BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Application of :

:

UNITED AIR LINES, INC. : Docket DOT-OST-2008-0157

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for a frequency allocation (U.S.-Russia) :

:

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MOTION OF 

UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

Hershel I. Kamen

Senior Vice President – Alliances,

 Regulatory and Policy

UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

1350 I Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20005-3389

Steve Morrissey

Managing Director – Regulatory Affairs

 and Policy

UNITED AIR LINES, INC. 

1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20036

(202) 296-2337

steve.morrissey@united.com

April 6, 2012

Thomas Newton Bolling

Vice President and Associate General Counsel

UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

77 West Wacker Drive

16th Floor HDQLD

Chicago, IL 60601

(312) 997-8068

thomas.bolling@united.com

Daniel A. Weiss

Managing Director – International

 Affairs and Regulatory

UNITED AIR LINES, INC. 

77 West Wacker Drive

10th Floor HDQIZ

Chicago, IL 60601

(312) 997-7573

dan.weiss@coair.com
BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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:

Application of :

:

UNITED AIR LINES, INC. : Docket DOT-OST-2008-0157

:

for a frequency allocation (U.S.-Russia) :

:

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MOTION OF 

UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

United1requests the Department to further amend Notice of Action Taken dated May 23, 

2008 as amended by Notice of Action Taken dated September 1, 2009, to convert United’s 

remaining three U.S.-Russia year-round frequencies to seasonal use. United intends to operate 

Moscow service on a summer seasonal basis, and it will monitor market conditions to adjust 

future capacity as demand warrants.

In support of its request, United submits the following:

1. Grant of this seasonal service flexibility is clearly in the public interest since it will 

allow United to make seasonal adjustments as demand fluctuations warrant, and it will not 

adversely impact any other U.S. carrier since additional frequencies are available for allocation 

in the event another carrier proposes new flights to Russia. 

 

1Common names for airlines are used throughout.
Motion of United

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2. The Department has granted other carrier’s requests to convert U.S.-Russia and other

year-round frequencies to seasonal use. See, e.g., Department Approval dated July 7, 2009 in 

Docket DOT-OST-2005-20116 (converting Delta’s four remaining year-round Atlanta-Moscow 

frequencies to seasonal use) and Notice of Action Taken dated June 18, 2008 in docket DOTOST-2007-28567 (approving Delta’s request to convert two Atlanta-Shanghai frequencies into 

seasonal frequencies).

For the reasons stated above, United respectfully requests the Department to convert its 

remaining three U.S.-Russia frequencies from year-round frequencies to seasonal frequencies. 

Respectfully submitted,

Dan Weiss

Managing Director – International and

Regulatory Affairs

UNITED AIR LINES, INC. 

April 6, 2012
Motion of United

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that I have this date served a copy of the foregoing document on all 

persons named below by causing a copy to be sent via email:

anita.mosner@hklaw.com (UPS)

carl.nelson@aa.com

charters@evergreenairlines.com

howard.kass@usairways.com

msinick@ssd.com (Alaska)

nsspark@fedex.com

rpommer@atlasair.com

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

slewis@iblf.com (Baltia)

dwight.moore@ustranscom.mil

mark.treadaway@mwaa.com

donald.fields@mwaa.com

philip.sunderland@mwaa.com

Annalei Avanceña 

International Regulatory Advisor

United Air Lines, Inc.

April 6, 2012