BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

__________________________________________ 

 ) 

Application of ) 

 ) 

AEROVIAS DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. ) 

 ) DOCKET OST-2012-0202

for renewal of authority ) 

(US-Mexico code-sharing with ) 

Alaska/Horizon) ) 

__________________________________________) 

APPLICATION OF AEROVIAS DE MEXICO, 

S.A. DE C.V. FOR RENEWAL 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

John R. Mietus, Jr. 

Law Office of John Mietus, LLC 

6701 Democracy Blvd., Suite 300 

Bethesda, MD 20817-7500

(202) 747-5212 

(240) 396-5362 fax 

john@mietuslaw.com 

Counsel for AEROVIAS DE MEXICO, 

S.A. DE C.V.

 

NOTICE: Any person may support or oppose this application by filing an 

answer and serving a copy of the answer on counsel for 

Aeromexico and upon persons served with this application no 

later than December 27, 2013.

December 12, 2013
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

__________________________________________ 

 ) 

Application of ) 

 ) 

AEROVIAS DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. ) 

 ) DOCKET OST-2012-0202

for renewal of authority ) December 12, 2013 

(US-Mexico code-sharing with ) 

Alaska/Horizon) ) 

__________________________________________) 

APPLICATION OF AEROVIAS DE MEXICO, 

S.A. DE C.V. FOR RENEWAL 

 Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109(c), Aerovias de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. 

("Aeromexico") respectfully requests renewal, for an additional, one-year 

period, of the exemption authority and special authorization granted in the 

above-captioned docket by Notice of Action Taken dated December 13, 2012 

(the “Notice”). The exemption authority permits Aeromexico to conduct 

scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail by 

displaying its "AM" designator code on flights operated by Alaska Airlines, 

Inc. or Horizon Air Industries, Inc.: 

(1) on transborder flights in the following markets: 

Los Angeles-Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo Los Angeles-San Jose del Cabo 

Los Angeles-La Paz San Diego-Puerto Vallarta 

Los Angeles-Loreto San Francisco-Puerto Vallarta 

Los Angeles-Manzanillo San Francisco-San Jose del Cabo 

Los Angeles-Mazatlan San Jose-Guadalajara 

Los Angeles-Puerto Vallarta San Jose-San Jose del Cabo; and 

(2) between points in Mexico and points in the United States and beyond 

Aeromexico’s authorized U.S. gateways for transborder services, for 
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the purpose of blind sector codeshare services operated between the 

U.S. gateway points and other points within the United States. 

The special authorization allows Aeromexico, pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 216, 

to provide blind-sector service between its authorized U.S. gateways and 

points in third countries, either nonstop or via intermediate points in third 

countries, for the carriage of Aeromexico’s authorized Mexico-U.S. traffic in 

combination with Mexico-third country traffic (with no local traffic rights 

between the U.S. and third countries). Aeromexico intends to invoke the 

automatic extension provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 558(c) and Part 377 of the 

Department's Special Regulations. In support of this application, Aeromexico 

states as follows: 

1. Aeromexico is a flag carrier of the United Mexican States and 

currently holds a permit, Order 91-5-25, and various exemptions which 

authorize service between Mexico and numerous U.S. points. Pursuant to 

this authority, Aeromexico provides extensive transborder service.

2. By this application, Aeromexico seeks renewal of its exemption to 

serve the transborder markets listed above, and U.S. points beyond its 

authorized U.S. gateways on a blind-sector basis, by displaying its AM* code 

on flights operated by Alaska or Horizon; it also seeks renewal of the special 

authorization that supports third-country, blind-sector code-sharing. The 

authority is scheduled to expire on December 13, 2013. Code-sharing services 

on Alaska/Horizon-operated flights provide additional competition and