\\DC - 023866/000002 - 6393908 v1 BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

U.S.-Mexico Procedures for U.S. Carriers (MEXICO PROCEDURAL DOCKET) ) ) ) ) ) ) Docket DOT-OST-2011-0076

Application of MESA AIRLINES, INC. for an exemption under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 (Dallas/Ft. Worth and Leon/Guanajuato, Mexico) (Dallas/Ft. Worth and Queretaro, Mexico) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Docket DOT-OST-2014-0179

MOTION OF MESA AIRLINES, INC. FOR TEMPORARY WAIVER OF DORMANCY CONDITIONS
Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to: Brian Gillman Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary Mesa Air Group, Inc. 410 North 44th Street, Suite 700 Phoenix, AZ 85008 TEL: 602-685-4000 FAX: 602-685-4350 Robert E. Cohn Patrick R. Rizzi HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 TEL: 202-637-4999/-5659 robert.cohn@hoganlovells.com patrick.rizzi@hoganlovells.com Counsel for MESA AIRLINES, INC. January 22, 2015 NOTE: Mesa will be polling on this Motion and will provide the results of that polling to the Department as soon as it is completed.\\DC - 023866/000002 - 6393908 v1 BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

U.S.-Mexico Procedures for U.S. Carriers (MEXICO PROCEDURAL DOCKET) ) ) ) ) ) ) Docket DOT-OST-2011-0076

Application of MESA AIRLINES, INC. for an exemption under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 (Dallas/Ft. Worth and Leon/Guanajuato, Mexico) (Dallas/Ft. Worth and Queretaro, Mexico) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Docket DOT-OST-2014-0179

January 22, 2015
MOTION OF MESA AIRLINES, INC.

FOR TEMPORARY WAIVER OF DORMANCY CONDITIONS
Pursuant to DOT Order 2012-1-30 in the Mexico Procedural Docket , Mesa Airlines, Inc. (“Mesa”) hereby moves the Department for a temporary waiver of the dormancy period attached to Mesa’s exemption authority to operate scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Dallas/Ft. Worth (“DFW”), on the one hand, and Leon/Guanajuato (“BJX”) and Queretaro (“QRO”), Mexico, on the other hand. Mesa will poll regarding this Motion and report the polling results to the Department as soon as possible. 1. By Notice of Action Taken, dated October 24, 2014, in Docket DOT-OST-2014-0179, the Department granted exemption authority to Mesa toMotion of Mesa Airlines, Inc. Page 2

\\DC - 023866/000002 - 6393908 v1 operate scheduled service between Dallas/Ft. Worth and Leon/Guanajuato and between Dallas/Ft. Worth and Queretaro. 2. The current dormancy period for this authority is scheduled to expire before Mesa will be able to commence these services. The application and approval process with the Mexican government has taken longer than expected. Accordingly, Mesa is requesting this temporary waiver of the dormancy period in order to bridge the gap between the end of the current dormancy period and the date by which Mesa estimates it will be able to begin operating these services, i.e., until April 15, 2015. 3. The Department has granted dormancy waivers in cases involving other transborder U.S.–Mexico routes. See, e.g., Notice of Action Taken, dated October 17, 2000 (Docket DOT-OST-2000-6911); Approval, dated May 16, 2013 (Docket DOT-OST-2011-0076). 4. As previously recognized by the Department, Mesa is fully qualified to provide air transportation between DFW and BJX/QRO, and its scheduled DFW-BJX and DFW-QRO services are fully consistent with the Air Transport Agreement between the United States and Mexico. See Notice of Action Taken, dated October 24, 2014 (Docket DOT-OST-2014-0179). Moreover, this scheduled service will benefit consumers by enabling Mesa, operating as “American Eagle”, to enhance competitive transborder service offerings to Leon/Guanajuato and Queretaro.Motion of Mesa Airlines, Inc. Page 3

\\DC - 023866/000002 - 6393908 v1 WHEREFORE, Mesa respectfully requests that the Department promptly grant Mesa’s motion for a temporary dormancy waiver until April 15, 2015, with respect to its exemption authority to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Dallas/Ft. Worth, on the one hand, and Leon/Guanajuato and Queretaro, Mexico, on the other hand.

Respectfully submitted,

______________________________________ Robert E. Cohn Patrick R. Rizzi HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 202-637-4999/-5659 Counsel for MESA AIRLINES, INC.\\DC - 023866/000002 - 6393908 v1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing Motion of Mesa Airlines, Inc. for Temporary Waiver of Dormancy Conditions has been served this 22nd day of January 2015, upon each of the following addresses: dheffernan@cozen.com; howard.kass@aa.com; robert.wirick@aa.com; sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com; chris.walker@delta.com; matwood@cozen.com; stephen.lachter@lachterlaw.com; jhill@cooley.com; perkmann@cooley.com; bob.kneisley@wnco.com; leslie.abbott@wnco.com; dkirstein@yklaw.com; jyoung@yklaw.com; thomas.ting@suncountry.com; dan.weiss@united.com; steve.morrissey@united.com; barbara.russell@virginamerica.com; brian.hedberg@dot.gov; brett.kruger@dot.gov; englets@state.gov; info@airlineinfo.com

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