BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Application of :

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UNITED AIRLINES, INC. : Docket DOT-OST-2002-13596

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for an exemption under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 :

(Houston-Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands) :

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APPLICATION OF

UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

FOR RENEWAL

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

Hershel I. Kamen

Senior Vice President-Alliances,

 Regulatory and Policy

Daniel A. Weiss

Managing Director-International

 Affairs and Regulatory

UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

233 South Wacker Drive

10th Floor – HDQIZ

Chicago, IL 60601

(872) 825-6828

hershel.kamen@united.com

dan.weiss@united.com

Steve Morrissey

Managing Director-Regulatory Affairs 

 and Policy

Karine R. Faden

Managing Counsel-Regulatory, Antitrust &

 Competition

UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

1225 New York Avenue, N.W.

Suite 1100 – DCAIZ/DCALD

Washington, DC 20005

(202) 521-4373

(202) 521-4363

steve.morrissey@united.com

karine.faden@united.com

August 8, 2013

Thomas Newton Bolling

Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

233 South Wacker Drive

11th Floor – HDQLD

Chicago, IL 60606

(872) 825-8068

thomas.bolling@united.com

Douglas P. Kelley

Senior Counsel-Regulatory, Antitrust &

 Competition

UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

1600 Smith Street

HQSLG-15

Houston, TX 77002

(713) 324-5156

doug.kelley@united.com

Lorraine B. Halloway

Gerald F. Murphy

CROWELL & MORING LLP

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20004

(202) 624-2500

lhalloway@crowell.com

gmurphy@crowell.com

Counsel for

United Airlines, Inc.
BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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:

Application of :

:

UNITED AIRLINES, INC. : Docket DOT-OST-2002-13596

:

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

(Houston-Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands) :

:

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APPLICATION OF 

UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

FOR RENEWAL

United1applies 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 permitting it to provide 

scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Houston and Grand 

Cayman, Cayman Islands.

2

 United asks that its exemption authority be renewed for a period of 

no less than two years.

United states as follows in support of this renewal application:

1. United is currently offering the only nonstop U.S.-flag flights between Houston 

and Grand Cayman. United’s exemption authority to provide scheduled service between 

Houston and Grand Cayman was originally granted to Continental by Notice of Action Taken 

 

1 Common names are used for airlines.

2 By Order 2011-3-14 the Department reissued authorities previously issued only to 

United or Continental, including the Houston-Grand Cayman exemption authority that is the 

subject of this renewal application, in the name of “Continental Airlines, Inc. and/or United Air 

Lines, Inc.” Subsequently, by Orders 2013-3-14 and 2013-4-11, the Department reissued 

United’s certificate and other economic authorities on a blanket basis to reflect the completion of 

the United/Continental merger and integration process and United’s new corporate name “United 

Airlines, Inc.” effective as of March 31, 2013. 
Renewal Application of United

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dated November 4, 2002 and was most recently renewed by Notice of Action Taken dated

October 7, 2011, in this docket. Absent renewal, this authority will expire on October 7, 2013.

2. Renewal of United’s Houston-Cayman Islands exemption authority is fully 

consistent with the terms of the special civil aviation arrangement that has historically applied to 

operations between the United States and the Cayman Islands and clearly serves the public 

interest. United’s nonstop service between Houston and Grand Cayman provides connecting 

service throughout United’s Houston hub network for U.S.-Grand Cayman passengers.

3. United holds various certificates of public convenience and necessity and

exemptions authorizing it to engage in scheduled air transportation of persons, property and mail 

between the U.S. and foreign countries, and United is fit, willing and able to provide the service 

for which it seeks renewal. See, e.g., Orders 2007-4-19 (Blanket Open Skies), 2010-5-17 (U.S.-

Mexico) and 2013-4-11 (reissuing United/Continental authorities to United); and Notices of 

Action Taken dated February 6, 2013 in Docket DOT-OST-2013-0019 (Austin-San Jose del 

Cabo) and July 18, 2012 in Docket DOT-OST-2012-0113 (Chicago-Monterrey). Pursuant to 

Rule 24 of the Department’s Rules of Practice, United requests that the Department take official 

notice of all information and data that have been filed to establish its fitness.

4. United invokes the automatic extension provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 558(c), as 

implemented by Part 377 of the Department’s Special Regulations, to continue its HoustonGrand Cayman authority in effect pending action on this renewal application.