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 S ee 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, 2010CERTIFICATE 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. 1SERVICE 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

s ascha. 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 j young@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 Vaugh an, Kelley Drye & Warren, for United Parcel Service dvaughan@kelleydrye.com

Malcolm Benge for World Airways mlbenge@zsrlaw.com