BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Application of

AEROVÍAS DEL CONTINENTE AMERICANO S.A.

for a statement of authorization pursuant to Part 212 Docket OST

- 2011

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APPLICATION OF AEROVÍAS DEL CO NTINENTE AMERICANO S.A.

FOR A STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

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 Aerovías del Continente

Americano S.A.

Dated: August 30, 2011

NOTICE: Answers to this Application are due on or before September 7, 2011. However,

the Applicant intends to poll.BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Application of

AEROVÍAS DEL CONTINENTE AMER ICANO S.A.

for a statement of authorization pursuant to Part 212 Docket OST

- 2011

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APPLICATION OF AEROVÍAS DEL CONTINENTE AMERICANO S.A.

FOR A STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION

Aerovías Del Continente Americano S.A. (“Avianca”) hereby appl ies for a blanket

statement of authorization pursuant to Part 212 of the Department’s regulations to engage in the

codesharing services described below. Avianca requests that the requested blanket statement of

authorization remain in effect for an indefin ite period, consistent with Department practice.

In support of its application, Avianca states as follows:

1. In 2009, Avianca and the TACA Group entered into a strategic merger, forming a

single company named AviancaTACA Ltd. The integration of Avianca and the TACA Group

has created new travel opportunities for travelers throughout the Western Hemisphere as a result

of the alignment of the carriers’ complementary route networks. Avianca and Trans American

Airlines, S.A. d/b/a TACA Perú (“TACA Perú”) pr esently codeshare on flights outside of the

U.S. and now seek to expand this coordination to U.S. markets. Avianca and TACA Perú share

ultimate common ownership under AviancaTACA Ltd. Avianca is a wholly

- owned subsidiaryof AviancaTACA Ltd. TACA Perú is owned by citizens of Peru and Grupo TACA Holdings,

Limited, which in turn is owned by AviancaTACA Ltd.

2. Avianca and TACA Perú have recently amended their codesharing agreement to

add certain Colombia

– U.S. markets. Beginning as soon as governmental approvals are granted,

Avianca will display TACA Perú’s “TA*” designator code 1

3. Avianca therefore requests a bl anket statement of authorization to enable it to

display TACA Perú’s “TA*” designator code on Avianca flights between a point or points in

Colombia and a point or points in the United States. Avianca also requ ests a waiver of the

Department ’ s 45

- day advance filing requirement in order to begin these services as soon as

possible

. on its flights between the U.S. and

Colombia on the routes set forth on Appendix A. TACA Perú will not carry local Colombia

–

U.S. traffic.

4. Avianca is in all respects fit, willing, and able to perform the codesharing services

described herein, and both carriers hold the necessary underlying economic authority for these

services. Avianca holds a foreign air carrier permit issued by Order 86

- 9

- 36, as well as various

exemption authorities

. 2

1 TACA Perú holds exemption authority authorizing the use of a common designator code along

with ce rtain other Grupo TACA carriers ( TACA International Airlines ,S.A., Lineas Aereas

Costarricenses

, S.A. and AVIATECA S.A.) (Notice of Action Taken, Jan. 22, 2009, in effect

pursuant to Part 377 and a timely renewal application filed on January 13, 2010, Do cket

OST

- 2004

- 17355). TACA Perú’s TA* code will be paired with a dedicated TACA Perú

flight number. TACA Perú hol ds exemption authority authorizing it to engage, inter

alia , in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail from points behind

2 Bogota

– Ft. Lauderdale, Docket OST

- 2003

- 15898 (Notice of Action Taken November 28,

2008, in effect pursuant to Part 377 and a timely renewal application filed on November 19,

2009); Bogota

– Washington, D.C. Docket OST

- 2008

- 0106 (Notice of Action Taken, March

31, 2011).Peru, via Peru and intermediate points, to any point or points in the United States, and beyond.

Notice of Action Taken, May 19 , 2011 (Docket OST

- 2000

- 8054).

5. The authority sought herein is consistent with the applicable bilateral air services

agreements in force between each carrier’s homeland and the U.S. The 1956 U.S.

– Colombia

Air Service Ag reement, as amended, did not provide for third

- country codesharing opportunities.

However, third

- country codesharing opportunities are among the new opportunities made

available under the 2011 U.S.

– Colombia Air Service Agreement (the “Open Skies

Agreeme nt”) 3

6

. Grant o f the blanket statement of authorization requested herein is fully consistent

with, and will serve, the public interest. These new codesharing services will expand the range

of service choices available to the traveling public. , which now provides for such opportunities. Specifically, Section 3 of Open Skies

Agreement’s Annex provides that a Colombian airline may enter into third

- country codesharing

arrangements with “an airline or airlines of a third country located in No rth America, South

America, Central America, and the Caribbean.” The U.S.

– Peru Air Transport Agreement

provides that a carrier or either party may enter into codesharing arrangements with airlines of a

third party (Paragraph 7, Article 8).

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. Avianca will accept t he Department’s standard codesharing conditions and will

notify the Department at least 30 days in advance of any additional codesharing services.

Additionally, Avianca will fully comply with Part 257 of the Department’s regulations.

3 In accordance with Article 18, the Open Skies Agreement became provisionally effective upon

exchange of notes on August 26, 2011.8

. 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)(1) of the Department’s

regulations.

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

re spectfully requests that the Department grant the requested statement of authorization

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

Respectfully submitted,

Richard D. Mathias

David M. Endersbee

Zuckert, Scoutt & Ra senberger, 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 Aerovías Del Continente

Americano S.A.

Dated: August 30, 2011Appendix A

Initial Codeshare Points

TACA Perú’s “TA*” designator code will be displayed on flights operated by Avianca in the

following markets:

Fort Lauderdale

– B ogotá

Miami

– Bogotá

Cali

Medellín

New York

– Bogotá

Medellín

Washington, D.C.

– Bogotá

### CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 3 0 th day of August 2011 , a copy of the foregoing Application

of Aerovías del Continente Americano S.A. For a Statement of Authorization was served by

e lectronic mail on the following:

R. Bruce Kein er, 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

Dan Weiss

Continental Airl ines, Inc.

Government Affairs

— 8 th Floor

1600 Smith Street

, Dept. HQSGV

Houston, TX 77002

dan.weiss@coair.com

Stephen J. Morrissey

Managing Director, International and

Regulatory Affairs

United Air Lines

1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

Suite 1210

Was hington, DC 20036

Steve.morrissey@united.com

John Palo

Vice President, Planning Military

and Government

Evergreen International Airlines, Inc.

3850 Three Mile Lane

McMinnville, OR 97128

john.palo@evergreenairlines.com

charters@evergreenairlines.co m 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

J ohn L. Richardson, P.L.L.C.

555 13 th 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.

Sui te 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@polarairc argo.com

Peter.beckett@polaraircargo.com2 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

Anita Mosner

Jennifer No wak

Counsel for United Parcel Service

Holland & Knight

2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Suite 100

Washington, D.C. 20006

Anita.mosner@hklaw.com

Jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com

Alexander Van Der Bellen

Jeff Morgan

Sametta C. Barnett

Delta Ai r Lines

1212 New York Av enue, NW

Suite 200

Washington, D.C. 20005

Sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

sametta.c.barnett@delta.com

Jeff.mo rgan@delta.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

john.allen@faa.gov

Courtney Felts

Legal and Regulatory Affa irs

Fed Ex Express

3620 Hacks Cross Road

Building B, 3 rd 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

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.com3 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

Army 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

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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

Wash ington, DC 20004

jyoung@yklaw.com

Jonathan B. Hill

Counsel for JetBlue

Dow Lohnes

1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.

Suite 800

Washington, DC 20036

- 6802

jhill@dowlohnes.com

David M. Endersbee