### BEFORE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.
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) 

### Application of ) ) 

### TRANS AMERICAN AIRLINES, S.A. ) d/b/a TACA PERU ) DocketNo. OST-2000-8054 ) 

### for an exemption pursuantto 49 U.S.C. § 40109 ) (U.S.- Peru Open Skies) )

APPLICATION OF TRANS AMERICAN AIRLINES, S.A. d/b/a TACA PERU FORRENEWAL OF EXEMPTION

Communications withrespect to this document shouldbe sentto:

May 17,2013

NOTICE: Richard D. Mathias David M. Endersbee 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

Counsel for Trans American Airlines, S.A. d/b/a TACA Peru

Answers to this application are due by June 1, 

### 2013, and mustbe served onthe Applicant and all persons set forth on the attached certificate ofservice.

### BEFORE THE 

### U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.



### Application of

TRANS AMERICAN AIRLINES, 

### S.A. d/b/a TACA PERU



### for an exemptionpursuantto 49 U.S.C. §40109 (U.S.- Peru Open Skies) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )



### APPLICATION OF

### Docket No. OST-2000-8054

TRANS AMERICANAIRLINES, 

### S.A. d/b/a TACA PERU FORRENEWAL OF EXEMPTION



### Trans AmericanAirlines, S.A. d/b/aTACA Peru, pursuantto 49 U.S.C. §40109 and
Subpart C ofthe Department's Rules ofPractice, hereby applies for renewal ofits exemption
authorityto the extent necessary to authorize TACA Peruto continue to engage in foreign

scheduled and charter air transportation ofpersons, property and mail as more fully described

herein. TACA Perurequests that the Department renew this authority for a period ofnot less

than two years.

In support ofthis application, TACA Peru states as follows:

1. TACA Peruholds exemption authority, issued by the Department on May 19,

2011, authorizing itto (1) engage in scheduled foreign air transportation ofpersons, property and

mail from points behind Peru, via Peru and intermediate points, to a point or points in the United

States and beyond; (2) engage in scheduled foreign air transportation ofproperty and mail

### Application ofT ACA Peru for Renewal ofExemption Page 2 of4

between the United States and any point or points; and (3) conduct charters pursuantto Part 212

ofthe Department's Regulations. This authority expires by its ownterms onMay 19, 2013.

2. TACA Peru's services remain consistent withthe liberal terms oftheU.S.- Peru
Open Skies Agreement. The public interest will be served by the renewal ofthis authority to

TACA Peru, so that it may continue to offer additional air service options to U.S. consumers.

3. TACA Peru is authorized by its homeland to operate these services and continues

to hold the necessary operating authorizations.

4. Grant ofthe authority soughtby TACA Peru will not constitute a major
regulatory action underthe Energy Policy and ConservationAct of 1975, as defined in Part 313

ofthe Department's Regulations.

5. By submitting this timely renewal application, TACA Peru invokes the automatic

renewal extensionprovisions of5 U.S.C. § 

### 558 (c), as implemented by Part 377 ofthe
Department's Regulations, to continue in effect its current exemption authorization for the

service specified inthis application, pending a final determination ofthis renewal application.

WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, Trans American Airlines, S.A. d/b/a TACA

Peru respectfully requests thatthe Department grant the renewed amended exemption authority

as described more fully herein. TACA Peru also requests such further, different and additional

reliefas the Departmentmay deem to be appropriate.

### Application ofT ACA Peru for Renewal ofExemption Page 3 of4

May 17,2013 Respectfully submitted,

# ~f)~n Richard D. Mathias David M. Endersbee 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

Counsel for Trans AmericanAirlines, S.A. d/b/a TACA PeruCERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 17th day ofMay 2013, a copy ofthe foregoing Application ofTrans American Airlines, S.A. d/b/a TACA Peru for Renewal ofExemption was served by email on the parties named below:

Lorraine B. Halloway Gerald F. Murphy Counsel for Continental/United Airlines Crowell & Moring LLP 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004-2595 lhalloway@crowell.com gmurphy@crowell.com

Dan Weiss Managing Director- International & Regulatory Affairs United Air Lines 77 West Wacker Drive-HDQIZ Chicago, IL 60601 dan.weiss@united.com

Stephen J. Morrissey Managing Director, Regulatory and Policy United AirLines, Inc. 1225 New York Avenue, NW- DCAIZ Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20005 steve.morrissey@united.com

Jonathan T. Linde ManagingDirector & Senior CounselRegulatory United AirLines, Inc. 77 West WackerDrive-HDQLD 16th Floor Chicago, IL 60601 jonathan.linde@united.com

Anita Mosner Jennifer Nowak Counsel for United Parcel Service Holland & Knight 800 17th Street, N.W. Suite 1100 Washington, D.C. 20006 anita.mosner@hklaw.com jennifer.nowak@hklaw.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.barnett@delta.com Chris.walker@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

ran jit.seth@evergreenairlines.com chris.schuldt@evergreenhelicopters.com philip.Church@evergreenhelicopters.com Robert.foster@evergreenairlines.com

Brian S. Gillman, Esq. (ForWorld Airways and North American Airlines) Senior Vice President and General Counsel Global Aviation Holdings 101 World Drive Peachtree City, GA 30269 bgillman@glah.comG. Bailey Leopard Angeline Garbuzinski Legal and Regulatory Affairs Federal Express Corporation 3620 Hacks Cross Road Building B, 3rd Floor Memphis, TN 38125 anbird@fedex.com gbleopard@fedex.com

Timothy Erickson Safety and Regulatory Affairs Air Transport International, Inc. 2800 Cantrell Road Little Rock, AR 72202 timothy.erickson@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 NewHampshire 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



### 2 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

Russell E. Pommer Associate General Counsel and Director ofRegulatory 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 andXtraAirways 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 DowLohnes 1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036-6802 jhill@dowlohnes.com

JohnS. 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 SpiritAirlines Kirstein & Young PLLC 1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Suite 600 South Washington, DC 20004 jyoung@yklaw.comJohn R. Mietus, Jr. Counsel for Centurion Air Cargo and Trade Winds Airlines Law Office ofJohn Mietus, LLC 6701 Democracy Boulevard Suite 300 Bethesda, MD 20817 john@mietuslaw.com



### 3 Kevin Montgomery Peter Beckett PolarAir Cargo, Inc. 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 875 Washington, D.C 20006 kevin.montgomery@ polaraircargo.com peter.beckett@polaraircargo.com



### David M. Endersbee