BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Application of :

:

EXPRESSJET AIRLINES, INC. : Docket DOT-OST-2011-0089

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for exemptions under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 :

(Atlanta - Monterrey, Mexico) :

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APPLICATION OF

EXPRESSJET AIRLINES, INC.

FOR RENEWAL

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

Jon Lindlief

Director – Planning & Development

EXPRESSJET AIRLINES, INC.

990 Toffie Terrace

Atlanta, GA 30354

Gerald F. Murphy

Steven J. Seiden

CROWELL & MORING LLP

1001 Pennsylvania Ave NW

Washington, DC 20004

(202) 624-2500

gmurphy@crowell.com

sseiden@crowell.com

 

Counsel for 

ExpressJet Airlines, Inc.

January 23, 2015
BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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:

Application of :

:

EXPRESSJET AIRLINES, INC. : Docket DOT-OST-2011-0089

:

for exemptions under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 :

(Atlanta - Monterrey, Mexico) :

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APPLICATION OF

EXPRESSJET AIRLINES, INC. 

FOR RENEWAL

ExpressJet1applies, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and Subpart C of the Department’s 

Rules of Practice, for renewal of its exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41101 authorizing ExpressJet to 

provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Atlanta, 

Georgia and Monterrey, Mexico. ExpressJet requests that its exemption be renewed for a period 

of at least two years. 

ExpressJet states as follows in support of its application:

1. ExpressJet’s Atlanta-Monterrey exemption authority was originally granted by 

Notice of Action Taken dated May 4, 2011,

2

and most recently renewed by Notice of Action 

Taken dated March 26, 2013, in this docket. Absent renewal, ExpressJet’s authority will expire 

on March 26, 2015.

2. Renewal of this exemption authority is clearly in the public interest as it will 

permit ExpressJet to continue operating year-round Atlanta-Monterrey scheduled service as a 

Delta Connection carrier with CRJ-900 or CRJ-700 aircraft. The authority requested will also 

 

1 Common names are used for airlines.

2 By Order 2012-1-3, the Department reissued the certificates and other economic 

authorities held by Atlantic Southeast, including the Atlanta-Monterrey exemption authority that 

is the subject of this renewal application, in the name of ExpressJet. 
Renewal Application of ExpressJet

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enable ExpressJet to continue providing substantial consumer benefits by maintaining existing 

service options for the U.S. traveling public, including the online connections offered between 

points on Delta’s network via Atlanta. Renewal of ExpressJet’s exemption authority is fully 

consistent with the terms of the U.S.-Mexico bilateral aviation agreement, as amended. 

3. ExpressJet remains fit, willing and able to perform the Atlanta-Monterrey services 

applied for herein. ExpressJet is a well-established regional carrier and holds various certificate 

and exemption authorities permitting it to engage in scheduled interstate and foreign air 

transportation of persons, property and mail.3 ExpressJet requests that the Department, pursuant 

to Rule 24 of its Rules of Practice, take official notice of all information and data that have been 

filed to establish its fitness. 

4. ExpressJet 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 action on this renewal application. 

WHEREFORE, ExpressJet asks the Department to renew its exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 

41101 authorizing ExpressJet to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property 

and mail between Atlanta, Georgia and Monterrey, Mexico.

 

3

See, e.g., Order 2012-1-3 at 1-2 (listing ExpressJet’s certificate, exemption, and 

other operating authorities) and Notices of Action Taken dated Jan. 20, 2015 in Docket DOTOST-2006-25018 (U.S.-Belize), Jun. 17, 2014 in Docket DOT-OST-2014-0104 (Atlanta-Grand 

Cayman) and Apr. 30, 2014 in Docket DOT-OST-2012-0077 (Atlanta-Cozumel). 
Renewal Application of ExpressJet

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Respectfully submitted,

CROWELL & MORING LLP

__________________________________________

Gerald F. Murphy

Steven J. Seiden

gmurphy@crowell.com

sseiden@crowell.com

 

 Counsel for 

ExpressJet Airlines, Inc.

January 23, 2015
CERTIFICATE 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:

bob.kneisley@wnco.com

leslie.abbott@wnco.com

dheffernan@cozen.com

jeremy.ross@alaskaair.com

robert.wirick@aa.com

howard.kass@aa.com

robert.cohn@hoganlovells.com

patrick.rizzi@hoganlovells.com

pmurphy@lopmurphy.com

jhill@cooley.com

perkmann@cooley.com

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

sametta.c.barnett@delta.com

dan.weiss@united.com

steve.morrissey@united.com

dkirstein@yklaw.com

jyoung@yklaw.com

jegillick@zsrlaw.com

john.fredericksen@suncountry.com

thomas.ting@suncountry.com

matwood@cozen.com

barbara.russell@virginamerica.com

john.varley@virginamerica.com

anita.mosner@hklaw.com

jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com

john.s.duncan@faa.gov

englets@state.gov

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Steven J. Seiden

January 23, 2015