BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON D.C.

____________________________________ Application of ) ) ) LAN ARGENTINA S.A. ) ) DOCKET DOT-OST-2007-0034 for exemption authority pursuant to ) 49 U.S.C. §40109 ) ____________________________________)

APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION
Communications with respect to th is document should be sent to:

Facundo Rocha Marshall S. Sinick Legal Affairs Manager Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP LAN Argentina S.A. 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Av. Rafael Obligado s/n y Jeronimo Washington, D.C. 20004 Salguero (202) 626-6651 Complejo Costas Salguero (202) 626-6780 (C1425DAA) Buenos Aires, Argentina Counsel for LAN Argentina S.A. Facundo.rocha@lan.com msinick@ssd.com

DATED: May 26, 2010

NOTICE: In filing this Application for Renewal, LAN Argentina S.A. invokes the automatic extension provision of 5 US C §558(c), as implemented in the Department’s Economic Regulations by 14 C.F.R. Part 377 Subpart B. Any pe rson may file an answer in support of, or in opposition to, this Application within fi fteen days of the date of filing.BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON D.C.

____________________________________ Application of ) ) LAN Argentina S.A. ) ) DOCKET DOT-OST-2007-0034 for exemption authority pursuant to ) 49 U.S.C. §40109 (reciprocal codesharing) ) ____________________________________)

APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. §40109 and 14 C.F. R. Part 302, LAN Argentina S.A. (“LAN
Argentina”) hereby applies for renewa l of its exemption to engage in:

(1) scheduled foreign air trans portation of persons, property and mail between points in
Argentina and fourteen (14) points in the United Stat es, and beyond to three (3)
points in Canada , four (4) points in Asia (except Japan, China and the Philippines),
eight (8) points in Europe, four (4) points in Mexico, and points in the Caribbean,

Central America, and South America;

(2) scheduled foreign air trans portation of persons, property, and mail between points in
Argentina and five (5) additional points in the United States on a code-share basis
only; and

(3) scheduled foreign air trans portation of persons, property, and mail between points in
Argentina and five (5) additional points in the United States on a code-share basis
only, in conjunction with a designate d airline of the United States.2 LAN Argentina requests renewal of its exem ption for a one-year period on its existing
terms and conditions. In support of this renewa l application, LAN Argentina states as follows:

1. On June 11, 2009, the Department of Trans portation (the “Department”) issued its Notice of

Action in Docket DOT-OST-2007-0034 (as corrected on June 26, 2009), approving a oneyear exemption for LAN Argentina’s scheduled and codeshare services. This exemption
authority is currently set to expire June 11, 2010. Concurrent ly, the Department approved a
statement of authorization for LAN Argentin a of indefinite duration permitting codeshare
operations with American Ai rlines, Inc. (“American”).

2. The authority covered by this renewal applica tion is consistent with the U.S.-Argentina Air
Services Agreement of 2000 and Article 5 of the March 2007 U.S.-Argentina Protocol. The
requested renewal is also consis tent with the public interest. See Statement of United States
International Air Transportation Policy, 60 Fed. Reg. 21841, 21842, May 3, 1995,
recognizing the public benefits offered by co de-share arrangements between the U.S. and
foreign carriers.

3. American and LAN Argentina continue to hold the necessary underlying authority to operate

the code-share services at issue, and the code-share agreement providing for code-share
operations remains in effect.

4. Renewal of LAN Argentina’s exemption will en able LAN Argentina to continue developing
the range of services that it offers between the United States and Argentina and will provide
LAN Argentina the full flexibility of operati on that is contemplated by the Agreement.

5. This renewal application does not raise any en vironmental or energy concerns. All flights
will continue to be performed with aircraft th at meet all applicable noise requirements.
Similarly, approval of this app lication will not result in a near-t erm increase in fu el consumption
of ten million gallo ns or more.3 WHEREFORE , LAN Argentina request s that the Department renew the exemption authority described above for a one-year period on its existing terms and conditio ns, or grant such other relief as the Department deems necessary and appropriate.

Respectfully submitted,

Marshall S. Sinick Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP . 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004 (202) 626-6651 (202) 626-6780 Counsel for LAN Argentina S.A. msinick@ssd.com

DATED: May 26, 20104 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoi ng Application for Renewal of Exemption has
this day been served on all persons identified on the attached service list via electronic mail,

facsimile and/or first class mail.

DATED: May 26, 2010

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