BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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:

Application of :

:

UNITED AIR LINES, INC. : Docket DOT

- OST

- 2009

- 0192

:

f or an exempt ion pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 :

(Continental Codes hare) :

:

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APPLICATION OF

UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

FOR RENEWAL

Communications with respect to this document should b e 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 C onnecticut 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 Wacke r Drive

16 th 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

15 th Floor

- HQSLG

Houston, TX 77002

(713) 324

- 5606

dan.weiss@coair.comBEFORE 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 Codes hare) :

:

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APPLICATION OF

UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

FOR RENEWAL

United 1 applies 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 fore ign 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 a nd

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

Marshall Islands

. In support of i t s request , United s ubmit s 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 Unit ed 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. T he

Department subsequently broadened United’s exem ption authority to include code share 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 req uests renewal of this authority to the extent necessary to

preserve its authority to code share on these routes, w hich 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 s hipping public

. Moreover, renewal of United’s exemption authority is

consistent with the bilateral aviation relationship s between the United States and Mexico,

Colombia, Ecuador and the Marshall Islands

.

3. United holds various certificates of public conveni ence 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 ) Unit ed 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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CERTIFI CATE 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@zsrla w.com (North American/World)

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com

dkirstein@yklaw.com (Spirit)

joh n.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