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OST-97-3284

Antonov Design Bureau (Emergency Exemption)

OST-97-3284 | December 23, 1997

Application for an Emergency Exemption

General Electric Aircraft Engines ("GEAE") has requested that Antonov operate one one-way all-cargo charter flight, carrying up to three GE90 aircraft engines and related components from Wilmington, Ohio to Seattle/Boeing Field, Washington. GEAE must deliver these engines to the Boeing Commercial Airplane Company ("Boeing") in Seattle for installation on Boeing's model 777 aircraft. An ongoing shortage of materials that are needed to sustain GEAE's GE90 engine production has had a severe impact on the overall GE90 delivery schedule, and on Boeing's B-777 engine installation schedule. This shortage has been exacerbated by GEAE's allocation of several engines from its production line in direct support of the airlines that operate Boeing 777's. As a result, it has become increasingly important that additional GE90 engines be sent to Boeing as soon as the engines complete their normal assembly and testing cycles. Shipment of an engine by either truck or rail, however, would take at least 10 days, resulting in costly delays that would impose unnecessary hardship on both Boeing and GEAE.

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

Antonov Design Bureau (Notice of Action Taken)

OST-97-3284 | Posted December 24, 1997

Notice of Action

Exemption from 49 U.S.C. 40109(g) to operate one one-way emergency cabotage cargo charter flight between Wilmington, OH, and Seattle/Boeing Field, WA, carrying up to three outsized GE90 engines plus ancillary equipment, on or about December 29, 1997, for installation on Boeing's 777 aircraft

Counsel: Sheryl 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