BEFORE THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 2005 U.S.

- ARGENTINA COMBINATION : FREQUENCY PROCEEDING : Docket DOT

- OST

- 2005

- 21949 :

------------------------------------------------------------------------ APPLICATION OF UNITED AIR LINES , INC. FOR RENEWAL 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 s teve. 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

December 10, 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. Mu rphy Steven J. Seiden CROWELL & MORING LLP 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 (202) 624

- 2500 gmurphy@crowell.com sseiden@crowell.com
Counsel for United Airlines, Inc.BEFORE THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

------------------------------------------------------------------------ : 2005 U.S.

- ARGENTINA COMBINATION : FREQUENCY PROCEEDING : Docket DOT

- OST

- 2005

- 21949 :

------------------------------------------------------------------------ APPLICATION OF UNITED AIRLINES , INC. FOR RENEWAL
United 1 applies pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and Subpart C of the Department's Rules of Practice for renewal of its exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41101 permitting it to provid e scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Houston , Texas and Buenos Aires, Arg entina

. 2 United asks the Department to renew this authority to be effective
until such time as the Department grants United ’s application for Houston

- Buenos Aires certificate authority

. 3
United states as follows in support of its application :
1. United’s exemption authority to provide schedule d service between Houston and
Buenos Aires was originally granted by O rder 2005

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- 18 and most recently renewed by Notice

1 Common names are used for airlines.
2 By Order 2011

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- 14, the Department reissued authorities previously issued only to United or Continental, including the Houston

- Buenos Aires exemption authority that is the subject of this renewal application, in the name of “Continental Airlines, Inc. and/ or United Air Lines, Inc.” Subsequently, by Order 2013

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- 11, the Department reissued United’s certificate and other economic authorities on a blanket basis to reflect the completion of the United/Continental merger and integration process and United’s new corporate name “United Airlines, Inc.” effective as of Mar ch 31, 2013.

3 Continental applied for Houston

- Buenos Aires certificate authority on August 16, 2007 in Docket DOT

- OST

- 2007

- 29047 . When the Department acts on that application, United asks that the requested authority be issued in the name of “ United Airl ines, Inc.”Application of United

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of Action Taken dated February 8, 201 3, in this docket . Absent renewal, United ’s Houston

Buenos Aires exemption authority will expire on February 8, 20 15

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2. Renewal of United ’s exemption authority will enable it to continue providing daily nonstop service between its Houston hub and Buenos Aires

. United ’s Houston

- Buenos
Aires service will also continue to provide the traveling public with convenient access between points throughout United ’s Houston hub network and Buenos Aires , as well as effective competition for American’s Dallas/Fort Worth

- Buenos Aires flights.
3. Renew al of United ’s exemption authority is consistent with the U.S.

- Argentina bilateral air transport services agreeme nt, as amended, which permits U.S. airlines to operate from points behind the United States via intermediate points to Buenos Aires and beyond.
4. United ho lds various certificates of public convenience and necessity and exemptions authorizing it to engage in scheduled air transportation of persons, property and mail between the U.S. and foreign countries , and United is fit, willing and able to provid e th e service
for which it seeks renewal

. See , e.g. , Orders 2013

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- 11 (reissuing United/Continental authorities to United), 2010

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- 17 (U.S.

- Mexico), 2007

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- 19 ( b lanket o pen s kies) and 19 92

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- 9 (U.S.

- various points in Central America, South America and the Carib bean )

. Pursuant to Rule 24 of the Department’s Rules of Practice, United requests that the Department take official notice of
all information and data that have been filed to establish its fitness.
5. United invokes the automatic extension provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 558(c), as implemented by Part 377 of the Department’s Special Regulations, to continue this authority in effect pending action on this renewal application.

4 United’s allocation of seven U.S.

- Argentina frequencies remains effective indefinitely so long as it continues to hold underlying authority to serve th is route. See Order 2005

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- 18 at 5.