BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________ ) Application of ) ) AEROLITORAL, S.A. DE C.V. ) D/B/A AEROMEXICO CONNECT ) DOCKET OST

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- 0070 ) for renewal of exemption authority ) ( M exico City

- Houston ) ) __________________________________________) APPLICATION OF AEROLITORAL, S.A. DE C.V. D/B/A AEROMEXICO CONNECT FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: John R. Mietus, Jr. L aw Office of John Mietus, LLC 6701 Democracy Blvd., Suite 300 Bethesda, MD 20817

- 7500 (202) 747

- 5212 john@mietuslaw.com
Counsel for AEROLITORAL, S.A. DE C.V.

D/B/A AEROMEXICO CONNECT

NOTICE: Any person may support or oppose this application by filing an answer and serving a copy of the answer on counsel for Aerolitoral and upon persons served with this application no later than June 12 , 2015

M ay 28, 2015BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

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_________________________________________ ) Application of ) ) AEROLITORAL, S.A. DE C.V. ) D/B/A AEROMEXICO CONNECT ) DOCKET OST

- 201 0

- 0070 ) May 28, 2015 for renewal of exemption authority ) ( Mexico City

- Houston ) ) __________________________________________) APPLICATION OF AEROLITORAL, S.A. DE C. V. D/B/A AEROMEXICO CONNECT FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109(c), Aerolitoral, S.A. de C.V., d/b/a Aeromexico Connect (“Aerolitoral”) respectfully requests renewal of the above

- captioned exemption, granted by Notice of Action Taken dated June 2,
2014 for an a dditional, one

- year period. That Notice permits Aerolitoral to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between M exico City , Mexico and H ouston, Texas

. Aerolitoral intends to invoke the automatic extension provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 558(c) and Part 377 of the Department's Special Regulations. In support of this ap plication, Aerolitoral states as follows: 1. Aerolitoral is a flag carrier of the United Mexican States and currently holds exemption authority which authorizes U.S.

- Mexico charter service and scheduled service between Mexico and several U.S. points. Pursu ant to that authority, Aerolitoral operates service between Mexico and- 2

- Aero litoral Renewal Application the United States marketed under the “AM” code of Aerovias de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (“Aeromexico”). 2. By this application, Aerolitoral seeks renewal of its exemption, as amended, to eng age in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Mexico City and Houston

. The authority is scheduled to expire on June 2, 2 015. Aerolitoral currently is serving this route, and it therefore seeks to renew the authority for a n additional year. 3. Annex 1 to the 1960 Air Transport Agreement, as amended, between the United Mexican States and the United States, provides that a carrier designated by the Government of Mexico is entitled to operate "[f]rom a point or points in Mexic o to a point or points in the United States." Aerolitoral has been designated to serve the route, and it continues to hold DGAC authority to serve the route. 4. Under 49 U.S.C. § 40109(c), the Department may grant an exemption if it finds that a grant is c onsistent with the public interest. Designation of a carrier by its homeland government is the most significant factor in determining whether grant of an application is in the public interest. See, e.g., Bluebird Cargo Ltd. , Order 2004

- 8

- 24 at 3

- 4; Fast A ir Carrier Ltda., Permit Amendment , Order 82

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- 66 at 3

- 4. Given Aero litoral 's designation for this market , such a public interest finding is warranted. Moreover, the benefits which Aeromexico/Aerolitoral services generate for

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r e n e w a l of th e exemption a u t h or i ty i s co n s i s tent with t h e public int e r est. WHEREFORE , Aero li tora l , S.A. de C.V

. d/b/ a A ero m e xi c o Co nn ect

r espec tfully r e quests th at th e D e partm e nt ren e w th e exe mption a u t h or it y for

t h e mark et listed above a nd g r ant s u ch ot h e r r e li ef as m ay b e n ecessa ry o r
proper.

M ay 28, 20 1 5 R es p ec tfully s ubmitt e d ,

John R. Mietus , Jr

. Law Office of John Mie t u s, LLC 67 01 D e m ocracy Blvd ., Su i te 300 B et h es da , M D 208 17- 7 500 (202) 747-5212 john @ mietuslaw.com
Co un se l for AEROLITORAL , S.A. DE C.V.

DIBIA AE ROMEXICO CONNEC T

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. mosner, jennifer.nowak@hklaw

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