BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

__________________________________________ 

 ) 

Application of ) 

 ) 

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

 d/b/a AEROMEXICO CONNECT ) DOCKET OST-2012- 

 ) 

for an exemption and a statement of ) 

authorization (Mexico-U.S. markets) ) 

__________________________________________) 

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

AEROMEXICO CONNECT FOR AN EXEMPTION AND 

CODE-SHARE STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION 

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. 

 

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 December 15, 2012. 

November 30, 2012
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

__________________________________________ 

 ) 

Application of ) 

 ) 

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

 d/b/a AEROMEXICO CONNECT ) DOCKET OST-2012- 

 ) November 30, 2012 

for an exemption and a statement of ) 

authorization (Mexico-U.S. markets) ) 

__________________________________________) 

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

AEROMEXICO CONNECT FOR AN EXEMPTION AND 

CODE-SHARE STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION 

 Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109(c) and 14 C.F.R. Part 212, Aerolitoral, 

S.A. de C.V. d/b/a Aeromexico Connect (“Aerolitoral”) respectfully requests 

that the Department grant the following authorizations so that it may 

conduct service, with Aerolitoral operating aircraft and displaying the “AM*” 

code of Aerovias de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (“Aeromexico”), in the Mexico-U.S. 

city-pair markets listed below under their code-sharing agreement: 

a. Exemption authority for one year to the extent necessary to permit 

Aerolitoral to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of 

persons, property, and mail in the following markets: 

Guadalajara, Mexico – Phoenix, Arizona 

Mexico City, Mexico – Phoenix, Arizona 

b. Statement of authorization for an indefinite period to permit 

Aerolitoral to display Aeromexico’s “AM” designator code on flights 

operated by Aerolitoral on the routes listed in paragraph (a) above. 
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c. Waiver of the 45-day advance filing requirement for the codeshare 

statement of authorization under 14 C.F.R. Part 212. 

In support of this application, Aerolitoral states as follows: 

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

extensive Department authority to provide service between Mexico and 

numerous U.S. points, and it provides extensive transborder service pursuant 

to this authority, generally under Aeromexico’s “AM” code.

2. By this application, Aerolitoral requests an exemption and a 

statement of authorization to engage in scheduled, combination service in the 

markets listed above by displaying Aeromexico’s AM code on flights operated 

on those routes by Aerolitoral.1 The proposed, daily, non-stop services on 

these routes, using the Embraer E-190 or other appropriate aircraft, will 

generate significant benefits for the traveling and shipping public.

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." The Joint 

Applicants understand that Aerolitoral has been designated to serve both 

 

1/ Aeromexico already holds exemption authority in the markets as follows: 

Guadalajara-Phoenix (Notice of Action Taken issued Dec. 12, 2011 in Docket OST2011-0117); Mexico City-Phoenix (NOAT issued Mar. 1, 2012 in OST-1996-1304).