BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

----------------------- ------------------------------- Application of :

: UNITED AIRLINES, INC. :

: Docket DOT

- OST

- 2014

- 0196

f or a U.S.

- China frequency allocation : (San Francisco

- Shanghai, China) :

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MOTION OF UNITED AIR LINES , INC.

FOR A 60

- DAY START

- UP EXTENSION

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

Steve Morrissey

Vice President

- Regul atory & 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

March 23 , 201 5 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

sse iden@crowell.com

Counsel for United Airlines, Inc.

NOTICE: United has requested expedited treatment of this motion . 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

- 0196

for a U.S.

- China frequency allocation : (San Francisco

- Shanghai, China ) :

------------------------------------------------------

MOTION OF UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

FOR A 60

- DAY START

- UP EXTENSION

United 1 requests a 60

- day start

- up extension, from May 1 6, 2015 to July 1 5, 2015, to

begin operating its second daily nonstop flight between San Francisco and Shanghai , China

.

Recognizing the important public benefits that United’s enhanced San Francisco

Shangha i service will provide, the Department granted United ’s unopposed application for seven

additional Zone 1 U.S.

- China combination frequencies by Notice of Action Taken dated

November 21, 2014 in this docket (the “NOAT”). T he frequencies are subject to a s tart

- up

condition that requires United to begin service “within 10 days of May 6, 2015 ( i.e., by May 16,

2015)

, ” or else the frequencies will revert to the Department. NOAT at 1. In order to allow

United additional time to coordinate with local Chinese g overnment officials and airport

authorities to secure slot times at Shanghai Pudong International Airport that are compatible with

United’s operation s , United requests a 60

- day extension of the Department’s start

- up condition. 2

Th is modest extension will allow United to more efficiently plan, market and implement its

1 Common names are used for airlines.

2 United intends to commence its San Francisco

- Shanghai service as soon as practicable , but in no event later than July 15, 2015.Motion of United

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expanded San Francisco

- Shanghai service just two short months after the date that is required

currently, and will have no impact on the long

- term benefits that this serv ice will provide.

United’s request is also consistent with similar relief that the Department has granted

other carriers with respect to start

- up deadlines for U.S.

- China frequencies. See , e.g.,

Department Action dated August 29, 2011 ( 242

- day extension f or Delta’s Tokyo

- Guangzhou

service ); Notice of Action Taken dated November 24, 2009 in Dockets DOT

- OST

- 2007

- 28567

and DOT

- OST

- 2004

- 18469 (82

- day start

- up extension for Delta’s and Northwest’s Detroit

Shanghai service); and Department Action dated October 7, 20 09 in Docket DOT

- OST

- 2007

-

28567 (27

- day start

- up extension for American ’s Chicago

- Beijing service)

.

WHEREFORE, United urges the Department to grant a 60

- day extension, until July 15,

2015, for United to commence its enhanced San Francisco

- Shanghai servic e.

Respectfully submitted,

CROWELL & MORING LLP

____________________________ Gerald F. Murphy

Steven J. Seiden gmurphy@crowell.com

sseiden@crowell.com

Counsel for United Airlines, Inc.

March 2 3 , 201 5CERTIFICATE 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.

robert.wirick@aa.com

howard.kass@aa.com rpommer@atlasair.com

sllunsford@fedex.com nssparks@fedex.com gbleopard@fedex.com jhill@cooley.com perkmann@coo ley.com sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

sametta.c.barnett@delta.com

chris.walker@delta.com

anita.mosner@hklaw.com jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com dwight.moore@transcom.mil john.s.dunc an@faa.gov englets@state.gov

__________________________________ Steven J. Seiden

March 23

, 201 5