BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Application of 

AERO ViAS DEL CONTINENTE 

AMERICANO S.A. A VIANCA 

for renewal of exemption authority 

(Bogota - Washington, D.C.) 

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Docket OST-2008-0106 

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APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITY 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

Dated: March 11, 2011 

Richard D. Mathias 

David M. Endersbee 

Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, LLP 

Suite 700 

888 Seventeenth St., NW 

Washington, D.C. 20036 

Tel: 202-298-8660 

Fax: 202-342-0683 

Email: rdmathias@zsrlaw.com 

dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com 

Counsel for Aerovias del Continente 

Americano S.A. A vianca 
BEFORE THE 

DEP ARTMENT OF TRANSPORT A TION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Application of 

AERoviAS DEL CONTINENTE 

AMERICANO S.A. A VIANCA 

for renewal of exemption authority 

(Bogota - Washington, D.C.) 

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Dated: March 11, 2011 

Docket OST-2008-0106 

APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITY 

Aerovias Del Continente Americano S.A. A vianca ("A vianca") hereby applies for 

renewal of its exemption authority pursuant to 49 U.S.C. §§ 40109 and 41301, under which it 

conducts scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Bogota and 

Washington, D.C. 

In support of its application, A vianca states as follows: 

1. Under its exemption authority, A vianca conducts scheduled foreign air transportation of 

persons, property, and mail between Bogota (BOG) and Washington, D.C. (lAD). The 

Department granted Avianca's initial application to perform these services on March 25,2008. 

2. A vianca remains operationally and financially fit to perform the foreign air transportation 

services encompassed by this authority. Moreover, Avianca's services continue to be consistent 

with the U.S. - Colombia bilateral agreement, Department policy, and the public interest. 
3. Avianca's current exemption authority for these services expires on March 26, 2011. By 

submitting this timely renewal application, A vianca invokes the automatic renewal extension 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 558 (c), as implemented by Part 377 of the Department's Regulations, 

to continue in effect its current exemption authorization for the service specified in this 

application, pending a final determination of this renewal application. 

4. Grant of this authority will not constitute a "major regulatory action" under the Energy 

and Conservation Act of 1975, as defined in section 313.4(a)(l) of the Department's regulations. 

WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, Aerovias Del Continente Americano S.A. 

A vianca respectfully requests that the Department renew the exemption authority described 

herein and grant such other relief as may be necessary or appropriate. 

Dated: March 11, 2011 

Respectfully submitted, 

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DaVId M. Endersbee 

Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, LLP 

Suite 700 

888 Seventeenth St., NW 

Washington, D.C. 20036 

Tel: 202-298-8660 

Fax: 202-342-0683 

Email: rdmathias@zsrlaw.com 

dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com 

Counsel for Aerovias Del Continente 

Americano S.A. A vianca 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that on this 11 th day of March 2011, a copy of the foregoing Application 

for Renewal of Exemption Authority was served by electronic mail or facsimile on the 

following: 

R. Bruce Keiner, Jr. 

Lorraine B. Halloway 

Counsel for Continental Airlines 

Crowell & Moring LLP 

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20004-2595 

rbkeiner@crowell.com 

Lhalloway@crowell.com 

Hershel I. Kamen 

Staff Vice President, 

International and Regulatory Affairs 

Dan Weiss 

Continental Airlines, Inc. 

Government Affairs-8th Floor 

1600 Smith Street, 

Dept. HQSGV 

Houston, TX 77002 

hkamen@coair.com 

dan. weiss@coair.com 

Jeffrey Manley 

Senior Advisor - Regulatory Affairs 

United Air Lines, Inc. 

1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 1210 

Washington, DC 20036 

jeffrey.manley@united.com 

John Palo 

Vice President, Planning Military 

and Government 

Evergreen International Airlines, Inc. 

3850 Three Mile Lane 

McMinnville, OR 97128 

john. pal o@evergreenairlines.com 

charters@evergreenairlines.com 

Carl B. Nelson, Jr. 

Associate General Counsel 

American Airlines, Inc. 

1101 Seventeenth Street, N. W. 

Suite 600 

Washington, D.C. 20036 

carl.nelson@aa.com 

John L. Richardson 

Counsel for Amerijet International 

John L. Richardson, P.L.L.C. 

555 13th Street, N.W. 

Suite 420 West 

Washington, D.C. 20004 

jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com 

Russell E. Pommer 

Associate General Counsel and 

Director of Regulatory Affairs 

Atlas Air, Inc. 

1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 875 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

rpommer@atlasair.com 

Kevin Montgomery 

Peter Beckett 

Polar Air Cargo, Inc. 

1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 875 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

Kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com 

peter. beckett@polaraircargo.com 
Marshall S. Sinick 

Counsel for Florida West 

International Airways 

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. 

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 500 

Washington, D.C. 20004 

msinick@ssd.com 

David L. Vaughan 

Danielle Fisher 

Counsel for United Parcel Service 

Kelley Drye Collier Shannon 

3050 K Street, N.W., Ste. Suite 400 

Washington, D.C. 20007 

dvaughan@kelleydrye.com 

dfisher@kelleydrye.com 

Alexander Van Der Bellen 

Jeff Morgan 

Sametta C. Barnett 

Delta Air Lines 

1212 New York Avenue, NW 

Suite 200 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

Sascha. vanderbellen@delta.com 

sametta.c. barnett@delta.com 

Jeff.morgan@deJta.com 

William C. Evans 

John R. Mietus, Jr. 

Counsel for Centurion Air Cargo 

Law Office of John Mietus, LLC 

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 300 

Washington, DC 20004 

bill@mietuslaw.com 

john@mietuslaw.com 

John M. Allen 

Director 

Flight Standards Service 

Federal Aviation Administration 

800 Independence Avenue, S. W., Rm 821 

Washington, D.C. 20591 

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john.allen@faa.gov 

Courtney Felts 

Legal and Regulatory Affairs 

F edEx Express 

3620 Hacks Cross Road 

Building B, 3rd Floor 

Memphis, TN 38125 

cefelts@fedex.com 

Robert P. Silverberg 

Jeffrey Johnson 

Counsel for ABX Air 

Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff, L.L.P. 

1101 30th Street, N.W., Ste. 120 

Washington, D.C. 20007 

rsilverberg@sgbdc.com 

jjohnson@sgbdc.com 

Pierre Murphy 

Counsel for Arrow Air 

1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 590 

Washington, D.C. 20036-6802 

pmurphy@lopmurphy.com 

Thomas A. Gillies 

Chief Operating Officer 

Southern Air Inc. 

117 Glover Ave. 

Norwalk, CT 06850 

tgillies@southernair.com 

Howard Kass 

Managing Director & Associate General 

Counsel 

US Airways 

1401 H Street, N.W. 

Suite 1075 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

howard _ kass@usairways.com 
Oakley Brooks 

President and CEO 

Paul Doell 

National Air Carrier Association 

1000 Wilson Boulevard 

Suite 1700 

Arlington, Virginia 22209 

obrooks@naca.cc 

pdoell@naca.cc 

Mark W. Atwood 

Counsel for Kalitta Air 

Cozen O'Connor 

Anny Navy Building 

1627 I Street, NW 

Suite 1100 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

matwood@cozen.com 

Aaron Goerlich 

Counsel for Allegiant Air and Ryan 

International Airlines 

Garofalo Goerlich Hainbach PC 

1200 New Hampshire Avenue NW 

Suite 800 

Washington, D.C. 20036-6802 

agoerlich@ggh-airlaw.com 

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Elaine Nisson 

Mark Liland 

Northern Air Cargo, Inc. 

3900 Old International Airport Road 

Anchorage, AK 99502 

enisson@nac.aero 

mliland@nac.aero 

Joanne W. Young 

Counsel for Spirit Airlines 

Kirstein & Young PLLC 

1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. 

Suite 600 South 

Washington, DC 20004 

jyoung@yklaw.com 

David M. Endersbee