Application of: BEFORE THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C. ''

MORNINGSTARAIR EXPRESS INC. Docket No. OST-2000-7609 for an exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. section 40109
APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION FILED BY MORNINGSTAR AIR EXPRESS INC.
Communications with respect to this document should be sent to either: JP Mainville, Director of Safety and Security; OR Bill McGoey General Manager Box 14, 29 Airport Road Edmonton, Alberta, Canada T5GOW6 Telephone: 780-453-0218 Facsimile: 780-453-6058
Date ofApplication: February 1, 2012

Page 1Application of: BEFORE THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

MORNINGSTAR AIR EXPRESS INC. DocketNo. OST-2000-7609 for an exemptionpursuantto 49 U.S.C. section 40109

APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION FILED BYMORNINGSTARAIREXPRESS INC.
Pursuantto 49 U.S.C. 40109 and the Department's regulations, MorningstarAirExpress Inc. hereby applies for (renewal of its) exemption from 49 U.S.C. 40109 which authorizes Morningstar Air Express Inc. to engage in all-cargo charter foreign air transportation between Canada and the United States and other all-cargo charter operations to and/or from the United States, subject to 14 CFRPart 212. The Department granted the above authority to MorningstarAir Express Inc. by Notice ofAction Taken dated April 26th, 2010. Morningstar Air Express Inc. requests that this authority, which is scheduled to expire on April 26th, 2012 be renewed for a period ofat least one year.
Morningstar Air Express Inc. invokes the automatic extensionprovisions ofthe Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 558 (c), as implemented by 14 C.F.R. Part 377, to maintain its exemption authority in effectpending a final Department determination of this renewal application.

Page2In support ofthis application, Morningstar Air Express Inc. states as follows:

1. Morningstar Air Express Inc. continues to be fit, willing and able to provide the all-cargo charter foreign air transportation between Canada and the United States and other all-cargo charteroperations to and/or from the United States, for which it requests renewed authority. Morningstarreported a net operating profit in the 2009, 2010 and 2011 fiscal year. The relevant circumstances under which Morningstar Air Express Inc. received its initial grant ofexemption authority are unchanged. Morningstar remains wholly owned and controlled by citizens of Canada andthe ownership is unchanged. 2. MorningstarAirExpress Inc.'sThird and Fourth Freedom charter authority is authorized by the U.S.-Canada Air Transport Agreement, and is therefore presumptively in the public interest. Morningstar AirExpress Inc.'s Fifth Freedom charter authority is based onprinciples ofcomity and reciprocity, as is its reliefform the advance approval requirement for transbordercharter flights and any grant ofstopoverprivileges. Morningstar AirExpress Inc. submits that continuation ofthese extra-bilateral authorizations is warranted giventhe harmonious state ofaviationrelations between United States and Canada. In addition, the services provided by Morningstar Air Express Inc. satisfy a continuing need and otherwise serve the public interest by fostering commerce between Canada and the United States consistent with the objectives ofthe North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Consequently, renewal ofall elements ofMorningstar AirExpress Inc.'s authority would be consistent with the public interest. 3. Morningstar AirExpress Inc.'srenewal application is limited in scope and noncontroversial. The services Morningstar AirExpress Inc. proposes to operate are substantially identical to those it performed during the pastyear. Morningstar Air Express Inc.'s Canadian authorityto engage in all-cargo transbordercharter services remains in full force and effect, as does it's U.S. authority pursuantto its FAA Part 129 Operations Specifications.
Page 3WHEREFORE, Morningstar Air Express Inc. respectfully requests renewal (or re-issue) ofits authority to engage in all-cargo charter foreign air transportation between Canada and the United States and other all-cargo charter operations to and/or from the United States as set forth herein, and such other reliefas may be in the public interest.
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Date: February 1, 2012

Page 4CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certifythat a copy ofthe foregoing application ofMorningstar Air Express Inc. was this 1st day ofFebruary, 2012, served upon all U.S. carrier representatives (via Facsimile) listed on the attached Service List. •

### ~ Bill McGoey, President Date: February 1, 2012

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