BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________ ) In the matter of ) ) 2007/2008/2009 U.S.-China Air Services ) Docket DOT-OST-2007-28567 and Combination Frequency Allocation ) Proceeding ) __________________________________________)

MOTION OF UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

MARY BARNICLE Manager – International & Regulatory Affairs UNITED AIR LINES, INC. 77 West Wacker Drive, HDQIZ Chicago, IL 60601 JULIE OETTINGER Managing Director – International

& Regulatory Affairs JEFFREY A. MANLEY Senior Advisor – Regulatory Affairs UNITED AIR LINES, INC. 1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Suite 1210 Washington, D.C. 20036 Phone: (301) 229-8571 jeffrey.manley@united.com

DATED: April 27, 2010BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________ ) In the matter of ) ) 2007/2008/2009 U.S.-China Air Services ) Docket DOT-OST-2007-28567 and Combination Frequency Allocation ) Proceeding ) __________________________________________) DATED: April 27, 2010

MOTION OF UNITED AIR LINES, INC. By this motion, United Air Lines, Inc. (“United”) requests that Order 2007-9-25 (as amended by Department action dated Marc h 25, 2009) be further amended to allow United to begin non-stop San Francisco-Guangzhou service by June 30, 2011. Like Delta Airlines’ (“Delta”) April 21 request for an extension of the dormancy waiver for its planned daily Atlanta-Shanghai service and twice weekly Seat tle-Beijing service, United is submitting this motion because international travel demand is improving but not at the level needed for U.S. carriers to implement a ll planned U.S.-China services for which the Department has awarded frequencies. See, Delta’s “Motion for a Dormancy Waiver”, dated April 21, 2010 in Dockets DOT-OST-2007-28567 and -2004-18469. Granting United’s request is in the public interest since it will give United the ability to promptly and efficiently institute non-stop service between San Francisco and Guangzhou when market conditions improve and travel demand in this market increases.

As the first U.S. carrier to serve Gua ngzhou on a non-stop service basis, United will require additional promotional sales efforts to support this entirely new market, which isMotion of United Page 2

difficult to implement in the presently soft aviation market. Moreover, the grant of the relief requested is fully consistent with Department precedent granting extensions of dormancy waivers when economic conditions so warrant. Last, the grant of United’s request will not prejudice any ot her U.S. carrier since United ’s application for the seven weekly San Francisco-Guangzhou non-stop frequencies was unopposed and no carrier objected to the award of those frequencies to United by Order 2007-9-25. Moreover, no carrier objected to United’s March 20, 2009 request seeking a deferral of the start-up date

for this service. WHEREFORE, on the basis of the foregoi ng, United respectfully requests that the Department amend Order 2007-9-25 to extend the start-up date for the frequencies identified above from June 30, 2010 to June 30, 2011, and that the Department grant such other and further relief as it may deem necessary and appropriate. Respectfully submitted,

JULIE OETTINGER Managing Director – International & Regulatory Affairs UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

DATED: April 27, 2010CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that I have this date served a copy of the foregoing document on all persons named below by causing a copy to be sent via e-mail.

carl.nelson@aa.com hkamen@coair.com howard_kass@usairways.com rbkeiner@crowell.com sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com byerlyjr@state.gov john.martin@flysfo.com kandace.bender@flysfo.com

Annalei Avanceña Advisor—Regulatory Affairs

DATED: April 27, 2010