BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Application of :

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SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC. : Docket DOT-OST-2014-____

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for an exemption under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 :

(Washington, D.C.-Nassau, Bahamas) :

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APPLICATION OF

SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC.

FOR AN EXEMPTION

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

Todd Emerson

Director-Government 

 and Legal Affairs

SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC.

444 South River Road

St. George, Utah 84790

(435) 634-3530

temerson@skywest.com

Gerald F. Murphy

Steven J. Seiden

CROWELL & MORING LLP

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004-2595

(202) 508-8855

gmurphy@crowell.com

sseiden@crowell.com

 

Counsel for

SkyWest Airlines, Inc.

February 4, 2014

Notice: SkyWest is requesting expedited treatment of this application. SkyWest will 

poll air carrier representatives on the attached Service List and will advise 

the Department of the results. 
BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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:

Application of :

:

SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC. : Docket DOT-OST-2014-____

:

for an exemption under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 :

(Washington, D.C.-Nassau, Bahamas) :

:

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APPLICATION OF

SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC. 

FOR AN EXEMPTION

SkyWest1applies, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and Rule 302 of the Department’s 

Rules of Practice, for an exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41101 authorizing SkyWest to engage in

scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Washington, D.C. 

(Dulles International Airport) and Nassau, Bahamas on a seasonal basis commencing in June 

2014. SkyWest asks that this authority become effective as soon as possible,

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and that the 

authority be effective for a two-year period or until SkyWest’s request for certificate authority to 

provide combination service between the United States and various open-entry Caribbean 

destinations is granted, whichever occurs later.3 

 

1 Common names are used for airlines.

2

SkyWest will conduct a poll of all carrier representatives listed on the service list 

to this application and immediately notify the Department of the results.

3

 In its December 18, 2007 application for blanket open-skies certificate authority

in Docket DOT-OST-2007-0084, SkyWest made a separate request for certificate authority to

provide scheduled combination service to various open-entry Caribbean countries, including the 

Bahamas. In its order issuing SkyWest’s open skies certificate, the Department noted that it 

would defer and handle separately the carriers’ requests for U.S.-Caribbean certificate authority. 

See Order 2008-4-26 at n. 3. The Department has yet to act on that request. 
Application of SkyWest

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SkyWest states as follows in support of its application:

1. SkyWest is a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of 

Utah with its principal place of business located at 444 South River Road, St. George, Utah 

84790.

2. SkyWest is a citizen of the United States within the meaning of 49 U.S.C. 

§ 40101(a)(15) and is fit, willing and able to perform the seasonal Washington, D.C.-Nassau

services described herein. SkyWest 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.4 SkyWest requests that the Department, 

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

have been previously filed to establish SkyWest's fitness. 

3. SkyWest plans to operate scheduled Washington, D.C.-Nassau service on a 

seasonal basis as a United Express carrier with CRJ-700 aircraft from its existing fleet and will 

commence service in June 2014, provided that all necessary approvals have been secured. 

SkyWest will operate these services as a United Express carrier pursuant to a capacity purchase 

agreement with United.

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 United already holds certificate authority for this route.

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4. The authority sought by SkyWest is fully consistent with the terms of the 1946

Air Transport Agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom to which the 

Government of the Bahamas acceded upon its independence, as amended, and with the overall 

 

4

See, e.g., Order 2011-12-11 at 4, n. 17 (continuing fitness review); Order 2008-4-

26 (blanket open-skies); Notices of Action Taken dated Nov. 21, 2013 in Docket DOT-OST2013-0198 (Houston-Nassau, Bahamas), Jan. 28, 2013 in Docket DOT-OST-2013-0017 

(Houston-Queretaro, Tampico, and Villahermosa, Mexico), and Aug. 2, 2012 in Docket DOTOST-2012-0128 (Chicago-Nassau, Bahamas).

5 United’s designator code will be displayed on flights operated by SkyWest

pursuant to the requested authority.

6

See Orders 92-7-9 (Route 632) and 83-3-77 (Route 57).