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us. Department of 

Ttansportotlon 

Office of the Secretary 

of Transportation 

•^^^RTMENT OF 

V^ANSPORTATION 

:".\ET OPERATIONS 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE 

Washington. DC 20590 

October 21, 2011 

Ms. Lonnie A. Pera 

Counsel for Sun Air Express, LLC 

Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, L.L.P. 

888 Seventeenth Street, NW 

Suite 700 

Washington, DC 20006 

Dear Ms. Pera: 

We have completed our initial review of the application filed in Docket 

0011-087-2011-0169 by Sun Air Express, LLC d/b/a Sun Air International ("Sun Air") for 

the determination of its fitness to conduct scheduled passenger air transportation as a 

commuter air carrier. 

This reviews has revealed the need for additional and/or clarifying information before we 

can completely process Sun Air's application. The attached Information Request lists the 

areas where further information and/or clarification is necessary. I ask that you respond 

fully to this request within 30 days of the date of this letter. You may upload your response 

via the web at www.regulations.gov, or you may mail the original plus 6 copies of your 

respcmse to Dockets, West Building, U.S. Department of Transportation, 1200 New Jersey 

Avenue SE, Washington, D.C., 20590. In either case, your response should be filed in 

Docltet DOT-OST-2011-0169. 

As is the Department's practice, ftirther processing of Sun Air's application will be 

deferred pending receipt of this material. In addition, please remember that Sun Air should 

promptly provide the Department with any information regarding changes it may undergo 

in areas affecting its fitness {i.e., management, operating plans or financial condition, 

compliance disposition, or ownership) while its application is under review by the 

Department. 

Thank you for your cooperation in this matter. If you have any questions regarding this 

letter or the requested information, please feel free to contact me at (202) 366-9721 or via 

email at laura.remo@dot.gov. 

lyn J. Remo 

Chief, Air Carrier Fitness Division 

Office of Aviation Analysis 
Enclosure 

cc: Docket DOT-OST-2011 -0169 

Mr. Edward Dasilva 

POI for Sun Air Express, LLC 

FAAFSDO-n 

2895 S.W. 145"^ Ave., Suite 120 

Miramar, FL 33027 

Mr. Thomas L. Cooper 

Chief Executive Officer and President 

Sun Air Express, LLC 

3201 Griffm Road, Fourth Floor 

Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 

Mr. David M. Hernandez 

Attorney for VPAA Co. 

Vedder Price P.C. 

1401 1 Street NW, Suite 1100 

Washington, DC 20005 
INFORMATION REQUEST FOR SUN AIR EXPRESS, LLC 

MANAGEMENT AND KEY TECHNICAL PERSONNEL 

1. The resume provided for Mr. Robert Booth lists him as having been employed by 

Sky Limo Corporation. However, the dates of his employment with this company 

were not included. Please provide. 

FINANCIAL POSITION AND OPERATING PLAN 

1. Please provide a detailed pre-operating cost forecast. This forecast should include 

all costs, including fuel, insurance, legal fees, etc. Sufficient detail should be 

provided to allow us to replicate the mathematics used; If Sun Air believes that 

none of these expenses will be incurred prior to its commencement of commuter 

flight operations, it should state in detail the reasons why the Department should 

consider this forecast reasonable. 

2. The fu-st year forecast profit and loss statement set forth in Sun Air's Amended 

Application does not allocate clearly the expenses (variable and fixed) between the 

applicant's proposed commuter operations and current on-demand operations, with 

appropriate explanations. Therefore, we ask that Sun Air prepare a consolidated 

forecast income statement for the entire business as well as separate forecast 

statements for each operating segment, including the proposed commuter 

operations, broken down by month or quarter. 

(Note: Until we are able to determine that the pre-operating and first-year forecasts 

provided are reasonable, we cannot determine what level of funding Sun- Air vnl\ 

require to meet the Department's financial fitness standard.) 

3. Please provide third-party verification of all fiinds currently on deposit in Sun Air's 

name, such as a copy of the carrier's official bank statement or a letter from its 

financial institution confirming the amount of funds on deposit. 

4. Please provide third-party verification of all lines-of-credit available to support Sun 

Air's proposed operations. This verification should include the total line-of-credit 

being made available, the amount such credit line has been drawn down to date, any 

conditions that must be met before fiinds will be advanced, the terms of repayment, 

and the expiration date. Further, if the line-of-credit is being supplied by an 

individual or organization (other than a recognized financial institution) copies of 

the personal or corporate financial statements of the individual or organization 

should also be provided. 

COMPLIANCE DISPOSITION 

The information provided pursuant to this Information Request should be accompanied 

by the following certification: 
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The contents of this application and the attached exhibit (s) are true and correct to 

the best of my knowledge and belief Pursuant to Title 18 United States Code 

Section 1001, I [the individual signing the application, who shall be a principal 

owner, senior officer, or internal counsel of the applicant], in my individual 

capacity and as the authorized representative of the applicant, have not in any 

maimer knowingly and willfully falsified, concealed or failed to disclose any 

material fact or made any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or knowingly 

used any documents which contain such statements in cormection with the 

preparation, filing or prosecution of the application. I understand that an 

individual who is found to have violated the provisions of 18 U.S.C section 1001 

shall be fined or imprisoned not more than five years, or both.