BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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2005 U.S.-ARGENTINA COMBINATION :

FREQUENCY PROCEEDING : Docket DOT-OST-2005-21949

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APPLICATION OF 

UNITED AIRLINES, 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

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

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. Murphy

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.

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2005 U.S.-ARGENTINA COMBINATION :

FREQUENCY PROCEEDING : Docket DOT-OST-2005-21949

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APPLICATION OF 

UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

FOR RENEWAL

United1applies 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 provide

scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Houston, Texas and 

Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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.

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United states as follows in support of its application:

1. United’s exemption authority to provide scheduled service between Houston and 

Buenos Aires was originally granted by Order 2005-10-18 and most recently renewed by Notice 

 

1 Common names are used for airlines. 

2 By Order 2011-3-14, 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 2013-4-11, 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 March 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 Airlines, Inc.” 
Application of United

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of Action Taken dated February 8, 2013, in this docket. Absent renewal, United’s HoustonBuenos Aires exemption authority will expire on February 8, 2015.

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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. Renewal of United’s exemption authority is consistent with the U.S.-Argentina 

bilateral air transport services agreement, 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 holds 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 provide the service

for which it seeks renewal. See, e.g., Orders 2013-4-11 (reissuing United/Continental authorities 

to United), 2010-5-17 (U.S.-Mexico), 2007-4-19 (blanket open skies) and 1992-7-9 (U.S.-

various points in Central America, South America and the Caribbean). 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 this route. See Order 

2005-10-18 at 5.