BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

__________________________________________ 

 ) 

Application of ) 

 ) 

AEROVIAS DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. ) DOCKET OST-1999-5716

 ) DOCKET OST-2007-0038

 for renewal of exemption authority ) 

(Aguascalientes-Los Angeles; Guadalajara- ) 

San Antonio) ) 

__________________________________________) 

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

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTIONS

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

John R. Mietus, Jr. 

Law Office of John Mietus, LLC 

6701 Democracy Blvd., Suite 300 

Bethesda, MD 20817-7500

(202) 747-5212 

(240) 396-5362 fax 

john@mietuslaw.com 

Counsel for 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 

Aeromexico and upon persons served with this application no 

later than December 5, 2012.

November 20, 2012
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

__________________________________________ 

 ) 

Application of ) 

 ) 

AEROVIAS DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. ) DOCKET OST-1999-5716

 ) DOCKET OST-2007-0038

 for renewal of exemption authority ) November 20, 2012 

(Aguascalientes-Los Angeles; Guadalajara- ) 

San Antonio) ) 

__________________________________________) 

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

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTIONS

 Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109(c), Aerovias de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. 

("Aeromexico") respectfully requests renewal of its exemption authority to 

engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail 

in the following Mexico-U.S. markets:

Aguascalientes, Mexico-Los Angeles, California 

(Docket OST-1999-5716); and 

Guadalajara, Mexico-San Antonio, Texas 

(Docket OST-2007-0038). 

This authority is contained in two exemptions last granted by Notices of 

Action Taken dated November 28, 2011 (the “Notices”), and Aeromexico 

requests that authority for these two markets be renewed for an additional, 

one-year period.1 Aeromexico intends to invoke the automatic extension 

 

1/ Aeromexico does not seek renewal of its authority in Docket OST-2007-0038 

to serve the Acapulco-Chicago market. 
- 2 - Aeromexico 

Renewal Application 

provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 558(c) and Part 377 of the Department's Special 

Regulations. In support of this application, Aeromexico states as follows: 

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

currently holds a permit, Order 91-5-25, and various exemptions which 

authorize service between Mexico and numerous U.S. points. Pursuant to 

this authority, Aeromexico provides extensive transborder service.

2. By this application, Aeromexico seeks renewal of its exemption

authority to serve the Aguascalientes-Los Angeles and Guadalajara-San 

Antonio markets. Exemption authority for both markets is scheduled to 

expire on November 28, 2012. Aeromexico currently is serving the latter 

market with multiple weekly nonstop frequencies, and it wishes to maintain 

authority in the former so that it can resume nonstop service should 

conditions warrant. Aeromexico’s services in both markets provide

significant benefits to the traveling public. Consequently, Aeromexico seeks 

to renew the authority to serve these markets 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 point 

or points in Mexico to a point or points in the United States." Aeromexico has 

been designated to serve both markets and continues to hold DGAC authority 

to do so.