BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

-------------------------------------------------------------- Application of :
: UNITED AIRLINES, INC. : Docket DOT

- OST

- 1997

- 2516

: for an exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 : (U.S.

- Venezuela) :

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APPLICATION OF UNITED AIRLINES, INC. FOR RENEWAL
Communications with respect to this document sh ould be sent to:

Hershel I. Kamen Senior Vice President

- Alliances, Regulatory and Policy Daniel A. Weiss Managing Director

- International Affairs and Regulatory UNITED AIRLINES, INC. 233 South Wacker Drive 10 th Floor

– HDQIZ Chicago, IL 60606 (872) 825

- 6828 hershel.kamen@united.com dan.weiss@united.com
Steve Morrissey Managing Director

- Regulatory Affairs and Policy Karine R. Faden Managing Counsel

- Regulatory, Antitrust & Competition UNITED AIRLINES, INC. 1225 New York Avenue, NW Suite 1100

– DCAIZ/DCALD Washington, DC 20005 (202) 521

- 4373 (202) 521

- 4363 steve.morrissey@united.com karine.faden@united.com

December 20 , 2013 Thomas Newton Bolling Vice President and Deputy General Counsel UNITED AIRLINES, INC. 233 South Wacker Drive 11 th Floor

– HDQLD Chicago, IL 60606 (872) 825

- 8068 thomas.bolling@united.com
Douglas P. Kelley Senior Counsel

- Regulatory, Antitrust & Competition UNITED AIRLINES, INC. 1600 Smith Street HQSLG

- 15 Houston, TX 77002 (713) 324

- 5156 doug.kelley@united.com
Gerald F. Murphy Steven J. Seiden CROWELL & MORING LLP 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 (202) 624

- 2500 gmurphy@crowell.com sseiden@crowell.com

Counsel for United Airlines, Inc.BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

-------------------------------------------------------------- Application of :
: UNITED AIRLINES, INC. : Docket DOT

- OST

- 1997

- 2516

: for an exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 : (U.S.

- Venezuela) :

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APPLICATION OF UNITED AIRLINES, INC. FOR RENEWAL

United 1 applies, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and Subpart C of the Department’ s Rules

of Practice
, for renewal of its exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41101 permitting United to provide
scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between the coterminal points
New Orleans, Houston and Dallas/Ft. Worth and the coterminal points Maracaibo and Caracas,

Venezuela
, and between Newark and Caracas, Venezuela. 2 United asks the Department to renew
this authority effective for a period of at least two years or until the Department grants United’s
application for renewal of its U.S.

- Venezuela certificate authority. 3

1 Common names are used for airlines.

2 By Order 2011

- 3

- 14, the Department reissued authorities previously issued only to United or Continental, including the exemption authority that is the subject of this renewal application, in the name of “Continental Airlines, Inc. and/or United Air Lines, Inc.” By Order 2013

- 4

- 11, the Department reissued the United/Continental authorities on a blanket basis to reflect the completion of the United/Continental merger and integration process and United’s new corporate name “United Airlines, Inc.” effective a s of March 31, 2013. On April 1, 2013, the Department reissued United’s U.S.

- Venezuela exemption authority in the name “United Airlines, Inc.” consistent with Order 2013

- 4

- 11.

3 United ’s certificate for Route 381 (U.S.

- Venezuela) was issued by Order 19 99

- 2

- 8 in this docket . Continental applied to renew this certificate authority on October 21, 2003 , and that application remains pending . When the Department acts on that application, United asks that the requested authority be issued in the name “United Airlines, Inc.”Renewal Application of United

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United states as follows in support of its renewal application:

1. United’s exemption authority to provide scheduled service between the
coterminal points New Orleans, Houston and Dallas/Ft. Worth and the coterminal points

Maracaibo and Caracas, Venezuela, an d between Newark and Caracas, Venezuela
, was issued by
Notice of Action Taken dated February 21, 2012 in this docket ( as reissued April 1, 2013 )

. 4

Absent renewal, this exemption authority will expire on February 21, 2014.

2. Renewal of United’s exemption a uthority will preserve th e important air service

link that United’s U.S.

- Venezuela service provides and ensure the continuation of airline and

inter gateway competition in the U.S.

- Venezuela market

. Renewal of United’s exemption
authority is also fully consistent with the U.S.

- Venezuela bilateral air transport agreement.

3. United holds various certificates of public convenience and necessity and
exemptions authorizing it to engage in scheduled air transportation of persons, property and mail

between the U. S. and foreign countries, and United is fit, willing and able to provide the service

for which it seeks renewal. See, e.g., Orders 2013

- 4

- 11 (reissuing United/Continental authorities

to United)
, 2010

- 5

- 17 (U.S.

- Mexico), and Notice of Action Taken dated Fe bruary 8, 2013 in

Docket DOT

- OST

- 2005

- 21949 (Houston

- Buenos Aires). Pursuant to Rule 24 of the
Department’s Rules of Practice, United requests that the Department take official notice of all

information and data that have been filed to establish its fitne ss.

4. United invokes the automatic extension provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 558(c), as
implemented by Part 377 of the Department’s Special Regulations, to continue this authority in
effect pending action on this renewal application.

4 The Department granted United two

- year exemption authority on a sua sponte basis pending action on the application for renewal of United’s Route 381 certificate authority

.