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## DEPARTMEN TO F ^^•ANSPORWiO N 0'< U OPERATION S 201 0 W 6 2 U P 3 : 2 5 SQUIRE , SANDER S & DEMPSE Y L.LP . Suite 50 0 120 1 Pennsylvani aAvenue , N.W . Washington , D.C . 20004 Office : +1,202.626.660 0 rax:+1.202.626.678 0 Direct : +1.202.626.66S 1 msinick@ssd.co m Augus t 9 , 201 0
Pau l Gretch , Esq . Director , Offic e o f

Internationa l Aviatio n U.S . DeparUTicn

t o f Transportatio n 80 0 Independenc e Avenue , S W Washington , D C 2059 0 Re : Surrepl y o f

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Internationa l Airways , Inc . t o Response s o f Atla s Air , FedEx , Souther n an dUP S Dear Mr . Gretcii : Florid aWes t

Internationa l Airways , Inc . ("FWIA" ) di dno t file an answe r

t o Atlas ' initia l reques t that th e Departmen t

eliminat e th e schedule dv . charte r carrie r distinctio n i n th e U.S.-Brazi l market . However , FWI A no w feel s compelle dt o expres s it s positio n after reviewin g th e response s o f Atlas , FedE x an dUPS . Firs t an dforemost , FWI A agree s withth e well-presente dargument s pu t fort hb y Souther n i n it s consolidate dresponse . Beyon dthat , FWI A woul dunderscor e Southern' s argumen t tha t th e eliminatio n o f th e lon g establishe dschedule dv . charte r carrie r distinctio n woul drepresen t fa r to o significan t

apolic y chang e fo r

th e Departmen t

t o conside r

i n th e contex t

o f Atlas ' temporar y waive r request . Indeed , with jus t on e montho f

th e ne w carg o charte r

yea r havin g elapsed , ther e i s apaucit y o f dat afor th e Departmen t t o mak e a

n informe ddecisio n abou t th e exten t

an dduratio n o f

an y materia l chang e i

n th e U.S.-Brazi l carg o charte r

market . Whil e i t

i s indee dth e cas e tha t

th e Jul y 201 0 U.S.-Brazi l carg o marke t wa s stronge r tha n i n th e prio r

year , th e marke t

sil l present s financial an ddeman dchallenge s whic heffectivel y limi t th e numbe r o f charter s tha t

ma y b e operated . In particular , th e marke t remain s heavil y uni-directiona l i n th e southboun ddirectio n whic hrequire s ever y charte r carrie r t o see k sufficien t

northboun dtraffi c in othe r countrie s in orde r

t o maintai n aviabl e roundtri p operation . No r ha s ther e bee n an y indicatio n whatsoeve r o f an y change s i n thi s fundamental self-limitin g marke t characteristic . FWIA , for example , whic hi s shortl y takin g deliver y o f anothe r B-76 7 freighter , i s alread y havin g t o addres s th e challenge s i t wil l encounte r becaus e o f

th e uni-directiona l natur e o f th e U.S.-Brazi l carg o market . Lastly , UPS ' suggestio n that eac hschedule dcarrie r

b e allowe dacces s t o te n monthl y charter s fi-omth e charte r

poo l i s nothin g mor e tha n arepackage dAtla s request . Tha t figure woul db e greate r

tha n Southern' s curren t

annua l allocatio n whic hamount s to eigh t charter s pe r

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### Pau l Gretch , Esq . August 9 , 201 0 Page 2 FWL A believe s fo

r the reason s expressedabov e an di n Southern' s respons e tha t no furthe r relie f i s warranted , shouldth e Departmen t nonetheles s decide t

o giv e seriou s consideration t o Atlas ' or

UPS ' d e fact o "double-dip " requests , th e numbe r of permitte dmonthly charter s shouldb e significantly les s tha n Southern' s allocation . Sincerely yours . 

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Servic e Lis t Pierr e Murph y (Arrow ) Russel l Pomme r

(Atlas ) Willia mEvan s (Centurion ) Nanc y Spark s (FedEx ) Baile y Leopar d(FedEx ) Mar k Atwoo d(Kalitta ) Kevi n Montgomer y (Polar ) Davi dVaugha n (UPS ) Daniell e Fishe r

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Inc. ) Aaro n Goerlic h(Southern ) pmurphy@lopmurphy.co m rpommer@atlasair . co m bill@mietuslaw.co m nssparks @ fedex . co m gbleopard@fedex.co m matwood@sherblackwen.co m K.evin.montgomery@polaraircargo.co m dvaughan@kelleydrye.co m dfisher@kelleydrye.co m mlbenge@zsrlaw.co m rsi!verberg@sgbdc.co m agoerlich@ggh-airlaw.co m