BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Application of :

:

SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC. : Docket DOT-OST-2013-0017

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

and designations (Houston-Queretaro, Tampico and :

Villahermosa, Mexico) :

:

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APPLICATION OF

SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC.

FOR RENEWAL

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

Todd Emerson

General Counsel

SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC.

444 South River Road

St. George, Utah 84790

(435) 634-3530

temerson@skywest.com

November 28, 2014

Gerald F. Murphy

Steven J. Seiden

CROWELL & MORING LLP

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004-2595

(202) 624-2500

gmurphy@crowell.com

sseiden@crowell.com

Counsel for

SkyWest Airlines, Inc.
BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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:

Application of :

:

SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC. : Docket DOT-OST-2013-0017

:

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

and designations (Houston-Queretaro, Tampico and :

Villahermosa, Mexico) :

:

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APPLICATION OF

SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC. 

FOR RENEWAL

SkyWest1applies, 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 SkyWest to 

continue providing seasonal scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail 

between Houston, Texas, on the one hand, and Queretaro, Tampico and Villahermosa, Mexico, 

on the other hand. SkyWest asks that this renewed exemption authority be effective for a period 

of at least two years.

SkyWest states as follows in support of this application:

1. SkyWest’s Houston-Queretaro/Tampico/Villahermosa exemption authority was 

granted by Notice of Action Taken dated January 28, 2013, in this docket. Absent renewal, 

SkyWest’s authority will expire on January 28, 2015. 

2. Renewal of this exemption authority is clearly in the public interest as it will 

permit SkyWest to continue operating scheduled Houston-Queretaro/Tampico/Villahermosa

service on a seasonal basis as a United Express carrier using its CRJ-700 aircraft. Granting this 

 

1 Common names are used for airlines.
Renewal Application of SkyWest

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renewal application will also enable SkyWest to continue providing substantial consumer 

benefits by maintaining existing service options for the U.S. traveling public, including the 

online connections offered between points on United’s network. Renewal of this exemption 

authority is also consistent with the U.S.-Mexico bilateral aviation agreement, as amended.

3. SkyWest remains fit, willing, and able to perform the HoustonQueretaro/Tampico/Villahermosa services for which it seeks renewal.2

 SkyWest requests that 

the Department, pursuant to Rule 24 of its Rules of Practice, take official notice of all 

information and data that have been filed to establish its fitness. 

4. SkyWest 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.

WHEREFORE, SkyWest asks the Department to renew the exemption authority 

described herein and for such other relief as the Department may deem appropriate.

Respectfully submitted,

CROWELL & MORING LLP

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Gerald F. Murphy

Steven J. Seiden

gmurphy@crowell.com

sseiden@crowell.com

Counsel for

SkyWest Airlines, Inc.

November 28, 2014

 

2

See, e.g., Order 2008-4-26 (Blanket Open Skies) and Notices of Action Taken 

dated Oct. 14, 2014 in Dockets DOT-OST-2014-0158 and DOT-OST-2014-0159 (HoustonMonterrey) and Sept. 3, 2014 in Dockets DOT-OST-2014-0129 and DOT-OST-2014-0130

(Houston-Mexico City). 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that I have this date served the foregoing document on the following persons in 

accordance with the Department’s Rules of Practice:

bob.kneisley@wnco.com

leslie.abbott@wnco.com

msinick@ssd.com

robert.wirick@aa.com

howard.kass@aa.com

robert.cohn@hoganlovells.com

patrick.rizzi@hoganlovells.com

pmurphy@ggh-airlaw.com

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

chris.walker@delta.com

jhill@cooley.com

perkmann@cooley.com

dan.weiss@united.com

steve.morrissey@united.com

dkirstein@yklaw.com

jyoung@yklaw.com

john.fredericksen@suncountry.com

thomas.ting@suncountry.com

matwood@cozen.com

barbara.russell@virginamerica.com

john.varley@virginamerica.com

anita.mosner@hklaw.com

jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com

john.s.duncan@faa.gov

englets@state.gov

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Steven J. Seiden

November 28, 2014