DAN WEISS

MANAGING DIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL & REGULATORY AFFAIRS

(713) 324-6076

DAN.WEISS@COAIR.COM

March 18, 2011

Paul L. Gretch, Director

Office of International Aviation

Department of Transportation

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE

Washington, D.C. 20590

Re: Joint Application of Continental Airlines, Inc., and Transportes Aeromar de CV for 

statements of authorization under 14 CFR Part 212 and exemption under 49 USC 

§40109 (US-Mexico code-sharing), Docket DOT-OST-2010-0092

Dear Mr. Gretch:

By application dated April 9, 2010, Continental1and Aeromar requested statements of 

authorization to code-share in certain U.S.-Mexico markets. Subsequently, on May 2, 2010, 

Continental agreed with United to merge and on June 24, 2010, they applied to transfer their 

respective route authorities to enable them eventually to merge into a single entity which would 

operate the transferred authorities. Docket DOT-OST-2010-0163. DOT granted that route 

transfer application in Order 2011-3-14. 

The above-referenced Joint Application was approved in part on January 11, 2011, after 

the route transfer application had been filed but before it was granted. That approval allowed 

Aeromar to display the code of Continental on intra-Mexico routes beyond Continental’s 

Mexican gateways. The authority requested in that joint application did not refer to United or to 

the merger of the two carriers. Upon completion of the merger, however, the code-share 

authority sought in the referenced proceeding will be exercised by the merged entity to be known 

as “United Air Lines” and may be exercised by either or both carriers before that time.

To facilitate that future service, Continental and United request that the DOT conform the 

code-share authority already issued in this case to the authority reissued in its recent route 

transfer order. Specifically, the statement of authorization issued in Notice of Action Taken, 

dated January 11, 2011, in the referenced proceeding should be reissued to allow Aeromar to 

display the designator code(s) of “United and/or Continental.” Moreover, when the Department 

rules on the deferred portions of the joint application, the authorities to be issued should similarly

 

1 Common names of carriers are used throughout.
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be issued for code-share service displaying the code of or operated by “Continental and/or 

United” rather than by or for Continental alone, as stated in the April 9, 2010, application. 

 Respectfully submitted,

Dan Weiss

Managing Director, International & 

 Regulatory Affairs

UNITED AIR LINES, INC. AND

 CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC
 

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dkirstein@yklaw.com

davaughan@kelleydrye.com

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matwood@sherblackwell.com

mbenge@zsr.law.com

msinick@ssd.com

pmurphy@lopmurphy.com

robertland@jetblue.com

rsilverberg@sgbdc.com

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

slachter@lachter-clements.com

temerson@skywest.com

donna.kooperstein@usdoj.gov

dwight.moore@ustranscom.mil

john.allen@faa.gov

urskr@state.gov

Annalei Avanceña 

International Regulatory Advisor

March 18, 2011