BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

_________________________________________

) 

Application of ) 

) 

VOLGA-DNEPR AIRLINES LLC ) 

) Docket OST-2015-0028

for an emergency exemption pursuant to ) 

49 U.S.C. § 40109(g) ) 

) 

) 

Columbus, OH – Seattle, WA ) 

_________________________________________ ) 

AMENDMENT TO

VOLGA-DNEPR AIRLINES LLC

APPLICATION FOR AN EMERGENCY EXEMPTION

Communication with respect to this document should be addressed 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,

Russia The Woodlands, TX 77381, USA

(832) 585-8611

DATED: February 19, 2015

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 TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

_________________________________________

) 

Application of ) 

) 

VOLGA-DNEPR AIRLINES LLC ) 

) Docket OST-2015-0028

for an emergency exemption pursuant to ) 

49 U.S.C. § 40109(g) ) 

) 

) 

Columbus, OH – Seattle, WA ) 

_________________________________________ ) 

AMENDMENT TO

VOLGA-DNEPR AIRLINES LLC

APPLICATION FOR AN EMERGENCY EXEMPTION

Volga-Dnepr Airlines LLC (“Volga-Dnepr Airlines” or "Volga-Dnepr") respectfully 

submits this amendment to its application for an emergency 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, filed in the referenced Docket on February 13, 2015. 

Volga-Dnepr hereby requests that its application for authority to operate one one-way all-cargo 

charter flight, utilizing Volga-Dnepr’s AN-124-100 aircraft, to transport outsized cargo from 

Columbus, Ohio, to Seattle, Washington, on or around February 23–27, 2015, be amended to 

request authority for Volga-Dnepr Airlines to operate the flight from Columbus, Ohio, to Seattle, 

Washington, on or around February 22–26, 2013. The current change of the dates of operations

was made at the request of the shipper, GE Aviation, who in turn was requested by its customer 

Boeing.
Volga-Dnepr hereby requests that the representations made in its initial application filed 

in the referenced Docket with respect to all of the relevant criteria under 49 U.S.C. § 40109(g), 

including the exigency of the circumstances accounting for the impossibility of transporting the 

cargo in question by any U.S. certificated air carrier, or any commercially available means other 

than Volga-Dnepr’s AN-124-100 aircraft; the public interest nature of the flight; and the undue 

hardship for the traffic at issue if the flight is not operated as requested, be incorporated herein 

by reference as continuously valid.

WHEREFORE, Volga-Dnepr hereby requests that its requested authority be issued as 

amended, for the dates of operations on or around February 22–26, 2015, without additional 

polling of appropriate U.S. Carriers, who have all indicated that they would not be able to carry 

the referenced cargo due to its size, and therefore have no objections to Volga-Dnepr’s 

operation, when polled on the initial application.

Respectfully submitted, 

_______________________________________ 

Artem Tarasenko

Designated agent for Volga-Dnepr Airlines

(832) 585-8611

Dated: February 19, 2015