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Application of SERVICIOS AEREOS de CIDHUAHUA AEROCHISA, S.A. DEc.v. Foran exemption pursuantto 49 U.S.c. 40109 (U.S./Mexico ChanerAir Transponaiion) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) -----------------------------------) APPLICATION OF DocketNo. OST-00-7380

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June 21, 2011. Fmncis:co Santos: EI Paso Jet 7201 BoeingDrive EI Paso, TX 79925 Phone: (915) 774
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- 0179 E-mail: elpasojet@sbcglobal.net Representative for Servicio Aereos de ChihuahuaAerochisa, S.A. de c.v. 

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Notice: Any person may support or oppose this application by filing an anser and serving a copy ofthat answer on representative for Servicios Aereos de Chihuahua Aerochisa, S.A. de c.v. andupon eachperson served withthis application. The due date for answers is July 08,2011.

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Application of SERVICIOS AEREOS de CHIHUAHUA AEROCHISA, S.A. DE c.v. For anexemptionpursuantto 49 US.c. 40109 (US./Mexico CharterAirTransportation) ) ) ) ) ) '\ ) ) ) ) )

### ----------------------------------~) APPLICATION OF DocketNo. OST-00-7380

SERVICIO AEREOS DE CHIHUAHUA AEROCHISA, S.A. DE C.V. FORRENEWAL OFEXEMPTION
Pursuant to 49 US.c. 40109 and the Department's regulations, Servicios Aereos de ChihuahuaAerochisa, S.A. de c.v. hereby applies for renewal ofits exemption from 49 US.C. 40901 which authorizes Servicios Aereos de Chihuahua Aerochisa, S.A. de C.

### V. to engage in charter foreign air transportation ofpersons and their accompanying baggage with small aircraft between the United States andMexico, and, subjectto priorDepartment approval, between other countries and the United States. Servicios Aereos de Chihuahua Aerochisa, S.A. de C.V. also requests stopover privileges and renewal of its relief from the requirement to obtain advance approval for eachMexico
- US. flight. The Departmentgrantedthe above authority to Servicios Aereos de ChihuahuaAerochisa, S.A. de c.v. by Notice ofAction taken dated August 13,2009.

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-Servicios Aereos de Chihuahua Aerochisa, S.A. de c.v. requests that this authority, which is scheduledto expire onAugust 13,2011,berenewed for a periodofat leasttwo years.
Servicios Aereos de ChihuahuaAerochisa, S.A. de c.v. invokes the automatic extension provisions ofthe Administrative Procedure Act, 5 US.c. 558(c), as implemented by 14 C.F.R. Part 377, to maintain its exemption authority in effectpending a final Department detennination onthis renewal application.
In Support ofthis application, Servicios Aereos de Chihuahua Aerochisa, S.A. de c.v. states as follows:
1. Servicios Aereos de Chihuahua Aerochisa, S.A. de C.V. continues to be fit, willing and able to providethe small aircraft passenger charter services for which itrequests renewed authority. The relevant circumstances under which Servicios Aereos de Chihuahua Aerochisa, S.A. de C.V. received its initial grant ofexemption authority are unchanged.
2. Servicios Aereos de Chihuahua Aerochisa, S.A. de c.v.'s Third and Fourth Freedom charter authority is authorized by Annex II to the US.
- Mexico Air Transport Agreement, and is therefore presumptively in the public interest. Servicios Aereos de Chihuahua Aerochisa, S.A. de c.v.'s Fifth Freedom charter authority is based on principles of comity and reciprocity, as is its relief from the advance approval

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### requirement for transborder charter flights and any grant of stopover privileges. Servicios Aereos de Chihuahua Aerochisa, S.A. de C.V. 

### submits that continuation of these extra-bilateral authorizations is warranted given the harmonious state ofaviation relations between the United States and Mexico. In addition, the services provided by Servicios Aereos de Chihuahua Aerochisa, S.A. de C.V. 

### satisfy a continuing need and otherwise serve the public interest by fostering commerce between Mexico and the United States consistent with the objectives of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Consequently, renewal of all elements of Servicios Aereos de Chihuahua Aerochisa, S.A. de C.V.'

### s authority would be consistent with the public interest.
3. Servicios Aereos de Chihuahua Aerochisa, S.A. de c.V. 

### renewal application is limited in scope and non-controversial. The services Servicios Aereos de Chihuahua Aerochisa, S.A. de C.V. 

### proposes to operate are substantially identical to those it performed during the past year, i.e. highly personalized transport services to executives and their invitees using small business-type aircraft. Servicios Aereos de Chihuahua Aerochisa, S.A. de C.V.

### 's Mexican authority to engage in transborder passenger charter services remains in full force and effect. WHEREFORE, Servicios Aereos de Chihuahua Aerochisa, S.A. de c.V. 

### respectfully requests renewal ofits authority to engage in charter foreign air transportation ofpersons and

- 4 -their accompanying baggage with small aircraft as set forth herein, and such other reliefas may be in the public interest.

June21,2011.

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- Respectfully submitted,

Francisco Santos EI Paso Jet Representative for ServiciosAereos de Chihuahua Aerochisa, S.A. de

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