BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Application of :

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EXPRESSJET AIRLINES, INC. : Docket DOT-OST-2006-25018

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for renewal of an exemption under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 :

(United States-Belize) :

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APPLICATION OF

EXPRESSJET AIRLINES, INC.

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

Jon Lindlief

Director – Planning & Development

EXPRESSJET AIRLINES, INC.

100 Hartsfield Centre

Suite 700

Atlanta, GA 30354

Gerald F. Murphy

Steven J. Seiden

CROWELL & MORING LLP

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004-2595

(202) 624-2500

gmurphy@crowell.com

sseiden@crowell.com

Counsel for

ExpressJet Airlines, Inc.

December 29, 2014
BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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:

Application of :

:

EXPRESSJET AIRLINES, INC. : Docket DOT-OST-2006-25018

:

for renewal of an exemption under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 :

(United States-Belize) :

:

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APPLICATION OF

EXPRESSJET AIRLINES, INC. 

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION

ExpressJet1applies, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and Subpart C of the Department’s 

Rules of Practice, for renewal of its exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41101 authorizing ExpressJet to 

provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between points in the 

United States and Belize.

ExpressJet states as follows in support of its application:

1. ExpressJet’s U.S.-Belize exemption authority was originally granted by Notice of 

Action Taken dated June 21, 2006, and most recently renewed by Notice of Action Taken dated

March 1, 2013, in this docket. Absent renewal, ExpressJet’s authority will expire on March 1, 

2015. ExpressJet requests that its exemption be renewed for at least two additional years, or 

until 90 days after the Department’s final determination on the request for a streamlined openentry certificate pending in Docket DOT-OST-2005-22228,2 whichever occurs first. 

 

1 Common names are used for airlines. 

2

See Letter from Robert E. Cohn to Paul L. Gretch dated July 20, 2009. 
Renewal Application of ExpressJet

Page 2

2. ExpressJet remains fit, willing, and able to perform the U.S.-Belize services for 

which it seeks renewal. Although ExpressJet is not presently operating on this route, it provides 

extensive domestic and international regional jet service as a Delta Connection and United 

Express carrier, including Delta Connection service to other international destinations in the 

Caribbean. ExpressJet is a well-established regional carrier and holds various certificate and 

exemption authorities permitting it to engage in scheduled interstate and foreign air 

transportation of persons, property and mail.3 ExpressJet requests that the Department, pursuant 

to Rule 24 of its Rules of Practice, take official notice of all information and data that have been 

previously filed to establish its fitness. 

3. Renewal of this U.S.-Belize exemption authority is in the public interest as it will 

provide ExpressJet with the flexibility to resume operations on U.S.-Belize routes as warranted. 

Such services will increase competition and benefit consumers seeking transportation between 

the United States and Belize. The U.S.-Belize services described herein also remain consistent 

with the terms of the U.S.-UK aviation agreement to which Belize acceded upon its 

independence. 

4. ExpressJet invokes the automatic extension provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 558(c), as 

implemented by Part 377 of the Department’s Special Regulations, to continue this authority in 

effect pending action on this application.

 

3

See, e.g., Order 2012-1-3 at 1-2 (listing ExpressJet’s certificate, exemption, and 

other operating authorities) and Notices of Action Taken dated Apr. 30, 2014 in Docket DOTOST-2012-0077 (Atlanta-Cozumel) and Jun. 17, 2014 in Docket DOT-OST-2014-0104 (AtlantaGrand Cayman).