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Antonov Design Bureau

Application of Antonov Design Bureau pursuant to 49 USC Sections 40109(g) and 41703(c) to permit Antonov to operate a single one-way all-cargo charter flight transporting two outsized GE90-115B engines, plus ancillary equipment, from Columbus, Ohio to Seattle/Boeing Field, Washington, between March 10 and March 17, 2003, using its AN 124-100 aircraft.  Active Aero Charter, Inc., a forwarding agent acting on behalf of General Electric Aircraft Engines, has requested that Antonov transport two GE90-115B aircraft engines, and related tooling and components, from GEAE's Peebles Test Operation Facility in Ohio to the Boeing Commercial Airplane Company manufacturing facilities in Washington on or about March 10, 2003.1 Each GE90-115B engine weighs 23,000 lbs. and measures approximately 286 x 151 x 158 inches. These units are too large to be carried by freighter aircraft operated by U.S. carriers. As a result, the engines need to be transported using Antonov's AN 124-100 aircraft.  GEAE urgently needs to deliver these GE90-115B engines to Seattle for installation on a second B-777-300ER airplane, a newly designed extended range derivative of the Boeing 777, which is in the final stages of assembly, and required for an extensive flight test program.

Counsel: Shaw Pittman, Robert Cohn, 202-662-8060

Exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. section 40109(g) to permit it to operate one one-way cargo charter flight between Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, FL, and Denver, CO, on/about March 9-10, 2003, using its AN-124 aircraft, to transport outsized cargo consisting of a Centaur IIIAVC002 upper stage payload and ground support equipment, on behalf of Lockheed Martin Space Systems. The applicant stated that Lockheed Martin required urgent delivery of the equipment in order to complete repair activities within the limited time available prior to its return to Cape Canaveral by April 3, 2003, for launch integration activities. It also stated that the cargo is too large for transportation on U.S. carrier aircraft, and that surface transportation was not feasible because of the time involved, the delicate nature and high value of the cargo, and conditions unsuitable to maintaining system integrity compliance.

By: Paul Gretch

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