BEFORE THE

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Application of )

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TRANS AMERICAN AIRLINES, S.A. )

d/b/a TACA PERU ) Docket No. OST-2000-8054

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

(U.S. – Peru Open Skies) )

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APPLICATION OF

TRANS AMERICAN AIRLINES, S.A. d/b/a TACA PERU

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

David M. Endersbee

Jonathon H. Foglia

 Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger L.L.P.

888 Seventeenth Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006

Tel: (202) 973-7917

Fax: (202) 342-0683

dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com

jhfoglia@zsrlaw.com

Counsel for

Trans American Airlines, S.A. 

 d/b/a TACA Peru 

May 14, 2015

NOTICE: Answers to this Application are due by May 29, 2015, and must be served on the 

Applicant and all persons set forth on the attached certificate of service. 
BEFORE THE

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________

)

Application of )

)

TRANS AMERICAN AIRLINES, S.A. )

d/b/a TACA PERU ) Docket No. OST-2000-8054

) 

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

(U.S. – Peru Open Skies) )

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APPLICATION OF

TRANS AMERICAN AIRLINES, S.A. d/b/a TACA PERU

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION 

Trans American Airlines, S.A. d/b/a TACA Peru (“TACA Peru”), pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 

§ 40109 and Subpart C of the Department’s Rules of Practice, hereby applies for renewal of its 

exemption authority to the extent necessary to authorize TACA Peru to continue to engage in 

foreign scheduled and charter air transportation of persons, property and mail as more fully 

described herein. TACA Peru requests that the Department renew this authority for a period of 

not less than two years. 

In support of this Application, TACA Peru states as follows:

1. TACA Peru holds exemption authority, most recently renewed by the Department 

on June 13, 2013, authorizing it to (1) engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, 

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 of property 
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for Renewal of Exemption

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and mail between the United States and any point or points; and (3) conduct charters pursuant to 

Part 212 of the Department’s Regulations. This authority expires by its own terms on June 13, 

2015. 

2. TACA Peru's services remain consistent with the liberal terms of the U.S. - Peru 

Open Skies Agreement. The public interest will be served by the renewal of this authority to 

TACA Peru, so that it may continue to offer additional air service options to U.S. consumers.1 

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

to hold the necessary operating authorizations. 

4. Grant of the authority sought by TACA Peru will not constitute a major 

regulatory action under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, as defined in Part 313 

of the Department’s Regulations.

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

renewal extension provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 558 (c), as implemented by Part 377 of the 

Department's Regulations, to continue in effect its current exemption authorization for the 

service specified in this application, pending final Department action.

 

1 These services are operated by TACA Peru in conjunction with Avianca’s common brand and code, as authorized 

by the Department. Notice of Action Taken, Feb. 12, 2014 (Docket DOT-OST-2012-0136), in effect pursuant to 

a timely renewal application filed on February 6, 2015 and Part 377 of the Department’s regulations. 
Application of TACA Peru

for Renewal of Exemption

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

Peru respectfully requests that the Department grant the renewed exemption authority as 

described more fully herein. TACA Peru also requests that the Department grant such further, 

different or additional relief as it considers consistent with this Application and the public 

interest.

Respectfully submitted,

________________________

David M. Endersbee

Jonathon H. Foglia

 Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger L.L.P.

888 Seventeenth Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20006

Tel: (202) 973-7917

Fax: (202) 342-0683

dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com

jhfoglia@zsrlaw.com

Counsel for Trans American Airlines, S.A. 

 d/b/a TACA Peru

May 14, 2015
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 14th day of May, 2015, a copy of the foregoing Application of TACA Peru 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

abby.bried@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

Francis Heil

American Airlines, Inc.

1101 Seventeenth Street, N.W.

Suite 600

Washington, D.C. 20036

robert.wirick@aa.com

Howard.kass@aa.com

francis.heil@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

Counsel for JetBlue

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

1717 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 12th Floor

Washington, DC 20006

esahr@eckertseamans.com

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David M. Endersbee