BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Application of 

EXPRESSJET AIRLINES, INC. Docket DOT-OST-2013-0115 

for renewal of an exemption under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 

(Atlanta-Leon/Guanajuato, Mexico) 

APPLICATION OF 

EXPRESSJET AIRLINES, INC. 

FOR RENEWAL 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

Jon Lindlief 

Director - Planning and Development 

EXPRESSJET AIRLINES, INC. 

990 Toffie Terrace 

Atlanta, GA 30354 

April20, 2015 

Gerald F. Murphy 

Steven J. Seiden 

CROWELL & MORING LLP 

1 001 Pennsylvania A venue, NW 

Washington, DC 20004-2595 

(202) 624-2500 

gmumb v@crQ_yyeli,Q.Q_l]1 

Bseiden(a)croy,rell ,com 

Counsel for 

ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. 
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Application of 

EXPRESSJET AIRLINES, INC. 

for renewal of an exemption under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 

(Atlanta-Leon/Guanajuato, Mexico) 

Docket DOT-OST-2013-0115 

APPLICATION OF 

EXPRESSJET AIRLINES, INC. 

FOR RENEWAL 

ExpressJet 1 applies, 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 Leon/Guanajuato, 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-Leon/Guanajuato exemption authority was granted by 

Notice of Action Taken dated June 19, 2013 in this docket. Absent renewal, ExpressJet's 

authority will expire on June 19, 2015. Express] et requests that its exemption authority be 

renewed for a period of at least two years. 

Common names are used for airlines. 
Renewal Application ofExpressJet 

Page 2 

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

permit ExpressJet to continue operating year-round Atlanta-Leon/Guanajuato scheduled service 

as a Delta Connection carrier with CRJ-900 or CRJ-700 aircraft. Granting this renewal 

application will also 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. Expn!ssJet remains fit, willing and able to perform the Atlanta-Leon/Guanajuato 

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? 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 Pati 377 of the Department's Special Regulations, to continue this authority in 

effect pending action on this application. 

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

§ 411 01 authorizing Express] et to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, 

property and mail between Atlanta, Georgia and Leon/Guanajuato, Mexico. 

2 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 Mar. 17, 2015 in Docket DOT-OST2006-24591 (U.S.-Dominican Republic), Feb. 17, 2015 in Docket DOT-OST-2011-0889 

(Atlanta-Monterrey) and Jan. 20,2015 in Docket DOT-OST-2006-25018 (U.S.-Belize). 
Renewal Application ofExpressJet 

Page 3 

April20, 2015 

Respectfully submitted, 

CROWELL & MORING LLP 

Gerald F. Murphy 

Steven J. Seiden 

gmUJ}1hy@crowell.com 

sseiden@crowcll.com 

Counsel for 

ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. 
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: 

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