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### June 4, 2015

BY ELECTRONIC MAIL

Robert Finamore

Chief, Foreign Air Carrier Licensing Division

U.S. Department of Transportation

1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.W.

Washington, D.C. 20590

Re: Avianca Application for a Blanket Statement of Authorization

( DOT

- OST

- 2015

- 0119 )

Dear Mr. Finamore:

On May 27, 2015

, Aerovías del Continente Americano, S.A. Avianca (“Avianca”) filed

in the above

- referenced docket an Application for a Blanket Statement of Authorization in which

it also requested waiver of the Department’s 45

- day advance filing requirement in 14 C.F.R. §

212.10(d)(2)

.

Avianca has completed polling and no carrier objected to the grant of its application and

waiver

. Av ianc a respectfully requests that the Department promptly grant its application and the

waiver requested therein

.

Respectfully submitted,

David M. Endersbee

Jonathon H. Foglia

Counsel for Aerovías del Continente

Americano, S.A. Avianca

cc: Service ListCERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 4 th day of June 2015 , a copy of the foregoing was served by email on the

parties named below:

Gerald F. Murphy

Steven J. Seiden

Couns el for United Airlines

Crowell & Moring LLP

1001 Penn sylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004

- 2595

gmurphy@crowell.com

sseiden@crowell.com

Dan Weiss

Managing Director

– International &

Regulatory Affairs

United Airl ines

77 West Wacker Drive

- HDQIZ

Chicago, IL 60601

d an.weiss@united.com

Stephen J. Morrissey

Managing Director, Regulatory and

Policy

United Airl ines, Inc.

1225 New York Avenue, NW

- DCAIZ

Suite 1100

Washington, DC 20005

steve.morrissey@united.com

Anita Mosner

Jennifer Nowak

C ounsel for United Parcel Service

Holland & Knight

800 17 th Street, N.W.

Suite 1100

Washington, D.C. 20006

a nita.mosner@hklaw.com

j ennifer.nowak@hklaw.com

dsmalls@ups.com

Alexander Van d er Bellen

Chris Walker

Delta Air Lines

1212 New York Avenue, NW

Suite 200

Washington, DC 20005

s ascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

Chris.walker@delta.com Robert Wirick

Howard Kass

American Airlines, Inc.

1101 Seventeenth Street, N.W.

Suite 600

Washington, D.C. 20036

r obert. wirick@aa.com

Howard.kass@aa.com

John L. Richardson

Joan Canny

Counsel for Amerijet International

John L. Richardson, P.L.L.C.

555 13 th Street, N.W.

Suite 420 West

Washington, D.C. 20004

jrichardson@ johnlrichardson.com

j Canny@amerijet.com

G. Bailey Leopard

Sandra Lunsford

Sharon Pasley

Legal and Regulatory Affairs

Federal Express Corporation

3620 Hacks Cross Road

Building B, 3 rd Floor

Memphis, TN 38125

sllunsfo rd @fedex.com

gbleopard@fedex.com

Sharon.pasley@fedex.com

Rod Ennis

Director,

Safety, Security & Regulatory Compliance

Air Transport International LLC

6012 Campus Circle W

Suite 240

Irving, TX 75063

Rod.ennis@a irtransport.cc

John S. Duncan

Director

Flight Standards Service

Federal Aviation Administration

800 Independence Avenue, S.W.

Room 821

Washington, D.C. 20591

john.s.duncan@faa.gov

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Aaron Goerlich

Counsel for Allegiant Air

, Southern Air and

Florid a West International Airways

Garofalo Goerlich Hainbach PC

1200 New Hampshire 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

David Heffernan

Counsel for Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air

Cozen O’Connor

A rmy Navy Building

1627 I Street, NW

Suite 1100

Washington, D.C. 20006



### dheffernan@cozen.com

Jeremy Ross

Senior Attorney

Alaska Airlines

Horizon Air



### 19300 International Blvd.

Seattle, WA 98188

Jeremy.Ross@AlaskaAir.com

Russell E. Pommer

Associate Genera l Counsel & Sr.

Director, Regulatory Affairs

Atlas Air, Inc.

801 17 th Street, NW

Suite 410

Washington, D.C 20006

rpommer@atlasair.com

Mark W. Atwood

Stephen Lachter

Counsel for Kalitta Air and Frontier Airli nes

Cozen O’Connor

Army Navy Building

1627 I Street, NW

Suite 1100

Washington, D.C. 20006

matwood@cozen.com

slachter@cozen.com Pierre Murphy

Counsel for Xtra Airways

1200 N ew Hampshire Avenue, N.W.

Suite 590

Washington, D.C. 20036

- 6802

pmurphy@lopmurphy.com

ldunn@xtraairways.com

Jonathan B. Hill

Counsel f or Hawaiian Airlines

Cooley LLP

1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Suite 700

Washi ngton, DC 20004

jhill@cooley.com

perkmann@cooley.com

Thomas Ting

MN Airlines, LLC dba Sun Country

Airlines

1300 Mendota Heights Road

Mendota Heights, MN 55120

Thomas.Ting@suncountry.com

Joanne W. Young

David Kirstein

Counsel for Spirit Airlines

Kirstein & Young PLLC

1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.

Suite 600 South

Washington, DC 20004

jyoung@yklaw.com

dkirstein@yklaw.com

John R. Mietus, Jr.

Counsel for Centurion Air Cargo and Sky Lease

Cargo

Law Office o f John Mietus, LLC

6701 Democracy Boulevard

Suite 300

Bethesda, MD 20817

john@mietuslaw.com

Kevin Montgomery

Peter Beckett

Polar Air Cargo, Inc.

801 17 th Street, NW

Suite 410

Washington, D.C 20006

kevin.montgom ery@ polaraircargo.com

peter.beckett@polaraircargo.com

### 3

Evelyn Sahr

Robert Land

Drew Derco

Counsel for JetBlue

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

1717 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 12th Floor

Washingt on, DC 20006

esahr@eckertseamans.com

Robert.land@jetblue.com

dderco@eckertseamans.com



### _________________________ David M. Endersbee