BEFORE THE

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

________________________________________________

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Application of )

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AEROVIAS DEL CONTINENTE )

 AMERICANO S.A. AVIANCA ) Docket No. OST-2012-0137

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

(U.S. – Colombia Open Skies) )

________________________________________________)

APPLICATION OF

AEROVIAS DEL CONTINENTE AMERICANO S.A. AVIANCA

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

David M. Endersbee

Jonathon H. Foglia

 Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger L.L.P.

888 Seventeenth Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006

Tel: (202) 973-7917

Fax: (202) 342-0683

dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com

jhfoglia@zsrlaw.com

Counsel for

Aerovias del Continente 

 Americano S.A. Avianca

January 8, 2015
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BEFORE THE

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

________________________________________________

)

Application of )

)

AEROVIAS DEL CONTINENTE )

 AMERICANO S.A. (AVIANCA) ) Docket No. OST-2012-0137

) 

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

(U.S. – Colombia Open Skies) )

________________________________________________)

APPLICATION OF

AEROVIAS DEL CONTINENTE AMERICANO S.A. AVIANCA

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and Subpart C of the Department’s Rules of Practice, 

Aerovias del Continente Americano S.A. Avianca (“Avianca”) hereby requests renewal of its 

exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 previously granted in this docket. In support of this 

application, Avianca states as follows:

1. On January 28, 2013, the Department issued an amended exemption authorizing

Avianca to engage in “1) foreign scheduled and charter air transportation of persons, property, 

and mail from points behind Colombia via Colombia and intermediate points to points in the 

United States and beyond; and 2) other charters pursuant to Part 212 of the Department’s 

regulations.” This exemption authority expires on its own terms on January 28, 2015. By this 
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application, Avianca seeks renewal of its exemption authority, for a two-year period, to continue 

providing these services. 

2. The authority which Avianca seeks to renew in this application is expressly 

provided for under the U.S. – Colombia Open Skies Agreement and is consistent with the public 

interest. Avianca's services provide a valuable and necessary air transportation link between 

Latin America and the U.S. 

3. Avianca continues to hold the appropriate operating authority from the 

Government of Colombia for the services described herein. In addition, Avianca continues in all 

respects to be fit, willing, and able to perform the services contemplated by this application. 

4. Avianca will accept all standard terms, limitations, and conditions that the 

Department normally attaches to exemptions of the type at issue here. 

5. Renewal of this exemption authority will not constitute a “major regulatory 

action” under the Energy and Conservation Act of 1975, as defined in Section 313.4(a)(1) of the 

Department’s Regulations. 

6. Pursuant to Section 377.10(a) of the Department’s Regulations, Avianca states its 

intention to rely upon 5 U.S.C. § 558(c), as implemented by Part 377, to continue in effect its 

current exemption authority for the service specified in this application, pending final 

Department action on this application.
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WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, Aerovias del Continente Americano S.A. 

Avianca respectfully requests a renewal of its exemption authority, as described herein, for not 

less than a two-year period. Avianca also requests such further, different, or additional relief as 

the Department may deem consistent with this application and the public interest..

Respectfully submitted,

________________________

David M. Endersbee

Jonathon H. Foglia

 Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger L.L.P.

888 Seventeenth Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006

Tel: (202) 973-7917

Fax: (202) 342-0683

dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com

jhfoglia@zsrlaw.com

Counsel for

Aerovias del Continente 

 Americano S.A. Avianca

January 8, 2015
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 8th day of January, 2015, a copy of the foregoing application. 

was served by electronic mail or facsimile on the following:

Gerald F. Murphy

Steven J. Seiden

Counsel for United Airlines

Crowell & Moring LLP

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004-2595

gmurphy@crowell.com

sseiden@crowell.com

Dan Weiss

Managing Director – International &

 Regulatory Affairs

United Air Lines

77 West Wacker Drive-HDQIZ

Chicago, IL 60601

dan.weiss@united.com

Stephen J. Morrissey

Managing Director, Regulatory and

 Policy

United Air Lines, Inc.

1225 New York Avenue, NW - DCAIZ

Suite 1100

Washington, DC 20005

steve.morrissey@united.com

abby.bried@united.com

Robert Wirick

Howard Kass

Francis Heil

American Airlines, Inc.

1101 Seventeenth Street, N.W.

Suite 600

Washington, D.C. 20036

robert.wirick@aa.com

francis.heil@aa.com

howard.kass@aa.com

John L. Richardson

Joan Canny

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

jcanny@amerijet.com

Russell E. Pommer

Associate General Counsel & Sr.

 Director, Regulatory Affairs

Atlas Air, Inc.

801 17

th Street, NW

Suite 410

Washington, D.C 20006

rpommer@atlasair.com

Kevin Montgomery

Peter Beckett

Polar Air Cargo, Inc.

801 17th Street, NW

Suite 410

Washington, D.C 20006

kevin.montgomery@ polaraircargo.com

peter.beckett@polaraircargo.com

Charles F. Donley

Counsel for Florida West 

 International Airways

Squire Patton Boggs L.L.P.

1200 Nineteenth Street N.W.

Suite 300

Washington, D.C. 20036

charles.donley@squirepb.com
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Anita Mosner

Jennifer Nowak

Counsel for United Parcel Service

Holland & Knight

800 17th Street, N.W.

Suite 1100

Washington, D.C. 20006

anita.mosner@hklaw.com

jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com

dsmalls@ups.com

Alexander Van der Bellen

Chris Walker

Delta Air Lines

1212 New York Avenue, NW

Suite 200

Washington, D.C. 20005

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

chris.walker@delta.com

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

john@mietuslaw.com

John S. Duncan

Director

Flight Standards Service

Federal Aviation Administration

800 Independence Avenue, S.W.

Room 821

Washington, D.C. 20591

john.s.duncan@faa.gov 

Sandra Lunsford

Courtney Felts

Legal and Regulatory Affairs

FedEx Express

3620 Hacks Cross Road

Building B, 3rd Floor

Memphis, TN 38125

sllunsford@fedex.com

cefelts@fedex.com

sharon.pasley@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

Mark W. Atwood

Stephen Lachter

Counsel for Kalitta Air, Xtra Airways and 

 Frontier Airlines

Cozen O’Connor

Army Navy Building

1627 I Street, NW

Suite 1100

Washington, D.C. 20006

matwood@cozen.com

slachter@cozen.com

lisa.dunn@xtraairways.com

Aaron Goerlich

Counsel for Allegiant Air and 

 Southern Air

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

Northern Air Cargo, Inc.

3900 Old International Airport Road

Anchorage, AK 99502

enisson@nac.aero

Joanne W. Young

David Kirstein

Counsel for Spirit Airlines

Kirstein & Young PLLC

1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.

Suite 600 South

Washington, DC 20004

jyoung@yklaw.com 

dkirstein@yklaw.com

Jonathan B. Hill

Counsel for JetBlue

Cooley LLP

1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Suite 700

Washington, DC 20004

jhill@cooley.com

perkmann@cooley.com

David M. Endersbee