BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

___________________________ _______________ ) Application of ) ) CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LIMITED ) DOCKET OST

- 2003

- 14493 ) for renewal of exemption a u thority ) ( Hong Kong

- United States) ) __________________________________________)

APPLICATION OF C ATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LIMITED FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

John R. Mietus, Jr. LAW OFFICE OF JOHN MIETUS, LLC 6701 Democracy Boulevard Ste 300 Bethesda, Maryland 20817 (202) 747

- 5212 john@mietuslaw.com Counsel for C ATHAY PACIFIC

NOTICE: Any person may support or oppose this application by filing an answer and serving a copy of the answer on counsel for Cathay Pacific and upon persons served with this application no later than March 27, 2015

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March 12, 2015BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________ ) Application of ) ) CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LIMITED ) DOCKET OST

- 2003

- 14493 ) March 12, 2015 for renewal of exemption a u thority ) ( Hong Kong

- United States) ) __________________________________________)

APPLICATION OF C ATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LIMITED FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION
Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109(c), Cathay Pacific Airways Limited
("Cathay") respectfully requests renewal of the above

- captioned exemption,
granted by Notice of Action Taken dated March 20 , 2014 (the “Notice”), for an
additional, one

- year peri od. The Notice permits Cathay to engage in: (1)
scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between
Hong Kong, via intermediate points, to a point or points in the United States,
as coterminal points, and beyond; (2) scheduled forei gn air transportation of

property and mail between Hong Kong, via intermediate points, to a point or
points in the United States, as coterminal points, and beyond; and (3) charter
foreign air transportation subject to Part 212 of the Department’s
regulatio ns. Cathay intends to invoke the automatic extension provisions of 5

U .S.C. § 558(c) and Part 377 of the Department's Special Regulations. In
support of this application, Cathay states as follows:Cathay Pacific Application Page 2
1. Cathay is a fla g carrier of the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region ("HKSAR") and currently holds permit and exemption authority

which authorizes it to operate combination and all

- cargo service between
Hong Kong and the United States. Pursuant to that authority, Cathay
provides extensive service between Hong Kong and the U.S. with Boeing

B747 and B777 aircraft.
2. By this application, Cathay seeks renewal for an additional year of

t he above

- captioned Hong Kong

- U.S. exem ption authority, which is scheduled

to expire on M arch 20, 2015 . Cathay currently provides multiple weekly
nonstop combination and freighter services between Hong Kong and a
number of U.S. gateways. These services provide significant ben efits to the

traveling and shipping public.
3. Under the October 19, 2002, Memorandum of Understanding
between Hong Kong and the U.S. (“MOU”), a carrier designated by the

HKSAR Government is entitled to operate combination and/or all

- cargo

service from Hon g Kong via certain intermediate points to “a point or points
in the United States.” Cathay has been designated by the HKSAR
government to serve the relevant routes.
4. Under 49 U.S.C. § 40109(c), the Department may grant an

exempti on if it finds that a grant is consistent with the public interest.
Designation of a carrier by its homeland government is the most significant
factor in determining whether grant of an application is in the public

### Cathay P acific Ap pli cat i o n P age 3

int erest. 

### S ee, e.g., Blu e b ird Cargo Ltd.
, Ord e r 2004

- 8

- 24 a t 3 -4; 

### F as t Air

Carri e r Ltd a., P e rm it Amend m ent, Ord e r 82-2

- 66 at 3

- 4. Give n Cat h ay ' s
designation b y th e HKS A R gove rnm e nt , s u c h a publi c in te rest finding i s

w a rr a n te d

. Moreover
, t h e b e nefit s which it s se rvi ce ge n e r ate for bu s in ess

trav e l e r s, touri sts, a nd s hipp e rs a lik e furth e r d e mon strate that r e n e wal o f

th e exe mption is co n s is te n t with t h e public in te r est

.

WHEREFORE
, Cat h ay P ac ifi c Airways Limit e d r es p e ctfully r e qu ests

t h at t h e D epart m e nt r e n e w t h e a bov e

- ca pt io n e d e xemption a nd grant s u c h

oth e r relief as m ay b e n ecessa r y or proper

.

March 1 2
, 2015 R es p ect fully s ubmi tte d
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# J;<~::~~ LAW OFFICE OF JOHN MIETUS
, LL C 670 1 D emocracy Bou l evar d St e 3 00 Bet h es d a , Mar y l a nd 208 1 7 (202) 747

- 52 1 2 

### john @ mi e tuslaw.com Co un se l for CATHAY PACIFIC

### CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I h e r e b y certify that I hav e, thi s 12th day of M a rch
, 2015 caused a copy of the for eg oing Application for R e n e wal of a n Ex e mption to b e se rv e d b y
e l ect ronic mail on the fo ll owing persons:

howard

. kass, robert.wirick@aa .co m dheffernan@cozen.com + jeremy .ross@a l askaair.com rpommer@at la sai r .com sascha.vanderbe lle n, chr i s.wa l ker@delta.com bsandler@pszj l aw.com for Evergreen nssparks, gb l eopard@fedex.com jhill, perkmann@cooley.com for H awa iian matwood@cozen

. com for Kalitta kevin.montgomery@po l a raircargo.com pchase@southernair.com gmurphy, sseiden@crowe l l.com for United dan.weiss
, steve. morrissey@united .com anita.mosne r , jennifer.nowak@hk l aw

. com for UPS john.s

. duncan@faa.gov eng l ets@state.gov