BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________ ) Joint Application of ) ) AEROVIAS DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. ) DOCKETS OST

- 2014 -____

and ) OST- 1997

- 3289 DELTA AIR LINES, INC. ) OST- 2000

- 7708 ) for exemptions and a code

- share ) statement of authorization ) ( Mexico City -Boston) ) __________________________________________) EXPEDITED ACTION REQUESTED JOINT APPLICATION OF A EROVIAS DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. AND DELTA AIR LINES, INC. FOR EXEMPTION S AND A 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 Boulevard Ste 300 Bethesda, Maryland 20817 (202) 747

- 5212 john@mietuslaw.com Counsel for AEROLITORAL

and AEROMEXICO Alexander Van der Bellen Managing Director

- Regulatory and International Affairs & Associate General Counsel Christopher Walker Regional Director

- Regulatory and International Affairs DELTA AIR LINES, INC. 1212 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 (2 02) 842

- 4184 sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com chris.walker@delta.com
NOTICE: Any person may support or oppose this application by filing an answer and serving a copy of the answer on counsel for the Joint Applicants and upon persons served with this application no later than December 1, 2014. THE JOINT APPLICANTS INTEND TO POLL. November 14 , 2014BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________ ) Joint Application of ) ) AEROVIAS DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. ) DOCKETS OST

- 2014 -____

and ) OST- 1997

- 3289 DELTA AIR LINES, INC. ) OST- 2000

- 7708 ) November 14, 2014 for exemptions and a code

- share ) statement of authorization ) ( Mexico City -Boston) ) __________________________________________) EXPEDITED ACTION RE QUESTED JOINT APPLICATION OF AEROVIAS DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. AND DELTA AIR LINES, INC. FOR EXEMPTION S AND A STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION Aerovias de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. ("Aeromexico") , and Delta Air Lines, Inc. (“Delta”) (together, the “Joint Applicants”) respectfully apply for the following authority to engage in scheduled, foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Mexico City, Mexico and Boston, Massachusetts : ( 1) an exemption, for an initial one

- year period and pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 4 0109, authorizing Aeromexico to operate such service; (2) a code

- share exemption, for an initial two

- year period and pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109, authorizing Delta to operate such service by placing its code on Aeromexico flights; 1 and (3 ) a statement of authorization , of indefinite duration and pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212, permitting Aeromexico to display the DL* designator codes of Delta on Aeromexico

- operated flights on this route

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1/ Delta further request s the Department transmit the necessary code

- share designation to the Government of Mexico to facilitate Mexican licensing of Delta’s proposed services on Aerolitoral under the U.S.

- Mexico Air Transport Agreement

.Aeromexico and Delta Application Page 2

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T he Joint Applicants request expedited consideration of this application , and

a fter polling U.S. carriers served with it , they will report the poll results to the Department. In support of thi s Joint Application, the Joint Applicants state as follows:

1. Aeromexico is a flag carrier of the United Mexican States that hold s a range of Department permit and exemption authority to provide service between Mexico and numerous U.S. points. It provides extensive transborder service pursuant to this authori ty . Aeromexico proposes initially to operate daily Mexico City -Boston service with B737 aircraft beginning on or about June 1, 2015.

2. 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." Aeromexico expects to be designated for the route shortly. 2 Further, under Annex 3 either party may authorize an airline to serve a transborder route by

2/ Designation of a carrier by its homeland government is the most significant factor in determining whether grant of an application is in the public interest. See, e.g., Bluebird Cargo Ltd. , Order 2004 -8- 24 at 3

- 4; Fast Air Carrier Ltda., Permit Amendment , Order 82 -2- 66 at 3

- 4.Aeromexico and Delta Application Page 3 displaying its code on flights of an airline designated to operate service on that route. For these reasons, the proposed Aeromexico-Delta code

- share service is consistent with the agreement and, therefore, the public interest.

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. Delta also is fit, willing, and able to engage in these services on a code

- share basis, as it operates numerous U.S.

- Mexico transborder services under various exemptions and pursuant to Delta’s certificate authority for Route 901. See Order 2010 -3- 12. Delta requests that the Department take official notice, pursuant to Rule 24 of the Department’s Rules of Practice, of all data on file with the Department necessary to establish its fitness.

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. Approval of the requ ested code

- sharing auth ority as to Delta also is in the public interest. Delta’s proposed code

- share service will further enhance competition and expand price and service options for U.S. – Mexico travelers. See, e.g., Order 99 -6- 6, at 6.