BEFORE THE 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Application of 

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AEROVIAS DEL CONTINENTE 

AMERICANO S.A. (A VIANCA) 

for an exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 

(U.S.- Colombia Open Skies) 

Docket No. OST-2012- 0/37 

APPLICATION OF 

AERO VIAS DEL CONTINENTE AMERICANO S.A. (A VIANCA) 

FOR AN EXEMPTION 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

Richard D. Mathias 

David M. Endersbee 

Jonathon H. Foglia 

Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger L.L.P. 

888 Seventeenth Street, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

Tel: (202) 973-7917 

Fax: (202) 342-0683 

rdmathias@zsrlaw.com 

dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com 

jhfoglia@zsrlaw.com 

Counsel for 

Aerovias del Continente 

Americano S.A. (Avianca) 

August 13, 2012 

NOTICE: Answers to this application are due by August 28, 2012, and must be served on 

the Applicant and all persons set forth on the attached certificate of service. 
BEFORE THE 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Application of 

AEROVIAS DEL CONTINENTE 

AMERICANO S.A. (A VIANCA) 

for an exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 

(U.S.- Colombia Open Skies) 

APPLICATION OF 

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Docket No. OST-2012-

AEROVIAS DEL CONTINENTE AMERICANO S.A. (A VIANCA) 

FOR AN EXEMPTION 

Aerovias del Continente Americana S.A. (Avianca), pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and 

Subpart C of the Department's Rules of Practice, hereby applies for an exemption from 49 

U.S.C. § 41301 to the extent necessary to authorize Avianca to engage in foreign scheduled air 

transportation of persons, property and mail from points behind Colombia via Colombia and 

intermediate points to points in the United States and beyond, as more fully described herein. 

In support of this application, A vianca states as follows: 

1. In 2011, the U.S. and Colombia signed an historic open skies Air Transport 

Agreement (the "Agreement"), 1 which is being provisionally applied as of August 26, 20 11. 

2. A vianca presently holds a foreign air carrier permit authorizing it to engage, inter 

alia, in foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between a point or points in 

Colombia, certain intermediate points, and (1) the co-terminal points Miami and New York, and 

1 Air Transport Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the 

Republic of Colombia (signed May I 0, 20 II). 
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Americana S.A. (A vianca) for an Exemption 

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(2) Los Angeles. Order 86-9-36. A vianca also holds exemption authorities under which it has 

been proving services to travelers and shippers in the U.S. and throughout Latin America, 

including recently expanded exemption authority pursuant to the transitional provisions of the 

Agreement.2 

3. Avianca requests this exemption authority to allow it to engage in the full scope 

of additional codeshare marketing services now available to Colombian carriers under the 

Agreement's transitional provisions. Specifically, Section 1(d) of the Agreement's Annex 

provides the following rights for airlines designated by Colombia: 

Effective January 1, 2012, for the purposes of serving as the non-operating carrier on a 

code-share-only basis, from points behind Colombia, via Colombia and intermediate 

points to points in the United States and beyond. 

4. Concurrent with this application, A vianca, T ACA International Airlines, S.A., 

Trans American Airlines, S.A. d/b/a T ACA Peru, Lineas Aereas Costarricenses S.A., and 

A viateca S.A. (collectively, the "T ACA Group") are filing a joint application for an exemption 

permitting them to register a trade name and statements of authorization (the "Joint 

Application"). A vianca requires the authority requested herein to implement the common 

branding arrangement described in the Joint Application. 

5. Avianca requests that the Department issue the requested authority without 

limitation as to the codeshare partner in order to give A vianca maximum flexibility under its 

existing (and planned) code sharing and marketing arrangements with ( 1) United Air Lines, Inc. 

2 See Notice of Action Taken (March 19, 2012), Docket OST-201 1-021 I, permitting Avianca to engage in foreign 

scheduled air transportation of persons, property and mail from points behind Colombia via Colombia and 

intermediate points to Boston; Charlotte; Chicago; Cleveland; Ft. Lauderdale; Detroit; Houston; Los Angeles; 

Miami; New York; San Juan; Orlando; and Washington, D.C., and beyond, as well as foreign charter air 

transportation of persons, property, and mail from points behind Colombia via Colombia and intermediate points 

to points in the United States and beyond. 
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Americana S.A. (A vianca) for an Exemption 

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and Continental Airlines, Inc} (2) Trans American Airlines, S.A. d/b/a TACA Peru4

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TACA International Airlines, S.A. and Lineas Aereas Costarricenses, S.A. 5 

6. Prior to the expiry, on December 31, 2012, of the transitional provisions set forth 

in the Agreement's Annex, A vianca intends to file an application requesting the full complement 

of traffic rights available to it under the Agreement. 

7. A vianca holds all of the necessary operating authorizations from its homeland in 

support of this request and remains fit, willing, and able to exercise the rights now available to it 

under the Agreement. Colombia is a contracting state to the Convention on International Civil 

Aviation. 

8. This requested authority is a necessary predicate to the common branding for 

which Avianca and the TACA Group seek approval under their Joint Application. Moreover, the 

public interest will be served by the grant of this authority to A vianca, which will permit 

A vianca to take advantage of the rights to which it is presently entitled under the Agreement, 

thereby providing expanded service options to the public under both Avianca's existing and 

future codesharing agreements as well as the proposed common branding arrangements. The 

requested authority also will provide A vianca with the maximum possible flexibility to respond 

to market conditions and the needs of travelers and shippers in with a minimum of regulatory 

delay. 

3 Notice of Action Taken (Oct. 28, 2011), Dockets DOT-OST-2004-19148, DOT-OST-2011-0163, and DOT-OST201 1-0164. 

4 Department Action on Application (Sept. 22, 2011) DOT -OST -2011-0166. 

5 Notice of Action Taken (Nov. 18, 2011), Docket DOT-OST-2011-0168. 
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Americano S.A. (Avianca) for an Exemption 

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9. Grant of the authority sought by Avianca will not constitute a major regulatory 

action under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, as defined in Part 313 of the 

Department's Regulations. 

WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, Aerovias del Continente Americano S.A. 

(Avianca) respectfully requests that the Department grant the requested exemption authority as 

described more fully herein. A vianca also requests such further, different and additional relief as 

the Department may deem to be appropriate. 

August 13, 2012 

Respectfully submitted, 

David 

Ri~~hias ~~ M. Endersbee 

Jonathon H. Foglia 

Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger L.L.P. 

888 Seventeenth Street, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

Tel: (202) 973-7917 

Fax: (202) 342-0683 

rdmathias@zsrlaw.com 

dmendersbee@zsrlaw .com 

jhfoglia@zsrlaw.com 

Counsel for 

Aerovias del Continente 

Americano S.A. (Avianca) 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that on this 13th day of August 2012, a copy of the foregoing application was served by 

email on the parties named below: 

R. Bruce Keiner, Jr. 

Lorraine B. Halloway 

Gerald F. Murphy 

Counsel for Continental/United Airlines 

Crowell & Moring LLP 

I 001 Pennsylvania A venue, N. W. 

Washington, D.C. 20004-2595 

rbkeiner@crowell.com 

lhalloway@crowell.com 

gmurphy@crowell.com 

Dan Weiss 

Managing Director- International & 

Regulatory Affairs 

United Air Lines 

77 West Wacker Drive-HDQIZ 

Chicago, IL 6060 I 

dan. weiss@united.com 

Stephen J. Morrissey 

Managing Director, Regulatory and 

Policy 

United Air Lines, Inc. 

1225 New York Avenue, NW- DCAIZ 

Suite 1100 

Washington, DC 20005 

steve.morrissey@united.com 

Jonathan T. Linde 

Managing Director & Senior CounselRegulatory 

United Air Lines, Inc. 

77 West Wacker Drive-HDQLD 

16th Floor 

Chicago, IL 60601 

jonathan.linde@united.com 

Alexander Van Der Bellen 

Sametta C. Barnett 

Delta Air Lines 

1212 New York Avenue, NW 

Suite 200 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

sascha. vanderbellen@delta.com 

Sametta.c.bamett@delta.com 

Robert Wirick 

American Airlines, Inc. 

1101 Seventeenth Street, N.W. 

Suite 600 

Washington, D.C. 20036 

robert. wirick@aa.com 

John L. Richardson 

Joan Canny 

Counsel for Amerijet International 

John L. Richardson, P.L.L.C. 

555 13th Street, N.W. 

Suite 420 West 

Washington, D.C. 20004 

jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com 

jCanny@amerijet.com 

Kelli Bryan 

Ranjit Seth 

Robert Foster 

Charter Sales 

Evergreen International Airlines, Inc. 

3850 Three Mile Lane 

McMinnville, OR 97128 

charters@evergreenairlines.com 

ranjit.seth@evergreenairlines.com 

chris.schuldt@evergreenhelicopters.com 

philip.Church@evergreenhelicopters.com 

Robert.foster@evergreenairlines.com 

Malcolm L. Benge 

Counsel for World Airways 

Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger LLP 

888 17th Street, N,W. 

Suite 700 

Washington, DC 20006 

mlbenge@zsrlaw.com 

Angeline Garbuzinski 

Legal and Regulatory Affairs 

Federal Express Corporation 

3620 Hacks Cross Road 

Building B, 3'd Floor 

Memphis, TN 38125 

anbird@fedex.com 

cefelts@fedex.com 
Pierre Murphy 

Counsel for Brendan Airways, L.L.C. 

d/b/a USA 3000 Airlines 

1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 590 

Washington, D.C. 20036-6802 

pmurphy@lopmurphy.com 

Thomas E. Fosko 

Vice President 

Air Transport International LLC 

2800 Cantrell Road 

Little Rock, AR 72202 

tom.fosko@airtransport.cc 

Howard Kass 

Managing Director & Associate General 

Counsel 

US Airways 

1401 H Street, N.W. 

Suite 1075 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

howard_ kass@usairways.com 

John M. Allen 

Director 

Flight Standards Service 

Federal Aviation Administration 

800 Independence Avenue, S.W. 

Room 821 

Washington, D.C. 20591 

john.allen@faa.gov 

Aaron Goerlich 

Counsel for Allegiant Air, Ryan 

International Airlines and Southern Air 

Garofalo Goerlich Hainbach PC 

1200 New Hampshire Avenue NW 

Suite 800 

Washington, D.C. 20036-6802 

agoerlich@ggh-airlaw.com 

Robert P. Silverberg 

Jeffrey Johnson 

Counsel for ABX Air 

Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff, L.L.P. 

1101 30th Street, N.W. 

Suite 120 

Washington, D.C. 20007 

rsilverberg@sgbdc.com 

jjohnson@sgbdc.com 

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Marshall S. Sinick 

Counsel for Alaska Airlines and Florida 

West International Airways 

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey 

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 500 

Washington, D.C. 20004 

msinick@ssd.com 

Stephen H. Lachter 

Counsel for Astar Air Cargo 

Lachter Law 

1150 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Ste. 900 

Washington, DC 20036 

Stephen.lachter@lachterlaw.com 

Russell E. Pommer 

Associate General Counsel and 

Director of Regulatory Affairs 

Atlas Air, Inc. 

1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 875 

Washington, D.C 20006 

rpommer@atlasair.com 

Mark W. Atwood 

Counsel for Kalitta Air and Xtra Airways 

Cozen O'Connor 

Army Navy Building 

1627 I Street, NW 

Suite 1100 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

matwood@cozen.com 

ldunn@xtraairways.com 

Jonathan B. Hill 

Counsel for Hawaiian Airlines and JetBlue 

Dow Lohnes 

1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 800 

Washington, DC 20036-6802 

jhill@dowlohnes.com 

John S. Fredericksen 

Vice President and General Counsel 

MN Airlines, LLC dba Sun Country 

Airlines 

1300 Mendota Heights Road 

Mendota Heights, MN 55120 

john.fredericksen@suncountry.com 
Joanne W. Young 

Counsel for Spirit Airlines 

Kirstein & Young PLLC 

1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. 

Suite 600 South 

Washington, DC 20004 

jyoung@yklaw.com 

John R. Mietus, Jr. 

Counsel for Centurion Air Cargo and Trade 

Winds Airlines 

Law Office of John Mietus, LLC 

6701 Democracy Boulevard 

Suite 300 

Bethesda, MD 20817 

john@mietuslaw.com 

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Kevin Montgomery 

Peter Beckett 

Polar Air Cargo, Inc. 

1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 875 

Washington, D.C 20006 

kevin.montgomery@ polaraircargo.com 

peter. beckett@po laraircargo .com 

Michael F. Goldman 

Counsel for Capital Cargo International 

Airlines 

Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff, L.L.P. 

1101 30th Street, N.W. 

Suite 120 

Washington, D.C. 20007 

mgoldman@sgbdc.com