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OST-97-3143

Antonov Design Bureau (Emergency Exemption)

OST-97-3143 | November 20, 1997

Application for an Emergency Exemption

General Electric Aircraft Engines ("GEAE") has requested that Antonov operate three one-way all-cargo charter flights, each carrying three GE90 aircraft engines, and related components. The first flight will carry three engines from Seattle, Washington to Wilmington, Ohio. GEAE must return these engines to its Peebles, Ohio Test Facility for critical diagnostic testing and evaluation. The following two flights will carry a total of six engines from Wilmington to Seattle. GEAE must deliver these engines to the Boeing Commercial Airplane Company ("Boeing") in Seattle for testing and installation on Boeing's model 777 aircraft. Each engine measures approximately 23.83 x 12.58 x 13.17 feet, and is too large to fit into any freighter aircraft operated by U.S. carriers.

Counsel: Shaw Pittman, Robert Cohn, 202-663-8312

Antonov Design Bureau - (Notice of Action Taken)

OST-97-3143 | Filed November 20, 1997 | Approved November 21, 1997

Notice of Action

Relief requested: Exemption from 49 U.S.C. 40109(g) to operate one one-way emergency cabotage cargo charter flight between Seattle Boeing Field, WA, and Wilmington, OH; and two one-way emergency cabotage cargo charter flights between Wilmington and Seattle/Boeing Field, on behalf of General Electric Aircraft Engines, carrying a total of six outsized GE90 engines and related equipment, during the period November 21-December 8, 1997.

Applicant representative: Sheryl R. Israel 202.663.8312

Antonov Design Bureau

Order 98-2-18 | Issued February 20, 1998 | Served February 26, 1998 | OST-97-2921 | OST-97-2922 | OST-97-2971 | OST-97-3143 | OST-97-3260 | OST-97-3284 | OST-98-3318

Order Confirming Exemptions

This order confirms our oral actions granting Antonov Design Bureau (Antonov) exemption authority to operate cargo charter flights carrying emergency cabotage traffic consisting of outsized aircraft engines and parts and related equipment.

By: Charles Hunnicutt