BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, DC

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Application of :

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CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC. : Docket DOT-OST-2003-16302

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for an exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 :

(Houston-Manzanillo) :

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APPLICATION OF 

UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

FOR RENEWAL

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

Hershel I. Kamen

Senior Vice President-Alliances,

 Regulatory and Policy

Daniel A. Weiss

Managing Director-International

 Affairs and Regulatory

UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

77 West Wacker Drive

HDQIZ

Chicago, IL 60601

(312) 997-7573

hershel.kamen@united.com

dan.weiss@united.com

Steve Morrissey

Managing Director-Regulatory Affairs 

 and Policy

Karine R. Faden

Managing Counsel-Regulatory, Antitrust &

 Competition

UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

1225 New York Avenue, N.W.

Suite 1100 DCAIZ/DCALD

Washington, DC 20005

(202) 521-4373

(202) 521-4363

steve.morrissey@united.com

karine.faden@united.com

May 13, 2013

Thomas Newton Bolling

Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

James F. Conneely

Counsel-Regulatory

UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

233 South Wacker Drive

11th Floor - HDQLD

Chicago, IL 60606

(872) 825-8068

thomas.bolling@united.com

james.conneely@united.com

Douglas P. Kelley

Senior Attorney-Regulatory, Antitrust & 

Competition

UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

1600 Smith Street

HQSLG-15

Houston, TX 77002

(713) 324-5156

doug.kelley@united.com

Lorraine B. Halloway

Gerald F. Murphy

CROWELL & MORING LLP

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20004

(202) 624-2500

lhalloway@crowell.com

gmurphy@crowell.com

Counsel for

United Airlines, Inc.
BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, DC

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:

Application of :

:

CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC. : Docket DOT-OST-2003-16302

:

for an exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 :

(Houston-Manzanillo) :

:

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APPLICATION OF 

UNITED AIRLINES, INC.

FOR RENEWAL

United1applies pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and Subpart C of the Department's Rules 

of Practice for renewal of its exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41101 permitting it to provide 

scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Houston and 

Manzanillo, Mexico on a seasonal basis.

2

 United asks the Department to renew this authority 

effective for a period of at least two years or until the Department acts on United’s application to 

amend its Route 561 certificate to incorporate Houston-Manzanillo authority.3 

United states as follows in support of this renewal application: 

 

1 Common names are used for airlines. 

2 By Order 2011-3-14, the Department reissued authorities previously issued only to 

United or Continental, including the Houston-Manzanillo exemption authority that is the subject 

of this renewal application, in the name of “Continental Airlines, Inc. and/or United Air Lines, 

Inc.” Subsequently, by Order 2013-3-14, the Department reissued United’s certificate and other 

economic authorities on a blanket basis to reflect the completion of the United/Continental merger 

and integration process and United’s new corporate name “United Airlines, Inc.” effective as of 

March 31, 2013. 

3 Continental applied for Houston-Manzanillo certificate authority in Docket DOTOST-1999-5868 on November 30, 2004. When the Department acts on that application, United 

asks that the requested authority be issued to United.
Renewal Application of United

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1. United’s exemption authority to provide scheduled service between Houston and 

Manzanillo on a seasonal basis was originally granted to Continental by Notice of Action Taken 

dated November 5, 2003, and such authority was most recently renewed by Notice of Action 

Taken dated July 12, 2011, in this docket. Absent renewal, this authority will expire July 12, 

2013. 

2. Renewal of United’s exemption authority will permit it to continue providing 

year-round Houston-Manzanillo service, either by placing its code on United Express carrier

flights or by operating its own flights with larger aircraft. The authority requested will also 

allow United to continue to tailor its capacity to demand by shifting between small and large 

aircraft, to offer additional on-line U.S.-Mexico service, and to increase the service options 

available to the U.S. traveling public. Renewal of United’s exemption authority is consistent 

with the U.S.-Mexico bilateral aviation agreement.

3. United holds various certificates of public convenience and necessity and 

exemptions authorizing it to engage in scheduled air transportation of persons, property and mail 

between the U.S. and foreign countries, and United is fit, willing and able to provide the service 

for which it seeks renewal. See, e.g., Orders 2007-4-19 (Blanket Open Skies), 2010-5-17 (U.S.-

Mexico) and 2013-3-14 (reissuing United/Continental authorities to United); and Notices of 

Action Taken dated February 6, 2013 in Docket DOT-OST-2013-0019 (Austin-San Jose del 

Cabo) and July 18, 2012 in Docket DOT-OST-2012-0113 (Chicago-Monterrey). Pursuant to 

Rule 24 of the Department’s Rules of Practice, United requests that the Department take official 

notice of all information and data that have been filed to establish its fitness.

4. United invokes the automatic extension provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 558(c), as 

implemented by Part 377 of the Department’s Special Regulations, to continue this authority in 

effect pending action on this renewal application.