BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Application of :

: 

UNITED AIRLINES, INC. :

SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC. : Docket DOT-OST-2012-0113

:

for exemptions under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and :

designations (Chicago-Monterrey, Mexico) :

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JOINT APPLICATION OF 

UNITED AIRLINES, INC. AND SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC.

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTIONS

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

Hershel I. Kamen

Senior Vice President-Alliances,

 Regulatory and Policy

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

hershel.kamen@united.com

dan.weiss@united.com

Steve Morrissey

Managing Director-Regulatory Affairs 

 and Policy

Karine R. Faden

Managing Counsel-Regulatory, Antitrust &

 Competition

UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

1225 New York Avenue, NW

Suite 1100 – DCAIZ/DCALD

Washington, DC 20005

(202) 521-4373

(202) 521-4363

steve.morrissey@united.com

karine.faden@united.com

May 19, 2014

Thomas Newton Bolling

Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

Abby L. Bried

Associate General Counsel-Regulatory, 

 Alliances & International

UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

233 South Wacker Drive

11th Floor – HDQLD

Chicago, IL 60606

(872) 825-8068

(872) 825-7415

thomas.bolling@united.com

abby.bried@united.com

Todd Emerson

General Counsel

SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC.

444 South River Road

St. George, UT 84790

(435) 634-3530

temerson@skywest.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. 

and SkyWest Airlines, Inc.
BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Application of :

 : 

UNITED AIRLINES, INC. : 

SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC. : Docket DOT-OST-2012-0113

 :

for exemptions under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and : 

designations (Chicago-Monterrey, Mexico) :

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JOINT APPLICATION OF 

UNITED AIRLINES, INC. AND SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC.

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTIONS

United1and SkyWest (d/b/a United Express) (the “Joint Applicants”) apply, pursuant to 

49 U.S.C. § 40109 and Subpart C of the Department's Rules of Practice for renewal of their

exemptions from 49 U.S.C. § 41101 permitting them each to provide scheduled foreign air 

transportation of persons, property and mail between Chicago and Monterrey, Mexico on a 

seasonal basis.

2

 The Joint Applicants ask the Department to renew this authority effective for a 

period of at least two years. 

The Joint Applicants state as follows in support of this application: 

1. The Joint Applicants’ exemption authorities to provide scheduled service between 

Chicago and Monterrey on a seasonal basis were granted by Notice of Action Taken dated July 

18, 2012 in this docket. Absent renewal, this authority will expire July 18, 2014. 

 

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 Chicago-Monterrey exemption authority that is the subject of 

this renewal application, in the name of “Continental Airlines, Inc. and/or United Air Lines, Inc.” 

By Order 2013-4-11, the Department reissued the United/Continental 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. 
Renewal Application of United and SkyWest

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2. Renewal of the Joint Applicants’ Chicago-Monterrey exemption authorities will 

permit United and SkyWest to continue providing seasonal Chicago-Monterrey service, either by 

placing United’s “UA*” designator code on SkyWest’s United Express flights or by United 

operating its own flights with larger aircraft. The authority requested will also allow the Joint 

Applicants to continue to tailor capacity to demand by shifting between small and large aircraft

and to provide expanded service options to the U.S. traveling public. Renewal of the Joint 

Applicants’ exemption authorities is consistent with the U.S.-Mexico bilateral aviation 

agreement.

3. The Joint Applicants hold various certificates of public convenience and necessity 

and exemptions authorizing them to engage in scheduled air transportation of persons, property 

and mail between the U.S. and foreign countries, and the Joint Applicants are fit, willing and 

able to provide the service for which they seek renewal. See, e.g., United: Order 2013-4-11 

(reissuing United/Continental authorities to United), Order 2010-5-17 (U.S.-Mexico), and 

Notices of Action Taken dated February 20, 2014 in Docket DOT-OST-2014-0022 (Los 

Angeles-Durango, Mexico) and February 6, 2013 in Docket DOT-OST-2013-0019 (Austin-San 

Jose del Cabo, Mexico); and SkyWest: Order 2011-12-11 at 4 (continuing fitness review), Order 

2008-4-26 (Blanket Open Skies), and Notices of Action Taken dated May 12, 2014 in Dockets 

DOT-OST-2014-0060 and DOT-OST-2013-0114 (Los Angeles-Leon/Guanajuato, Mexico) and 

February 20, 2014 in Docket DOT-OST-2014-0023 (Los Angeles-Durango, Mexico). Pursuant 

to Rule 24 of the Department’s Rules of Practice, the Joint Applicants request that the 

Department take official notice of all information and data that have been filed to establish their 

fitness.