BEFORE THE 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF THE SECRET ARY 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Application of 

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SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES 

CORPORATION Docket No. OST-2014-

for Exemption Authority pursuant to 

49 u.s.c. § 40109 

(Saudi Arabia - Los Angeles) 

Of Counsel: 

MOTION OF SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES CORPORATION 

TO SHORTEN ANSWER PERIOD 

Communications with respect to this 

document should be 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 

Douglas N. Jacobson 

Jacobson Burton PLLC 

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 of Transportation to shorten the 

answer period for this application to March 10, 2014. Counsel will poll the carrier 

representatives and inform the Department of Transportation of the results. 
BEFORE THE 

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Application of 

SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES 

CORPORATION 

for Exemption Authority pursuant to 

49 u.s.c. § 40109 

(Saudi Arabia- Los Angeles) 

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Docket No. OST-2014-

MOTION OF SAUDI ARABIAN AIRLINES CORPORATION 

TO SHORTEN ANSWER PERIOD 

Saudi Arabian Airlines Corporation ("Saudi Arabian Airlines"), the flag air carrier of the 

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, hereby moves to shorten the answer period of the above-captioned 

application from fifteen (15) days to five (5) days, or until 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 order to 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 

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Airlines' counsel will poll all parties on the service list and advise the Department of the 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 l 0, 2014. 

This document has been served in accordance with the attached Certificate of Service. 

Of Counsel: 

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 

I hereby certify that the attached submission was served March 3, 2014 on the following 

parties via electronic mail and/or first-class mail, postage prepaid on the following: 

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 

DEL TA AIR LINES, INC. 

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com 

DATE: March 3, 2014 

The Honorable Kris Urs 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Transportation 

Affairs 

U.S Department of State 

urskr@state.gov 

Ms. Gina Marie Lindsey 

Mr. Samson Mengistu 

Los Angeles World Airports 

1 World Way 

Los Angeles, CA 9004 

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