BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Joint Application of : : UNITED AIRLINES, INC. and : Docket DOT-OST-2014-0158 SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC. : and : Docket DOT-OST-2014-0159 For an exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and : designations (Houston-Monterrey, Mexico) :

------------------------------------------------------------------------ JOINT REPLY OF UNITED AIRLINES, INC. AND SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC. 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 Todd Emerson General Counsel SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC. 444 South River Road St. George, UT 84790 (435) 634-3530 temerson@skywest.com

October 3, 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 Washington, DC 20004 (202) 624-2500 gmurphy@crowell.com sseiden@crowell.com Counsel for United Airlines, Inc. and SkyWest Airlines, Inc.BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

------------------------------------------------------------------------ Joint Application of : : UNITED AIRLINES, INC. and : Docket DOT-OST-2014-0158 SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC. : and : Docket DOT-OST-2014-0159 for an exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and : designations (Houston-Monterrey, Mexico) :

------------------------------------------------------------------------ JOINT REPLY OF UNITED AIRLINES, INC. AND SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC.

United1 and SkyWest (d/b/a United Express) (the “Joint Applicants”) reply to Southwest’s September 25, 2014 answer (the “Answer”) to the Joint Applicants’ September 10, 2014 joint application for an exemption and designations to provide scheduled service between Houston and Monterrey, Mexico beginning on or about March 5, 2015 (the “Joint Application”). By its own admission, “Southwest does not oppose the grant of the Joint Application at this time, as Southwest is not currently seeking authority to serve the Houston-MTY market.” Answer at 2. And SkyWest’s United Express service would simply be substituted for the mainline service that United currently provides on this route. Accordingly, the Answer is yet another transparent attempt to delay the Department in granting authority involving Houston service to the Joint Applicants. 2 The Department should view the Answer as such and promptly grant the Joint Application.

1 Common names are used for airlines. 2 See, e.g. , Answers of Southwest dated May 5, 2014 in Dockets DOT-OST-2014-0058 and DOT-OST-2014-0059, June 24, 2014 in Dockets DOT-OST-2014-0100 and DOTOST-2014-0101 and August 14, 2014 in Dockets DOT-OST-2014-0129 and DOT-OST-2014- 0130.Joint Reply of United and SkyWest

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Respectfully submitted, CROWELL & MORING LLP

____________________________ Gerald F. Murphy Steven J. Seiden gmurphy@crowell.com sseiden@crowell.com
Counsel for United Airlines, Inc. and SkyWest Airlines, Inc. October 3, 2014CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that I have this date served the foregoing document on the following persons in accordance with the Department’s Rules of Practice.

bob.kneisley@wnco.com leslie.abbott@wnco.com msinick@ssd.com howard.kass@aa.com robert.wirick@aa.com robert.cohn@hoganlovells.com patrick.rizzi@hoganlovells.com pmurphy@ggh-airlaw.com jhill@cooley.com perkmann@cooley.com sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com sametta.c.barnett@delta.com chris.walker@delta.com dkirstein@yklaw.com jyoung@yklaw.com thomas.ting@suncountry.com john.fredericksen@suncountry.com matwood@cozen.com barbara.russell@virginamerica.com john.varley@virginamerica.com anita.mosner@hklaw.com jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com dwight.moore@transcom.mil john.s.duncan@faa.gov urskr@state.gov

__________________________________ Gerald F. Murphy October 3, 2014