BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

_________________________________________

)

In the Matter of )

) Docket DOT-OST-2009-0090

The Application of Evergreen )

International Airlines, Inc. )

For an Exemption Authorizing )

Scheduled All-Cargo Service )

Between the United States and )

Afghanistan )

__________________________________________

APPLICATION OF EVERGREEN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES, INC.

FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to:

Edward W. Sauer

Squire, Sanders (US) LLP

1200 19th Street, NW

Suite 300

Washington, D.C. 20036

202.626.6641

edward.sauer@squiresanders.com

Dated: February 25, 2013

NOTICE: Interested parties may answer in support of or in opposition of this Application by

filing their Answer with the Department and serving it on the persons served with this 

Application no later than March 12, 2013.
BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

_________________________________________

)

In the Matter of )

) Docket DOT-OST-2009-0090

The Application of Evergreen )

International Airlines, Inc. )

For an Exemption Authorizing )

Scheduled All-Cargo Service )

Between the United States and )

Afghanistan )

__________________________________________

APPLICATION OF EVERGREEN INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES, INC.

FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION

Evergreen International Airlines, Inc. (“Evergreen”) hereby applies for renewal for the 

exemption previously granted to it by the Department authorizing Evergreen to provide 

scheduled transportation of property and mail between a point or points in the United States and 

a point or points in Afghanistan, via intermediate points, and beyond Afghanistan to points in 

third countries and allowing integration with Evergreen’s other route authorities, all to the extent 

consistent with the bilateral agreements and aviation relationships between the United States and 

the countries involved.1 In support of its application, Evergreen states as follows:

By Notice of Action Taken dated May 21, 2009, the Department authorized Evergreen to 

provide cargo and mail service to Afghanistan as described above for a period of two years. On 

 

1 Evergreen hereby invokes the automatic extension provisions of Section 558(c) of the Administrative Procedure 

Act and Part 377 of the Department’s Procedural Regulations to maintain its authority in effect until action by the 

Department on this application.
May 4, 2011 the Department renewed that authority for an additional two years. Evergreen 

hereby requests further renewal of that authority. All of the factors that led the Department to 

approve Evergreen’s initial application remain in effect. Specifically, Evergreen remains a 

citizen of the United States within the meaning of 49 U.S.C. § 40102(a)(15). As the Department 

has previously recognized, Evergreen is also fit, willing and able to provide service in the United 

States-Afghanistan market. Comity and reciprocity between the United States and Afghanistan 

fully support this request for a renewed exemption. The public interest in continued air service 

between the United States and Afghanistan is also clear. 

For the foregoing reasons, Evergreen International Airlines, Inc. respectfully requests that 

the Department grant it a renewed exemption authorizing scheduled air transportation with 

respect to property and mail between the United States and Afghanistan as described in this 

Application for a further two-year period. Evergreen also requests that the Department grant it 

such other and further relief that it may deem appropriate.

Respectfully submitted,

______________________

Edward W. Sauer

Squire, Sanders (US) LLP

Counsel to Evergreen International Airlines
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that the Application for Renewal of an Exemption of Evergreen 

International Airlines, Inc. has this day been serviced on each of the following individuals via email, or first class mail, postage prepaid.

________________________________

Edward W. Sauer

DATED: February 25, 2013

dfisher@kelleydrye.com

rpommer@atlasair.com

nssparks@fedex.com

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com

francis.neil@aa.com

sascha.vanderbellen@delry.com

mcmillin@woa.com

jim.ballough@faa.gov

urskr@state.gov

paul.gretch@dot.gov

howard.kass@usairways.com

hkamen@coair.com

jonathan.linde@united.com

steve.morrissey@united.com

dan.weiss@united.com

matwood@cozen.com

agoerlich@ggh-airlaw.com

slachter@lachter-clements.com