BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. Application of ABC AEROLÍNEAS, S.A. de C.V. d/b/a/ INTERJET for Exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 to engage in Scheduled Foreign Air Transportation of Persons, Property, and Mail (U.S./Mexico) Docket DOT-OST-2011-0159

APPLICATION OF ABC AEROLÍNEAS, S.A. de C.V., d/b/a INTERJET

FOR EXEMPTION

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Moffett B. Roller ROLLER & BAUER, PLLC Washington Dulles International Airport 45005 Aviation Drive, Suite 200 Dulles, VA 20166 Washington, D.C. 20036-6101 Tel: 202-331-3300 Fax: 202-331-3322 Email: mroller@rollerbauer.com Counsel for ABC Aerolíneas, S.A. de C.V., d/b/a Interjet

March 11, 2015BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.
Application of ABC AEROLÍNEAS, S.A. de C.V. d/b/a/ INTERJET for Exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 to engage in Scheduled Foreign Air Transportation of Persons, Property, and Mail (U.S./Mexico) Docket DOT-OST-2011-0159

APPLICATION OF ABC AEROLÍNEAS, S.A. de C.V., d/b/a INTERJET

FOR EXEMPTION Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109, ABC Aerolíneas, S.A. de C.V., d/b/a Interjet, hereby applies for an exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail on the following routes: (1) Mexico City - San Antonio, (2) Mexico City - New York, and (3) Mexico City - Miami. The Department first granted Interjet an exemption to operate on these routes by a Notice of Action Taken in this docket on August 31, 2011. The exemption was last renewed by a Notice of Action Taken on March 5, 2014. This authority unintentionally lapsed on March 5, 2015, and this Application seeks its reinstatement on an expedited basis. Interjet seeks this exemption on the same grounds of comity and reciprocity, and subject to the same terms and conditions, as the authority originally granted in this docket. This exemption is necessary to enable Interjet to provide service on these three routes that were served by Mexicana until Mexicana ceased operations inApplication of ABC Aerolíneas, S.A. de C.V., Page 2

d/b/a Interjet, for Exemption 2010 due to bankruptcy. Although the Government of Mexico has not formally reassigned Mexicana’s designations on these routes to Interjet due to limitations arising from Mexicana’s bankruptcy proceedings, the Department issued Interjet an exemption to operate on these routes on the basis of comity and reciprocity, subject to the condition that Mexicana does not resume operations on them. The DGAC of Mexico has issued authorizations with indefiniteeffectiveness for Interjet to operate on the Mexico City-San Antonio, Mexico-CityMiami, and Mexico City-New York city-pairs. See Exhibit 1 to Interjet’s Application for Renewal of its Exemption, filed in this docket on September 25, 2013, which is hereby incorporated by reference. The conditional substitution of Interjet for Mexicana gives effect to the intent of the current Air Transport Agreement between the United States and Mexico by allowing two Mexican air carriers to operate on each of the three routes, as contemplated by the Agreement. Renewal of the exemption will not provide Mexican carriers with any advantage over U.S. carriers. Renewal will Instead serve the public interest by maintaining increased capacity and competition on the three routes from Mexico City to San Antonio, New York, and Miami.This Application raises no environmental or energy issues. Interjet’s aircraft meet all applicable noise requirements, and approval of this Application will not result in a near-term increase in fuel consumption of ten million gallons or

more.Application of ABC Aerolíneas, S.A. de C.V., Page 3

d/b/a Interjet, for Exemption Conclusion For the foregoing reasons, the Department of Transportation should issue an exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 to ABC Aerolíneas, S.A. de C.V., d/b/a Interjet, for a period of at least one year in order to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between: 1) Mexico City, Mexico, and San Antonio, Texas, 2) Mexico City, Mexico, and Miami, Florida, and 3) Mexico City, Mexico, and New York, New York, as set forth above. Interjet requests approval of this Application on an expedited basis. Respectfully submitted, Roller & Bauer, PLLC Attorneys for ABC Aerolíneas, S.A. de C.V., d/b/a Interjet

By: ______________________________

Moffett B. Roller March 11, 2015CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that on this 11th day of March, 2015, I served a copy of the foregoing Application for Exemption by email upon the parties listed below.

________________ Moffett B. Roller

Howard Kass American Airlines howard.kass@aa.com Daniel A. Weiss United Air Lines dan.weiss@united.com Sascha Van der Bellen Delta Air Lines sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com Robert Kneisley Leslie Abbott Southwest Airways bob.kneisley@wnco.com leslie.abbott@wnco.com Stephen Cristina US State Department cristinasa@state.gov John Duncan FAA Flight Standards john.s.duncan@faa.gov