Application of 

BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

PERSONAS Y PAQUETES POR AIRE, 

S.A. de C.V., 

Docket DOT -OST -1999-6231 

d/b/a AIRLINK, d/b/a AIR TRIBE, and 

d/b/a US-MX Airlink 

for an exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 

(U.S./Mexico Charter Air Transportation) 

APPLICATION OF 

PERSONAS Y PAQUETES POR AIRE, S.A. de C.V., 

d/b/a AIRLINK, d/b/a AIR TRIBE, and d/b/a US-MX Airlink 

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, VA 20166 

Tel: 202-331-3300 

Fax: 202-331-3322 

E-mail: airlaw@rollerbauer.com 

Attorneys for 

Personas y Paquetes Por Aire, S.A. de C.V., 

d/b/a AIRLINK, d/b/a AIR TRIBE, and 

d/b/a US-MX Airlink 
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Application of 

PERSONAS Y PAQUETES POR AIRE, 

S.A. de C.V., 

d/b/a AIRLINK, d/b/a AIR TRIBE, and 

d/b/a US-MX Airlink 

for an exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 

(U.S./Mexico Charter Air Transportation) 

APPLICATION OF 

Docket DOT -OST -1999-6231 

PERSONAS Y PAQUETES POR AIRE, S.A. de C.V., 

d/b/a AIRLINK, d/b/a AIR TRIBE, and d/b/a US-MX Airlink 

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION 

April 30, 2015 

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. §401 09 and Subpart C of the Department's Rules 

of Practice, Personas y Paquetes Por Aire, S.A. de C.V., doing business as 

AIRLINK, doing business as AIR TRIBE, and doing business as US-MX Airlink 

("PPA"), hereby applies for renewal of its exemption from 49 U.S.C. §41301, 

which authorizes PPA to engage in charter foreign air transportation 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, continued 
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relief from the Department's requirement to provide advance notice of each flight, 

or series of flights, between Mexico and the United States. 

The Department granted the above authority to PPA pursuant to a Notice 

of Action Taken dated May 6, 2013. PPA requests that the Department renew 

this authority, which is scheduled to expire May 6, 2015, for a period of at least 

two years. 

PPA invokes the automatic extension provisions of the 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 of this 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 that there 

have been no changes to the company's corporate address or ownership during 

the past two years. See Exhibit A, however, for information regarding PPA's 

request to use US-MX Airlink as another d/b/a, and changes in PPA's key 

personnel, fleet of aircraft, and aircraft liability insurance coverage. As modified 

by the changes described in this application, PPA hereby validates and resubmits 
PERSONAS Y PAQUETES POR AIRE, S.A. de C.V. 

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by reference information it previously submitted in DOT Docket DOT-OST-1999-

6231. 

2. PPA's Mexican authority to engage in transborder charter 

passenger and cargo service remains in full force and effect, as does its U.S. 

authority pursuant to the company's Part 129 Operations Specifications from the 

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).1' See Exhibit 8 for a copy of PPA's 

current Air 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 

consistent with Annex II to the U.S.-Mexico Air Transport Agreement and are, 

therefore, presumptively in the public interest. The Department's grants to PPA 

of stopover privileges and relief from the advance notice requirement for MexicoU.S. transborder charter flights are based on principles of comity and reciprocity 

and on public interest grounds, since PPA will be conducting its charter 

operations solely with small aircraft. PPA submits that continuation of these 

extra-bilateral authorizations is warranted, given the present state of aviation 

relations between Mexico and the United States. 

lt Personas y Paquetes Por Aire 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 for ten passenger seats or up to 2,000 pounds of 

cargo. The company's two Convair 580s and its new Lear Jet 45 are configured to carry up to 

8,000 pounds of cargo. 
PERSONAS Y PAQUETES POR AIRE, S.A. de C.V. 

RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION 

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The services provided by PPA satisfy a continuing commercial need. 

They foster business activities and economic opportunities between Mexico and 

the United States and thereby further the objectives of the North American Free 

Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Accordingly, renewal of all elements of PPA's 

authority would be in the public interest. 

4. PPA's renewal application is limited in scope and is noncontroversial. PPA's proposed air transportation services are unchanged from 

those it performed between Mexico and the United States during the past two 

years, i.e., charter transportation of cargo and customized transport services 

(including air ambulance service) for executives and their guests using small 

aircraft. 

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WHEREFORE, Personas y Paquetes Por Aire, S.A. de C.V., d/b/a/ 

AIRLINK, d/b/a AIR TRIBE, and d/b/a US-MX Airlink respectfully requests 

renewal of its authority to engage in charter foreign air transportation of 

passengers and cargo between Mexico and the United States using small 

aircraft, as set forth herein, and such other relief as may be in the public interest. 

April 30, 2015 

Respectfully submitted, 

e ~;L- -:-) 

~ Lee A. Bauer 

ROLLER & BAUER, PLLC 

Attorneys for 

Personas y Paquetes Por Aire, S.A. de C.V., 

d/b/a AIRLINK, d/b/a AIR TRIBE, and 

d/b/a US-MX Airlink 
PERSONAS Y PAQUETES POR AIRE, S.A. de C.V. 

RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION 

EXHIBIT A 

CHANGES IN OPERATION 

ADDITIONAL TRADE NAME. Personas y Paquetes Por Aire now also does 

business as "US-MX Airlink", in addition to d/b/a "AIRLINK" and "AIR TRIBE". 

Please incorporate this new d/b/a into the renewal of the company's exemption 

authority. 

KEY PERSONNEL. Jessica Faubert has taken over for her father as the 

company's CEO. Ms. Faubert, after receiving her B.A. in marketing in December 

2002, spent a year as a research specialist with the Trade Commission of 

Mexico in Hong Kong. She worked with PPA from 2004-2008, first as Customer 

Service and Operations Manager and 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. After graduation, she 

gained work experience at Bain & Company as a Summer Associate, 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 of Jalisco. Her complete address is available upon request. Ms. Faubert is 

the niece of Antonio Lopez Velasco, PPA's Finance Directory. 
PERSONAS Y PAQUETES POR AIRE, S.A. de C.V. 

RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION 

EXHIBIT A 

CHANGES IN OPERATION, cont. 

FLEET OF AIRCRAFT. PPA recently acquired a new Lear Jet 45 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 of placing 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 current fleet appears below: 

AIRCRAFT 

REGISTRATION AIRCRAFT TYPE PASSENGER SEATS I CARGO CAPACITY 

XA-TYW Learjet 250 9 passenger seats I 2,000 lbs. 

XA-UKF Learjet 35A 8 passenger seats 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 passenger seats 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 

for the 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 Lear Jet 35A) and XA-GJC (a Cessna 650); and Starr Indemnity and 

Liability Co., through Starr Aviation Agency, Inc. (50%), StarNet Insurance Co. 

through Berkley Aviation (15°/o), and Great American 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. 

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EXHIBIT 8 

CERTIFICADO DE EXPLOTADOR 

DE SERVICIOS AEREOS 

(AOC) 
ESTADOS UNIDOS MEXICANOS 

SECRET ARiA DE COMUNICACIONES Y TRANSPORTES 

SUBSECRETARiA DE TRANSPORTE 

DIRECCION GENERAL DE AERONAUTICA CIVIL 

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(])fE StE~o/ICIOS )IP.~OS (AIR OPERATOR CERTIFICATE) 

(}_X£/BSO:N)IS cy CfJ)fQVP/l!ES ro1{ )1.1~, S. )1.. m C. tV, 

}IOC No. P:PQ/ 2004 

Responsable general de Ia operaci6n: 

(Operartion general manage1) 

Telefono (telephone): 

Fax: 

Correo electr6nico (e-mail): 

Datos de contacto operacionales 

(Operational contact data) 

SAN GONZALO No.1859 

FRACC.SANTAISABEL,ZAPOPAN 

C.P. 45110 JALISCO, MEXICO. 

Lie. Jessica Faubert Lopez Velasco 

+01 (333) 648 14 90 

+01 (333) 648 14 90 

Jessica. faubert@usmxairlink.com 

La informacion de contacto donde se puede ubicar a las autoridades de gesti6n operacional sin demoras indebidas se proporciona en: 

(Contact information where you can locate the operational management without undue delay provided in) 

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 Section A6 attached to this 

certificate). 

El presente documento certifica que Personas y Paquetes por Aire, 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 de validez. 

The present document certifies that Personas y Paquetes por Aire, S.A. de C. V. has met the requirements of the Civil Aviation Law of Mexican 

United States and related operating regulations and rules prescribed thereunder for the issuance of this certificate and is hereby authorized to conduct 

commercial air transportation operations in accordance whit said operating regulations and rules prescribed thereunder and the term, conditions and 

limitations contained in t11e attached Specific Operating Provisions. f 

I ', 

This certificate is not transferable and, unless sooner ~if;ndered, suspended or revoked, shall c~ntinue fti effect until the indicated date. 

I \ , / ~ 

EL DIREctrO , GENERAL DE ERONAUTICA CIVIL 

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Fecha de emisi6n (Issue date): 2" julio de 2014 (July 22th, 2qt4). \ A. "' 

Fecha de efectividad (Effective date): 22 de julio de 2014 (July 22th, 2~14). \ \ 

Fecha de vigencia (Expiration date): 22 de julio de 2016 (July 22th. 2P16). J \ 

\ I \_ , Cualquier modificaci6n en las limitaciones o en los datos del titular del certificado, debera ser sol!sjtado a Ia Direcd_6n .General de Aeronautica Civil. 1 

Cualquier alteraci6n a este certificado sin consentimiento por escrito de Ia Direcci6n General de Aeronautica Civil, sera sancionado conforme a lo establecido en Ia Ley de 7 

Aviaci6n Civil. 

Forma lA - 69/2002 R-1 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing application of Personas y Paquetes 

Par Aire, S.A. de C.V., d/b/a AIRLINK, d/b/a AIR TRIBE, and d/b/a US-MX Airlink was 

served upon all parties named on the following Service List via e-mail this 30th day of 

April 2015. No indication was received that any transmission 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 for Alaska Airlines 

Robert A. Wirick 

Managing Directory Regulatory and 

International Affairs - Government Affairs 

American Airlines, Inc. 

4333 Amon Carter Blvd. 

MD5535 HDQ1 

Ft. Worth, TX 76155 

robert. wirick@aa.com 

Alexander Van der Sellen 

Managing Director- Government Affairs & 

Associate General Counsel 

Delta Air Lines, Inc. 

1212 New York 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 Frontier Airlines, 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 West Wacker Drive-HDQIZ 

Chicago, IL 60601 

dan. weiss@united.com 

Stephen Morrissey 

Managing Director-Regulatory and Policy 

United Airlines, Inc. 

1225 New York Avenue, NW-DCAIZ 

Suite 1100 

Washington, DC 20005 

steve. morrissey@ united. com