BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

_________________________________________ ) Application of ) ) VOLGA

- DNEPR AIRLINE S LLC ) ) Docket OST

- 201 3

- for an emergency exemption pursuant to ) 49 U.S.C . § 40109(g) ) ) (3) x Kaneohe Bay MCA, Kaneohe , HI

– ) Miramar MCAS , San Diego, CA )

_________________________________________ )

APPLICATION OF VOLGA
- DNEPR AIRLINE S LLC 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 Tow n Center Plaza, Suite 220, Russia The Woodlands, TX 77381, USA (832) 585

- 8611

DATED: Ju ly 1 , 201 3

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 TH E DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

_________________________________________ ) Application of ) ) VOLGA

- DNEPR AIRLINES LLC ) ) Docket OST

- 201 3

- for an emergency exemption pursuant to ) 49 U.S.C. § 4010 9(g) ) ) (3) x Kaneohe Bay MCA, Kaneohe , HI

– ) Miramar MCAS , San Diego, CA )

_________________________________________ )

APPLICATION OF VOLGA
- DNEPR AIRLINE S LLC FOR AN EMERGENCY EXEMPTION

Volga

- Dnepr Airline s LLC (“Volga

- Dnepr Airlines” or "Volga

- Dnepr") respectfully requests 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, so as to permit Volga

- Dnepr to operate three ( 3 ) one - way all

- cargo charter flight s , utilizing Volga

- D nepr’s AN

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- 100 aircraft to transport outsized cargo from Kaneohe Bay MCA, Kaneohe , Hawaii to Miramar MCAS , San Diego, California on or around Ju ly 7

– Ju ly 14 , 201 3 , on behalf of U.S. TRANSCOM

. The outsize d cargo to be transported by Volga

- Dnepr consist s of two ( 2 ) CH

- 53D helicopter s with dimensions: L

- 716 " x W

- 192 " x H

- 157 ", weighting approx. 31 , 510 pounds each; three (3) UH

- 1 helicopters with dimensions: L

- 653 " x W

- 1 60" x H

- 15 8", we ighting approx. 11,98 0 pounds each; and two AH

- 1 helicopters with dimensions: L

- 6 7 3 " x W

- 1 27" x H

-15 7", weighting approx. 10,80 0 pounds each. As described, the payload is outsized and cannot

be accommodated by domestic commercial carrier aircraft. In supp ort of its application, Volga

- Dnepr states as follows: 1. Volga

- Dnepr is a foreign air carrier holding appropriate DOT authority to conduct all

cargo charter foreign air transportation between a point or points in Russia and a point or points in the United States, and all

- cargo charter transportation between the United Sates and third countries pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212. 2. Volga

- Dnepr will operate flight s on behalf of U.S. TRANSCOM as part of an effor t to provide needed lift to complete the required eq uipment rotation as s et forth above. The cargo

was originally planned to be transported by U.S. TRANSCOM on organic lift, however , due to the need to divert available organic lift to other areas, U.S. TRANSCOM is requiring this cargo
to be tra nsported by c ommercial aircraft. U.S. Carriers were solicited for movement of this cargo, however did not have the required availability , or required aircraft to meet the requested movement time line outlined by U

. S

. TRANSCOM for transport of the cargo. T he military sta nds to face substantial delays in highly time sensitive operations if the mission is not completed within the set schedule, while only the use of Volga

- Dnepr's aircraft can make it possible to perform the service in question on time.
3. Due to the nature o f the cargo, as well as the urgency of the shipments, the military cannot use alternative surface transportation to ship the systems and equipment.
4. Given the tight schedule associated with the missions, Volga

- Dnepr must perform the operations not later than stated above. Volga

- Dnepr is polling all U.S. certificated air carriers on the attached service list and will inform the De partment of Transportation on the results of the poll. 5. Under 49 U.S.C. § 40109(g), the Department may authorize a foreign ai r carrier to transport commercial traffic between U.S. points under limited circumstances. Specifically, the Department must find that the authority is required in the public interest; that because of anemergency created by unusual circumstances not arisi ng in the normal course of business the

traffic cannot be accommodated by U.S. carriers holding certificates under 49 U.S.C. § 41102; that all possible efforts have been made to accommodate the traffic on U.S. certificated air carriers; and that the exempt ion is necessary to avoid unreasonable hardship for the traffic. This application is consistent with the public interest and meets all of the relevant criteria under 49 U.S.C. § 40109(g) for the grant of an exemption. 6. Grant of this application is in the public interest. As is evidenced by the attached correspondence, timely shipment of the payloads is imperative to avoid substantial delay in U.S. TRANSCOM’s operations. 7. In this instance, an emergency created by unusual circumstances not arising in the normal course of business exists as a result of the diversion of U.S. TRANSCOM’s organic fleet to other emergency tasks related to ongoing operations worldwide, the exigent circumstances

surro unding the lack of availability of U.S. civil aircraft and the u rgency of the shipment . As a result, the best way to resolve this emergency is for the AN

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- 100 to transport the payload in question. 8. As previously stated no U.S. carrier is available or has the aircraft to transport this cargo within the dates reque sted by U.S. TRANSCOM. Indeed, there is no viable transportation option by any commercially available means other than Volga

- Dnepr's aircraft to meet desired timeline. 9. Grant of this exemption application is necessary to avoid unreasonable hardship for t he traffic at issue. In fact, the shipper stands to suffer considerable disruption to its operations in the interest of national security and safet y if the shipments are delayed.
10. Volga

- Dnepr’s fitness and ability to carry out the proposed transportatio n has been amply demonstrated through its conduct of numerous cargo chart er operations world

- wide , including traffic in and out of the United Stat es, over the past several years

– on behalf of the
U.S. TRANSCOM.11. Grant of this application is consistent with Department precedent. Foreign air carriers

have been granted emergency exemption authority to carry cargo between U.S. points when an emergency existed as a result of unusual circumstances not arising in the normal course of business. See, e.g., Order s 96

- 6

- 31, 96

- 4

- 29, 95

- 11

- 35, 95

- 2

- 35, 94

- 11

- 6 and 94

- 4

- 14, as well as Notices of Action Taken in dockets OST

- 04

- 17906, OST

- 07

- 26806, OST

- 07

- 27125, OST

- 07

- 28857, OST

- 08

- 0003, and OST

- 09

- 0041. 12. In light of the exigent circumstances, Volga

- Dnepr requests expeditious processing and the immediate grant of this emergency exemption application. The Department’s Procedural Regulations provide that the Department can act on an emergency exemption application immediately. Designated agent for Volga

- Dnepr will pro mptly advise the Department of the responses of the interested U.S. carriers to the telephone poll regarding this application.WHEREFORE, Volga

- Dnepr respectfully requests that the Department issue an

emergency exemption permitting it to operate three ( 3 ) one - way cargo charter flight s , utilizing Volga

- D nepr’s AN

- 124

- 100 aircraft , to transport cargo from Kaneohe Bay MCA, Kaneohe , Hawaii to Miramar MCAS , San Diego, California on or around July 7

– July 14, 2013 , as described herein, and grant such further rel ief as the Department deems to be cons istent with the public interest.

Respectfully submitted,

_______________________________________ Artem Tarasenko Designated agent for Volga

- Dnepr Airlines (832) 585

- 8611

Dated: Ju ly 1 , 201 3CE RTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that I have on this day served a copy of the foregoing document upon all persons named on the attached service list via electronic mail.

Artem Tarasenko

Dated : Ju ly 1 , 201 3Service List

Robert P. Silverberg Jeff Johnson Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff, LLP Suite 120 1101 30 th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20007 For ABX AIR Telephone: 202

- 944

- 3300 Fax: 202

- 944

- 3306 rsilverberg@sgbdc.com jjohnson@sgbdc.com Marshall Sinick Squire, Sanders & Demsey 1201 Pennsylvania Ave, NW Washington, DC 20004 For ALASKA AIRLINES & FLORIDA WEST Telephone: 202

- 626

- 6600 or 202

- 626

- 6649 Fax: 202

- 626

- 6780 msinick@ssd.com

Francis C. Heil , Sr. Atty

. 4333 Amon Center Boulevard Fort Worth, T X For: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. francis.heil@aa.com Robert Wirick Robert.Wirick@aa.com John L. Richardson John L. Richardson, P.L.L.C. 555 13 th Street, N.W. Suite 420 West Washington, DC 20004 For: AMERIJET INTERNATIONAL, INC. Telephone: 202

- 371

- 2258 Fax: 202

- 828

- 0158 jrichard son@johnlrichardson.com Michelle Riordan mriordan@johnlrichardson.com Joan M. Canny Senior Vice President and General Counsel AMERIJET INTERNATIONAL, INC. 2800 S. Andrews Ave. Ft. Lauderdale, FL. 33316 O ffice 954

- 320

- 5300, Fax 305

- 423

- 3246 Direct 954

- 320

- 5367 jcanny@amerijet.comStephen H. Lachter

Suite 900 1150 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, DC 20036

- 4192 For: ASTAR AIR CARGO Telephone: 202

- 862

- 4 321 Fax: 202

- 835

- 3219 slachter@lachter

- clements.com Joe Hrezo Manager

- Business Development ASTAR AIR CARGO

- Charter Services Phone: 859

- 980

- 1870 Fax: 859

- 980

- 1689 Cell: 859

- 803

- 3882 joe.hrezo@astaraircargo.us Russell Pommer 1747 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W. Suite 875 Washington, D. C. 20006 For: ATLAS AIR Telephone: 202

- 822

- 9121 Fax: 202

- 822

- 9152 rpom mer@atlasair.com

Williams C. Evans John Mietus Law Office of John Mietus, LLC 6701 Democracy Blvd., Ste 300 Bethesda, MD 20817

- 7500 For: CENTURION AIR CARGO & SKYLEASE Telephone: 301

- 571

- 9334 Fax: 240

- 396

- 5362 john@mietuslaw.com Alexander Van der Bellen 1275 K St., NW, Suite 1200 Washington, DC 20005 For: DELTA AIRLINES sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

Ben Graves Daniel Commins Kelli Bryan (Charter Sale s) Evergreen International Airlines EVERGREEN INTERNATIONAL , INC
. Telephone: 503

- 472

- 9361 Tel: 503.472.0011 Fax: 503.434.4210 charters@evergreenairlines.com Sam White sam.white@evergreenaviation.com Ranjit Seth ranjit.seth@evergreenairlines.com Sandra Lunsford 3620 Hacks Cross Rd Bldg. B, 3 rd Floor Memphis, TN 38135 For: FEDERAL EXP RESS CORP. Telephone: 901

- 434

- 8589 Fax: 901

- 434

- 9289 Sandra Lunsford sllunsford@fedex.comDawn Pefley

“Cozen O’Connor” 1627 I Street, NW, Ste 1100 Wa shington, DC 20006 For: KALITTA AIR, L.L.C. Telephone: 202

- 463

- 2525 Fax: 202

- 463

- 4950 DPefley@cozen.com Mark Atwood matwood@cozen.com Ned Wallace nwallace@wallaceair.com Lynn Stauffer lstauffer@wallaceair.com Rick Zerkel, President rzerkel@lac.lynden.com Judy McKenzie judy@lac.lynden.c om Garry White gwhite@lac.lynden.com Jim Davis jdavis@lac.lynden.com For: LYNDEN AIR CARGO 6441 s. Airpark Place Anchorage, AK 99502 Telephone: 907

- 249

- 4100 Fax: 907

- 245

- 0642

Elaine Nisson 3900 W. Int’l Airport Rd. Anchorage, Alaska 99519 For: NORTHERN AIR CARGO Telephone: 907

- 243

- 3331 ext.514 Fax: 907

- 249

- 5190 Elaine Nisson enisson@nac.aero Margot Wiegele mwiegele@nac.aero Kevin P. Montgomery 1747 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Suite 875 Washington, DC 20006 For: POLAR AIR Telephone: 202

- 828

- 1002 Fax: 202

- 828

- 1003 Peter Beckett Telephone 310

- 743

- 0142 Kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com peter.beckett@polaraircargo.com

Aaron A. Goerlich Garofalo, Goerlich & Hainbach, PC 1200 New Hampshire Ave., Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 For: RYAN INTERNATIONAL Telephone: 202

- 776

- 3970 Fax: 202

- 776

- 3975 agoerlich@ggh

- airlaw.com Tom Gillies Paul Chase For: SOUTHERN AIR Telephone: 203

- 847

- 6000 TGillies@southernair.com PChase@southernair.comDan Weiss

1600 Smith Street, Ste HQSGV Houston, TX 77002 For: UNITED/CONTINENTAL AIRLINES Telephone: 713

- 324

- 6697 or 713

- 324

- 2140 or (312) 997

- 7573 (Dan Weiss) Fax: 713

- 324

- 2749 dan.weiss@coair.com Anita Mosner Partner Holland & Knight For: UNITED PARCEL SERVICES 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 100 Washington DC 20006 T: +1.202.419.2604 F: +1.202 .955.5564 anita.mosner@hklaw.com jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com dsmalls@ups.com

Howard Kass Ben Slocum For: U.S. AIRWAYS Telep hone: 202

- 326

- 5153 Telephone: 480

- 693

- 5782 (Ben) howard_kass@usairways.com Benjamin.slocum@usairways.com Malcolm L. Benge Corporate Counsel 999 Sevente enth Street, NW Washington, DC 20006

- 3309 For: WORLD AIRWAYS, INC. Telephone: 202

- 298

- 8660 Fax: 202

- 342

- 0683 mlbenge@zsrlaw.com

Frank Avent Airline Information Research 343 Round Hill Road Sapphire, North Caroli na 28774 Telephone: 703

- 489

- 9801 info@airlineinfo.com Krishna R. Urs Dep. Asst. Secy, Trnsp. Affairs Department of State 2201 C Street, NW, Room 5830 Washington, DC 20520 Fax: 202

- 647

- 4324 urskr@state.gov
Judy Kuo Department of State

– EUR/RUS 2201 C. Street, N.W., Room 4417 Washington, DC 20520 Fax: 202

- 647

- 8980 Roger Rapier Systems Operations Security Center (AJR

- 213) FAA AIR TRAFFIC SYSTEM OPERATIONS SECURI TY 800 Independence Ave., SW Washington, DC 20591 Telephone: 202

- 267

- 8115/5775 Fax: 202

- 267

- 9208 9

- ATOR

- HQ

- RT

- REQ@faa.govA. Oakely Brooks, President & CEO

& Paul Doell, Dir. Govt Affairs National Air Car riers’ Association (NACA) Suite 1700 1000 Wilson Avenue Arlington, VA 22209

- 3901 Telephone: 703

- 358

- 8065 Fax: 703

- 358

- 8070 Pdoell@naca.cc