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


### Application of AERoviAS DEL CONTINENTE AMERICANO S.A. AVIANCA 

### for an exemption from 49 U.S.C. §40109 (Bogota

- Orlando) ) ) ) ) 

### ) Docket OST-2011- 0077 ) ) ) 

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APPLICATION OF 

### AEROViAS DEL CONTINENTEAMERICANO S.A. AVIANCA FOR AN EXEMPTION 

### Communications with respectto this document should be sentto:
Richard D. Mathias David M. Endersbee - 0)



### 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. Avianca

NOTICE: Any person may support oroppose 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 apoll with respect to this application. April 15,2011

### BEFORETHE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORT ATION WASHINGTON, D.C.


### Application of AEROVIAS DEL CONTINENTE AMERICANO S.A. AVIANCA 

### for an exemption from 49 U.S.C. §40109 (Bogota

- Orlando) ) ) ) ) 

### ) Docket OST-2011-
__ ) ) ) 

### -------------------------------)

APPLICATION OF AEROVIAS DEL CONTINENTEAMERICANO S.A. AVIANCA FORAN 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 ofpersons, property and mail between Bogota, Colombia, on the one hand, and Orlando, Florida, on the other. Avianca requests that this exemption authority be granted for a period of at least one year. Avianca intends to begin service on or about July 12, 2011, and therefore respectfully requests prompt approval ofthis application so that it may begin marketing and sale ofthese services immediately. Avianca is fit, willing, and able to perform these services, and grant ofthis application is in the public interest. In support ofits application, Avianca states as follows: 1. Avianca is the flag carrier ofColombia, 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 ofpersons, 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. Avianca has been operating scheduled and charter services to the U.S. for many years under its permit and exemption authorities. Avianca requests that the Department take official notice ofthe relevant facts ofAvianca's fitness pursuant to Rule 24. 3. Pursuant to the 2000 Memorandum ofConsultations, 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 DeltaAir Lines, Inc., and now seeks authority to provide service to Orlando with its own aircraft. 2 

### Notice ofAction Taken, Oct. 26,2009 (Docket OST-2002-14057). 4. Avianca plans to commence four-day a week nonstop, round-trip Bogota

- Orlando service onJuly 12, 2012, using A319 aircraft. 5. Avianca is a citizen ofColombia and is properly licensed and authorized by the government ofColombiato conduct these operations. The Colombian government is processing Avianca'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 ofthis application will not raise any environmental or energy issues and will not result in a near-term increase in fuel consumption oftenmillion gallons ormore.

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

entered into force. 2 This exemption remains in effect pursuant to a timely renewal application filed on August 10, 20IO.
27. Avianca 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. Avianca will poll all parties onthe attached service list and will provide notice of the results ofthat 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 ofpersons, property and mail between Bogota, Colombia, on the one hand, and Orlando, Florida, on the otherhand, as more fully described herein, and suchotherreliefas may be necessary.

April 15,2011

3 Respectfully submitted,

# ~I!.h Ricnard D. Mathias DavidM. 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. Avianca

### CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Ihereby certify that on this 15th day ofApril 2011, a copy ofthe foregoing was served by electronic mail orfacsimile on the following:
R. Bruce Keiner, Jr. Lorraine B. Halloway Counsel for Continental Airlines Crowell & Moring LLP 1001 PennsylvaniaAvenue, 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 SeniorAdvisor

- Regulatory Affairs United AirLines, Inc. 1025 ConnecticutAvenue, 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 ofRegulatory Affairs Atlas Air, Inc. 1747 PennsylvaniaAvenue, N.W. Suite 875 Washington, D.C. 20006 rpommer@atlasair.com
Kevin Montgomery Peter Beckett PolarAir Cargo, Inc. 1747 PennsylvaniaAvenue, N.W. Suite 875 Washington, D.C. 20006 Kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com Peter.beckett@polaraircargo.comMarshall S. Sinick Counsel for Florida West

International Airways Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. 1201 PennsylvaniaAvenue, N.W. Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20004 msinick@ssd.com AnitaMosner JenniferNowak Counsel for United Parcel Service Holland & Knight 2099 PennsylvaniaAvenue, NW Suite 100 Washington, D.C. 20006 Anita.mosner@hklaw.com Jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com
AlexanderVan DerBellen JeffMorgan Sametta C. Barnett DeltaAirLines 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 ofJohn Mietus, LLC 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 300 Washington, DC 20004 bill@mietuslaw.com john@mietuslaw.com

2 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 ABXAir Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff, L.L.P. 1101 30thStreet, N.W., Ste. 120 Washington, D.C. 20007 rsilverberg@sgbdc.com jjohnson@sgbdc.com Pierre Murphy Counsel for ArrowAir 1200 NewHampshire Avenue, N.W. Suite 590 Washington, D.C. 20036-6802 pmurphy@lopmurphy.com Thomas A. Gillies ChiefOperating Officer Southern AirInc. 117 GloverAve. 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.comOakley 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 ArmyNavy 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 NewHampshire Avenue NW Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20036-6802 agoerlich@ggh-airlaw.com

3 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 DowLohnes 1200 NewHampshire Avenue, N.W. Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036-6802 jhill@dowlohnes.com
Victoria Jaramillo Director ofMarketing Greater Orlando AviationAuthority Orlando International Airport One JeffFuquaBoulevard Orlando, FL 32827-4399 vjaramillo@goaa.org



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