BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

) Application of ) ) FLORIDA WEST INTERNATIONAL ) Docket DOT-OST-2011-0194 AIRWAYS, INC . ) ) for an exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 40109 ) )

APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to:

. Marshall S. Sinick Squire Sanders (US) LLP 1200 19th Street, N.W., Suite 300 Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 626-6651 marshall.sinick@squiresanders.com . Counsel to Florida West International Airlines, Inc.
DATED: September 16, 2013BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

) Application of ) ) FLORIDA WEST INTERNATIONAL ) Docket DOT-OST-2011-0194 AIRWAYS, INC . ) ) for an exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 40109 ) )

APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION Florida West International Airways, Inc. (“FWIA”) hereby requests renewal of theexemption authority granted to it by the Department of Transportation (“Department”) in the abovecaptioned docket to engage in the scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail between any point or points in the United States, via intermediate points, in both directions, to a point or points in Peru, Argentina, Brazil and Venezuela and beyond to points in the Western Hemisphere, and to integrate this authority with its existing certificate authority. This exemption expires on October 31, 2013. FWIA requests renewal of this authority for a two-year period on its existing terms and conditions. FWIA relies on the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act and Part 377 of the Department’s procedural regulations to continue its existing authorization in force pending a final decision on this renewal request. 1 In further support of its request for renewal, FWIA states as follows:

1 To the extent necessary, FWIA requests a waiver of the advance filing requirement of Part 377 or, in the alternative, that the Department act on this renewal request prior to October 31, 2013.Application for Renewal of Exemption

Docket DOT-OST-2011-0194 September 16, 2013

2 1. FWIA is a Delaware corporation whose mailing address is 6640 N.W. 22nd Street, Building 707—Suite 216, Miami, Florida, 33122. FWIA holds certificates of public convenience and necessity authorizing it to provide scheduled interstate transportation of property and mail and scheduled foreign air transportation of property and mail to a number of foreign points. See , e.g ., Orders 99-12-7, 2000-8-19 and 2004-5-23. 2. FWIA is a citizen of the United States as defined in 49 U.S.C. 40102(a)(15). U.S. citizens hold 75% of FWIA’s voting stock. All of the members of FWIA’s Board of Directors and other managing officers, including its president, are U.S. citizens. 3. As the Department determined in Order 99-12-7, FWIA is fit, willing and able to provide the services for which renewal is requested, and to conform to the provisions of Title 49 and the rules, regulations and requirements of the Department. 4. FWIA currently operates frequent scheduled flights between the United States and various points in South America, including the points identified in this application. The Department has found previously that FWIA’s services to Argentina, Peru, Brazil and Venezuela and beyond are consistent with the terms of the applicable bilateral agreements. 2 5. This renewal application does not raise any environmental or energy concerns. All flights will continue to be performed with aircraft that meet all applicable noise requirements. Similarly, approval of this application will not result in a near-term increase in fuel consumption of ten million gallons or more.

2 See, Notice of Action Taken , Docket DOT-OST-2011-0194, October 31, 2011Application for Renewal of Exemption

Docket DOT-OST-2011-0194 September 16, 2013

3 WHEREFORE , Florida West International Airlines, Inc. respectfully requests that the exemption granted to it in the above-captioned docket be renewed for an additional two-year period on its existing terms and conditions, as more fully described herein. Respectfully submitted,

_____________________________________ Marshall S. Sinick Squire Sanders (US) LLP 1200 19th Street, N.W., Suite 300 Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 626-6651 marshall.sinick@squiresanders.com Counsel to Florida West International Airways, Inc.
DATED: September 16, 2013CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that one copy of the foregoing Application for Renewal of Exemption has this day been served on each of the following individuals via telecopier or email.

___________________________ Marshall S. Sinick DATED: September 16, 2013 steve.morrissey@united.com ; dan.weiss@united.com anita.mosner@hklaw.com rpommer@atlasair.com jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com ; jcanny@amerijet.com lachter@starpower.com anbird@fedex.com Kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com cargoair@aol.com sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com ; sametta.c.barnett@delta.com dkirstein@yklaw.com robert.wirick@aa.com ; francis.heil@aa.com pmurphy@lopmurphy.com ; pmurphy@ggh-airlaw.com mlbenge@zsrlaw.com howard_kass@usairways.com ; benjamin.slocum@usairways.com AGoerlich@ggh-airlaw.com