BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Application of 

AEROVIAS DEL CONTINENTE AMERICANO 

S.A. (A VIANCA), 

TACA INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES S.A., 

TRANS AMERICAN AIRLINES S.A. 

D/B/A TACA PERU, 

LINEAS AEREAS COSTARRICENSES S.A., and 

A VIATECA S.A. 

for renewal of exemption and statements of authorization 

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DOT-OST-2012-0136 

JOINT APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION 

AND STATEMENTS OF AUTHORIZATION 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

December 11,2013 

Richard D. Mathias 

David M. Enders bee 

Jonathon H. Foglia 

Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, LLP 

888 Seventeenth Street, NW 

Washington, DC 20006 

(202) 298-8660 

rdmathias@zsrlaw .com 

dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com 

jhfoglia@zsrlaw.com 

Counsel for the Joint Applicants 

NOTE: Answers to the exemption application are due by December 26,2013. Answers to the 

statement of authorization application are due by December 20, 2013. Answers must be served 

on the Joint Applicants and all persons set forth on the attached certificate of service. 
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Application of 

AEROVIAS DEL CONTINENTE AMERICANO 

S.A. (A VIANCA), 

TACA INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES S.A., 

TRANS AMERICAN AIRLINES S.A. 

D/B/A TACA PERU, 

LINEAS AEREAS COSTARRICENSES S.A., and 

A VIATECA S.A. 

for renewal of exemption and statements of authorization 

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DOT -OST -2012-0136 

JOINT APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION 

AND STATEMENTS OF AUTHORIZATION 

TACA International Airlines S.A. ("TACA"), Trans American Airlines S.A. d/b/a TACA 

Peru ("TACA Peru"), Lineas Aereas Costarricenses S.A. ("LACSA"), and Aviateca S.A. 

("Aviateca") (together, the "TACA Group") along with Aerovias del Continente Americana S.A. 

("Avianca") (collectively, the "Joint Applicants") hereby request renewal of their exemption 

under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 permitting them to register a joint trade name under 14 C.F.R. Part 215 

for their collective use of the trade name "A vianca" and use of the designator code "A V" for 

their services in foreign air transportation to and from the United States. Additionally, the 

TACA Group hereby requests renewal of the blanket statements of authorization issued pursuant 

to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 in order to display the "AV*" designator code. In support of this 

Application, the Joint Applicants state as follows: 

1. On December 13, 2012, the Department issued to the Joint Applicants: (1) an 

exemption permitting them to register under 14 CFR Part 215 their collective use of the trade 

name "Avianca" and use of the designator code "AV" for their services in foreign air 
Joint Application of Avianca, TACA, 

TACA Peru, LACSA and Aviateca 

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transportation to and from the United States; and (2) blanket statements of authorization under 14 

C.F.R. Part 212 to display the "AV" designator code on flights operated by the TACA Group in 

U.S. markets in which both the operator and Avianca hold current Department authority to 

conduct scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail, further to the 

proposed common branding arrangement. 1 

2. Grant of both the exemption and blanket statements of authorization were for a 

one year period, and thus expire by their terms on December 13, 2013. The Joint Applicants 

respectfully request renewal of these authorities for a period of not less than one year. 

3. The Joint Applicants are diligently working to fully implement their common 

branding and code arrangements. In this regard, the Joint Applicants continue to integrate their 

operations, including the alignment of core processes in functional areas such as accounting, 

inventory management, reservations, airport services and passenger handling. Moreover, checkin counters, ticketing locations and boarding areas at a number of airports have been successfully 

re-branded, and the number of flights operated pursuant to the authority for which renewal is 

requested herein has been expanded considerably.2 

4. Renewal of this authority is in the public interest. In its December 13, 2012 

Notice of Action Taken, the Department noted that the aviation agreements between the U.S. and 

1 The Department also approved Aviateca and LACSA's registration of the "TACA" trade name. As this 

registration is indefinite in duration, no renewal is necessary. 

2 By action taken on August 22, 2013 in this docket, the Department authorized the TACA Group carriers to 

continue their use ofthe TACA trade name and "T A'' code on a transitional basis through March 31, 2014, as the 

TACA Group and Avianca work to address technological issues associated with their migration toward the shared 

usage of a common brand and designator code. As discussed above, the Joint Applicants continue to expand the 

number of T ACA Group flights operated under the A vianca trade name and "A V" code, and they expect the 

number of such flights to continue to expand. 
Joint Application of Avianca, TACA, 

T ACA Peru, LACS A and A viateca 

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the respective homelands of each of the Joint Applicants provided the basis for the Department's 

approval. Moreover, this authority has provided significant consumer benefits, as the Joint 

Applicants have been able, under a single brand, to leverage their collective service offerings to 

provide additional high-quality travel options to passengers in the Western Hemisphere. In this 

regard, well before the Joint Applicants sought this authority from the Department, the 

Department granted similar authority to the TACA Group, 3 and, in so doing, reached the same 

conclusions about the benefits of such arrangements. 4 

5. In exercising this authority, the Joint Applicants will continue to comply with the 

conditions set forth in Appendices A, B, and C of the Department's December 13, 2012 Notice of 

Action Taken in this docket. 

6. Pursuant to Section 377.10(a) of the Department's regulations, the Joint 

Applicants state their intention to rely on 5 U.S.C. § 588(c), as implemented by Part 377, to 

continue in effect the authority for the services specified in this Application, pending a final 

determination by the Department. 5 

3 See Order 2005-1-22 (Jan. 25, 2005) in Docket DOT-OST-2004-17355, and subsequent renewals. 

4 See Order 2005-1-22 at 3 ("In taking this action, we affirm our tentative finding that the grant of this authority, as 

conditioned, would be in the public interest, providing important public benefits by increasing consumer 

awareness of TACA Group services and by advancing our aviation relationships with TACA Group carriers' 

homelands. The TACA Group's plan would increase consumer awareness of the Group's services, and this could 

benefit the traveling public by promoting competition in the affected markets.") 

5 To the extent necessary, the Joint Applicants respectfully request a waiver from the advance filing requirements of 

14 C.F.R. §§ 212.10(d) and 377.10(c) with respect to the renewal of the blanket statements of authorization. 
Joint Application of Avianca, TACA, 

TACA Peru, LACSA and Aviateca 

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WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, Aerovias del Continente Americano S.A. 

(Avianca), TACA International Airlines S.A., Trans American Airlines S.A. d/b/a TACA Peru, 

Line as Aereas Costarricenses S .A., and A viateca S .A. respectfully request that the Department 

renew the authorities requested herein, and grant such other or additional relief as it considers 

consistent with this Application and the public interest. 

December 11,2013 

Respectfully submitted, 

Richard D. Mathias 

David M. Enders bee 

Jonathon H. Foglia 

Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, LLP 

888 Seventeenth Street, NW 

Washington, DC 20006 

(202) 298-8660 

rdmathias@zsrlaw .com 

dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com 

jhfoglia@zsrlaw.com 

Counsel for the Joint Applicants 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that on this 11th day of December, 2013, a copy of the foregoing 

Application was served by electronic mail on the parties listed below: 

Lorraine B. Halloway 

Gerald F. Murphy 

Counsel for United Airlines 

Crowell & Moring LLP 

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20004-2595 

lhalloway@crowell.com 

gmurphy@crowell.com 

Dan Weiss 

Managing Director - International & 

Regulatory Affairs 

United Airlines 

77 West Wacker Drive-HDQIZ 

Chicago, IL 60601 

dan.weiss@united.com 

Stephen J. Morrissey 

Managing Director, Regulatory and 

Policy 

United Airlines, Inc. 

1225 New York Avenue, NW- DCAIZ 

Suite 1100 

Washington, DC 20005 

steve.morrissey@united.com 

Alexander Van Der Bellen 

Sametta C. Barnett 

Delta Air Lines 

1212 New York Avenue, NW 

Suite 200 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

sascha. vanderbellen@delta.com 

Sametta.c.bamett@delta.com 

Chris.walker@delta.com 

Robert Wirick 

Francis Heil 

American Airlines, Inc. 

1101 Seventeenth Street, N.W. 

Suite 600 

Washington, D.C. 20036 

robert. wirick@aa.com 

francis.heil@aa.com 

John L. Richardson 

Joan Canny 

Counsel for Amerijet International 

John L. Richardson, P.L.L.C. 

555 13th Street, N.W. 

Suite 420 West 

Washington, D.C. 20004 

jrichardson@j ohnlrichardson.com 

jCanny@amerijet.com 

Kelli Bryan 

Ranjit Seth 

Charter Sales 

Evergreen International Airlines, Inc. 

3850 Three Mile Lane 

McMinnville, OR 97128 

charters@evergreenairlines.com 

ranj it.seth@evergreenairlines.com 

chris.schuldt@evergreenhelicopters.com 

Malcolm L. Benge 

Counsel for World Airways 

Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger LLP 

888 1 ih Street, N,W. 

Suite 700 

Washington, DC 20006 

mlbenge@zsrlaw .com 
Sandra L. Lunsford 

Courtney Felts 

Legal and Regulatory Affairs 

Federal Express Corporation 

3620 Hacks Cross Road 

Building B, 3rd Floor 

Memphis, TN 38125 

sllunsford@fedex.com 

cefelts@fedex.com 

Sharon.pasley@fedex.com 

Timothy Erickson 

Safety and Regulatory Affairs 

Air Transport International LLC 

2800 Cantrell Road 

Little Rock, AR 72202 

Timothy.erickson@airtransport.cc 

HowardKass 

Managing Director & Associate General 

Counsel 

US Airways 

1401 H Street, N.W., Suite 1075 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

Howard.kass@usairways.com 

John M. Allen 

Director 

John S. Duncan 

Deputy Director 

Flight Standards Service 

Federal Aviation Administration 

800 Independence A venue, S.W. 

Room 821 

Washington, D.C. 20591 

john.allen@faa.gov 

john.s.duncan@faa.gov 

Aaron Goerlich 

Counsel for Allegiant Air, Ryan 

International Airlines and Southern Air 

Garofalo Goerlich Hainbach PC 

1200 New Hampshire Avenue NW 

Suite 800 

Washington, D.C. 20036-6802 

agoerlich@ggh-airlaw .com 

Robert P. Silverberg 

Jeffrey Johnson 

Counsel for ABX Air 

Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff, L.L.P. 

1101 30th Street, N.W. 

Suite 120 

Washington, D.C. 20007 

rsilverberg@sgbdc.com 

jjohnson@sgbdc.com 

MarshallS. Sinick 

Counsel for Alaska Airlines and Florida 

West International Airways 

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey 

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 500 

Washington, D.C. 20004 

msinick@ssd.com 

Russell E. Pommer 

Associate General Counsel and 

Director of Regulatory Affairs 

Atlas Air, Inc. 

1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 875 

Washington, D.C 20006 

rpommer@atlasair.com 

Mark W. Atwood 

Counsel for Kalitta Air and Xtra Airways 

Cozen 0 'Connor 

Army Navy Building 

1627 I Street, NW 

Suite 1100 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

matwood@cozen.com 

ldunn@xtraairways.com 

Jonathan B. Hill 

Counsel for Hawaiian Airlines and JetBlue 

Dow Lohnes 

1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 800 

Washington, DC 20036-6802 

jhill@dowlohnes.com 
Thomas Ting 

MN Airlines, LLC dba Sun Country 

Airlines 

1300 Mendota Heights Road 

Mendota Heights, MN 5 5120 

Thomas. Ting@suncountry.com 

Joanne W. Young 

David Kirstein 

Counsel for Spirit Airlines 

Kirstein & Young PLLC 

1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. 

Suite 600 South 

Washington, DC 20004 

jyoung@yklaw .com 

dkirstein@yklaw .com 

John R. Mietus, Jr. 

Counsel for Centurion Air Cargo and Trade 

Winds Airlines 

Law Office of John Mietus, LLC 

6701 Democracy Boulevard 

Suite 300 

Bethesda, MD 20817 

john@mietuslaw.com 

Kevin Montgomery 

Peter Beckett 

Polar Air Cargo, Inc. 

1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 875 

Washington, D.C 20006 

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com 

peter. beckett@aawholdings.com 

Anita Mosner 

Jennifer Nowak 

Counsel for United Parcel Service 

Holland & Knight 

800 1 ih Street, N.W. 

Suite 1100 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

anita.mosner@hklaw.com 

jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com