Volga-Dnepr J.S. Cargo Airline

OST-05-20098 - Emergency Exemption - North Island NAS-Denver

January 12, 2005

Application for an Emergency Exemption

Volga-Dnepr will operate the flight on behalf of Lockheed Martin as part of the effort to provide urgently needed lift to transport the LMSS payload not later than on or around the established date. Lockheed Martin is shipping the payload in order to complete an aggressive final assembly schedule, meet the September 1, 2005 deadline for shipment to Cape Canaveral, and maintain the subsequent launch integration activities for AVC010. As a result, Lockheed Martin stands to lose millions of dollars if the shipments do not occur on time while only the use of Volga-Dnepr's outsized aircraft can make it possible to perform the service in question within the set schedule.

Counsel: Glenn Wicks, 202-457-7790

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OST-05-20098 - Emergency Exemption - North Island NAS-Denver

Filed January 13, 2005 | Issued January 25, 2005

Notice of Action Taken

Exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 40109(g) to permit the applicant to operate one, one-way cargo charter flight, using its AN-124-100 aircraft, carrying outsized cargo on behalf of Lockheed Martin, during the period January 26, 2005, through January 31, 2005. The applicant states that this flight would operate from North Island Naval Air Station, California, to Denver, Colorado carrying a Centaur III launch vehicle, and associated ground cargo. The applicant asserts that Lockheed Martin urgently needs the subject lift to complete an aggressive final assembly schedule; that the cargo is too large for transportation on U.S.-carrier aircraft; and that surface transportation is not feasible because of the cargo’s large size, delicate nature and extremely high value.

By: Karan Bhatia