UN I TE D S TATE S O F A M ER I CA

DE P ART M EN T O F TRAN SP O RTAT I O N

O F F I C E O F T H E S ECRETAR Y

W A S H I NGT O N

, DC

I ssued by t he D epa r t m ent o f T r a nsp o rt a t i on on November 21, 2014

N O T I C E O F ACT I O N TA K E N

- - D O C K E T D O T

- O S T

- 2014

- 0196

T h i s s e r v es a s n o t i ce t o t h e pub l i c o f t h e a c t i on d e sc r i b ed b e l o w

, t a k en by t he D e p a rt m ent o f f i c i al i n d i c a t e d

( no a d d i ti o n al con f ir m i ng o r der w i l l be i s sued i n t h i s m a t t e r )

.

A pp li c a t i on o f UNITED AIRLINES, INC. (“ United ”) f il e d November 13 , 20 1 4 f o r:

XX Allocation of seven ( 7 ) weekly U.S.

- China frequencies in order to provide scheduled foreign air

transportation of persons, property, and mail between San Francisco, California

, and Shanghai , People’s

Republic of China. 1

A pp li c ant r e p s : Gerald F. Murphy and Steven J. Seiden ( 202 ) 624

- 2500

D O T A n a l y s t : Darren Jaffe (202) 366

- 2512

D I S P O S I T I O N

XX Granted request for allocation of seven frequencies ( subject to conditions ; see below)

The above action allocating frequencies to United was effective when taken: November 21 , 2014 , and will

remain in effect indefinitely, subject to the conditions below.

A c ti on t aken b y: P a ul L

. G re t ch, D i r e c t o r

O ff i ce o f I n t e rna t i on a l A v i a t i on

X X T he au t ho r it y gra n t e d i s c ons i s t e n t w i t h t h e Ai r T ransp o rt A g r e e m en t

, a s a m ended, b et w een

t he U n i t ed S t a t es and t he P eo p l e ’ s R epu b l i c o f C h i n a.

Except t o t he ex t ent exe m p t ed or w a i v ed, t h i s au t ho r it y i s s u b j ect t o t he t e r m s, cond i t i ons, and li m it a t i ons

i nd i c a t e d :

XX Holder’s certificates of public convenience and necessit y



## ________________________ ______________ _______ _______________________ Remarks: We acted on this application without aw aiting expiration of the answer period with the

consent of all parties served with the application.

With our action here, 23 frequencies remain available to U.S. carriers, which may be used to serve points

in China Zone 1 or China Zone 2.

C ond i t i ons: C on s i s t e n t wi t h o u r s t and a r d p r a c t i ce i n a w a r d i ng f r eq u en c i es, w e wi l l a l l ow a 10

- day

l ee w ay i n t he p r op o sed s t a r t

- up da t e f o r United

. W e w i l l a l l ow United t o i n a u g u r a t e se r v i ce w i t h t h e

fr e q uen c i e s a l l o c a t ed h e r e w it h i n 10 d a y s of May 6, 2015 ( i

. e. , by May 16 , 20 15 )

. F a i l u r e t o i nau g u r a t e

se r v i c e wi t h a n e w l y a ll o c a t ed fr e q u ency b y May 16, 2015

, w i l l r esu l t i n t h e un u sed fr e q uency r e v e r t i ng

t o t h e D epa r t m en t

.

I n add iti on, con s i s t e n t wi t h our s t an d a r d p r a c t i ce, t h e a l l oc a t ed f r eque n c i es a r e su b j ect t o a do r m ancy

cond i t i on. U nd e r t h i s do r m ancy cond i t i on, i f any f r eq u ency a l l oc a t ed h e r e i s not u sed f or a pe r i od of 90

da y s ( once i n au g u r a t ed and for any reason other than seasonal use ), t h e a l l o c a t i on wi t h r es p e c t t o t h a t

f r eq u ency w ou l d e xp i r e au t o m a ti c a ll y and t he fr e q uency w ou l d r e v e r t t o t he D ep a rt m ent.

1 United currently operates daily nonstop San Francisco

- Shanghai service, and proposes to initiate a second daily flight

in the market on a seasonal basis beginning on or about May 6, 2015

._______________________ ____________________________________________________________ U n d er a u t h or i t y a s s i gn ed b y t h e De p a r t m e n t i n its r e g u lati o ns

, 1 4 C FR P a r t 385

, w e f oun d t h at (1 ) o u r acti o n w as

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t h e a u t h or i t y w o u ld n o t c on s ti t u te a m a j o r r e gu lat o r y acti o n un d er t h e E n e rg y P o li c y a n d C o ns e r v ati o n A c t o f 1975

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r e gu la t i o ns

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