ABX Air, Inc.

OST-2007-0093 - Exemption - US-Venezuela All-Cargo

November 28, 2007

Application for an Exemption

ABX Air, Inc. hereby requests an exemption from the terms of 49 U.S.C. 41101 and the Department's rules to the extent necessary to permit it to conduct all-cargo scheduled foreign air transportation between a point or points in the Eastern Zone of the United States, as defined in the U.S.-Venezuela Air Transport Agreement, as amended, and Maracaibo and Valencia in Venezuela. ABX requests this authority be effective for a minimum two-year period.

See Order 1989-3-30 and Order 2007-7-4. The carrier currently operates domestic and international cargo flights on a scheduled and charter basis, with its fleet of 40 Boeing 767, 2 DC-8, and 57 DC-9 aircraft.

ABX proposes to operate cargo flights in the U.S.-Venezuela market. Initially operations will be conducted between Miami, Florida and Maracaibo and Valencia, Venezuela. ABX will transport general freight and cargo.

Counsel: Silverberg Goldman, Robert Silverberg, 202-944-3300, rsilverberg@sgbdc.com

Filed November 28, 2007 | Issued January 4, 2008

Notice of Action Taken

Exemption authority for two years under 49 U.S.C. 40109 to provide: Scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail between a point or points in the Eastern Zone of the United States, as defined in the U.S.-Venezuela Air Transport Agreement, as amended, and Maracaibo and Valencia, Venezuela.

The Exchange of Notes at Caracas dated August 14, 1953, describes the Eastern Zone of the United States as "[a]ll territory east of the Mississippi River except New Orleans."

By: Paul Gretch