BEFORE THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OFTRANSPORTATION OFFICE OFTHE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C. Application of ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES CORPORATION DocketNo. OST-2014- for Exemption Authority pursuant to 49

# u.s.c. §40109 (Saudi Arabia

- Los Angeles)

OfCounsel: MOTION OF SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES CORPORATION TO SHORTEN ANSWER PERIOD Communications withrespecttothis document shouldbe addressed to: George T. Boggs Henry C. Cashen II DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP 1825 Eye Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Tel: (202)420-2203 Fax: (202) 379-9277 Email: boggsg@dicksteinshapiro.com Counsel for Saudi Arabian Airlines Corporation DouglasN. Jacobson Jacobson BurtonPLLC DATED: NOTICE: March 3, 2014 Any person who wishes to support or oppose this Application may file an answer.and serve that answer on counsel identified above and all persons served with a copy of this application. Saudi Arabian Airlines has, by separate motion filed and served with this application, requested the Department ofTransportation to shorten the answerperiod for this application to March 10, 2014. Counsel will poll the carrier representatives and inform the Department ofTransportation ofthe results.BEFORE THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C. 

### Application of SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES CORPORATION 

### for Exemption Authority pursuantto 49

# u.s.c. §40109 (Saudi Arabia- Los Angeles) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 

### DocketNo. OST-2014-

MOTION OF SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES CORPORATION TO SHORTEN ANSWER PERIOD 

### Saudi Arabian Airlines Corporation ("Saudi Arabian Airlines"), the flag air carrier ofthe Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, hereby moves to shorten the answer period ofthe above-captioned application from fifteen (15) days to five (5) days, oruntil March 10, 2014. In its corresponding application in this docket, Saudi Arabian Airlines is seeking an exemption from 49 U.S.C. 

### § 41301 in order to conduct scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail on the following route: Riyadh

- Jeddah - Los Angeles

- Jeddah

- Riyadh. Saudi Arabian Airlines seeks to shorten the answer period so that it may begin to market and sell the service as soon as possible since the proposed service is scheduled to commence on March 31, 2014. In orderto expedite this matter all parties on the attached service list will be served with a copy of this Motion and the corresponding Application for an Exemption. Saudi Arabian

Page 2of4Airlines' counsel will poll all parties on the service list and advise the Department ofthe results. CONCLUSION WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, Saudi Arabian Airlines respectfully requests the Department to shorten the answer period on the above captioned Application for Exemption from fifteen (15) days to five (5) days, or until March l0, 2014. This document has been served in accordance with the attached Certificate ofService.

OfCounsel: Douglas N. Jacobson Jacobson Burton PLLC
DATED: March 3, 2014 Respectfully submitted,

George T. Boggs Henry C. Cashen II DICKSTEIN SHAPIRO LLP 1825 Eye Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20006 Tel: (202)420-2203 Fax: (202) 379-9277 Email: boge:sg@dicksteinshapiro.com Counsel for Saudi Arabian Airlines

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### CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE Iherebycertifythatthe attached submission was servedMarch 3, 2014 onthefollowing partiesvia electronic mail and/orfirst-class mail, postageprepaidonthefollowing: Mr. Hershel I. Kamen Mr. Daniel A. Weiss Mr. Steve Morrissey UNITED AIRLINES, INC. hershel.kamen@united.com dan.weiss@united.com steve.morrissey@united.com Mr. Robert Wirick Mr. Francis Heil Mr. Howard Kass AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP, INC. Robert.wirick@aa.com Francis.heil@aa.com Howard.Kass@aa.com Mr. Sascha Van der Bellen DELTA AIR LINES, INC. sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

DATE: March 3, 2014 The Honorable Kris Urs Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation Affairs U.S Department ofState urskr@state.gov

Ms. Gina Marie Lindsey Mr. Samson Mengistu Los Angeles World Airports 1World Way Los Angeles, CA 9004

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