\\DC - 706339/000300 - 3956568 v3 BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Application of AEROVÍAS DE INTEGRACIÓN REGIONAL, AIRESS.A. d/b/a LAN COLOMBIA for amended exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 (United States-Colombia Open Skies Authority) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Docket DOT-OST-2008-0390

APPLICATION OF AEROVÍAS DE INTEGRACIÓN REGIONAL, AIRES S.A.

d/b/a LAN COLOMBIA FOR AMENDED EXEMPTION

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to:
Erika Zarante Legal Director LAN Colombia Calle 100 # 7 - 33 Torre 1 Piso 17 Bogota D.C., Colombia Tel. (57-1) 5113000 Ext. 71615 Jeffrey N. Shane Patrick R. Rizzi HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 Telephone: +1 202 637 6851/5659 Facsimile: +1 202 637 5910 E-mail: jeff.shane@hoganlovells.com patick.rizzi@hoganlovells.com Counsel for AEROVÍAS DE INTEGRACIÓN REGIONAL, AIRESS.A. d/b/a LAN COLOMBIA

December 12, 2012
NOTICE: LAN Colombia will be conducting a poll regarding this application.\\DC - 706339/000300 - 3956568 v3 BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Application of AEROVÍAS DE INTEGRACIÓN REGIONAL, AIRESS.A. d/b/a LAN COLOMBIA for amended exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 (United States-Colombia Open Skies Authority) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Docket DOT-OST-2008-0390 December 12, 2012

APPLICATION OF AEROVÍAS DE INTEGRACIÓN REGIONAL, AIRES S.A.

d/b/a LAN COLOMBIA FOR AMENDED EXEMPTION
Aerovías de Integración Regional, AIRES S.A. d/b/a LAN Colombia (“LAN Colombia”) hereby applies under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and Subpart C of the Department’s Rules of Practice (14 C.F.R § 302.301, et seq.) for amended exemption authority to permit it to engage in scheduled and charter foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail from points behind Colombia via Colombia and intermediate points to any point or points in the United States and beyond. LAN Colombia requests approval of the amended exemption for a period of at least two years. In support of this application for amended exemption authority, LAN Colombia states as follows: 1. LAN Colombia currently holds a foreign air carrier permit issued by DOT Order 2009-6-14, served June 17, 2009, authorizing it to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Bogota, Cartagena, and Barranquilla, Colombia, on the one hand, and New York (JFK), New York, on the other hand, and to engage in charter trips in foreign air transportation subject to the terms, conditions, and limitations of the Department’s regulations governing charters. LAN Colombia also holdsApplication of LAN Colombia Page 2

\\DC - 706339/000300 - 3956568 v3 exemption authority to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of person, property, and mail (a) between Bogota, Cali, Cartagena, and Barranquilla, Colombia, on the one hand, and Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on the other hand (with authority to coterminalize Fort Lauderdale and New York for its services from Bogota, Barranquilla, and Cartagena); and (b) between Bogota, Colombia and Miami, Florida. Notice of Action Taken, dated October 25, 2011 (Docket DOT-OST-2008-0390). A timely application for renewal of that exemption authority was filed on October 11, 2012, and remains pending, and the authority has continued in effect under the automatic extension provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act. 2. LAN Colombia now seeks prompt approval of an amended exemption authorizing it to engage in scheduled and charter services to the full extent authorized under the U.S.-Colombia Open Skies Agreement, which is being provisionally applied pending entry into force and which comes fully into effect on January 1, 2013, upon the expiry of transitional provisions set forth in the Annex thereto. Approval of such exemption authority will enable LAN Colombia to enhance its codeshare services or introduce a variety of other scheduled and charter services on Colombia-U.S. routes should it so desire, thereby maximizing the liberalized opportunities available to Colombian air carriers under the U.S.-Colombia Open Skies Agreement. 3. LAN Colombia is fit, willing, and able to provide the expanded scheduled and charter foreign air transportation described in this application. LAN Colombia has previously furnished information to the Department that supports a determination that it is operationally and financially qualified to engage in scheduled and charter foreign air transportation. LAN Colombia requests, pursuant to Rule 24(g) of the Department’s Rules of Practice, that the Department take official notice of the relevant facts contained in DocketApplication of LAN Colombia Page 3

\\DC - 706339/000300 - 3956568 v3 DOT-OST-2008-0390 and otherwise on file with the Department to support approval of this application. 4. This application is entirely consistent with the U.S.-Colombia Open Skies Agreement, constituting prima facie evidence that approval of the amended exemption authority is in the public interest. WHEREFORE, Aerovías de Integración Regional, AIRES S.A. d/b/a LAN Colombia requests that the Department promptly approve amended exemption authority to permit LAN Colombia to engage in scheduled and charter foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail from points behind Colombia via Colombia and intermediate points to any point or points in the United States and beyond, and that the Department grant such further and additional relief as the public interest may require. Respectfully submitted,

___________________________ Jeffrey N. Shane Patrick R. Rizzi HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP Counsel for Aerovías de Integración Regional, AIRES S.A. d/b/a LAN Colombia\\DC - 706339/000300 - 3956568 v3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing Application of Aerovías de Integración Regional, AIRES S.A. d/b/a LAN Colombia for Amended Exemption has been served this 12th day of December, 2012, upon the following addresses:

robert.wirick@aa.com francis.heil@aa.com sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com sametta.c.barnett@delta.com jhill@dowlohnes.com perkmann@dowlohnes.com jyoung@yklaw.com dkirstein@yklaw.com dan.weiss@united.com steve.morrissey@united.com jonathan.linde@united.com howard_kass@usairways.com rsilverberg@sgbdc.com JCanny@amerijet.com jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com rpommer@atlasair.com john@mietuslaw.com kelli.bryan@evergreenairlines.com anbird@fedex.com marshall.sinick@squiresanders.com matwood@cozen.com kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com agoerlich@ggh-airlaw.com anita.mosner@hklaw.com mlbenge@zsrlaw.com urskr@state.gov robert.finamore@dot.gov john.allen@faa.gov

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