BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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In the Matter of :

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2007/2008/2009 U.S.-CHINA AIR : Docket DOT-OST-2007-28567

SERVICES AND COMBINATION FREQUENCY :

ALLOCATION PROCEEDING :

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APPLICATION OF 

UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

FOR RENEWAL OF CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

Hershel I. Kamen

Senior Vice President–Alliances,

 Regulatory and Policy

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

hershel.kamen@united.com

dan.weiss@united.com

Steve Morrissey

Managing Director–Regulatory Affairs 

 and Policy

Karine R. Faden

Managing Counsel–Regulatory, Antitrust &

 Competition

UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

1225 New York Avenue, NW

Suite 1100–DCAIZ/DCALD

Washington, DC 20005

(202) 521-4373

(202) 521-4363

steve.morrissey@united.com

karine.faden@united.com

September 26, 2013

Thomas Newton Bolling

Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

233 South Wacker Drive

11th Floor–HDQLD

Chicago, IL 60606

(872) 825-8068

thomas.bolling@united.com

Douglas P. Kelley

Senior Counsel–Regulatory, Antitrust &

 Competition

UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

1600 Smith Street

HQSLG–15

Houston, TX 77002

(713) 324-5156

doug.kelley@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.
BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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In the Matter of :

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2007/2008/2009 U.S.-CHINA AIR : Docket DOT-OST-2007-28567

SERVICES AND COMBINATION FREQUENCY :

ALLOCATION PROCEEDING :

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APPLICATION OF 

UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

FOR RENEWAL OF CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY

United1applies, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 41102 and Subpart B of the Department's Rules 

of Practice, for renewal of its authority to provide scheduled air transportation of persons, 

property, and mail between Newark Liberty and Shanghai on Segment 2 of United’s certificate 

for Route 821.2 United asks that its Newark Liberty-Shanghai certificate authority be renewed 

for a period of no less than five years and that this application be processed using expedited nonhearing procedures under Subpart B of the Department’s Rules of Practice. 

United states as follows in support of this application:

1. United currently operates daily nonstop B-777 service between New 

York/Newark Liberty International Airport and Shanghai Pudong International Airport. 

 

1 Common names are used for airlines. 

2

 By Order 2011-3-14 the Department reissued authorities previously issued only to 

United or Continental, including the Newark Liberty-Shanghai certificate authority that is the 

subject of this application, in the name of “Continental Airlines, Inc. and/or United Air Lines, 

Inc.” Subsequently, by Order 2013-4-11, the Department reissued United’s certificate and other 

economic authorities on a blanket basis to reflect the completion of the United/Continental 

merger and integration process and United’s new corporate name “United Airlines, Inc.” 

effective as of March 31, 2013. 
Application of United

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Renewing United’s authority will permit United to continue operating these flights and providing 

significant benefits to U.S.-China travelers and shippers. United’s Newark Liberty-Shanghai 

service will continue providing intragateway competition with flights offered by other airlines at 

New York/Newark area airports and intergateway competition with flights offered at other U.S. 

gateways. 

2. Segment 2 of United’s certificate for Route 821, which authorizes services 

between Newark Liberty and Shanghai, was originally issued by Order 2007-12-26 in this 

docket. Absent renewal, this authority will expire March 25, 2014. United invokes the 

automatic extension provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 558(c), as implemented by Part 377 of the 

Department’s Special Regulations, to continue this authority in effect pending the Department’s 

action on this application. 

3. The renewed authority sought by United is consistent with the U.S.-China Air 

Services Agreement (“U.S.-China Agreement”), as amended.3 The U.S.-China Agreement 

permits U.S. airlines to operate between points in the U.S. and points in China, including New 

York/Newark-Shanghai. 

4. United is a Delaware corporation with its principal offices located at 233 South 

Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL 60606, and United is a citizen of the United States within the 

meaning of 49 U.S.C. § 40102(a)(15). United’s president and two-thirds or more of its board of 

directors and other managing officers are U.S. citizens, and at least 75 percent of its voting stock 

is owned or controlled by U.S. citizens. 

 

3

The U.S.-China Agreement was originally signed on September 17, 1980, and 

most recently amended on July 9, 2007.