BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________ ) Joint Application of ) ) AEROVÍAS DE MÉXICO, S.A. DE C.V. and ) ) DOCKET OST

- 2014 -____ SOCIÉTÉ AIR FRANCE ) ) for an exemption and a blocked

- space/ ) code

- share statement of authorization ) (Mexico City

- Atlanta) ) __________________________________________) JOINT APPLICATION OF AEROVÍAS DE MÉXICO, S.A. DE C.V. AND SOCIÉTÉ AIR FRANCE FOR EXEMPTION AND A STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: John R. Mietus, Jr. LAW OFFICE OF JOHN MIETUS, LLC 6701 Democracy Boulevard Ste 300 Bethesda, Maryland 20817 (202) 747

- 5212 john@mietuslaw.com Counsel for AEROMEXICO Robert E. Cohn Patrick R. Rizzi HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington DC 20004 (202) 637

- 4999/5659 robert.cohn@hoganlovells.com patrick.rizzi@hoganlovells.com Counsel for AIR FRANCE

NOTICE: Any person may support or oppose this application by filing an answer and serving a copy of the answer on counsel for the Joint Applicants and upon persons served with this application no later than December 8 , 2014. THE JOINT APPLICANTS INTEND TO POLL. N ovember 21, 2014BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________ ) Joint Application of ) ) AEROVÍAS DE MÉXICO, S.A. DE C.V. and ) ) DOCKET OST

- 2014 -____ SOCIÉTÉ AIR FRANCE ) N ovember 21 , 2014 ) for an exemption and a blocked

- space/ ) code

- sh are statement of authorization ) (Mexico City

- Atlanta) ) __________________________________________) JOINT APPLICATION OF AEROVÍAS DE MÉXICO, S.A. DE C.V. AND SOCIÉTÉ AIR FRANCE FOR EXEMPTION AND A STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION Aerovías de México, S.A. de C.V. ("Aeromexico") and Société Air France (“Air France”) (together, the “Joint Applicants”) respectfully apply for the following authority to engage in scheduled, foreign air transportation of property and mail between Mexico City, Mexico, and Atlanta, Georgia, as described below: ( 1) an exemption, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and for an initial period of one year, authorizing Aeromexico to operate such service between Mexico City and Atlanta by placing its code on Air France flights; and (2) a statement of authorization, pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 and of indefinite duration, permitting Air France to display the AM* designator code of Aeromexico on Air Franc e- operated flights between Mexico City and Atlanta

. So that Aeromexico may begin marketing cargo service in this city

- pair, which is already served by Air France freighters, the Joint Applicants requestAeromexico/Air France Application Page 2 expedited Department action and will report the results of their poll of U.S. carriers served with the Joint Application. 1 In support of this Joint Application, the Joint Applicants state as follows: 1. Pursuant to a recently

- concluded arrangement between Aeromexico and Air France, both me mbers of the SkyTeam Alliance, Air France has agreed to display Aeromexico’s designator code on certain all

- cargo flights operated by Air France between Atlanta and Mexico City. 2. Aeromexico is a flag carrier of the United Mexican States that holds Depa rtment permit and exemption authority to provide service between Mexico and numerous U.S. points. It provides extensive U.S.

- Mexico service. 3. Air France holds a foreign air carrier permit, issued by Order 2008

- 3- 16. Consistent with the U.S.

- European Union Air Services Agreement, that permit authorizes Air France, among other things, to engage in “f oreign scheduled and charter cargo air transportation between any point or points.” 4. Annexes I and III to the 1960 Air Transport Agreement, as last amende d in 2005, 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 Mexico to a point or points in the United States” and may do so pursuant t o “cooperative marketing arrangements

2/ The Joint Applicants also request a waiver of the 45

- day advance notice requirement prescribed by 14 C.F.R. § 212.10(d)(2).Aeromexico/Air France Application Page 3 with an airline . . . of a third country.” The Joint Applicants understand that the Mexican government has notified, or shortly will notify, the Department that Aeromexico is authorized to serve the Atlanta

- Mexico Cit y city

- pair with freighter aircraft operated by Air France, and a public interest finding is therefore warranted. 2 The services for which Aeromexico requests authority also will benefit consolidators and shippers, further demonstrating that grant of the exemption would be consistent with the public interest. 5. The Joint Applicants request that the statement of authorization requested by Air France remain in effect for an indefinite period, subject to the conditions normally imposed by the Departmen t. They will comply with all relevant Department regulations and conditions in operating and holding out the proposed code

- share/blocked space service.

3/ 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 Air Carrier Ltda., Permit Amendment , O rder 82 -2- 66 at 3

- 4.