BEFORE THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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

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- 2003

- 16213 : for exemption authority pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 : ( Air Chi na codeshare ) : :

--------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 th omas.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.

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

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- 162 13 : for exemption au thority pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 : (Air China codeshare) : :

--------------------------------------------------------------------- APPLICATION OF UNITED AIRLINES, INC. FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION
United 1 appl ies , 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 authoriz ing United to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail , in combination or sepa rately,
betwee n 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 ask s that its exemption authority be renewed for a period of at least two ye ars 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

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- 1997

- 3020

. United state s as follows in support of i t s application :

1 Common names are used for airlines.
2 By Order 2011

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- 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

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- 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.” e ffective 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 arra ngement 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 , 201 4

. 2. Renewal of United’s exemption authority will permit United to continue providing significant benefits to travelers and shippers through its codeshar ing 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 servi ce options to the U.S. traveling public
that would otherwise be unavailable.
3. United hold s 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 seek s renewal. See , e.g., Order s 2014

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- 4 (Newark

- Shanghai) and 2013

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- 11 (reissuing United/Continental authorities to United) , and Notices of Action Taken dated June 13,
2014 in Docket DOT

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- 2014

- 0087 (Guam

- Shanghai) , June 5, 2014 in Docket DOT

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2014

- 0088 (Washington, D.C.

- San Jose del Cabo) and September 6, 2013 in Docket DOT

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2013

- 0164 (San Fran cisco

- Chengdu) . Pursuant to Rule 24 of the Department’s Rules of Practice, United request s that the Department take official notice of all information and data that
have been filed to establish its fitness.
4. United invoke s the automatic extension provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 558(c), as implemented by Part 377 of the Department’s Special Regulation s, to continue this authority in effect pending action on this renewal application.