BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

__________________________________________ 

 ) 

Joint Application of ) 

 ) 

AEROVIAS DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. ) Docket DOT-OST-2011- 

and AEROLITORAL, S.A. DE C.V. ) 

) 

for Exemption Under 49 U.S.C. 40109 and a ) 

Statement of Authorization Under 14 C.F.R. Part ) 

212 (Monterrey-Brownsville) ) 

__________________________________________) 

JOINT APPLICATION OF AEROVIAS DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. AND 

AEROLITORAL, S.A DE C.V. FOR EXEMPTION AND 

CODE-SHARE STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION

Communications with respect to this document may 

be served upon: 

 John R. Mietus, Jr. 

William C. Evans 

LAW OFFICE OF JOHN MIETUS, LLC 

 6701 Democracy Boulevard, Suite 300 

Bethesda, MD 20817-7500 

(410) 827-5074 

john@mietuslaw.com 

Counsel for Aerolitoral, S.A. de C.V. and 

Aerovias de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. 

NOTICE: Any person may support or oppose this application by filing an 

answer and serving a copy of the answer on counsel for Joint 

Applicants, and upon persons served with this application, no later 

than October 7, 2011. However, the parties request expedited action 

and will poll the airlines on the service list. 

September 22, 2011 
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

__________________________________________ 

 ) 

Joint Application of ) 

 ) 

AEROVIAS DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. ) Docket DOT-OST-2011- 

and AEROLITORAL, S.A. DE C.V. ) September 22, 2011 

) 

for Exemption Under 49 U.S.C. 40109 and a ) 

Statement of Authorization Under 14 C.F.R. Part ) 

212 (Monterrey-Brownsville) ) 

__________________________________________) 

JOINT APPLICATION OF AEROVIAS DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. AND 

AEROLITORAL, S.A DE C.V. FOR EXEMPTION AND 

CODE-SHARE STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109(c) and 14 C.F.R. Part 212, Aerovias de Mexico, 

S.A. de C.V., ("Aeromexico") and Aerolitoral, S.A. de C.V. d/b/a Aeromexico Connect 

("Aerolitoral") (collectively, the "Joint Applicants") respectfully request that the 

Department grant the following authorizations in respect of their Mexico-U.S. codeshare/blocked space services: 

a. Exemption authority for one year to Aeromexico to the extent necessary 

to permit it to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property 

and mail between Monterrey, Mexico and Brownsville, Texas, under its codeshare agreement with Aerolitoral. 

b. Statement of authorization for an indefinite period to permit Aerolitoral 

to display Aeromexico’s "AM" designator code on flights operated by Aerolitoral 

on the route listed in paragraph (a) above. The Department has issued Aerolitoral 
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an exemption to serve the route by Notice of Action Taken dated June 17, 2011 in 

Docket DOT-OST-2011-0116. 

The Joint Applicants request that the exemption authority and statement of authorization 

be granted as soon as possible. They will poll the airlines shown on the service list and 

report the results to the Department. 

In support of this application, the Joint Applicants state as follows: 

1. Aeromexico is a flag carrier of the United Mexican States and currently holds 

a foreign air carrier permit which authorizes service between Mexico and numerous U.S. 

points. Order 91-5-25. Pursuant to its permit and various exemption authorities, 

Aeromexico provides extensive service between Mexico and the United States, and some 

of that service is provided under its code-sharing agreement with Aerolitoral. 

2. Aerolitoral is a flag carrier of the United Mexican States and currently holds 

exemption authority which authorizes service between Mexico and a number of U.S. 

points. Pursuant to that authority, Aerolitoral generally provides service between Mexico 

and the United States under Aeromexico’s “AM” code. 

3. By this application, Aeromexico seeks exemption authority to operate between 

Monterrey and Brownsville by displaying its “AM” code on flights operated on that route 

by Aerolitoral. 

4. Under Annex III to the 1960 Air Transport Agreement, as amended, between 

the United Mexican States and the United States, either party may authorize an airline to 

hold out service on a transborder route by displaying its code on flights operated by an 

airline designated to operate service on that route. As noted above, Aerolitoral currently 

holds exemption authority for the route. Attached are copies of communications from the 




SERVICE LIST

Carl B. Nelson, Jr. 

Associate General Counsel 

American Airlines, Inc. 

1101 17th Street, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20036 

R. Bruce Keiner, Jr. Crowell & Moring 

1001 Pa. Ave., N.W., 10th Fl. 

Washington, D.C. 20004 

(for Continental) 

Marshall S. Sinick 

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey 

1201 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20004 

(for Alaska Airlines) 

Alexander Van der Bellen 

Managing Director-Government Affairs & 

Associate General Counsel 

Delta Air Lines, Inc 

1212 New York Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

Stephen Lachter 

Lachter & Clements LLP 

1150 Connecticut Ave., N.W., #900 

Washington, DC 20036 

(for Astar) 

Howard Kass 

Associate General Counsel 

US Airways, Inc. 

2345 Crystal Drive 

Arlington, VA 22227 

Edward P. Faberman 

Wiley, Rein & Fielding 

1776 K Street, NW, 9th Floor 

Washington, DC 20006 

(for Frontier & AirTran) 

Nancy S. Sparks 

Managing Director, Regulatory Affairs 

Federal Express Corporation 

1700 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 950. 

 Washington, D.C. 20006 

 John L. Richardson 

 555 13th Street, N.W., Suite 420 West 

 Washington, DC 20004 

( for Amerijet) 

 

Anita M. Mosner 

Holland & Knight 

2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.. Suite 100 

Washington, DC 20006 

(for UPS) 

Daniel Weiss 

Continental Airlines, Inc. 

P.O. Box 4607-HQSGV 

Houston, TX 77210-4607 

(for UA and CO) 

Pierre Murphy (for USA 3000) 

Law Office of Pierre Murphy 

Suite 800 

1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, DC 20036 

(for USA 3000) 

Joanne Young (for Spirit) 

David Kirstein 

Young & Kirstein 

1750 K Street, N.W. 

Suite 200 

Washington, DC 20006 

(for Spirit) 

Aaron Goerlich (for Ryan International) 

Garofalo, Goerlich & Hainbach 

Suite 800 

1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, DC 20036 

(for Ryan International) 

Office of Aviation Negotiations 

Department of State 

2201 C Street, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20520 

Flight Standards Service -AFS-200 

Federal Aviation Admin. 

800 Independence Avenue, S.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20591 

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