BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________ ) ) Application of ) ) AEROVIAS DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. ) DOCKET OST

- 2012

- 0135 ) for renewal of codeshare

- only ) exemption authority ) ( various Mexico

- U.S. markets) ) __________________________________________)

APPLICATION OF AEROVIAS DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:
John R. Mietus, Jr. L aw Office of John Mietus, LLC 6701 Democracy Blvd., Suite 300 Bethesda, MD 20817

- 7500 (202) 747

- 5212 john@mietuslaw.com
Counsel for AEROVIAS DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V.

NOTICE: Any person may support or oppose this application by filing an answer and serving a copy of the answer on counsel for Aero mexico and upon persons served with this application no later than May 18 , 2015. May 1, 2015BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________ ) ) Application of ) ) AEROVIAS DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. ) DOCKET OST

- 2012

- 0135 ) Ma y 1, 2015 for renewal of codeshare

- only ) exemption authority ) ( various Mexico

- U.S. markets) ) __________________________________________)

APPLICATION OF AEROVIAS DE MEXICO, S.A. DE C.V. FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109(c), Aerovias de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. ("Aeromexico") respectfully requests renewal of its exemption authority to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail , solely by placing its AM designator code on flights of Delta Air Lines, Inc. (“Delta”) in the following thirteen U.S.

- Mexico markets as granted by the
Notice of Action Taken issued May 5, 2014 in the above

- captioned docket:

Columbus

- Cancun Milwaukee

- Canc un MSP

- Ixtapa/Zihuatenejo Detroit

- Cozumel MSP

- Cozumel Nashville

- Cancun Detroit

- Puerto Vallarta MSP

- Mazatlan Tampa

- Cancun Detroit

- San Jose del Cabo MSP

- Puerto Vallarta Indianapolis

- Cancun MSP

- San Jose del Cabo (MSP = Minneapolis/St. Paul) Aeromexico requests that exemption authority for these th irteen markets be
renewed for a n additional, one

- year period. Aeromexico intends to invoke the automatic extension provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 558(c) and Part 377 of the- 2

- Aeromexico Renewal Application Department's Special Regulations. In support of this application, Aeromexico
states as follows:
1. Aero mexico is a flag carrier of the United Mexican States an d currently holds a permit, Order 91

- 5

- 25, and various exemp tions which
authorize service between Mexico and numerous U.S. points. Pursuant to this authority, Aeromexico provides extensive transborder service.

2. By this application, Aeromexico seeks ren ewal of its code

- share exemption authority to serve the markets listed above. Exemption authority
for these markets is scheduled to expire on Ma y 1, 2015

. As to each market,
Aeromexico either is offering nonstop, code

- share service or wishes to maintain authority so that it can resume such service should conditions
warrant. Aeromexico’s services in Mexico

- U.S. markets provide significant
b enefits to the traveling public . Consequently, Aeromexico seeks to renew
th e authority to serve a ll of these markets for an additional year.

3. Renewal of the exemption authority is consistent with the Air Transport Agreement, as amended in 1999 and 2005 , between the United
Mexican States and the United States and with Department code

- sharing policies set forth in Order 99

- 6

- 6. Aero mexico continues to hold authority from the DGAC to serve these transborder routes. Thus, the requested renewal meets the public interest standard of 49 U.S.C. § 40109(c) . Further, the request is limited in scope and should not be controversial.- 3

- Aeromexico Renewal Application 

### WHEREFORE, Aerovias de Mexico, S.A. d e C.V. respectfully requests
that the Departm e nt ren e w the code-share exemption authority for the
markets listed above and grant such other relief as may be necessary or
proper.

May 1 , 2015 Respectfully submitted,

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### Law Office of Jo ietus , LLC 6701 Democracy lvd., Suite 300 Bethesda, MD 20817- 7 500 (202) 747-5212 john @ mietuslaw.com
Counse l for AEROVIAS DE MEXICO , S.A. DE C.V.

### CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I h e r eby certify th a t I h ave, thi s 1 s t d ay of May, 20 1 5 ca u se d a co p y o f

t h e foregoing Application for Ren ewa l t o b e se rv e d by e l ect r o ni c m a il o n t h e following per so n s :
sascha.vanderbellen, chris.walker@delta

. com howard.kass, robert.wirick@aa.com gmu rphy, sse iden@crowell.com for United dan.weiss, steve.morrissey@united.com nssparks, gbleopard@fedex.com jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com + jcanny@amerijet.com anita.mosner, jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com for UPS jhill , perkmann@cooley.com for H awaiian esahr, dderco@eckertseamans.com + robert.land@jetblue.com thomas.ting@suncountry.com bob.kneisley, leslie

. abbott@wnco.com for Southwest and AirTran matwood, s l achter@cozen.com for Frontier jyoung, dkirstein@yklaw

. com for Spirit robert

. cohn, patrick.rizzi@hoganlo v ells.com for Republic barbara.russell@virginamerica.com dheffernan@cozen

. com + Jeremy.ross@alaskaair .c om englets@state.gov john.s.duncan@faa

. gov