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BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Application of

AEROVÍAS DE INTEGRACIÓN REGIONAL,

AIRES S.A. d/b/a LAN COLOMBIA

for renewal of an exemption pursuant to

49 U.S.C. § 40109 (United States-Colombia)

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Docket DOT-OST-2008-0390

APPLICATION OF AEROVÍAS DE INTEGRACIÓN REGIONAL, AIRES S.A.

d/b/a LAN COLOMBIA FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to:

Erika Zarante

Legal Director

LAN Colombia

Calle 100 # 7 - 33

Torre 1 Piso 17

Bogota D.C., Colombia

Tel. (57-1) 5113000 Ext. 71615

Robert E. Cohn

Patrick R. Rizzi

HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP

Columbia Square

555 Thirteenth Street, NW

Washington, DC 20004

Telephone: +1 202 637 4999/5659

Facsimile: +1 202 637 5910

E-mail: robert.cohn@hoganlovells.com

patrick.rizzi@hoganlovells.com

Counsel for

AEROVÍAS DE INTEGRACIÓN REGIONAL,

AIRES S.A. d/b/a LAN COLOMBIA

January 22, 2015
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BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Application of

AEROVÍAS DE INTEGRACIÓN REGIONAL,

AIRES S.A. d/b/a LAN COLOMBIA

for renewal of an exemption pursuant to

49 U.S.C. § 40109 (United States-Colombia)

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Docket DOT-OST-2008-0390

January 22, 2015

APPLICATION OF AEROVÍAS DE INTEGRACIÓN REGIONAL, AIRES S.A.

d/b/a LAN COLOMBIA FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION

Aerovías de Integración Regional, AIRES S.A. d/b/a LAN Colombia

(“LAN Colombia”) hereby applies under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and Subpart C of the

Department’s Rules of Practice (14 C.F.R § 302.301, et seq.) for renewal of its exemption

authority to engage in scheduled and charter foreign air transportation of persons, property,

and mail from points behind Colombia via Colombia and intermediate points to any point or

points in the United States and beyond. LAN Colombia requests that this exemption

authority be renewed for a period of at least two years.

In support of this Application for renewal of U.S.–Colombia exemption authority,

LAN Colombia states as follows:

1. By Notice of Action Taken, dated January 25, 2013, in this Docket, the

Department granted LAN Colombia the broad “open skies” U.S.-Colombia exemption

authority described above.1

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LAN Colombia also currently holds a foreign air carrier permit issued by DOT Order 2009-6-14, served

June 17, 2009, authorizing it to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail

between Bogota, Cartagena, and Barranquilla, Colombia, on the one hand, and New York (JFK), New York, on

the other hand, and to engage in charter trips in foreign air transportation subject to the terms, conditions, and

limitations of the Department’s regulations governing charters.
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2. LAN Colombia now seeks to renew that broad exemption authority.

Renewal of this exemption authority will enable LAN Colombia to maintain and enhance its

codeshare services and/or to continue and introduce a variety of other scheduled and

charter services on Colombia-U.S. routes should it so desire, thereby maximizing the

liberalized opportunities available to Colombian air carriers under the U.S.-Colombia Open

Skies Agreement.

3. LAN Colombia continues to be fit, willing, and able to provide air

transportation under this exemption authority.

4. This renewal Application is entirely consistent with the U.S.-Colombia Open

Skies Agreement.

5. The exemption authority at issue is set to expire on January 25, 2015, and

this renewal application from a foreign air carrier is therefore timely filed. Accordingly, LAN

Colombia hereby invokes, and intends to rely on, the automatic extension provisions of the

Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 558(c), as implemented by 14 C.F.R. Part 377, to

continue its exemption authority in effect pending final Department action on this

Application for renewal.

6. LAN Colombia requests that this exemption authority be renewed for a

period of at least two additional years, consistent with Department practice in similar cases.

WHEREFORE, Aerovías de Integración Regional, AIRES S.A. d/b/a LAN Colombia

requests that the Department promptly renew its exemption authority to engage in

scheduled and charter foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail from points

behind Colombia via Colombia and intermediate points to any point or points in the United
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States and beyond, and that the Department grant such further and additional relief as the

public interest may require.

Respectfully submitted,

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Robert E. Cohn

Patrick R. Rizzi

HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP

Counsel for

Aerovías de Integración Regional,

AIRES S.A. d/b/a LAN Colombia
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing Application of Aerovías de Integración

Regional, AIRES S.A. d/b/a LAN Colombia for Renewal of an Exemption has been served

this 22nd day of January 2015, upon the following addresses:

howard.kass@aa.com

robert.wirick@aa.com

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

chris.walker@delta.com

jhill@cooley.com

perkmann@cooley.com

jyoung@yklaw.com

dkirstein@yklaw.com

dan.weiss@united.com

steve.morrissey@united.com

rsilverberg@sgbdc.com

JCanny@amerijet.com

jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com

rpommer@atlasair.com

john@mietuslaw.com

sllunsford@fedex.com

charles.donley@squirepb.com

matwood@cozen.com

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com

agoerlich@ggh-airlaw.com

anita.mosner@hklaw.com

jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com

robert.finamore@dot.gov

englets@state.gov

John.S.Duncan@faa.gov

Jonathan Echmalian