BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Application of :

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UNITED AIRLINES, INC. : Docket DOT-OST-2003-16213

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for exemption authority pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 :

(Air China codeshare) :

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APPLICATION OF 

UNITED AIRLINES, INC. FOR

RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

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

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

August 13, 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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Application of :

: 

UNITED AIRLINES, INC. : Docket DOT-OST-2003-16213

:

for exemption authority pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 :

(Air China codeshare) : 

: 

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APPLICATION OF 

UNITED AIRLINES, INC. FOR

RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION

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 authorizing United to provide 

scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail, in combination or separately, 

between any point or points in the United States, and any point or points in the People’s Republic 

of China, pursuant to its codeshare arrangement with Air China.

2

 United asks that its exemption 

authority be renewed for a period of at least two years or until the Department grants United’s 

corresponding application for renewal and amendment of its certificate of public convenience 

and necessity for Route 246 currently pending in Docket DOT-OST-1997-3020. 

United states as follows in support of its application: 

 

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 U.S.-China 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 

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1. United’s exemption authority to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of 

persons, property and mail between any point or points in the United States and any point or 

points in the People’s Republic of China under its codeshare arrangement with Air China was 

most recently renewed by Notice of Action Taken dated October 16, 2012 in this docket. Absent

renewal, United’s authority will expire on October 16, 2014.

2. Renewal of United’s exemption authority will permit United to continue 

providing significant benefits to travelers and shippers through its codesharing with Air China 

and is clearly in the public interest. This codeshare service will enable United to continue 

offering on-line U.S.-China service and providing service options to the U.S. traveling public 

that would otherwise be unavailable.

3. 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 2014-5-4 (Newark-Shanghai) and 2013-4-11 

(reissuing United/Continental authorities to United), and Notices of Action Taken dated June 13, 

2014 in Docket DOT-OST-2014-0087 (Guam-Shanghai), June 5, 2014 in Docket DOT-OST2014-0088 (Washington, D.C.-San Jose del Cabo) and September 6, 2013 in Docket DOT-OST2013-0164 (San Francisco-Chengdu). 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. 

4. 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.