BEFORE THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D

. C

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--------------------------------------------------------------- --- : In the Matter of : : 2007/2008/2009 U.S.

- CHINA AIR : Docket DOT

- OST

- 2007

- 28567 SERVICES AND COMBINATION FREQUENCY : ALLOCATION PROCEEDING : :

---------------------------------------------------------------- -- APPLICATION OF UNITED AIR LINES, INC. FOR RENEWAL OF CERTIF I CATE 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 W acker Drive 10 th 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 Counse l

– Regulatory, Antitrust & Competition UNITED AIRLINES, INC. 1225 New York Avenue, N W 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 11 th Floor

– HDQLD Chicago, IL 60606 (872) 825

- 8068 th omas.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 U nited Airlines, Inc.BEFORE THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

--------------------------------------------------------------- --- : In the Matter of : : 2007/2008/2009 U.S.

- CHINA AIR : Docket DOT

- OST

- 2007

- 28567 SERVICES AND COMBINATION FREQUENCY : ALLOCATION PROCEEDING : :

---------------------------------------------------------------- -- APPLICATION OF UNITED AIR LINES, INC. FOR RENEWAL OF CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY

United 1 applies , pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 4 1102 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 non

hearing procedures under Subpart B of the Departm ent’s Rules of Practice.
United state s as follows in support of this application : 1. United cu rrently operates daily nonstop B

- 777 service between New York/Newark Liberty International Airport and Shanghai Pudong International Airport

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1 Comm on names are used for airlines.
2 By Order 2011

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- 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

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- 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
servic e will continue providing intra gateway competition with flights offer ed 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 origina lly issued by Order 2007

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- 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 conti nue 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 6 0606, 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 sto ck 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.