BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Joint Application of 

CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LIMITED 

 and 

COMPANIA MEXICANA DE 

AVIACION, S.A. DE C.V. 

for statements of authorization under 

14 C.F.R. Part 212 (Mexico-Hong Kong 

via U.S.) 

Docket OST-2010- 

JOINT APPLICATION OF CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LIMITED 

AND COMPANIA MEXICANA DE AVIACION, S.A. DE C.V. 

FOR STATEMENTS OF AUTHORIZATION

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

John R. Mietus, Jr. 

William C. Evans 

Law Office of John Mietus, LLC 

6701 Democracy Blvd., Suite 300 

Bethesda, MD 20817-7500 

(202) 747-5212 - Telephone 

(240) 396-5362 - Fax 

john@mietuslaw.com 

bill@mietuslaw.com 

Counsel for CATHAY PACIFIC 

 AIRWAYS LIMITED 

Charles F. Donley II 

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP 

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

Washington, DC 20004 

(202) 626-6840 

cdonley@ssd.com 

Counsel for COMPANIA 

MEXICANA DE AVIACION, S.A. 

DE C.V. 

 

April 28, 2010 

Notice: The Joint Applicants request a waiver of the 45-day advance filing 

requirement under 14 C.F.R. § 212.10(d)(2) and will be polling the parties on 

the attached service list for their positions on the waiver and requested 

authority. 
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Joint Application of 

CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LIMITED 

 and 

COMPANIA MEXICANA DE 

AVIACION, S.A. DE C.V. 

for statements of authorization under 

14 C.F.R. Part 212 (Mexico-Hong Kong 

via U.S.) 

Docket OST-2010- 

April 28, 2010 

JOINT APPLICATION OF CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LIMITED 

AND COMPANIA MEXICANA DE AVIACION, S.A. DE C.V. 

FOR STATEMENTS OF AUTHORIZATION

 Pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212, Cathay Pacific Airways Limited 

("Cathay Pacific") and Compañía Mexicana de Aviacion, S.A. de C.V. 

(“Mexicana”) respectfully apply for statements of authorization to engage in 

certain code-sharing operations involving the transportation of persons, 

property, and mail between Mexico and Hong Kong via points in the United 

States. As Cathay Pacific and Mexicana wish to begin operating their 

services in June 2010, they request prompt approval of their application so 

that they may begin marketing these services without delay.1 The Joint 

1 To the extent necessary, the Joint Applicants respectfully request a waiver of 

the 45-day advance-filing requirement of 14 C.F.R. § 212.10(d)(2) and the 

suggested 30-day advance-filing requirement of paragraph 4.6 of the 2002 

U.S.-Hong Kong Memorandum of Understanding. The Joint Applicants will 

poll carriers on the attached service list as to their position on the waiver and 

application. 
Cathay Pacific and Mexicana 

Joint Application 

Page 2 

Applicants also request that this authority be granted for an indefinite 

period, subject to standard Department notice conditions. 

 1. Cathay Pacific and Mexicana recently signed a code-sharing 

agreement. Pursuant to this agreement, Cathay Pacific will place Mexicana's 

MX* code on Cathay Pacific flights between Los Angeles and San Francisco, 

on the one hand, and Hong Kong, on the other. Mexicana will place Cathay 

Pacific's CX* code on Mexicana flights between Los Angeles and San 

Francisco, on the one hand, and Mexico City and Guadalajara, on the other. 

Under this arrangement, Cathay Pacific and Mexicana will only carry traffic 

between Mexico and Hong Kong, and these code-sharing services will not be 

available to either carriers' passengers destined for or originating at points in 

the United States; Los Angeles and San Francisco will only be transit points 

at which online traffic between Mexico-U.S. and U.S.-Hong Kong flights will 

connect.2

 2. Cathay Pacific holds exemption authority from the Department to 

engage, among other things, in scheduled foreign air transportation of 

persons, property, and mail between Hong Kong, via intermediate points, to a 

point or points in the United States, as coterminal points, and beyond. 

2 To the extent Cathay Pacific and Mexicana, in operating the code-share 

services described herein, may be deemed to be commingling traffic in foreign 

air transportation with traffic not in foreign air transportation, they 

respectfully request permission to do so pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 216. 
Cathay Pacific and Mexicana 

Joint Application 

Page 3 

Notice of Action Taken dated November 20, 2009 in Docket OST-2003-14493.3

Mexicana holds a foreign air carrier permit issued by Order 78-6-127 that 

includes authority to engage, among other things, in scheduled foreign air 

transportation of persons, property, and mail between Los Angeles and San 

Francisco, on the one hand, and Mexico City and Guadalajara, on the other. 

Both carriers therefore hold from the Department all necessary, underlying 

operating authority and require only statements of authorization to conduct 

the proposed code-share service. 

 3. Approval of this application would be consistent with the U.S.-Hong 

Kong and U.S.-Mexico bilateral aviation agreements. Specifically, thirdcountry code-sharing is authorized by sub-paragraph 4.1(ii) of the U.S.-Hong 

Kong 2002 Memorandum of Understanding and article 1(2) of Annex III to 

the U.S.-Mexico Air Transport Agreement, as amended. Further, the 

Department has previously authorized each carrier to offer similar codesharing, transit service via the United States.4 Cathay Pacific and Mexicana 

will comply with Department rules and policies that pertain to code-sharing 

arrangements, such as the notice requirements of 14 C.F.R. Part 257. 

3 While the exercise of intermediate and beyond rights under the exemption is 

subject to point and frequency allocation by the Hong Kong SAR government, 

no such traffic rights are requested herein. Under Appendix 2, paragraph 1 of 

the 2002 U.S.-Hong Kong MOU, transit and on-line connecting traffic may be 

connected at points in the United States. 

4 See Action on Application dated January 5, 2004 in Docket OST-2001-11197 

(Mexicana and All Nippon Airways; Mexico-U.S.-Japan); Action on 

Application dated April 26, 2010 in Docket OST-2010-0078 (Cathay Pacific 

and Lan Airlines; Chile-U.S.-Hong Kong). 
Cathay Pacific and Mexicana 

Joint Application 

Page 4 

 4. Approval of this application clearly is consistent with the public 

interest. It will enable both Cathay Pacific and Mexicana to provide singlecarrier service between their respective homelands and will allow the 

traveling and shipping public to enjoy the benefits of that service. Further, 

since the code-sharing operations will simply link existing Cathay Pacific and 

Mexicana flights, this application will not result in a near-term increase in 

fuel consumption of ten million gallons or more. 

 WHEREFORE, Cathay Pacific Airways Limited and Compañía 

Mexicana de Aviacion, S.A. de C.V. respectfully request that the Department 

grant the requested statements of authorization and such other relief as the 

Department deems necessary or proper. 

Respectfully submitted, 

John R. Mietus, Jr. 

William C. Evans 

Law Office of John Mietus, LLC 

6701 Democracy Blvd., Suite 300 

Bethesda, MD 20817-7500 

(202) 747-5212 - Telephone 

(240) 396-5362 - Fax 

john@mietuslaw.com 

bill@mietuslaw.com 

Counsel for CATHAY PACIFIC 

 AIRWAYS LIMITED

Charles F. Donley II 

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey LLP 

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 

Washington, DC 20004 

(202) 626-6840 

cdonley@ssd.com 

Counsel for COMPANIA 

MEXICANA DE AVIACION, S.A. 

DE C.V. 

April 28, 2010
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

 I hereby certify that I have, this 28th day of April, 2010 caused the 

attached Joint Application of Cathay Pacific Airways Limited and Compania 

Mexicana de Aviacion, S.A. de C.V. for Statements of Authorization to be 

served by electronic mail on the persons on the attached service list. 

 John R. Mietus, Jr. 

4851 8418 3558, v. 1 
SERVICE LIST

Ed Faberman, Wiley Rein,

for AirTran and Frontier

efaberman@wrf.com

Ed Sauer, Squire Sanders, for Aloha

esauer@ssd.com

Carl Nelson, American Airlines

carl.nelson@aa.com

John Richardson for Amerijet

jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com

Steve Lachter, Lachter & Clements,

for Astar Air Cargo

lachter@starpower.net

Russ Pommer, Atlas Air

rpommer@atlasair.com

Hershel Kamen for Continental

and Continental Micronesia

hershel.kamen@coair.com

Sascha Van Der Bellen, Delta

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

(alt. jeff.morgan@delta.com)

John Palo, Evergreen

john.palo@evergreenairlines.com

Angie Bird, Federal Express

anbird@fedex.com

Sandy Sinick, Squire Sanders,

for Florida West

msinick@ssd.com

Jonathan Hill, Dow Lohnes

for Hawaiian and JetBlue

jhill@dowlohnes.com

Mark Atwood, Sher Blackwell,

for Kalitta

matwood@sherblackwell.com

Kevin Montgomery, Polar Air Cargo

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com

(alt. peter.beckett@polaraircargo.com)

Aaron Goerlich, Garofalo Goerlich 

Hainbach,

for Ryan Int'l

agoerlich@ggh-airlaw.com

Tom Gillies, Southern Air

tgillies@southernair.com

Joanne Young, Kirstein & Young, for Spirit

jyoung@yklaw.com

John Fredericksen for Sun Country

john.fredericksen@suncountry.com

Jeff Manley, United Air Lines

jeffrey.manley@united.com

Pierre Murphy for USA3000

pmurphy@lopmurphy.com

Howard Kass for US Airways

howard.kass@usairways.com

David Vaughan, Kelley Drye & Warren,

for United Parcel Service

dvaughan@kelleydrye.com

Malcolm Benge for World Airways

mlbenge@zsrlaw.com