BEFORE THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

-------------------------------------------------------------- Joint Application and Notice of : : GOJET AIRLINES, L.L.C. : Docket DOT

- OST

- 2012

- xxxx MESA AIRLINES, INC. : SH UTTLE AMERICA CORP. : SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC. : : for Statements of Authorization pursuant to : 14 C.F.R. Part 212 (COPA Code Share) :

-------------------------------------------------------------- JOINT APPLICATION OF GOJET, MESA, SHUTTLE AM ERICA AND SKYWEST FOR STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION AND JOINT BLANKET CODE

- SHARE NOTICE Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:
Hershel I. Kamen Senior Vice President

– Alliances, Regulatory and Policy Steve Morrissey Managing Dir ector

– Regulatory Affairs and Policy UNITED AIR LINES, INC. 1225 New York Avenue, NW Suite 1100

- DCAIZ Washington, DC 20005 (202) 521

- 4400 hershel.kamen@united.com steve.morrissey@united.com
Daniel A. Weiss Managing Director

– International Affairs and Regulatory UNITED AIR LINES, INC. 77 West Wacker Drive 10 th Floor HDQIZ Chicago, IL 60601 (312) 997

- 7573 dan.weiss@u nited.com Thomas Newton Bolling Vice President and Deputy General Counsel Jonathan T. Linde Managing Director and Senior Counsel

Regulatory UNITED AIR LINES, INC. 77 West Wacker Drive 16th Floor HDQLD Chicago, IL 60601 (312) 997

- 8068 thomas.bolling@united.com jonathan.linde@united.com

John R. Mietus , Jr. Law Office of John Mietus, LLC 6701 Democracy Boulevard, Suite 300 Bethesda, MD 20817

- 7500 (202) 747

- 5212 john@m ietuslaw.com
Counsel for COPA

July 1 7 , 2012
NOTICE: The Joint Applicants request expedited treatment of this application. United, in filing this application on their behalf, will poll U.S. carrier representatives and advise the Department of the resu lts.BEFORE THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

-------------------------------------------------------------- Joint Application and Notice of : : GOJET AIRLINES, L.L.C. : Docket DOT

- OST

- 2012

- xxxx MESA AIRLINES, INC. : SHUTTLE AMERICA CORP. : SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC. : : for Statements of Authorization pursuant to : 14 C.F.R. Part 212 (COPA Code Share) :

-------------------------------------------------------------- JOINT APPLICATION OF GOJET, MESA, SHU TTLE AMERICA AND SKYWEST FOR STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION AND JOINT BLANKET CODE

- SHARE NOTICE GoJet, Mesa, Shuttle America, and SkyWest 1 d/b/a United Express (collectively, “Joint Applicants”) jointly apply for blanket statements of authorization pursuan t to Part 212 of the Department’s regulations to facilitate code

- share services with COPA, which is a code

- share partner of United. 2 Specifically, the Joint Applicants request authorization to display COPA’s “CM” designator code on flights operated by the m as United Express carriers between points in the United States and between U.S. points and points in third countries. The Joint Applicants wish to begin code

- share services with as soon as all regulatory approvals are obtained . The Joint Applicants res pectfully request the Department’s prompt approval of this application so that the marketing and sale of code

- share services by United and COPA can begin without delay. In order to expedite approval of this application, United will poll carrier representa tives on behalf of the Joint Applicants and COPA and advise the Department of the results.

1 Common names are used for airlines. 2 United is filing this application on behalf of and with the permission of the Joint Applicants.Joint Application and Notice

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In addition, pursuant to the Department’s Notice In the Matter of Blanket Notification of
Code

- Share Service to Open

- Skies Partners and Points, dated February 9, 2 009, the Joint Applicants, together with COPA, hereby give blanket notice of code

- share services displaying COPA’ designator code on flights operated by the Joint Applicants between all U.S. points and between U.S. points and points in any open

- skies count ry. 3 Code

- share services conducted pursuant to this notice will be limited to those consistent with the provisions of the U.S.

- Panama and other Open

- Skies Agreements. The Joint Applicants and COPA will provide the Department
with 30

- day notices for code

- share services to and from non

- open skies countries. In support of this Application, the Joint Applicants state as follows:
1. The Joint Applicants entered into code

- share arrangements with COPA, each of which provides for th ei r operation of certain United Express flights to ca rry the “CM” designator
code. Redacted c opies of these code

- share agreements are attached hereto.
2. The Joint Applicants are air carriers holding certificates of public convenience and necessity and exemptions authorizing them to operate scheduled air services in the United
States and for ei gn markets. 4 They are also participants in the United Express commuter program, operating code

- share services for United and displaying United’s designator code, as
well as those of certain of U nited’s for ei gn code

- share partners. As such, United and its United Express carriers wish to make these United Express services available for code

- share purposes to COPA, thereby increasing the online service offerings between United’s North American

netw ork and COPA ’s Latin America network.

3 To the extent necessary, the Joint Appli cants will obtain any necessary authorizations prior to commencing service in any third country on behalf of United Express.Joint Application and Notice

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3. The requested code

- share authorizations are fully consistent with the U.S.

- Panama Open Skies Agreement, as well as the Department’s precedents in cases involving
similar code

- share arrangements between U.S. and for e i gn air carriers. 5 Pursuant to the terms of such agreements, for ei gn carriers designated by th ei r respective governments to serve the United States, such as COPA, have been authorized to provide for ei gn air transportation (including
code

- share services) b etween the United States and th ei r respective home countries. COPA also holds the requisite underlying economic authority for purposes of holding out the code

- share services proposed with the Joint Applicants

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4. The requested code

- share authority is a lso consistent with the public interest
because it will benefit the traveling and shipping public by provid ing online service between U.S. cities and points around the globe, via United’s domestic hubs and COPA’ s U.S. gateways.
5. Each of the Joint Appli cants agrees to accept the Department’s standard conditions and notice requirements imposed on code

- share arrangements.
6. The Joint Applicants request that the Department issue statements of authorization for an indefinite period, consistent with Departm ent practice.
7

. The Joint Applicants are not CRAF participants, so issuance of the requested
blanket statements of authorization will not affect the CRAF program.
For the foregoing reasons , the Joint Applicants respectfully request expedited approval of

t his application and that the Department grant t hem the blanket statements of authorization as

4 See, for example, Order 2011

- 12

- 18 and Notice of Action Taken dated December 9, 2011 in Docket DOT

- OST

- 2009

- 0348 (GoJet) ; Orders 1998

- 11

- 15 , 2008

- 4

- 26 and 2009

- 3

- 16 (Shuttle America) ; Orders 1998

- 7

- 6 and 2008

- 4

- 26 (Mesa ); and Orders 1998

- 7

- 6 and 2008

- 4

- 26 ( SkyWest). 5 See , Dockets DOT

- OST

- 20 07

- 28500,

- 20 07

- 28788,

- 20 07

- 29161 and

- 20 07

- 29353 in which the Department approved similar code

- sharing arrangements between various United Express operators and foreign carrier partners, among others.

6 See, Order 98

- 3

- 16 and renewal application pending in Docket DOT

- OST

- 1997

- 2675.Joint Application and Notice

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described above for an indefinite period, consistent with the Department’s practice in other code

share proceedings, and such other relief as the Department may d eem appropriate

. Respectfully submitted,

John R. Mietus, Jr

. Dan Weiss Counsel for COPA Managing Director

– International and Regulatory Affairs UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

Submitted on behalf o f: David J. A. Hayes III, Esq. For GOJET AIRLINES, L.L.C. Vice President and General Counsel Trans States Holdings, Inc. 11495 Navaid Road St. Louis, MO 63044 Chris Pappaioanou For MESA AIRLINES, INC. Vice President and General Counsel 410 N. 44 th Stree t, Suite 700 Phoenix, AZ 85008 Scott Durgin For SHUTTLE AMERICA CORP. Vice President

– Administration 8909 Purdue Road, Suite 300 Indianapolis, IN 46268
Todd C. Emerson For SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC. Director

– Government and Legal Affairs 444 South River Road St. George, UT 84790CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that I have this date served a copy of the foregoing document on all persons named below by causing a copy to be sent via email:
mssinick@ssd.com (Alaska ) carl.nelson@aa.com francis.heil@aa.com james.kaleigh@aa.com robert.wirick@aa.com rsilverberg@sgbdc.com (ABX) tom.fosko@airtransport.cc (Air Transport Intl.) jrichardson@johnlrichardso n.com (Amerijet) jcanny@amerijet.com lachter@starpower.net (ASTAR) rpommer@atlasair.com sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com charters@evergreenairlines.com (Evergreen) cefelts@fedex.com anbird@ fedex.com nssparks@fedex.com robert.cohn@hoganlovells.com patrick.rizzi@hoganlovells.com jhill@dowlohnes.com ( Hawaiia n/JetBlue ) matwood@cozen.com (Kalitta) kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com bob.kneisley@wnco.com leslie.abbott@wnco.com dkirstein@yklaw.com ( Spirit ) jyoung@yklaw.com ( Spirit ) john.f redericksen@suncountry.com anita.mosner@hklaw.com (UPS) howard.kass@usairways.com jegillick@zsrlaw.com ( Virgin America ) john.varley@virgin america.com mlbenge@zsrlaw.com (World) william.stallings@usdoj.gov dwight.moore@ustranscom.mil john.allen@faa.gov

Annal ei Avanc eña International Regulatory A dvisor United Air Lines, Inc. July 17, 2012