\\DC - 023866/000002 - 4660505 v1 BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

U.S.-Mexico Procedures for U.S. Carriers (MEXICO PROCEDURAL DOCKET) ) ) ) ) ) ) Docket DOT-OST-2011-0076

Application of MESA AIRLINES, INC. for an exemption under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 (Phoenix, Arizona – Mazatlan, Mexico) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Docket DOT-OST-2003-16529

MOTION OF MESA AIRLINES, INC. FOR TEMPORARY WAIVER OF DORMANCY CONDITIONS
Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to: Christopher J. Pappaioanou V.P. Legal Affairs Mesa Air Group, Inc. 410 North 44th Street, Suite 700 Phoenix, AZ 85008 TEL: 602-685-4000 FAX: 602-685-4350 Robert E. Cohn Patrick R. Rizzi HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 +1 202 637 4999/5659 robert.cohn@hoganlovells.com patrick.rizzi@hoganlovells.com Counsel for MESA AIRLINES, INC.
May 13, 2013 NOTE: Mesa will be polling on this Motion and will provide the results of that polling to the Department as soon as it is completed.\\DC - 023866/000002 - 4660505 v1 BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

U.S.-Mexico Procedures for U.S. Carriers (MEXICO PROCEDURAL DOCKET) ) ) ) ) ) ) Docket DOT-OST-2011-0076

Application of MESA AIRLINES, INC. for an exemption under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 (Phoenix, Arizona – Mazatlan, Mexico) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Docket DOT-OST-2003-16529

May 13, 2013 MOTION OF MESA AIRLINES, INC.

FOR TEMPORARY WAIVER OF DORMANCY CONDITIONS
Pursuant to DOT Order 2012-1-30 in the Mexico Procedural Docket , Mesa Airlines, Inc. (“Mesa”) hereby moves the Department for a temporary waiver of the dormancy period attached to Mesa’s exemption authority to operate scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Phoenix, Arizona (“PHX”) and Mazatlan (“MZT”), Mexico. Mesa will poll regarding this motion and report the polling results to the Department as soon as possible.1. By Notice of Action Taken, dated August 9, 2011, in Docket DOTOST-2003-16529, the Department granted exemption authority to Mesa to operate scheduled service between Phoenix, Arizona, and Mazatlan, Mexico.Motion of Mesa Airlines, Inc. Page 2

\\DC - 023866/000002 - 4660505 v1 2. The current dormancy period expires before Mesa is scheduled to recommence nonstop service between Phoenix and Mazatlan on May 25, 2013. Accordingly, Mesa is requesting this temporary waiver of the dormancy period in order to bridge the gap between the end of the dormancy period and the restarting of its PHX-MZT service later this month. 3. The Department has granted dormancy waivers in cases involving other carriers in other transborder U.S.–Mexico routes. See, e.g. , Notice of Action Taken, October 17, 2000 (Docket DOT-OST-2000-6911). 4. As previously recognized by the Department, Mesa is fully qualifiedto provide air transportation between PHX and MZT, and its scheduled PHXMZT service is fully consistent with the Air Transport Agreement between the United States and Mexico. See Notice of Action Taken, August 9, 2011 (Docket DOT-OST-2003-16529). Moreover, this scheduled service will benefit consumers by enabling Mesa, operating as US Airways Express, to enhance competitive transborder service offerings to Mazatlan.Motion of Mesa Airlines, Inc. Page 3

\\DC - 023866/000002 - 4660505 v1 WHEREFORE, Mesa respectfully requests that the Department promptly grant Mesa’s motion for a temporary dormancy waiver with respect to its exemption authority to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Phoenix, Arizona, and Mazatlan, Mexico.

Respectfully submitted,

______________________________________ Robert E. Cohn Patrick R. Rizzi HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 +1 202 637 4999/5659 Counsel for MESA AIRLINES, INC.\\DC - 023866/000002 - 4660505 v1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing Motion of Mesa Airlines, Inc. for Temporary Waiver of Dormancy Conditions has been served this 13th day of May 2013, upon each of the following addresses: bob.kneisley@wnco.com; marshall.sinick@squiresanders.com; robert.wirick@aa.com; francis.heil@aa.com; sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com; sametta.c.barnett@delta.com; jhill@dowlohnes.com; jyoung@yklaw.com; dkirstein@yklaw.com; john.fredericksen@suncountry.com; dan.weiss@united.com; howard_kass@usairways.com; barbara.russell@virginamerica.com; brian.hedberg@dot.gov; esta.rosenberg@dot.gov; brett.kruger@dot.gov; urskr@state.gov; info@airlineinfo.com

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