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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. Avianca 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 List
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

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

parties named below:

Gerald F. Murphy

Steven J. Seiden

Counsel for United Airlines

Crowell & Moring LLP

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004-2595

gmurphy@crowell.com

sseiden@crowell.com

Dan Weiss

Managing Director – International &

 Regulatory Affairs

United Airlines

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

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

dsmalls@ups.com

Alexander Van der Bellen

Chris Walker

Delta Air Lines

1212 New York Avenue, NW

Suite 200

Washington, DC 20005

sascha.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

robert.wirick@aa.com

Howard.kass@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

G. Bailey Leopard

Sandra Lunsford

Sharon Pasley

Legal and Regulatory Affairs

Federal Express Corporation

3620 Hacks Cross Road

Building B, 3rd Floor

Memphis, TN 38125

sllunsford@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@airtransport.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

 Florida 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

Army 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 General Counsel & Sr.

 Director, Regulatory Affairs

Atlas Air, Inc.

801 17th Street, NW

Suite 410

Washington, D.C 20006

rpommer@atlasair.com

Mark W. Atwood

Stephen Lachter

Counsel for Kalitta Air and Frontier Airlines

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 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.

Suite 590

Washington, D.C. 20036-6802

pmurphy@lopmurphy.com

ldunn@xtraairways.com

Jonathan B. Hill

Counsel for Hawaiian Airlines

Cooley LLP

1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Suite 700

Washington, 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 of John Mietus, LLC

6701 Democracy Boulevard

Suite 300

Bethesda, MD 20817

john@mietuslaw.com

Kevin Montgomery

Peter Beckett

Polar Air Cargo, Inc.

801 17th Street, NW

Suite 410

Washington, D.C 20006

kevin.montgomery@ polaraircargo.com

peter.beckett@polaraircargo.com
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Evelyn Sahr

Robert Land

Drew Derco

Counsel for JetBlue

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

1717 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 12th Floor

Washington, DC 20006

esahr@eckertseamans.com

Robert.land@jetblue.com

dderco@eckertseamans.com

_________________________

David M. Endersbee