### BEFORE THE 

### UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION



### WASHINGTON, D.C.

Application of China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited Docket 

### OST-2012-0185 OST 2004-17665 OST 2013-0079 OST 2005-23074 For Renewal of Exemption Authority Pursuant to 49 

### U.S.C. § 40109



### APPLICATION OF 

### CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES CORPORATION LIMITED 

### FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITY PURSUANT TO 49 U.S.C. ~ 

### 40109
Communications with respect to this document should be directed to: Evelyn 

### D. Sahr Jonathan T. Linde Beth 

### A. FitzPatrick ECKERTSEAMANS 

### CHERIN & MELLOTT, 

### LLC 1717 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Twelfth Floor Washington, 

### DC 20006 (202) 

### 659-6622 (Telephone) (202) 

### 659-6699 (Facsimile) Attomeys for China Eastem Airlines Corporation Limited



### DATED: December 

### 23, 2014


### NOTICE: Any person wishing to support or oppose this application must file an answer with the Department of Transportation and serve it on counsel for China Eastern and all persons named on the attached service list no later than January 

### 7, 2014.'

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Application of China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited

For Renewal of Exemption Authority Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 Docket OST-2012-0185 OST 2004-17665 OST 2013-0079 OST 2005-23074

APPLICATION OF CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES CORPORATION LIMITED 

### FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITY PURSUANT TO 49 U.S.C. 40109
China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited ("China Eastern"), in accordance with the provisions of 49 U.S.C. § 40109(c), and Subpart C of the Department's Rules of Practice (14 C.F.R. § 302.301 

### et seq.), asks that the Department renew its exemption authorizing it to conduct scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail (i) between Beijing, People's Republic of China and Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; (ii) between Shanghai, People's Republic of China and Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands; (iii) between any point or points in the People's Republic of China and San Francisco, California, with all flights operating via Shanghai; and (iv) between any point or points in the People's Republic of China and Los Angeles, California with all flights operating via Shanghai and/or Beijing. In support of this application, China Eastern submits the following:Application for Renewal of Exemption of China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited;

Dockets DOT-OST 2012-0185, DOT-OST 2004-17665, DOT-OST 2013-0079, and DOT-OST-2005-23074 December 23, 2014 1. By 

### Notice of Action Taken on January 9, 2014, the Department granted China Eastern an exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 enabling it to carry persons, property and mail in scheduled service: (i) between Beijing, People's Republic of China and Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Docket OST-2012-0185); (ii) between Shanghai, People's Republic of China and Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (Docket OST 2004-17665); (iii) between any point or points in the People's Republic of China and San Francisco, California, with all flights operating via Shanghai (Docket OST-2013-0079); and (iv) between any point or points in the People's Republic of China and Los Angeles, California with all flights operating via Shanghai and/or Beijing (DOT OST-2005-23074). 2. China Eastern is a flag carrier of the People's Republic of China. China Eastern's U.S. foreign air carrier permit authorizes it to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between the coterminal points of Beijing, Guangzhou and Shanghai via Tokyo or another point in Japan and the coterminal points of Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Honolulu or Seattle. 

### (See DOT Order 92-11-7.) Renewal of this authority will also allow China Eastern to continue to provide valuable services that were not authorized in its original foreign air carrier permit but are in the public interest and consistent with the United States — China Air Transport Agreement, as amended by a Memorandum of Consultations and Protocol to the Agreement, signed July 23, 2004 and the Protocol to Amend the Agreement, signed July 9, 2007. 3. China Eastern continues to be fit, willing and able to perform the services that are the subj ect of this renewal application. The renewal of this authority is in the publicApplication for Renewal of Exemption of China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited;

Dockets DOT-OST 2012-0185, DOT-OST 2004-17665, DOT-OST 2013-0079, and DOT-OST-2005-23074 December 23, 2014 interest, as it will permit China Eastern to continue providing enhanced air transportation services for persons traveling and shipping goods between the United States and China. 4. Absent renewal, China Eastern's exemption authority is scheduled to expire on January 9, 2015. China Eastern requests that DOT renew its exemption for a period of at least one year and China Eastern invokes and relies upon the automatic extension provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 558(c), as implemented by 14 C.F.R. Part 377, so that its exemption authority remains effective during the pendency of DOT's review of this request for renewal.

WHEREFORE, China Eastern respectfully requests that the Department renew its exemption authority to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between the points described in the foregoing application.

Dated: December 23, 2014 Respectfully submitted, ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC By: ~ ~ Evelyn D . S ahr Jonathan T. Linde Beth A. FitzPatrick 1717 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Twelfth Floor Washington, DC 20006 (202) 659-6622 (Telephone) (202) 659-6699 (Facsimile) Attorneys for China Eastern Airlines Corporation Limited

204811.2I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of the foregoing Exemption Application for China

Eastern Airlines served by electronic mail this 23rd day of December, 2014 on the following:

TO COMPANY E-MAIL Thomas S. Engle U.S. Department of englets@state.gov State John S. Duncan Federal Aviation john.s.duncan@faa.gov Administration Sascha Van der Bellen Delta Airlines Sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com Christopher Walker Chris.walker@delta.com Robert Wirick American Airlines robert.wirick@aa.com Howard Kass Inc. howard.kass@aa.com Dan Weiss United Air Lines, dan.weiss@united.com Inc. Jonathan Hill Hawaiian Airlines jhill@cooley.com Parker Erkmann perkmann cooley.com Kevin Mont omery Polar Air Cargo kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com Russell E. Pommer Atlas Air, Inc. rpommer@atlasair.com Bailey Leopard Federal Express gbleopard@fedex.com Nancy S arks nssparks fedex.com Anita Mosner Holland 

### & Knight anita.mosner@hklaw.com Jennifer Nowak (United Parcel jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com Service) Frank Avent Airline Info info@airlineinfo.com

Beth A. FitzPatri

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