### BEFORE THE 

### U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.
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### Application of VIRGIN AMERICA INC. for renewal ofexemption authoritiespursuant DocketNos. OST-2010-0168 OST-2010-0169 OST-2010-0170 to 49 U.S.C. §

### 40109 SanFrancisco- Cancun Los Angeles

- Cancun San Francisco- San Jose del Cabo

APPLICATION OF VIRGINAMERICAINC. FORRENEWAL OFEXEMPTIONS 

### Communications with respectto this document shouldbe sentto:

June 14, 2012 Barbara Russell Associate General Counsel VirginAmerica Inc. 555 Airport Blvd., SecondFloor Burlingame, CA 94010 (650) 762-7394 (phone) (650) 762-7004 (fax) barbara.russell@virginamerica.com

Notice: 

### Any person who wishes to support or oppose this Application may do so by filing an answer by June 28, 2012, serving a copy on Virgin America and all persons listed on the attached certificate ofservice. However, Virgin America intends to poll and requests expedited action.

### BEFORE THE U.S. 

### DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON,D.C.

Application of VIRGINAMERICA INC. forrenewal ofexemptionauthoritiespursuant

to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 SanFrancisco- Cancun Los Angeles

- Cancun San Francisco- SanJose del Cabo ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) DocketNos. OST-2010-0168 OST-2010-0169 OST-2010-0170



### APPLICATION OFVIRGIN AMERICAINC. FOR RENEWAL OFEXEMPTIONS Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and Subpart C of the Department's Rules of Practice, Virgin America Inc. ("Virgin America") hereby applies for renewal ofits exemption authorities authorizing Virgin America to operate scheduled foreign air transportation ofpersons, property, and mail between San Francisco and Cancun; Los Angeles and Cancun; and San Francisco and SanJose del Cabo. In supportofits application, VirginAmerica states as follows: 1. Virgin America is a Delaware corporation with its principal place ofbusiness at 555 Airport Blvd., Burlingame, CA 94010. 2. Virgin America is a citizen of the United States, as defined in 49 U.S.C. § 40102(a)(l5) and has been found fit to provide scheduled interstate airtransportation ofpersons, property and mail. See Orders 2007-5-11 and 2007-8-17; and Letter from Susan L. Kurland, DOT Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs, to Virgin America Inc. in

### Docket OST-2005-23307 (determining that Virgin America remams a citizen of the United States) (Jan. 8, 2010). 3. Virgin Americaherebyincorporates byreference all datapreviously filed with the Department to establish Virgin America's fitness, and respectfully requests the Department take notice ofsuch datapursuantto Rule 24 ofthe Department's Rules ofPractice. 4. Under these authorities, Virgin America operates three roundtrip San Francisco

- Cancun flights per week using A319 aircraft. 

### It operates five roundtrip Los Angeles

- Cancun flights per week using A320 aircraft and dailyroundtrip service between San Francisco and San Jose del Cabo, also usingA320 aircraft. 5. By Notice of Action Taken dated July 28, 2010, 1 

### the Department found that VirginAmerica'sproposed services were consistent withthe terms ofthe U.S.- Mexicobilateral agreement and that grant of the requested exemption authorities was in the public interest. Renewal ofthe authorities requested herein remains in the public interest. Virgin America's crossborder servicesprovide valuable competition in the U.S.- Mexico market. 6. Virgin America accepts and will comply with the Department's standard terms and conditions imposed onexemption authority for scheduledforeign airtransportation. 7. Virgin America's application for an exemption poses no environmental, energy,

or noise issues. Approval of this application will not result in a near-term increase in fuel consumption of10 milliongallons ormore. 8. Virgin America requests expedited action on this application and will poll the parties set forth on the attached certificate ofservice.

1These exemptions will expire onJuly 28, 2012, absent this renewal application,

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### WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, Virgin America Inc. respectfully requests that the Department renew the exemptions described above for an additional two-year period, as

more fully described above.

June 14, 2012 Respectfully submitted,

BarbaraRussell

Associate General Counsel Virgin America Inc. 555 Airport Blvd., SecondFloor Burlingame, CA 94010 (650) 762-7394 (phone) (650) 762-7004 (fax) barbara.russell(a:)virginamerica.com

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### VERIFICATION



### Pursuant to Title 18 United States Code Section 1001, I, Barbara Russell, in my individual capacity and as the authorized representative ofthe applicant, have not in anymanner knowingly or willfully falsified, concealed or covered up any material fact or made any false, fictitious or fraudulent statement or knowingly used any documents which contain such
statements in connection with the preparation, filing or prosecution of this exemption application. I understand that an individual who is found to have violated the provisions of 18 U.S.C. Section 1001 shall be fined not more than $10,000 or imprisoned not more than five years, orboth.

Name: Barbara Russell Date: June 14, 2012 Title: Associate General CounselCERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I herebycertify that onthis 14th day ofJune 2012, a copy ofthe foregoing Application was servedby e-mail on the parties named below.

Dan Weiss Managing Director- International & Regulatory Affairs United AirLines 77 West Wacker Drive-HDQIZ Chicago, IL 60601 dan.weiss@unitcd.com
StephenJ. Morrissey Managing Director, Regulatory and Policy United Air Lines, Inc. 1225 NewYork Avenue, NW- DCAIZ Suite I 100 Washington, DC 20005 steve.morrissey@united.com

JonathanT. Linde Managing Director& Senior CounselRegulatory United AirLines, Inc. 77 West Wacker Drive-HDQLD 16th Floor Chicago, IL 6060I jonathan.linde@united.com

R. Bruce Keiner, Jr. Lorraine B. Halloway Counsel for Continental Airlines Crowell & Moring 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004 rbkeiner@crowell.com lhalloway@crowell.com

Anita Mosner JenniferNowak Counsel for United Parcel Service Holland & Knight 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 100 Washington, D.C. 20006 Anita.mosner@hklaw.com Jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com Alexander VanDer Bellen Sametta C. Barnett Delta AirLines 1212 NewYork Avenue, NW Suite 200 Washington, D.C. 20005 sascha.vanderbeIIen@deIta.com sametta.c.barnett@delta.com

Carl B. Nelson, Jr. Associate General Counsel RobertWirick AmericanAirlines, Inc. I101 Seventeenth Street, N.W. Suite 600 Washington, D.C. 20036 carl.nelson@aa.com Robert.wirick@aa.com

JohnL. Richardson Counsel for Amerijet International JohnL. Richardson, P.L.L.C. 555 l3 1 h Street, N.W. Suite420 West Washington, D.C. 20004 jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com

MalcolmL. Benge Counsel for North American Airlines Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, L.L.P. 888 Seventeenth Street, N.W. Suite 700 Washington, DC 20006 rnlbenge@zsrlaw.com
Angeline Garbuzinski Legal and Regulatory Affairs Federal Express Corporation 3620 Hacks Cross Road Building B, 3'd Floor Memphis, TN 38125 anbird@fedex.comPierre Murphy Counsel for Brendan Airways, L.L.C. d/b/a USA 3000 Airlines 1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. Suite 590 Washington, D.C. 20036-6802 pmurphy@lopmurphy.com Howard Kass Managing Director & Associate General Counsel US Airways 1401 H Street, N.W. Suite 1075 Washington, D.C. 20006 howard_kass@usairways.com Aaron Goerlich Counsel for Ryan International Airlines Garofalo Goerlich Hainbach PC 1200New Hampshire Avenue NW Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20036-6802 agoerlich@ggh-airlaw.com Robert E. Cohn Counsel for Frontier Airlines Hogan Lovells 555 13th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004 robert.cohn@hoganlovells.com Edward P. Faberman Counsel for AirTran Airways Wiley Rein LLP 1776 K Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20006 efaberman@wrf.com Marshall S. Sinick Counsel for Florida West International Airways Squire, Sanders & Dempsey 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20004 msinick@ssd.com Stephen H. Lachter Counsel for AstarAir Cargo Lachter & Clements LLP 1150 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Ste. 900 Washington, DC 20036 slachter@lachter-clements.com

2 Jonathan B. Hill Counsel for Hawaiian Airlines and JctBlue Dow Lohnes 1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036-6802 jhill@dowlohnes.com JohnS. Fredericksen Vice President and General Counsel MN Airlines, LLC dba Sun Country Airlines 1300 Mendota Heights Road Mendota Heights, MN 55120 john.fredericksen@suncountry.com Joanne W. Young Counsel for Spirit Airlines and America West Airlines Kirstein & Young PLLC 1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Suite 600 South Washington, DC 20004 jyoung@yklaw.com John R. Mietus, Jr. Counsel for Centurion Air Cargo Law Office ofJohn Mietus, LLC 315 C Street, SE, LowerLevel Washington, DC 20003 john@mietuslaw.com Lisa Dunn Counsel for TEM Enterprises/ Xtra Airways/ Casino Express 331 

### i 11 Street Elko, NV 89801 ldunn@xtraairways.com Brian S. Gillman Vice President and General Counsel Mesa Air Group (FreedomAirlines) 410 N. 44th Street Suite 700 Phoenix, AZ 85008 brian.gillman@mesa-air.com Michael F. Goldman Counsel for Capital Cargo International Airlines Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff, L.L.P. 1101 30th Street, N.W. Suite 120 Washington, D.C. 20007 mgoldman@sgbdc.comJohn M. Allen Director Flight Standards Service Federal Aviation Adrrlinistration 800 Independence Avenue, S.W. Room 821 Washington, D.C. 20591 john.allen@faa.gov



### Barbara Russell

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