BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________ ) Application of ) ) AEROLITORAL, S.A. DE C.V. ) D/B/A AEROMEXICO CONNECT ) DOCKET OST

- 201 0

- 0070 ) for renewal of exemption authority ) ( M exico City

- Houston ) ) __________________________________________)

APPLICATION OF AEROLITORAL, S.A. DE C.V. D/B/A AEROMEXICO CONNECT FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

John R. Mietus, Jr. L aw Office of John Mietus, LLC 6701 Democracy Blvd., Suite 300 Bethesda, MD 20817

- 7500 (202) 747

- 5212 john@mietuslaw.com

Counsel for AEROLITORAL, S.A. DE C.V.

D/B/A AEROMEXICO CONNECT

NOTICE: Any person may support or oppose this application by filing an answer and serving a copy of the answer on counsel for Aerolitoral and upon persons served with this application no later than May 13, 2014.

A pril 29, 201 4BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________ ) Application of ) ) AEROLITORAL, S.A. DE C.V. ) D/B/A AEROMEXICO CONNECT ) DOCKET OST

- 2012

- 0114 ) April 29, 2013 for renewal of exemption authority ) ( Mexico City

- Houston ) ) __________________________________________)

APPLICATION OF AEROLITORAL, S.A. DE C.V. D/B/A AEROMEXICO CONNECT FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109(c), Aerolitoral, S.A. de C.V., d/b/a

Aeromexico Connect (“Aerolitoral”) respectfully requests renewal of the

above

- captioned exemption, granted by Notice of Action Taken dated May 3,

2013 (the “Notice”), for an additional, one

- year period. The Notice permits

Aerolitoral to engage in schedu led foreign air transportation of persons,

property, and mail between M exico City , Mexico and H ouston, Texas.

Aerolitoral intends to invoke the automatic extension provisions of 5 U.S.C. §

558(c) and Part 377 of the Department's Special Regulations. In s upport of

this application, Aerolitoral states as follows:

1. Aerolitoral is a flag carrier of the United Mexican States and

currently holds exemption authority which authorizes U.S.

- Mexico charter

service and scheduled service between Mexico and several U .S. points.

Pursuant to that authority, Aerolitoral operates service between Mexico and- 2

- Aero litoral Renewal Application

the United States marketed under the “AM” code of Aerovias de Mexico, S.A.

de C.V. (“Aeromexico”).

2. By this application, Aerolitoral seeks renewal of its exemption, a s
amended, to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons,

property and mail between Mexico City and Houston . The authority is

scheduled to expire on M ay 3 , 201 4 . Aerolitoral currently is serving this

route, and it therefore seeks to renew the authority for an additional year.

3. Annex 1 to the 1960 Air Transport Agreement, as amended, between

the United Mexican States and the United States, provides that a carrier

designated by the Government of Mexico is entitled to operate "[f]rom a poin t
or points in Mexico to a point or points in the United States." Aerolitoral has

been designated to serve the route, and it continues to hold DGAC authority

to serve the route.

4. Under 49 U.S.C. § 40109(c), the Department may grant an

exemption if it fin ds that a grant is consistent with the public interest.

Designation of a carrier by its homeland government is the most significant

factor in determining whether grant of an application is in the public

interest. See, e.g., Bluebird Cargo Ltd. , Order 2004

- 8

- 24 at 3

- 4; Fast Air

Carrier Ltda., Permit Amendment , Order 82

- 2

- 66 at 3

- 4. Given Aero litoral 's
designation for this market
, such a public interest finding is warranted.

Moreover, the benefits which Aeromexico/Aerolitoral services generate for