BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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2005 U.S.-ARGENTINA COMBINATION :

FREQUENCY PROCEEDING : Docket DOT-OST-2005-21949

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APPLICATION OF 

UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

FOR RENEWAL

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

Hershel I. Kamen

Senior Vice President-Alliances,

 Regulatory and Policy

Daniel A. Weiss

Managing Director-International

 Affairs and Regulatory

UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

77 West Wacker Drive

HDQIZ

Chicago, IL 60601

(312) 997-7573

hershel.kamen@united.com

dan.weiss@united.com

Steve Morrissey

Managing Director-Regulatory Affairs 

 and Policy

Karine R. Faden

Managing Counsel-Regulatory, Antitrust &

 Competition

UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

1225 New York Avenue, N.W.

Suite 1100 DCAIZ/DCALD

Washington, DC 20005

(202) 521-4373

(202) 521-4363

steve.morrissey@united.com

karine.faden@united.com

January 7, 2013

Thomas Newton Bolling

Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

Jonathan T. Linde

Senior Counsel-Regulatory, Antitrust &

 Competition

UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

77 West Wacker Drive

HDQLD

Chicago, IL 60601

(312) 997-8341

thomas.bolling@united.com

jonathan.linde@united.com

Lorraine B. Halloway

Gerald F. Murphy

CROWELL & MORING LLP

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20004

(202) 624-2500

lhalloway@crowell.com

gmurphy@crowell.com

Counsel for

United Air Lines, Inc.
BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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:

2005 U.S.-ARGENTINA COMBINATION :

FREQUENCY PROCEEDING : Docket DOT-OST-2005-21949

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APPLICATION OF 

UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

FOR RENEWAL

United1applies pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and Subpart C of the Department's Rules 

of Practice for renewal of its exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41101 permitting it to provide

scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Houston, Texas and 

Buenos Aires, Argentina.

2

 United asks the Department to renew this authority effective until the 

Department grants United’s application for Houston-Buenos Aires certificate authority.

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United states as follows in support of its renewal application:

1. United’s exemption authority to provide scheduled service between Houston and 

Buenos Aires was originally granted to Continental by Order 2005-10-18, October 19, 2005, in 

this docket, and such authority was most recently renewed by Notice of Action Taken March 8, 

 

1 Common names are used for airlines. 

2 By Order 2011-3-14, the Department reissued authorities previously issued only 

to United or Continental, including the Houston-Buenos Aires exemption authority that is the 

subject of this renewal application, in the name of “Continental Airlines, Inc. and/or United Air 

Lines, Inc.” 

3 Continental applied for Houston-Buenos Aires certificate authority on August 16, 

2007 in Docket DOT-OST-2007-29047. When the Department acts on that application, United 

asks that the requested authority be issued in the name of “Continental Airlines, Inc. and/or 

United Air Lines, Inc.” 
Application of United

Page 2

2011 in this docket. Absent renewal, United’s Houston-Buenos Aires exemption authority will 

expire on March 8, 2013.

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2. United is currently providing daily nonstop Houston-Buenos Aires service, and 

renewal of United’s exemption authority will enable it to continue providing daily nonstop 

service between its Houston hub and Buenos Aires. United’s Houston-Buenos Aires flights will 

also continue to provide convenient access between points throughout United’s Houston hub 

network and Buenos Aires as well as effective competition for American’s Dallas/Fort WorthBuenos Aires flights. 

3. Renewal of United’s exemption authority is consistent with the U.S.-Argentina 

bilateral air transport services agreement, which permits U.S. airlines to operate from points 

behind the United States via U.S. and intermediate points to Buenos Aires and beyond. 

4. United holds various certificates of public convenience and necessity and 

exemptions authorizing it to engage in scheduled air transportation of persons, property and mail 

between the U.S. and foreign countries, and United is fit, willing and able to provide the service

for which it seeks renewal. See, e.g., Orders 92-7-9 (U.S.-various points in Central America, 

South America and the Caribbean), 2007-4-19 (Blanket Open Skies), 2010-5-17 (U.S.-Mexico) 

and 2011-3-14 (Continental/United route transfer). Pursuant to Rule 24 of the Department’s 

Rules of Practice, United requests that the Department take official notice of all data that has 

been filed to establish its fitness.

 

4 United’s allocation of seven U.S.-Argentina frequencies remains effective 

indefinitely so long as it continues to hold underlying authority to serve this route. See Order 

2005-10-18 at 5.