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### BEFORE THE

Application of: 

### AEROVITRO, 

### S.A. de C.V. for a two year renewal of an exemption (MEXICO- US) under 49 U.S.C. Section 40109 ) ) 

### ) Docket OST-00-8592 ) ) ) ) 

### APPLICATION FOR A RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION FILED BY AEROVITRO, S.A. de C.V. FOR A PERIOD OF TWO YEARS We are relying on the automatic extension provisions of Federal Law Specifically 5 USC 558(c), as implemented by 14 CFR Part 377, to keep our exemption authority in effect, pending final department action on this renewal application. It should be noted that no changes have occurred in the company management, stock holders, their nationality, aircraft or aircraft crews. This carriers Ops Specs are managed at the Fort worth, Tx, FAA/FSDO, and the aircraft have fewer than 30 seats. COMMUNICATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THIS DOCUMENT SHOULD BE ADDRESSED TO: Mr. Eugene E. Smith 7717 Village Oak San Antonio, Tx. 78233 Tel (210) 590-1630 Fax (210) 653-9281 Agent for Service 

### AEROVITRO, S.A. de C.V. 12 MAR 2015

### In support of this application, and pursuant to the Department's Procedural Regulations, VITRO states the following:

1. VITRO, incorporated in Mexico in 1990, is a privately held corporation that is 100% owned and controlled by Mexican citizens. Name, citizenship and percentage of ownership of VITRO
are enumerated in Exhibit A. The full name and corporate address of VITRO is: AEROVITRO, S.A. de C.V. AVE. RICARDO M. ZOZAYA # 440 COL. VALLE DEL CAMPESTRE GARZA GARCIA, N.L. 66600 MEXICO 2. The name and official address of the government air transport authority in Mexico having regulatory jurisdiction over VITRO is: Secretaria de Comunicaciones y Transportes Direccion General de Aeronautica Civil ("DGAC") Av. Providencia No. 807, Piso 1-7 Colonia del Valle Delegacion Benito Juarez Mexico, D.F. 03100 MEXICO 3. As noted above, VITRO is seeking transborder charter authority to engage in foreign air transportation of persons and their belongings without the need for prior Department approval of each flight, or series of flights. VITRO is also requesting stopover privileges.

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### 4. VITRO is operationally and financially qualified to perform the service for which authority is requested herein. As evidence thereof:
(a) The Mexican DGAC has issued a permit authorizing VITRO to conduct non-scheduled, international air taxi transportation of passengers in the North and South American Continents. This permit is attached as Exhibit B.
(b) In 1996, VITRO received its DGAC permits and commenced commercial flight operations. From its base in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, VITRO provides air transportation to domestic and international passengers, consisting of members of the following institutions which form part of the governing body, owners, and stock holders of VITRO: AEROVITRO, S.A. de C.V. GRUPO VITRO, S.A. de C.V.

Future operations, including its proposed U.S. service, are likely to be a continuation of this type of operation. VITRO estimates that it will operate 250 to 300 round trip flights annually between Mexico and the United States with an average
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### load of four passengers per flight; all of which will originate in Mexico.
{c) VITRO owns and operates one Jet Aircraft: a 9 passenger Dassault Falcon Jet, Model Falcon 900B, Jet aircraft with Mexican registration XA-VTO (d) VITRO maintains its aircraft pursuant to a maintenance service agreement with AEROVITRO, a DGAC and FAA certificated aircraft repair station in Monterrey, Mexico; and in accordance with an airworthiness program approved by the Mexican DGAC in compliance with ICAO Annexes 1,6 {Part I) and 7.
{e) VITRO has established a well qualified management team with the necessary experience in providing domestic and international air taxi services.

Jose G. Carrera received his Pilot's License in 1979. Joined VITRO in 1990, received his Unlimited Commercial Pilot's License in 1981 and has accumulated over 7000 hours of flight during his years of aviation experience, with over 750 hours in the Challenger and 800 hours in the Falcon. Capt. Carrera attends annual training courses, at Flight Safety in Wichita, Ks., Dallas, and San Antonio, Texas. company's Chief Pilot.

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### A composite of VITRO's key personnel is shown in Exhibit C.
{f) VITRO has been financially self-sufficient and fully capable to continue providing transportation services to the companies enumerated in Paragraph 4{b). (g) A copy of OST form 6411, Foreign Air Carriers Certificate of Insurance, is attached as Exhibit E. As shown therein, VITRO limits of liability exceed the requirements of 14 

### CFR Part 205. {h) VITRO has not been involved in any safety violations, tariff violations or fatal accidents since its inception. {i) VITRO does not have any agreement or cooperative working arrangements with any U.S. air carrier affecting its proposed services to the United States

5. VITRO's proposed U.S. services are consistent with the public interest for the following reasons:
{a) VITRO will be carrying executives to the U.S. on business, thereby fostering commerce between Mexico and the United States consistent with the objectives of the North American Free Trade Agreement {NAFTA)
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### (b) VITRO's request for stopover privileges is consistent with the need of the executives using its services will, from time to time, need to stop at two or more places in the U.S. as part of their round trip itineraries. VITRO submits that no regulatory purpose would be served by preventing VITRO from responding to the stopover needs of its customers.
WHEREFORE, VITRO respectfully requests exemption authority to engage in charter foreign air transportation of persons and their accompanying baggage with small aircraft as set forth herein, and such other relief as may be in the public interest.

12 March 2015 Agent for Service for AEROVITRO, S.A. de C.V.

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### OWNERSHIP 

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### C.V.
SHAREHOLDER CITIZENSHIP VITRO 

### EXHIBIT A

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### LIC. FEDERICO SADA GONZALEZ MEXICAN 50 

### % LIC. ADRIAN SADA GONZALEZ MEXICAN 50 

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### D.G.A.C. INTERNATIONAL AIR TAXI PERMITS 

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### EXHIBIT B

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### NC.JUAN CARLOSMARTINEZTRUJILLO. KERAMOS PONIENTE225.· :,•.**·~. Asut;tto:·J\1oQi.S~aci6n**  a su permi,so de Transpgrte .\10 R,egnlardeTaxi Aere</Internacional de Pasajeros. COL. DELPRADO. C.P. 64410, MONTERREY, N.L. En respuesta a su escrito recibido el 24 de abril del presente, por el que esa empresa en su canister de permisionaria de un servicio publico para operarTRANSPORT£NO REGULARDETAXIAEREO INTERNACIONAL DEPASAJEROS, desde su base de operaciones en el Aeropuerto lnternacional del Norte, en Apodaca, N.L., otorgado mediante oficio No. 102.419.-9413 de fecha 11 dejuruo de 1996, solicita incluir.en su equipo de vuelo einiciar operaciones con la aeronave MARCELDASSAUL T F900B MA TRICULA XA-VfO. 

### AI respecto, esta Direccion General, con fundamento en los articulos 3o., fraccion 

### VI, VIII, IX, Xli y 

### XIII, 49, 51 y 120 de

### Ia Ley de Vias Generales de Comunicaci6n; lo., 3o., 4o., 5o., fracci6n I, inciso a), 6o., fracciones IV, V, 

### XI yXII, 7o., 12, 14, 15, 17, 18, 24, 32, 

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### Ley de Aviaci6n Civil y en relaci6n con el articulo 21 fracci6n 

### VI, del Reglamento Interior de Ia Secretaria de Comunicaciones yTransportes,procedeamodificarlacondici6n SEGUNDAdelpennisoNo. 102,419.- 9413 de fecha 11 dejuniode 1996, afin de incluireiniciaroperacionesconlaaeronave en referencia, para quedar como acontinuaci6n se detalla: EQYIPO AUTORIZADO A OPERAR HACIA TODO EL MUNDO (SUJETO A LA CLAUSULALSW617G,INCLUYENDOCOLOMBIA,PERUYECUADOR): MARCELDASSAUL T 

### F-900B MATRiCULA: 

### XA-VTO.



# --------------------------------------------------------------------- Esta modificaci6n debe apegarse a lo establecido en su permiso No. 102.419.-9413 de fecha 11 dejunio de 1996. La empresa queda obligada a presentar su permiso, asi como la presente modificaci6n alas autoridades aeronauticas delos aeropuertosinternacionalesqueutilicenparasaliryentraraterritorio mex:icano. Para la operaci6n de lo(s) vuelo(s) internacional(es) que se autoriza(n), esa empresa queda obligada a mantener vigente en todo momento, su Certificado de Operador Aereo, asi como las Limitaciones a dicho Certificado, expedidas por esta Direcci6n General de Aeronautica Civil, sin cuya vigencia o documento que acredite la misma, no podr alizar operaciones al amparo del permiso antes citado, con Ia NOM-008-SCT3-2002.

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r. C o F. mada Lopez.- Subseeretario deTransporte. Par su conoclmtento. c.c.p. .**Guillermo~·** Magana Hernandez.- Direcci6n de Aviaci6n. D.G.A.C.- Presence. c.e.p. . .A. MiguelAngel PelaezLira.- Direeci6n GeneralAdjunta e Seguridad Aerea. D.G.A.C.- Presence. e.c.p. Lie. ErikaBeatrizMagana Gutierrez.- Registro Aeronautico Mexicano. D.G.A.C.- Presente. · c.e.p. Lie. Cynthia Noemi RodriguezChapa.- Direccion de Desarrollo Estrategico. D.G.A.C.- Presente. e.e.p. Lie. Lucero RodriguezMurillo.- Oflcinade Seguros yFianzas. D.G.A.C.- Presence.
DCAC-PE-03-DTC2-FE202 Blvd. Adolfo Lopez Matc-os # 1990, Col. Los Alpes, Deleg-acion Alvaro Obregon, Mexico, D.F., C.P. 01010.Este documento qued6 inscrito en el Registro Aeronautico Mexicano bajo el numero 1315 de Ia Secci6n de Aviaci6n en el folio de Concesiones y Permisos. Mexico, Distrito Federal a 28 de Mayo de 2014.

### VITRO 

### EXHIBIT C



## LIST OF KEY PERSONNEL

NAME POSITION CITIZENSHIP TELEPHONE**=======================================~=============================** 

### CAPT. JOSE G. CARRERA DIRECTOR GRL. CAPT. JOSE G. CARRERA CHIEF OPS CAPT. JOSE G. CARRERA CHIEF PILOT

COMPANY ADDRESS FOR ABOVE PERSONNEL IS: AEROVITRO, S.A. de C.V. CARRETERA A LAREDO KM 20 AEROPUERTO DEL NORTE, HANGAR VITRO APODACA, NUEVO LEON, MEXICO 66600 MEXICO 

### MEXICAN 01152818-329-3207 MEXICAN 01152818-329-3207 MEXICAN 01152818-329-3207

### FOREIGN AIR CARRIERS CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE 

### OST FORM 6411 of 

### AEROVITRO, S.A. de C.V. VITRO 

### EXHIBIT D

# 1:~ AGENCY DISPLAY OF ESTIMATED BURDEN The public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 30 minutes per response. Ifyou wish to comment on the accuracyofthe estimate or make suggestions for reducing this burden, please direct yourcomments to: U.S.

# ~1119 Department of**Tra~sporta!ion,** Office ofAviation Analysis, X-56, 400 7th St., SW,., Washington, D.C. 20590. According to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, no persons are required to respond to a collection of information unless it displays avalid OMB**"""'iiS~** control number. Officeofthe Secretary NOTE: For information on where to file completed copies of this form, see FILING INSTRUCTIONS below. ofTransportation OMB No. 2106-0030 Expires 2-28-2011 FOREIGN AIR CARRIERS
- CERTIFICATE OF INSURANCE POLICIES OF.INSURANCE FORAIRCRAFT ACCIDENT BODILY INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE LIABILITY FILING INSTRUCTIONS: File a signed original ofthis form with the Federal Aviation Administration, Air Transportation Div., AFS-260, 800 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20591. (See EXCEPTION below.) EXCEPTION: IfSection 2.A. is filled in because the insured is a Canadian CharterAir Taxi Operator, fife an original ofthis form with the U.S. Department ofTransportation, Special Authorities Division (X-46), 400 7th Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20590 (Please type information, exceptsignatures.) THIS CERTIFIES THAT: SEGUROSBANORTESADECV (Name of Insurer) has issued a policy or policies ofAircraft Liability Insurance toAEROVITRO SA DE CV

Keramos Poniente 225 Del Prado Monterrey Nuevo Leon 64410 FAA Certificate Number (Name, address and FAA Certificate number of Insured Foreign Air Carrier) effective from November 12th, 2014 until ten ( 10) days afterwritten notice from the insurerorcarrier ofthe intent to terminate coverage is received by the DepartmentofTransportation. NOTE: Part 205 ofthe Department's Regulations does not allowfor a predetermined tennination date, and a certificate showing such a date is unacceptable. 1. The Insurer (Check One): 0 is licensed to issue aircraft insurance policies in the United States;**~** is licensed or approved by the government of MEXICO to issue aircraft insurance policies; or 0 is an approved surplus line insurer in the State(s) of 2. The insurer assumes, under the policy or policies listed below, aircraft accident liability insured to minimums at least equal to the following during operation, maintenance, or use ofaircraft in "foreign airtransportation" as that term is defined in 49 U.S.C. 40102. (ComQ}ete aQ.{].Iicable sectionA. B, orC below): A. CANADIAN CHARTER AIR TAXI OPERATORS WITH PART 294 AUTHORITY ONLY The aircraft covered by this policy have: (1) 30 orfewer passenger seats and a maximum payload capacity of7,500 pounds or less; and/or (2) a maximum authorized takeoffweight on wheels ofno more than 35,000 pounds. (Complete separate orcombined coverage as appropriate): 0 Separate Coverages: Minimum Limit PofiC'f.NO. Tl!Qe ofLiability_ Each person Each Occurrence Combined Bodily Injury (Excluding Passengers other than cargo attendants) and Property Damage Liability $75,000 $2,000,000*(See note) Passenger Bodily Injury $75,000 $75,000 x 75% of total number of passengerseats installed in aircraft 

### 0 Combined Coverage: This combined coverage is a single limit ofliabilityfor each occurrence at least equal to the required minimums stated above for bodily injury (excluding passengers), property damage, and passenger bodily injury. PolicyNo. Amount ofCoverage U.S. Dollars 0 This policy covers CARGO operations onlyand excludes passenger liability insurance. NOTE: If the aircraft covered by this policy have more than 30 passenger seats or more than a maximum payload capacity of 7,500 pounds, the minimum limit peroccurrence shall be $20,000,000.
OST Fonn 6411**-.~.** 8. FOREIGN AIR CARRIERS OPERATING SMALLAIRCRAFT The aircraft covered by this policy are SMALL AIRCRAFT (i.e., with 60 orfewer passenger seats orwith a maximum payload capacity of 18,000 pounds or less). (Complete separate orcombinedcoverage as appropriate): 0 Separate Coverages: PolicyNo. Type ofLiability Combined Bodily Injury (Excluding Passengers other than cargo attendants) and Property Damage Liability Passenger Bodily Injury Minimum Limit Each person

$300,000 $300,000 Each Occurrence $2,000,000 $300,000x75% of total numberof passenger seats installed in aircraft**~** Combined Coverage: This combined coverage is a single limit ofliabilityfor each occurrence at least equal to the required minimums stated above for bodily injury (excluding passengers), property damaged, and passenger bodily injury. PolicyNo. 

### 40-05-886-4016-0 Amount ofCoverage USD 150,000,000 U.S. Dollars 0 This policy covers CARGO operations onlyand excludes passenger liability insurance. C. FOREIGN AIR CARRIERS OPERATING LARGE AIRCRAFT The aircraft covered by this policy are LARGE AIRCRAFT (i.e., with more than 60 passenger seats orwith a maximum payload capacity ofmore than 18,000 pounds). (Complete separate orcombinedcoverage as appropriate}: 

### 0 Separate Coverages: Minimum Limit PolicyNo. Type ofLiability Each person Each Occurrence Combined Bodily Injury (Excluding Passengers other than cargo attendants) and Property Damage liability $300,000 $300,000 $20,000,000 $300,000x75% of total number of passenger seats installed in aircraft Passenger Bodily Injury



### 0 Combined Coverage: Thiscombined coverage is a single limit ofliability for each occurrence at least equal to the required minimums stated above for bodily injury (excluding passengers), property damaged, and passenger bodily injury. PolicyNo. Amount ofCoverage U.S. Dollars 0 This policy covers CARGO operations onlyand excludes passenger liability insurance. 3. The policy orpolicies listed in this certificate insure(s) (Check One): 0 Operations conducted with all aircraft operated by the insured 0 Operations conducted with the following types ofaircraft: G( Operations with the following aircraft: (Use additional page irnecessary) Make and Model 1993 FALCON 900B No.de Serle 129 FAA or Foreign Flag Registration No.

XA-VTO
4. Each policy listed in this certificate meets orexceeds the requirements in 14 CFR Part 205.



### SEGUROS BANORTE SA DE CV (Name ofInsurer) 

### Hidalgo No. 250 Col. Centro (Address) 

### Mexico. Monterrey.N.LC.P4000 (City, Slate, Zip Code) 

### Raul Chavero Contact(person who can verifythe effectiveness ofthe coverage)

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.. .,-52 55 24 53 25 19· -· / (Name ofBroker, ifapplicable) AVE ROBLE NO 695 COL. VALLE DELCAMPESTRE (Address) (City, State. Zip Code) (Officerorauthorizedrepresentative)**--------~~~--~~~--·~~~~~~~~~~-** (Area Code, Phone Number) (Area Code, Fax Number) (Signature)

(Date)