BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

__________________________________________ 

 ) 

Application of ) 

 ) 

AEROLITORAL, S.A. DE C.V. ) 

D/B/A AEROMEXICO CONNECT ) DOCKET OST-2010-0070 

 ) 

 for renewal of exemption authority ) 

(Mexico City-Houston) ) 

__________________________________________) 

APPLICATION OF AEROLITORAL, S.A. DE C.V. D/B/A 

AEROMEXICO CONNECT FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

John R. Mietus, Jr. 

Law Office of John Mietus, LLC 

6701 Democracy Blvd., Suite 300 

Bethesda, MD 20817-7500 

(202) 747-5212 

(240) 396-5362 fax 

john@mietuslaw.com 

Counsel for AEROLITORAL, S.A. DE C.V. 

 D/B/A AEROMEXICO CONNECT

 

NOTICE: Any person may support or oppose this application by filing an 

answer and serving a copy of the answer on counsel for 

Aerolitoral and upon persons served with this application no 

later than April 11, 2012. 

March 27, 2012
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

__________________________________________ 

 ) 

Application of ) 

 ) 

AEROLITORAL, S.A. DE C.V. ) 

D/B/A AEROMEXICO CONNECT ) DOCKET OST-2010-0070 

 ) March 27, 2012 

 for renewal of exemption authority ) 

(Mexico City-Houston) ) 

__________________________________________) 

APPLICATION OF AEROLITORAL, S.A. DE C.V. D/B/A 

AEROMEXICO CONNECT FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION

 Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109(c), Aerolitoral, S.A. de C.V. d/b/a 

Aeromexico Connect ("Aerolitoral") respectfully requests renewal of the 

above-captioned exemption, granted by Notice of Action Taken dated March 

31, 2011 (the “Notice”), for an additional, one-year period. The Notice permits 

Aerolitoral to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, 

property, and mail between Mexico City and Houston. Aerolitoral intends to 

invoke the automatic extension provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 558(c) and Part 377 of 

the Department's Special Regulations. In support of this application, 

Aerolitoral states as follows: 

 1. Aerolitoral is a flag carrier of the United Mexican States and 

currently holds exemption authority to operate scheduled, transborder 

service in several Mexico-U.S. markets and to operate passenger charters 
 

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 Renewal Application 

between points in Mexico and points in the U.S. Pursuant to this authority 

and statements of authorization issued by the Department, Aerolitoral 

currently operates and carries Aeromexico's "AM" code in a number of 

Mexico-U.S. markets. 

 2. By this application, Aerolitoral seeks renewal of its exemption to 

serve the Mexico City-Houston market, which currently is set to expire on 

March 31, 2012. Aerolitoral operates multiple daily flights in the market 

under the "AM" code (for which it previously was issued a statement of 

authorization), and this service provides significant benefits to the traveling 

public. Consequently, it seeks to renew the authority for an additional year. 

 3. Annex 1 to the 1960 Air Transport Agreement, as amended, between 

the United Mexican States and the United States provides that a carrier 

designated by the Government of Mexico is entitled to operate "[f]rom a point 

or points in Mexico to a point or points in the United States." Aerolitoral has 

been designated to serve the route and continues to hold DGAC authority to 

do so. 

 4. Under 49 U.S.C. § 40109(c), the Department may grant an 

exemption if it finds that a grant is consistent with the public interest. 

Designation of a carrier by its homeland government is the most significant 

factor in determining whether grant of an application is in the public 

interest. See, e.g., Bluebird Cargo Ltd., Order 2004-8-24 at 3-4; Fast Air