BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________

)

Application of )

)

CENTURION AIR CARGO, INC. )

) DOCKET OST-2013-0102

for scheduled, all-cargo exemption authority )

(Los Angeles/Miami- )

Mexico City/Guadalajara) )

__________________________________________)

EXPEDITED ACTION REQUESTED

MOTION OF CENTURION AIR CARGO, INC.

FOR A TEMPORARY DORMANCY WAIVER

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

John R. Mietus, Jr.

Law Office of John Mietus, LLC

6701 Democracy Blvd., Suite 300

Bethesda, MD 20817-7500

(202) 747-5212

(240) 396-5362 fax

john@mietuslaw.com

Counsel for CENTURION AIR CARGO, INC.

August 16, 2013
BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________

)

Application of )

)

CENTURION AIR CARGO, INC. ) 

) DOCKET OST-2013-0102

for scheduled, all-cargo exemption authority ) August 16, 2013

(Los Angeles/Miami- )

Mexico City/Guadalajara) )

__________________________________________)

EXPEDITED ACTION REQUESTED

MOTION OF CENTURION AIR CARGO, INC.

FOR A TEMPORARY DORMANCY WAIVER

Centurion Air Cargo, Inc. (“Centurion”) respectfully requests a waiver 

of the 90-day dormancy condition imposed on the above-captioned U.S.-

Mexico exemption authority granted by Notice of Action Taken dated May 23, 

2013 (the “Notice”) in the above-captioned docket. Centurion requests that 

the dormancy condition be waived for an additional 90 days (that is, through 

November 19, 2013). It therefore is polling U.S. carriers served with this 

motion and will report the results to the Department. In support of this 

motion, Centurion states as follows:

1. In the Notice the Department granted Centurion authority to 

operate all-cargo service in four US-Mexico city-pairs: Los Angeles-Mexico 

City, Miami-Mexico City, Los Angeles-Guadalajara, and Miami-Guadalajara. 
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Motion

The Notice refers to the dormancy notice requirements set forth in condition 

7 of Appendix A of Order 88-10-2, which requires that service pursuant to 

new U.S.-Mexico authority be instituted no later than 90 days after it is 

authorized.

2. Centurion moved promptly to request scheduled operating authority 

from the Mexican Direccion General de Aeronautica Civil (DGAC) and is 

currently engaged in that process. Since an initial contact in early July, 

Centurion and its representative in Mexico have been refining with DGAC, 

through correspondence and a meeting, the extensive documentation 

required for Centurion to receive its Mexican operating authority. 

Centurion’s best estimate is that it will take an additional 45 to 60 days to 

have in place all the approvals it needs to begin service. At that time, 

Centurion intends to begin MD-11 operations with multiple, weekly 

scheduled rotations serving the U.S.-Mexico city-pairs described in its 

exemption authority.

3. Centurion’s request for a waiver is in the public interest because 

Centurion remains committed to introducing all-cargo service in the Los 

Angeles/Miami-Mexico City/Guadalajara markets and has acted diligently to 

obtain the necessary Mexican authority.
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Motion

WHEREFORE, Centurion Air Cargo, Inc. respectfully requests that 

the Department grant it a waiver, through November 19, 2013, of the 

dormancy requirement imposed by the Notice and such other relief as may be 

necessary or proper.

Respectfully submitted,

John R. Mietus, Jr.

Law Office of John Mietus, LLC

6701 Democracy Blvd., Suite 300

Bethesda, MD 20817-7500

(202) 747-5212

(240) 396-5362 fax

john@mietuslaw.com

Counsel for CENTURION AIR CARGO, 

INC.

August 16, 2013
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that I have, this 16th day of August, 2013 caused a copy 

of the foregoing Motion for a Temporary Dormancy Waiver to be served by 

electronic mail on the following persons:

rsilverberg, jjohnson@sgbdc.com for ABX

jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com + jcanny@amerijet.com

russell.pommer@atlasair.com

ranjit.seth, charters@evergreenairlines.com

nssparks, gbleopard@fedex.com

msinick@ssd.com for Florida West and Alaska

matwood, dpefley @cozen.com for Kalitta Air

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com

wjohnson@skylease.aero

agoerlich@ggh-airlaw.com for Southern and Ryan Int’l

rmacri@southernair.com

anita.mosner, jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com for UPS

mlbenge@zsrlaw.com for World

bob.kneisley, leslie.abbott@wnco.com for AirTran

robert.wirick, francis.heil@aa.com

sascha.vanderbellen, chris.walker@delta.com

robert.cohn, patrick.rizzi@hoganlovells.com for Frontier

jhill@dowlohnes.com; robert.land@jetblue.com

jyoung, dkirstein@yklaw.com for Spirit

thomas.ting@suncountry.com

lhalloway, gmurphy@crowell.com for United

dan.weiss, steve.morrissey@united.com

howard.kass, benjamin.slocum@usairways.com

urskr@state.gov

john.allen@faa.gov

John R. Mietus, Jr.