BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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:

Application of :

:

UNITED AIR LINES, INC. : Docket DOT-OST-2009-0192

: 

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

(Continental Codeshare) :

:

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APPLICATION OF

UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

FOR RENEWAL

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

Hershel I. Kamen

Senior Vice President – Alliances,

 Regulatory & Policy

UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

1350 I Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20005-3389

Steve Morrissey

Managing Director – Regulatory Affairs

 & Policy

UNITED AIR LINES, INC. 

1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20036

(202) 296-2337

steve.morrissey@united.com

July 11, 2011

Thomas Newton Bolling

Vice President & Associate General Counsel

UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

77 West Wacker Drive

16th Floor HDQLD

Chicago, IL 60601

(312) 997-8068

thomas.bolling@united.com

Daniel A. Weiss

Managing Director – International

 & Regulatory Affairs

UNITED AIR LINES, INC. 

1600 Smith Street

15th Floor - HQSLG

Houston, TX 77002

(713) 324-5606

dan.weiss@coair.com
BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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:

Application of :

:

UNITED AIR LINES, INC. : Docket DOT-OST-2009-0192

: 

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

(Continental Codeshare) :

:

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APPLICATION OF

UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

FOR RENEWAL

United1applies pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and Subpart C of the Department’s Rules 

of Practice to renew its exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41101 authorizing United to provide 

scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail through its codeshare with 

Continental and, where applicable, Continental’s affiliated network carriers, between Austin, 

Cleveland, Houston, Los Angeles, New York/Newark, San Antonio and Raleigh/Durham and 

various points in Mexico; and between the United States and Colombia, Ecuador, and the 

Marshall Islands. In support of its request, United submits the following:

1. By Notice of Action Taken dated September 18, 2009 in this docket, the 

Department granted United a two-year exemption authorizing it to provide scheduled foreign air 

transportation of persons, property and mail on flights operated by Continental and its affiliated 

network carriers in various U.S.-Mexico city-pairs and between points in the United States and 

 

1 Common names for airlines are used throughout.
Renewal Application of United

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points in Colombia and the Marshall Islands via intermediate and beyond points. The 

Department subsequently broadened United’s exemption authority to include codeshare service 

between the U.S. and Ecuador (Notice of Action Taken dated August 17, 2010) and in several 

additional U.S.-Mexico city-pairs (Notices of Action Taken dated November 4, 2010 and 

November 29, 2010). United requests renewal of this authority to the extent necessary to

preserve its authority to codeshare on these routes, which would otherwise expire on September 

18, 2011.

2

2. Renewal of United’s exemption authority is clearly in the public interest as it will 

ensure the continuation of these valuable codeshare services, which provide substantial benefits

to the traveling and shipping public. Moreover, renewal of United’s exemption authority is 

consistent with the bilateral aviation relationships between the United States and Mexico, 

Colombia, Ecuador and the Marshall Islands.

3. United holds various certificates of public convenience and necessity and 

exemptions authorizing it to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property 

and mail. (See, e.g., Order 2007-4-19, Order 2010-12-24 and Notice of Action Taken dated 

February 17, 2011 in DOT-OST-2004-19148) United is fit, willing and able to continue 

performing the scheduled air transportation at issue in this application. United will comply with 

the Department’s rules on codesharing set forth in Part 257 of the Department’s Regulations.

 

2 By Order 2011-3-14, this authority was reissued in the name of Continental 

Airlines, Inc. and/or United Air Lines, Inc. and United seeks renewal of this authority to any 

extent necessary to preserve its authority in the U.S. and other countries pending the transfer of 

all authority to a single corporate entity.

Renewal Application of United

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CERTIFICATE 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 email:

efaberman@wileyrein.com (AirTran/Frontier)

msinick@ssd.com (Alaska)

carl.nelson@aa.com

jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com (Amerijet)

slachter@lachter-clements.com (ASTAR)

rpommer@atlasair.com

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

jeff.morgan@delta.com

charters@evergreenairlines.com

nsspark@fedex.com

anbird@fedex.com

jhill@dlalaw.com (Hawaiian/Jet Blue)

matwood@cozen.com (Kalitta)

rsilverberg@sgbdc.com (Kitty Hawk)

mlbenge@zsrlaw.com (North American/World)

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com

dkirstein@yklaw.com (Spirit)

john.fredericksen@suncountry.com

anita.mosner@hklaw.com (UPS)

pmurphy@lopmurphy.com (USA 3000)

howard_kass@usairways.com

benjamin.slocum@usairways.com

william.stallings@usdoj.gov

john.allen@faa.gov

urskr@state.gov

dwight.moore@ustranscom.mil

Annalei Avanceña 

International Regulatory Advisor

United Air Lines, Inc.

July 14, 2011