BEFORE THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

--------------------------------------------------------------- --- --- ------ - : Application of : : UNITED AIRLINES, INC

. : Docket DOT

- OST

- 2014

-

___ : f or an exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and : designation (New Orleans

- Cancun, Mexico ) : :

---------------------------------------------------------------- ---- --- ---- - APPLICATION OF UNITED AIRLINES , INC. FOR AN EXEMPTION AND DESIGNATION Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: Steve Morrissey Vice President

- Regulatory & Policy UNITED AIRLINES, INC. 1225 New York Avenue, NW Suite 1100

– DCAIZ Washington, DC 20005 (202) 521

- 4373 steve.morrissey@united.com
Daniel A. Weiss Managing Director

- International Affairs and Regulatory UNITED AIRLINES, INC. 233 South Wacker Drive 10th Floor

– HDQIZ Chicago, IL 60606 (872) 825

- 6828 dan.weiss@united.com

December 17 , 2014 Thomas Newton Bolling Vice President and Deputy General Counsel Abby L. Bried Associate General Counsel

- Regulatory, Alliances & International James Conneely Counsel

- Regulatory UNITED AIRLINES, INC. 233 South Wacker Drive 11th Floor

– HDQLD Chicago, IL 60606 (872) 825

- 8068 (872) 825

- 7415 (872) 825

- 8311 thomas.bolling@united.com abby.bried@united.com james.conneely@united.com Gerald F. Murphy Steven J. Seiden CROWELL & MORING LLP 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Was hington, DC 20004 (202) 624

- 2500 gmurphy@crowell.com sseiden@crowell.com
Counsel for United Airlines, Inc.

NOTICE : United has request ed expedited treatment of this application. Accordingly, it will poll

U.S. carrier representatives and inform the Department of the results.BEFORE THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

--------------------------------------------------------- ------------ : Application of : : UNITED AIRLINES, INC. : Docket DOT

- OST

- 2014

-

___ : for an exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and : designation (New Orleans

- Cancun, Mexico) : :

------------------------------------------------------------- -------- APPLICATION OF UNITED AIRLINES, INC. FOR AN EXEMPTION AND DESIGNATION
United 1 applies , pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and Subpart C of the Department's Rules
of Practice , for an exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41101 authorizing it to provid e scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between New Orleans and Cancun , Mexico beginning on or a bout May 9, 201 5 , and the U.S.

- Mexico operating designation necessary to
offer such service

. United ask s that th e requested exemption authority be granted to allow
United to provide seasonal New Orleans

- Cancun service us ing its B737

- 800 aircraft . United
ask s that its exemption authority become effective as soon as possible and that it be effective for a period of at least two years, subject to the Department’s standard conditions. United also ask s the Departmen t to issue the necessary notice to Mexican authorities confirming United’s authority to serve the New Orleans

- Cancun route.
Un ited state s as follows in support of this application : 1. Awarding New Orleans

- Cancun exemption authority to United will allow United to provide Saturday service on a seasonal basis to meet demand in this market

. United urge s the

1 Common names are used for airlines.Application of United

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Department to act promptly on this application so that it can secure foreign authority, make final operating plans , and begin marketing the New Orleans

- Cancun flights well in advance of operations, which it plan s to commence on or about May 9, 2015 , provid ed all necessary approvals have been secured. 2
2. United ’s nonstop service between New Orleans and Cancun will provide
substantial benefits to the U.S. traveling and shipping public and is clearly in the public interest. Notably, it will provide competition with Delta’s seasonal nonstop flights and other public
charter services on this route. 3 United’s New Orleans

- Cancun service will also expand service options for consumers and facilitate the development of additional trade and tourism b etween the
United States and Mexico

. 3. The authority sought by United fully complies with the terms of the U.S.

- Mexico Air Transport Services Agreement (“U.S.

- Mexico Agreement”), as amended . Route 1(a ) of the
U.S.

- Mexico Agreement authorizes carriers de signated by the United States to operate from “a point or point s in the United States to a point or points in Mexico.” U.S.

- Mexico Agreement, Annex I, A(1)(a). Further, the U.S.

- Mexico Agreement permits the United States to designate up
to three airlines to provide scheduled combination services between any point or points in the
United States and Cancun

. S ee U.S.

- Mexico Agreement, Annex I, B(5 ) . Sufficient designations
are available for United to operate on the New Orleans

- Cancun route

. 4

2 United will poll airline representatives and advise the Department of the results.
3 See Notice of Action Taken dated Sep. 4, 2014 in Dockets DOT

- OST

- 2014

- 0143, DOT

- OST

- 1997

- 3289 and DOT

- OST

- 2000

- 7 708 (granting Delta exemption authority for New Orleans

- Cancun service beginning on or about February 14, 2015)

.

4 Based on currently published scheduled services, there are two U.S. carrier operating designations available on this route.