BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Joint Application of :

:

UNITED AIRLINES, INC. and : Docket DOT

- OST

- 2014

- 0129

SKYWEST AIR LINES, INC. : and

: Docket DOT

- OST

- 2014

- 0130

for exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and :

designations ( Houston

- Mexico City, Mexico ) :

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JOINT REPLY OF

UNITED AIRLINES, INC. AND

SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC.

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

Steve Morrissey

Vice President

- Regulatory & Policy

UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

1225 New York Avenue, NW

Suite 1100

– DCAIZ

Washington, DC 20005

(202) 521

- 4373

steve.morrissey@united.com

Daniel A. Weiss

Managing Director

- International

Affairs and Regulatory

UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

233 South Wacker Drive

10th Floor

– HDQIZ

Chicago, IL 60606

(872) 825

- 6828

dan.weiss@united.com

Todd Emerson

General Counsel

SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC.

444 South River Road

St. George, UT 84790

(435) 634

- 3530

temerson@skywest.com

August 22

, 2014 Thomas Newton Bolling

Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

Abby L. Bried

Associate General Counsel

- Regulatory,

Alliances & International

James Conneely

Counsel

- Regulatory

UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

233 South Wacker Drive

11th Floor

– HDQLD

Chicago, IL 60606

(872) 825

- 8068

(872) 825

- 7415

(872) 825

- 8311

thomas.bolling@united.com

abby.bried@united.com

james.conneely@united.com

Gerald F. Murphy

Steven J. Seiden

CRO WELL & MORING LLP

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

(202) 624

- 2500

gmurphy@crowell.com

sseiden@crowell.com

Counsel for

United Airlines, Inc.

and SkyWest Airlines, Inc.

### BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Joint Application of :

:

UNITED AIRLINES, INC. and : Docket DOT

- OST

- 2014

- 0129

SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC. : and

: Docket DOT

- OST

- 2014

- 0130

for exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and :

designations ( Houston

- Mexico City, Mexico ) :

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JOINT REPLY OF

UNITED AIRLINES, INC. AND

SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC.

United 1 

### and SkyWest (d/b/a United Express) (the “Joint Applicants”) reply to

Southwest’s August 14 , 2014 answer (the “Answer”) to the Joint Applicants ’ July 30 , 2014 joint

application for an exemption and designations to provide seasonal scheduled service between

Houston and Mexico City, Mexico b eginning on or about January 6, 2015 (the “ Joint

Application”)

. By its own admission, “ Southwest does not oppose the grant of the Joint

Application at this time and is not currently seeking authority to serve the Houston

- MEX

market.” Answer at 2. And SkyWest’s United Express service would simply repla ce the

existing ExpressJet United Express service on this route. Accordingly, the Answer is yet another

transparent attempt to delay the Department in granting authority involving Houston service to

the Joint Applicants

. 2 

### The Department should view the A nswer a s such and promptly grant the

Joint Application.

1 

### Common names are used for airlines.

2 

### See, e.g. , Answers of Southwest dated May 5

, 2014 in Dockets DOT

- OST

- 2014

-

0058 and DOT

- OST

- 2014

- 0059 and dated June 24

, 2014 in Dockets DOT

- OST

- 2014

- 0100 and

DOT

- OST

- 2014

- 0101

.