BEFORE THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

--------------------------------------------------------------------- Application of : : UNITED AIRLINES, INC. : SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC. : Docket DOT

- OST

- 2012

- 0113
: for exemption s under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and : designations ( Chicago

- Monterrey, Mexico ) :

--------------------------------------------------------------------- JOINT APPLICATION OF UNITED AIRLINES, INC. AND SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC.

FOR RENEWA L 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 1 9 , 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 Uni ted Airlines, Inc. and SkyWest Airlines, Inc.BEFORE THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

-------------------------------------------------------------- Application of : : UNITED AIRLINES, INC. : SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC. : Docket DOT

- OST

- 2012

- 0113
: for exemption s 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
United 1 

### and 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 exemption s 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 authori ty 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 th e 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

Page 2
2. Renewal of the Joint Applicants’ Chicago

- Monterrey exemption authorities will permit United and SkyWest to continue providin g seasonal Chicago

- Monterrey service, either by placing United’s “UA*” designator code on SkyWest’s United Express flights or by United operating its own fli ghts with larger aircraft. T he authority requested will also allow the Joint Applicants to continue to tailor capacity to demand by shifting b etween 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 bilatera l 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 Febru ary 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 Departme nt’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.