BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

__________________________________________ 

 ) 

Application of ) 

 ) 

CENTURION AIR CARGO, INC. ) DOCKET OST-2009-0141

 ) 

for renewal of exemption authority ) 

(U.S.-Dominican Republic) ) 

__________________________________________) 

APPLICATION OF CENTURION AIR CARGO, INC. 

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 Blvd., Suite 300 

Bethesda, MD 20817-7500

(202) 747-5212 

(240) 396-5362 fax 

john@mietuslaw.com 

Counsel for CENTURION AIR CARGO, INC.

 

NOTICE: Any person may support or oppose this application by filing an 

answer and serving a copy of the answer on counsel for 

Centurion and upon persons served with this application no 

later than March 29, 2013.

March 14, 2013
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

__________________________________________ 

 ) 

Application of ) 

 ) 

CENTURION AIR CARGO, INC. ) DOCKET OST-2009-0141

 ) March 14, 2013 

for renewal of exemption authority ) 

(U.S.-Dominican Republic) ) 

__________________________________________) 

APPLICATION OF CENTURION AIR CARGO, INC. 

FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION 

 Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109(c), Centurion Air Cargo, Inc. 

(“Centurion”) respectfully requests renewal of the above-captioned 

exemption, granted by Notice of Action Taken dated May 18, 2011, for an 

additional, two-year period. The Notice, set to expire on May 18, 2013, 

permits Centurion to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of 

property and mail between a point or points in the United States, via 

intermediate points, and the co-terminal points Santo Domingo and Puerto 

Plata, Dominican Republic, and beyond to points in the Caribbean and South 

America; it also authorizes Centurion to integrate this exemption authority 

with its existing authority. Centurion intends to invoke the automatic 

extension provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 558(c) and Part 377 of the Department's 

Special Regulations; this application is timely pursuant to 14 C.F.R. § 377.10. 

In support of this application, Centurion states as follows: 
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Renewal Application 

1. Centurion is an air carrier of property and mail headquartered at 

Miami International Airport in Miami, Florida. It is a U.S. citizen within the 

meaning of 49 U.S.C. § 40102(a)(5) and holds two certificates of public 

convenience and necessity: one authorizing domestic all-cargo transportation 

(and worldwide charter service) and a second with blanket, all-cargo, open 

skies authority; Centurion also holds scheduled exemption authority to serve 

China and several Latin American countries. Centurion provides extensive 

scheduled and charter service in a number of international markets with MD11 freighter aircraft. 

2. Centurion submits that renewal of the authority remains in the 

public interest and consistent with aviation relations between the United 

States and the Dominican Republic. Centurion is not currently using its 

authority, but it wishes to have the flexibility to operate scheduled service to 

and from the Dominican Republic in the future. Information officially 

noticeable under Rule 24(g) of the Department’s Procedural Regulations 

supports Centurion’s continued fitness for service to and from the Dominican 

Republic. Renewal will not constitute a major regulatory action under Part 

313 of the Department’s regulations and the Energy Policy and Conservation 

Act of 1975. Finally, the authority to be renewed is contemplated by the 1986 

U.S.-Dominican Republic Air Transport Agreement.