BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Application of 

AERoviAS DEL CONTINENTE 

AMERICANO S.A. A VIANCA 

for an exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 40109 

(Bogota - Orlando) 

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APPLICATION OF 

AERO ViAS DEL CONTINENTE AMERICANO S.A. A VIANCA 

FOR AN EXEMPTION 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

Richard D. Mathias 

David M. Endersbee 

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Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger L.L.P. 

888 Seventeenth Street, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

Tel: (202) 973-7917 

Fax: (202) 342-0683 

Email: rdmathias@zsrlaw.com 

dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com 

Counsel for Aerovias del Continente 

Americano S.A. A vianca 

NOTICE: Any person may support or oppose this application by filing an answer and serving 

a copy of the answer on the applicant and on all persons listed in the Certificate of Service 

attached to this application. All answers are due on or before May 2, 2011. Counsel for Avianca 

intends to conduct a poll with respect to this application. 

April 15,2011 
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT A TION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Application of 

AERO VIAS DEL CONTINENTE 

AMERICANO S.A. A VIANCA 

for an exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 40109 

(Bogota - Orlando) 

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) Docket OST-2011-__ 

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APPLICATION OF 

AEROVIAS DEL CONTINENTE AMERICANO S.A. A VIANCA 

FOR AN EXEMPTION 

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and Subpart C of the Department's Procedural 

Regulations, Aerovias del Continente Americano S.A. Avianca ("Avianca") hereby requests an 

exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 and such other relief as may be necessary to permit it to 

engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Bogota, 

Colombia, on the one hand, and Orlando, Florida, on the other. A vianca requests that this 

exemption authority be granted for a period of at least one year. A vianca intends to begin 

service on or about July 12, 2011, and therefore respectfully requests prompt approval of this 

application so that it may begin marketing and sale of these services immediately. 

A vianca is fit, willing, and able to perform these services, and grant of this application is 

in the public interest. In support of its application, A vianca states as follows: 

1. A vianca is the flag carrier of Colombia, the second-oldest airline in the world, and 

it holds a foreign air carrier permit authorizing it to engage in scheduled and charter foreign air 

transportation of persons, property, and mail between a point or points in Colombia, and the 
coterminal points Miami, FL; New York, NY; and Los Angeles or San Francisco, CA via certain 

intermediate points. See Order 86-9-36. 

2. A vianca has been operating scheduled and charter services to the U.S. for many 

years under its permit and exemption authorities. A vianca requests that the Department take 

official notice of the relevant facts of A vianca' s fitness pursuant to Rule 24. 

3. Pursuant to the 2000 Memorandum of Consultations, I airlines designated by the 

Colombian government may operate "from Colombian territory to Miami, New York, San Juan, 

Orlando, and three additional points in the United States." Annex II(A)(2). Avianca presently 

holds exemption authority to serve Orlando (among other points) pursuant to a codeshare 

agreement with Delta Air Lines, Inc., and now seeks authority to provide service to Orlando with 

its own aircraft. 2 Notice of Action Taken, Oct. 26,2009 (Docket OST-2002-14057). 

4. A vianca plans to commence four-day a week nonstop, round-trip Bogota -

Orlando service on July 12, 2012, using A319 aircraft. 

5. Avianca is a citizen of Colombia and is properly licensed and authorized by the 

government of Colombia to conduct these operations. The Colombian government is processing 

A vianca' s request for designation to serve Orlando. Colombia is a contracting party to the 

Convention on International Civil Aviation, and Avianca's maintenance program complies with 

the provisions ofICAO Pilots and Airmen Annexes 1,6 (Part 1) and 7. 

6. Grant of this application will not raise any environmental or energy issues and 

will not result in a near-term increase in fuel consumption often million gallons or more. 

I While the United States and Colombia reached an Open Skies agreement on November 1 I, 2010, it has not yet 

entered into force. 

2 This exemption remains in effect pursuant to a timely renewal application filed on August 10, 20 I O. 

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7. A vianca is fit, willing, and able to perfonn the proposed foreign air transportation 

and will abide by the Department's rules and regulations and applicable statutes. The public 

interest will be served both by an expansion of travel opportunities between the U.S. and 

Colombia and more specifically by additional competition in the Bogota - Orlando market. 

8. A vianca will poll all parties on the attached service list and will provide notice of 

the results of that poll to the Department. 

WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, Aerovias del Continente Americano S.A. 

Avianca respectfully requests that the Department grant it an exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 

to the extent necessary to pennit it to engage in foreign scheduled air transportation of persons, 

property and mail between Bogota, Colombia, on the one hand, and Orlando, Florida, on the 

other hand, as more fully described herein, and such other relief as may be necessary. 

April 15,2011 

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Respectfully submitted, 

Ricnard 

~I!.h D. Mathias 

David M. Endersbee 

Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger L.L.P. 

888 Seventeenth Street, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

Tel: (202) 973-7917 

Fax: (202) 342-0683 

Email: rdmathias@zsrlaw.com 

dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com 

Counsel for Aerovias del Continente 

Americano S.A. A vianca 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that on this 15th day of April 2011, a copy of the foregoing was served by 

electronic mail or facsimile on the following: 

R. Bruce Keiner, Jr. 

Lorraine B. Halloway 

Counsel for Continental Airlines 

Crowell & Moring LLP 

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20004-2595 

rbkeiner@crowell.com 

Lhalloway@crowell.com 

Dan Weiss 

Continental Airlines, Inc. 

Government Affairs-8th Floor 

1600 Smith Street, 

Dept. HQSGV 

Houston, TX 77002 

dan. weiss@coair.com 

Jeffrey Manley 

Senior Advisor - Regulatory Affairs 

United Air Lines, Inc. 

1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 1210 

Washington, DC 20036 

jeffrey.manley@united.com 

John Palo 

Vice President, Planning Military 

and Government 

Evergreen International Airlines, Inc. 

3850 Three Mile Lane 

McMinnville, OR 97128 

john.palo@evergreenairlines.com 

charters@evergreenairlines.com 

Carl B. Nelson, Jr. 

Associate General Counsel 

American Airlines, Inc. 

1101 Seventeenth Street, N.W. 

Suite 600 

Washington, D.C. 20036 

carl.nelson@aa.com 

John L. Richardson 

Counsel for Amerijet International 

John L. Richardson, P.L.L.C. 

555 13th Street, N.W. 

Suite 420 West 

Washington, D.C. 20004 

jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com 

Russell E. Pommer 

Associate General Counsel and 

Director of Regulatory Affairs 

Atlas Air, Inc. 

1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 875 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

rpommer@atlasair.com 

Kevin Montgomery 

Peter Beckett 

Polar Air Cargo, Inc. 

1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 875 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

Kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com 

Peter.beckett@polaraircargo.com 
Marshall S. Sinick 

Counsel for Florida West 

International Airways 

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. 

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 500 

Washington, D.C. 20004 

msinick@ssd.com 

Anita Mosner 

Jennifer Nowak 

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 Van Der Bellen 

Jeff Morgan 

Sametta C. Barnett 

Delta Air Lines 

1212 New York Avenue, NW 

Suite 200 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

Sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com 

sametta. c. barnett@delta.com 

Jeff.morgan@delta.com 

William C. Evans 

John R. Mietus, Jr. 

Counsel for Centurion Air Cargo 

Law Office of John Mietus, LLC 

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 300 

Washington, DC 20004 

bill@mietuslaw.com 

john@mietuslaw.com 

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John M. Allen 

Director 

Flight Standards Service 

Federal Aviation Administration 

800 Independence Avenue, S.W., Rm 821 

Washington, D.C. 20591 

john.allen@faa.gov 

Courtney Felts 

Legal and Regulatory Affairs 

FedEx Express 

3620 Hacks Cross Road 

Building B, 3rd Floor 

Memphis, TN 38125 

cefelts@fedex.com 

Robert P. Silverberg 

Jeffrey Johnson 

Counsel for ABX Air 

Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff, L.L.P. 

1101 30th Street, N.W., Ste. 120 

Washington, D.C. 20007 

rsilverberg@sgbdc.com 

jjohnson@sgbdc.com 

Pierre Murphy 

Counsel for Arrow Air 

1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 590 

Washington, D.C. 20036-6802 

pmurphy@lopmurphy.com 

Thomas A. Gillies 

Chief Operating Officer 

Southern Air Inc. 

117 Glover Ave. 

Norwalk, CT 06850 

tgillies@southernair.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 
Oakley Brooks 

President and CEO 

Paul Doell 

National Air Carrier Association 

1000 Wilson Boulevard 

Suite 1700 

Arlington, Virginia 22209 

obrooks@naca.cc 

pdoell@naca.cc 

Mark W. Atwood 

Counsel for Kalitta Air 

Cozen O'Connor 

Army Navy Building 

1627 I Street, NW 

Suite 1100 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

matwood@cozen.com 

Aaron Goerlich 

Counsel for Allegiant Air and Ryan 

International Airlines 

Garofalo Goerlich Hainbach PC 

1200 New Hampshire Avenue NW 

Suite 800 

Washington, D.C. 20036-6802 

agoerlich@ggh-airlaw.com 

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Elaine Nisson 

Mark Liland 

Northern Air Cargo, Inc. 

3900 Old International Airport Road 

Anchorage, AK 99502 

enisson@nac.aero 

mliland@nac.aero 

Joanne W. Young 

Counsel for Spirit Airlines 

Kirstein & Young PLLC 

1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. 

Suite 600 South 

Washington, DC 20004 

jyoung@yklaw.com 

Jonathan B. Hill 

Counsel for JetBlue 

Dow Lohnes 

1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 800 

Washington, DC 20036-6802 

jhill@dowlohnes.com 

Victoria Jaramillo 

Director of Marketing 

Greater Orlando Aviation Authority 

Orlando International Airport 

One Jeff Fuqua Boulevard 

Orlando, FL 32827-4399 

vjaramillo@goaa.org 

(J){M!J h.~ David M. Endersbee