BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

__________________________________________ 

 ) 

Application of ) 

) 

AEROVIAS DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. ) 

) Docket OST-2011- 

for an Exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 ) 

 (Cancun-Chicago) ) 

 ) 

EXPEDITED ACTION REQUESTED—POLLING 

APPLICATION OF AEROVIAS DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. 

FOR EXEMPTION AUTHORITY

Communications with respect to this 

document may be served upon: 

John R. Mietus, Jr. 

William C. Evans 

LAW OFFICE OF JOHN MIETUS, LLC 

 6701 Democracy Boulevard, Suite 300 

Bethesda, MD 20817-7500 

(202) 747-5212 

john@mietuslaw.com 

Counsel for Aerovias de 

 Mexico, S.A. de C.V. 

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

answer and serving a copy of the answer on counsel for 

Aerovias de Mexico, S.A. de C.V., and upon persons served 

with this application no later than December 30, 2011.

DATED: December 15, 2011 
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

__________________________________________ 

 ) 

Application of ) 

) 

AEROVIAS DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. ) 

) Docket OST-2011- 

for an Exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 ) December 15, 2011 

(Cancun-Chicago) ) 

 ) 

APPLICATION OF AEROVIAS DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. 

FOR EXEMPTION AUTHORITY

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109(c), Aerovias de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. 

("Aeromexico") respectfully requests exemption authority to engage in foreign air 

transportation of persons, property and mail between Cancun, Mexico, and Chicago, 

Illinois. Aeromexico requests that the authority be granted expeditiously and for an 

initial period of one year; it will poll the U.S. airlines on the service list and report the 

results to the Department. In support of this application, Aeromexico states as follows: 

1. Aeromexico is a flag carrier of the United Mexican States and currently holds a 

foreign air carrier permit authorizing service between Mexico and numerous U.S. 

points. Order 91-5-25. Pursuant to its permit and various exemption authorities, 

Aeromexico provides extensive service between Mexico and the United States. 

2. By this application, Aeromexico seeks exemption authority to provide service 

between Cancun and Chicago. Aeromexico intends to serve the route with multiple 

weekly nonstop flights. 
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 Exemption Application 

3. Effective November 21, 1991, the governments of the United Mexican States 

and the United States amended the 1960 Air Transport Agreement by establishing new 

route annexes describing the routes available for carriers designated by each country. 

Under Annex I, a carrier designated by the Government of Mexico is entitled to operate 

"[f]rom a point or points in Mexico to a point or point in the United States." Aeromexico 

has received authority from the Mexican DGAC to serve the Cancun-Chicago market, 

and it anticipates that the Mexican government will soon notify the U.S. government of 

Aeromexico's designation for the market. 

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

if it finds that such is consistent with the public interest. It is clear that the 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. For example, in Linea Aerea 

Nacional de Chile, Foreign Permit, 26 C.A.B. 604 (1958), the Civil Aeronautics Board 

stated as follows: 

Where, as here, the applicant has shown that it holds the 

appropriate designation under an effective bilateral 

agreement to operate the route embraced by the application, 

the applicant has presented highly significant evidence 

bearing on the public Interest. 

See also Application of Aerovias Venezolanas S.A., Order 86-8-88 at 3 (provision for 

authority in a bilateral is prima facie evidence that grant thereof is in the public interest); 

Aerolineas Peruanas Foreign Permit, 31 C.A.B. 181 (1960). With the designation 

Aeromexico expects to be issued shortly, the same findings will be warranted here. 


SERVICE LIST

Carl B. Nelson, Jr. 

Associate General Counsel 

American Airlines, Inc. 

1101 17th Street, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20036 

Marshall S. Sinick 

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey 

1201 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20004 

(for Alaska Airlines) 

Alexander Van der Bellen 

Managing Director-Government Affairs & 

Associate General Counsel 

Delta Air Lines, Inc 

1212 New York Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

Stephen Lachter 

Lachter & Clements LLP 

1150 Connecticut Ave., N.W., #900 

Washington, DC 20036 

(for Astar) 

Howard Kass 

Associate General Counsel 

US Airways, Inc. 

2345 Crystal Drive 

Arlington, VA 22227 

Edward P. Faberman 

Wiley, Rein & Fielding 

1776 K Street, NW, 9th Floor 

Washington, DC 20006 

(for Frontier & AirTran) 

Nancy S. Sparks 

Managing Director, Regulatory Affairs 

Federal Express Corporation 

1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 950. 

 Washington, D.C. 20006 

 John L. Richardson 

 555 13th Street, N.W., Suite 420 West 

 Washington, DC 20004 

 (for Amerijet) 

 Anita M. Mosner 

 Holland & Knight 

 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.. Suite 100 

 Washington, DC 20006 

 (for UPS) 

Stephen Morrissey 

UNITED AIR LINES, INC. 

1225 New York Avenue, NW-DCAIZ #1100 

Washington, DC 20005 

Daniel A. Weiss 

Jonathan T. Linde 

UNITED AIR LINES, INC. 

77 West Wacker Drive-HDQLD 16th Floor 

Chicago, IL 60601 

R. Bruce Keiner, Jr. 

Lorraine B. Halloway 

Gerald F. Murphy 

CROWELL & MORING LLP 

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

Washington, DC 20004-2595 

(for United and Continental) 

Pierre Murphy (for USA 3000) 

Law Office of Pierre Murphy 

Suite 800 

1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, DC 20036 

(for USA 3000) 

Joanne Young (for Spirit) 

David Kirstein 

Young & Kirstein 

1750 K Street, N.W. 

Suite 200 

Washington, DC 20006 

(for Spirit) 

Aaron Goerlich (for Ryan International) 

Garofalo, Goerlich & Hainbach 

Suite 800 

1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, DC 20036 

(for Ryan International) 

Office of Aviation Negotiations 

Department of State 

2201 C Street, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20520 

Flight Standards Service -AFS-200 

Federal Aviation Admin. 

800 Independence Avenue, S.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20591 

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