### BEFORETHE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

Application of SERVICIOS AEREOS PROFESIONALES, S.A. for renewal ofan exemption pursuantto 49 U.S.c. 

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REPLY OFEMBRAERFINANCE LTD. TO SERVICIOS AEREOS PROFESIONALES, S.A. MOTION FORTEMPORARY DORMANCY WAIVER

Stephen R. Stegich Counselfor EmbraerFinance Ltd. CONDON & 

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DATED: June 13, 2011 Communications with respectto the above should be addressed to: Thomas J. Whalen Shelley A. Hession Counsel for EmbraerFinance Ltd. ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & 

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### BEFORETHE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

Docket No. OST-1997-3077- SERVICIOS AEREOS PROFESIONALES, S.A. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) for renewal ofan exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.c. § 40109

REPLY OF EMBRAERFINANCE LTD. TO SERVICIOS AEREOS PROFESIONALES, S.A. MOTION FOR TEMPORARY DORMANCY WAIVER 

### On March 23, 2011, the Department ofTransportation ("Department") asked for basic information about Servicios Aereos Professionales, S.A. ("SAP") and its continued eligibility for exemption authority as contained in its application dated January 29, 20lO (Docket-OST-1977-3077). The DOT requested this information be supplied no later than three weeks from its request. On April 4, 2011, SAP requested an extension of"at least 30 days to complete the information and answer the Department in a proper manner." SAP, after requesting an extension, failed to provide the requested information. Instead, SAP now asks for "Temporary Dormancy Waiver" for a period ofat least

one year. A dormancy waiver is reliefthat is not available to foreign air carriers under the Department's Regulations. (See 14 C.F.R. § 204.7 and § 259.3 defining "air carrier".) SAP, in its June 1, 2011 filing, asserts that the findings in Orders 87-3077 and 97-3077 that SAP is fit and financially and operationally qualified and is substantially owned and controlled by foreign citizens "continue to be valid". (SAP Motion, para 2 (June 1,2011)) Whether this is accurate or not is the very purpose of the DOT's request for information. No basis exists for SAP to fail to provide this information as to the status ofReply of EmhraerFinance Ltd. to ServiciosAereosProfesiollales, S.A. Page 3 of3
the company from January 29, 2010 to date. SAP wishes to sidestep this requirement until SAP "complete[s] its reorganization and can initiate again commercial operations into the United States." This may be another way of saying that SAP needs to fix its serious deficiencies. However it cannot sidestep the obligations to provide information requested in the DOT's letter to substantiate SAP's repeated assertion, as continued once again in its most recent Motion, that SAP, as of January 29 2010, to date, is fit and financially and operationally qualified and is substantially owned by foreign citizens. ReliefRequested Embraer respectually requests that the Department order SAP to provide the informationrequested by the Department on March 23, 2011.

WHEREFORE, Embraer Finance Ltd. respectfully requests that the Department grant the relief requested herein and such other relief as would be consistent with the public interest. Dated: June 13,2011

N0i3502i Respectfully submitted,

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