORTHERN AIR CARGO Telephone: 907

- 243

- 3331 ext.514 Fax: 907

- 249

- 5190 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

Tom Gillies Paul Chase For: SOUTHERN AIR Dan Weiss 1600 Smith Street, Ste HQSGV Houston, TX 77002Telephone: 203

- 847

- 6000

TGillies@s outhernair.com PChase@southernair.com Aaron A. Goerlich Garofalo, Goerlich & Hainbach, PC 1200 New Hampshire Ave., Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 agoerlich@ggh

- ai rlaw.com 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 jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com dsmalls@ups.com Frank Avent Airline Information Research 343 Round Hill Road Sapphire, North Carolina 28774 Telephone: 703

- 489

- 9801 info@airlineinfo.com

Stephen A. Cristina Acting Dep. Asst. Secy, Trnsp. Affairs Department of State 2201 C Street, NW, Room 5830 Washington, DC 20520 Fax: 202

- 647

- 4324 CristinaSA@state.gov 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.gov A. 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 Dawn Pefley

### To whom it may concern,

This letter confirms the requirement for an outsized cargo aircraft charter in su pport of shipping an aircraft part s (horizontal stabilizers) to Boeing Everett production. Because of time constraints related to meeting the production schedule and the oversized dimensions of the part s and shipping fixture s , the Boeing Company has an immediate need for an air charter. We have explored and eliminated all other conventional movemen t methods including air freight , over the road trucking and rail transportation. Air charter is the only method that can meet our deadlines and not delay the production line. The AN124 is the only aircraft capable of handling this size of part s . The cha rter is required on or about August 2 6

– 3 0 , 201 4 from Ft Worth, TX to Everett , WA
.
Regards, 

## Vickie Currie

Vickie Currie Transportation Focal The Boeing Company