Application of BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

PERSONASY PAQUETES PORAIRE, S.A. de C.V., Docket DOT-OST-1999-6231 d/b/a AIRLINK, d/b/aAIRTRIBE, and d/b/a US-MXAirlink for an exemption from 49 U.S.C. 

### § 41301 (U.S./Mexico CharterAirTransportation)

APPLICATION OF 

### PERSONAS Y PAQUETES PORAIRE, S.A. de C.V.,

d/b/aAIRLINK, d/b/aAIR TRIBE, and d/b/a US-MXAirlink FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION

Communications concerning this document may be served upon:

April 30, 2015 Lee A. Bauer ROLLER & BAUER, PLLC Washington Dulles International Airport 45005 Aviation Drive, Suite 200 Dulles, VA20166 Tel: 202-331-3300 Fax: 202-331-3322 E-mail: airlaw@rollerbauer.com Attorneys for Personas y Paquetes PorAire, S.A. de C.V., d/b/aAIRLINK, d/b/a AIR TRIBE, and d/b/a US-MXAirlinkBEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

Application of
PERSONAS Y PAQUETES PORAIRE, S.A. de C.V., d/b/aAIRLINK, d/b/a AIR TRIBE, and d/b/a US-MXAirlink for an exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 (U.S./Mexico CharterAirTransportation)

APPLICATION OF Docket DOT-OST-1999-6231



### PERSONAS Y PAQUETES PORAIRE, S.A. de C.V.,

d/b/aAIRLINK, d/b/a AIR TRIBE, and d/b/a US-MXAirlink FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION April 30, 2015
Pursuantto 49 U.S.C. §40109 and Subpart C ofthe Department's Rules of Practice, Personas y Paquetes PorAire, S.A. de C.V., doing business as AIRLINK, doing business as AIR TRIBE, and doing business as US-MXAirlink ("PPA"), hereby applies for renewal of its exemption from 49 U.S.C. §41301, which authorizes PPAto engage in charterforeign airtransportation of passengers and cargo between Mexico and the United States, and other passenger and cargo charter operations in accordance with 14 C.F.R. Part 212, using small aircraft. PPA also requests renewal of its stopover privileges for its passenger operations and, for both passenger and cargo operations, continuedPERSONAS Y PAQUETES POR AIRE, S.A. de C.V. RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION Page 2

relieffrom the Department's requirement to provide advance notice ofeach flight,
or series offlights, between Mexico and the United States.

The Department granted the above authorityto PPA pursuantto a Notice ofAction Taken dated May 6, 2013. PPA requests thatthe Department renew this authority, which is scheduled to expire May 6, 2015, for a period ofat least two years.

PPA invokes the automatic extension provisions ofthe Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. §558(c), as implemented by 14 C.F.R. Part 377, to maintain its exemption authority in effect pending a final Department determination on this renewal application.

In support ofthis application, PPA states as follows:

1. PPA continues to be financially fit, and is willing and able to provide charter passenger and cargo services using small aircraft. PPA reports thatthere have been no changes to the company's corporate address or ownership during the pasttwo years. See ExhibitA, however, for information regarding PPA's request to use US-MXAirlink as anotherd/b/a, and changes in PPA's key personnel, fleet ofaircraft, and aircraft liability insurance coverage. As modified by the changes described in this application, PPA herebyvalidates and resubmitsPERSONAS Y PAQUETES POR AIRE, S.A. de C.V. RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION Page 

### 3 by reference information it previously submitted in DOT Docket DOT-OST-1999- 6231.

2. PPA's Mexican authorityto engage in transborder charter passenger and cargo service remains in full force and effect, as does its U.S. authority pursuantto the company's Part 129 Operations Specifications from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).1' See Exhibit 8 for a copy of PPA's currentAir Operator's Certificate (AOC) from the Direcci6n General de Aeronautica Civil in Mexico ("DGAC").

3. PPA's Third and Fourth Freedom charter authorities are fully consistentwith Annex II to the U.S.-MexicoAirTransportAgreement and are, therefore, presumptively in the public interest. The Department's grants to PPA ofstopover privileges and relieffrom the advance notice requirement for MexicoU.S. transborder charterflights are based on principles ofcomity and reciprocity and on public interest grounds, since PPAwill be conducting its charter operations solely with small aircraft. PPA submits that continuation ofthese extra-bilateral authorizations is warranted, given the present state ofaviation relations between Mexico and the United States.

lt Personas y Paquetes PorAire has held Part 129 Operations Specifications from the FAA International Field Office in Dallas/Ft. Worth since 2000. The company's largest passenger aircraft, a Cessna Citation Ill, is configured forten passengerseats or up to 2,000 pounds of cargo. The company's two Convair 580s and its new LearJet45 are configured to carry up to 8,000 pounds ofcargo.PERSONAS Y PAQUETES PORAIRE, S.A. de C.V. RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION Page 4

The services provided by PPA satisfy a continuing commercial need. Theyfoster business activities and economic opportunities between Mexico and the United States and thereby furtherthe objectives ofthe North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Accordingly, renewal ofall elements of PPA's authoritywould be in the public interest.

4. PPA's renewal application is limited in scope and is noncontroversial. PPA's proposed airtransportation services are unchanged from those it performed between Mexico and the United States during the pasttwo years, i.e., chartertransportation ofcargo and customized transport services (including air ambulance service) for executives and their guests using small aircraft.

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WHEREFORE, Personas y Paquetes PorAire, S.A. de C.V., d/b/a/ AIRLINK, d/b/aAIR TRIBE, and d/b/a US-MXAirlink respectfully requests renewal of its authorityto engage in charterforeign airtransportation of passengers and cargo between Mexico and the United States using small aircraft, as setforth herein, and such other relief as may be in the public interest.

April 30, 2015 Respectfully submitted, 

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### &BAUER, PLLC Attorneys for Personas y Paquetes PorAire, S.A. de C.V., d/b/aAIRLINK, d/b/a AIR TRIBE, and d/b/a US-MXAirlinkPERSONAS Y PAQUETES PORAIRE, S.A. de C.V. RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION EXHIBITA


### CHANGES IN OPERATION
ADDITIONAL TRADE NAME. Personas y Paquetes PorAire now also does business as "US-MXAirlink", in addition to d/b/a "AIRLINK" and "AIR TRIBE". Please incorporate this new d/b/a into the renewal ofthe company's exemption authority.

KEY PERSONNEL. Jessica Faubert has taken overfor herfather as the company's CEO. Ms. Faubert, after receiving her B.A. in marketing in December 2002, spent a year as a research specialistwith the Trade Commission of Mexico in Hong Kong. She worked with PPAfrom 2004-2008, first as Customer Service and Operations Managerand later as Marketing and Sales Director, before leaving to pursue her M.B.A., which she obtained from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University in June 2010. Aftergraduation, she gained work experience at Bain 

### &Company as a SummerAssociate, later as Consultant, and finally as Case Team Leader, before returning to PPA as CEO in March 2013. She is a dual U.S./Mexican citizen and resides in the Mexican state ofJalisco. Her complete address is available upon request. Ms. Faubert is the niece ofAntonio Lopez Velasco, PPA's Finance Directory.PERSONAS Y PAQUETES POR AIRE, S.A. de C.V. RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION EXHIBITA 

### CHANGES IN OPERATION, cont.
FLEET OF AIRCRAFT. PPA recently acquired a new Lear Jet45 aircraft, bearing Mexican registration XA-USP. PPA has completed the process of having this aircraft added to its AOC with the DGAC in Mexico and is in the process ofplacing the aircraft on its FAA Operations Specifications. PPA also advises that it has removed two aircraft from its fleet, a Learjet 25 bearing Mexican registration XA-LNK, and a King Air C90, bearing Mexican registration XA-ACG. A complete listing of PPA's currentfleet appears below:

AIRCRAFT REGISTRATION AIRCRAFTTYPE PASSENGER SEATS I CARGO CAPACITY XA-TYW Learjet 250 9 passengerseats I 2,000 lbs. XA-UKF Learjet 35A 8 passengerseats I 2,000 lbs. XA-GJC Citation Ill 10 passenger seats I 2,000 lbs. XA-UPL Convair 580 NIA I 8,000 lbs. XA-TRB Convair 580 NIA I 8,000 lbs. XA-USP Learjet 45 7 passengerseats I 8,000 lbs.

AIRCRAFT INSURANCE. PPA insures XA-USP, (its new Learjet 45 aircraft) with Seguros Afirme, S.A. de C.V., Afirme Grupo Financiero. Aircraft insurance forthe other aircraft in the fleet has also changed. Grupo Mexicano de Seguros, S.A. de C.V. now insures XA-TYW (a Lear Jet 250); Seguros Atlas, S.A. insures XA-UKF (a LearJet 35A) and XA-GJC (a Cessna 650); and Starr Indemnity and Liability Co., through StarrAviation Agency, Inc. (50%), StarNet Insurance Co. through BerkleyAviation (15°/o), and GreatAmerican Insurance Co. (35o/o), insures XA-UPL and XA-TRB (both Convair 580 aircraft). For each insurance policy, PPA carries combined single limit of liability insurance coverage that exceeds the requirements of 14 C.F.R. Part 205. A new/updated Foreign Air Carriers Certificates of Insurance (OST Forms 6411) for each aircraft have already submitted to FAA.PERSONAS Y PAQUETES POR AIRE, S.A. de C.V. RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION EXHIBIT 8



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o Manual General de Operaciones, Capitulo 1, Secci6n 6 (General operations manual, chapter 1., section 6). • Secci6n A6 de las Especificaciones de Operaci6n anexas al presente certificado (Operations Specifications SectionA6 attachedto this certificate). El presente documento certifica que Personas y Paquetes porAire, S.A. de C.V. ha cumplido con los requerimientos establecidos en Ia Ley de Aviaci6n Civil, su Reglamento y Normas Oficiales Mexicanas correspondientes vigentes de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos y demas disposiciones aplicables, en raz6n de lo cual se le expide el presente certificado que le autoriza a realizar operaciones de transporte aereo comercial de conformidad con dicha Ley, Reglamento, Normas Oficiales Mexicanas y demas disposiciones aplicables, asi como con los terminos, condiciones y limitaciones previstos en las especificaciones de operaci6n anexas al presente. El presente certificado es intransferible y salvo renuncia de su titular, a menos que sea suspendido, revocado o cancelado, permanecera vigente durante Ia fecha de indicada, y en caso de que las condiciones y requisites que sirvieron de base para su otorgamiento no se mantengan actualizados, este carecera devalidez. The present document certifies that Personas y Paquetes porAire, S.A. de C. V. has met the requirements ofthe CivilAviation Law ofMexican United States and related operating regulations and rules prescribed thereunderfor the issuance ofthis certificate andis herebyauthorized to conduct commercial air transportation operations in accordance whit said operating regulations and rulesprescribed thereunderand the term, conditions and limitations containedin t11e attachedSpecific Operating Provisions. f I ', This certificate is nottransferable and, unless sooner

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### CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a copy ofthe foregoing application of Personas y Paquetes ParAire, S.A. de C.V., d/b/a AIRLINK, d/b/a AIR TRIBE, and d/b/a US-MXAirlinkwas served upon all parties named on the following Service List via e-mail this 30th day of April 2015. No indication was received that anytransmission by electronic mail had failed.

April 30, 2015 SERVICE LIST

David Heffernan Cozen O'Connor 1627 I Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 dheffernan@cozen.com Counsel forAlaskaAirlines
Robert A. Wirick Managing Directory Regulatory and International Affairs - GovernmentAffairs American Airlines, Inc. 4333 Amon Carter Blvd. MD5535 HDQ1 Ft. Worth, TX 76155 robert. wirick@aa.com
AlexanderVan der Sellen Managing Director- GovernmentAffairs & Associate General Counsel DeltaAir Lines, Inc. 1212 NewYork Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20005 sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com
James Speight Principal Operations Inspector Federal Aviation Administration International Field Office (DFW) 1432 Greenway Drive, #230 Irving, TX 75038 james.h.speight@faa.gov Mark Atwood Cozen O'Connor 1627 I Street, NW Washington, DC 20006 matwood@cozen.com Counsel for FrontierAirlines, Inc.
Howard Kass Managing Director & Associate General Counsel US Airways, Inc. 1401 H Street, NW; Suite 1075 Washington, DC 20005 howard_kass@usairways.com

Daniel A. Weiss Managing Director-International & Regulatory Affairs United Airlines, Inc. 77 WestWacker Drive-HDQIZ Chicago, IL 60601 dan. weiss@united.com Stephen Morrissey Managing Director-Regulatory and Policy UnitedAirlines, Inc. 1225 New York Avenue, NW-DCAIZ Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20005 steve.morrissey@united.com