BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

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1 BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C. Application of AEROVIAS DEL CONTINENTE AMERICANO S.A. (AVIANCA, TACA INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES S.A., OST TRANS AMERICAN AIRLINES S.A. D/B/A TACA PERU, LINEAS AEREAS COSTARRICENSES S.A., and AVIATECA S.A. for renewal of exemption and statement of authorization JOINT APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AND BLANKET STATEMENTS OF AUTHORIZATION Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: David M. Endersbee Jonathon H. Foglia Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, LLP 888 Seventeenth Street, NW Washington, DC ( Counsel for the Joint Applicants February 6, 2015 NOTE: Answers to the exemption application are due by February 23, Answers to the statement of authorization application are due by February 17, Answers must be served on the Joint Applicants and all persons set forth on the attached certificate of service.

2 BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C. Application of AEROVIAS DEL CONTINENTE AMERICANO S.A. (AVIANCA, TACA INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES, S.A., OST TRANS AMERICAN AIRLINES, S.A. D/B/A TACA PERU, LINEAS AEREAS COSTARRICENSES S.A., and AVIATECA S.A. for renewal of exemption and statement of authorization JOINT APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AND BLANKET STATEMENTS OF AUTHORIZATION TACA International Airlines S.A. ( TACA, Trans American Airlines S.A. d/b/a TACA Peru ( TACA Peru, Lineas Aereas Costarricenses S.A. ( LACSA, and Aviateca S.A. ( Aviateca (together, the TACA Group along with Aerovías del Continente Americano S.A. ( Avianca (collectively, the Joint Applicants hereby request renewal of their exemption under 49 U.S.C permitting them to register a joint trade name under 14 C.F.R. Part 215 for their collective use of the trade name Avianca and use of the designator code AV for their services in foreign air transportation to and from the United States. Additionally, the TACA Group hereby requests renewal of the blanket statements of authorization issued pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 in order to display the AV* designator code. In support of this Application, the Joint Applicants state as follows: 1. On December 13, 2012, the Department issued to the Joint Applicants: (1 an exemption permitting them to register under 14 C.F.R. Part 215 their collective use of the trade name "Avianca" and use of the designator code "AV" for their services in foreign air

3 Joint Application of Avianca, TACA, TACA Peru, LACSA and Aviateca OST Page 2 transportation to and from the United States; and (2 blanket statements of authorization under 14 C.F.R. Part 212 to display the AV designator code on flights operated by the TACA Group in U.S. markets in which both the operator and Avianca hold current Department authority to conduct scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail, further to the proposed common branding arrangement The Department subsequently approved renewal of the exemption and blanket statements of authorization for a one year period, and these authorities expire by their own terms on February 12, By this Application, the Joint Applicants respectfully request renewal of these authorities for a period of at least one year. 3. Since the Department first granted these authorities, the Joint Applicants have continued to strengthen the Avianca brand in order to seamlessly deliver expanded service offerings to the travelling public, thereby enhancing competition. In addition, the Joint Applicants have observed the conditions of the Department s approvals, including providing appropriate disclosures to ensure that consumers are informed of the operator s identify for any flight operated pursuant to the authorities at issue. 4. Renewal of these authorities is clearly in the public interest. In its February 12, 2014 Notice of Action Taken, the Department again noted that the bilateral air transport agreements between the U.S. and the respective homelands of each of the Joint Applicants provide a basis for the approval. Moreover, the underlying authorities have provided significant consumer benefits, as the Joint Applicants have been able, under a single brand, to leverage their 1 The Department also approved Aviateca and LACSA's registration of the "TACA" trade name. As this registration is indefinite in duration, no renewal is necessary.

4 Joint Application of Avianca, TACA, TACA Peru, LACSA and Aviateca OST Page 3 collective resources to provide additional high-quality travel options to passengers in the Western Hemisphere. 5. In exercising these authorities, the Joint Applicants have complied with and will continue to comply with the conditions set forth in Appendices A, B, and C of the Department's February 12, 2014 Notice of Action Taken in this docket. 6. Pursuant to Section (a of the Department's regulations, the Joint Applicants state their intention to rely on 5 U.S.C. 588(c, as implemented by Part 377, to continue in effect the authority for the services specified in this Application, pending a final determination by the Department. 2 2 To the extent necessary, the Joint Applicants respectfully request a waiver from the advance filing requirements of 14 C.F.R (d and (c with respect to the renewal of the blanket statements of authorization.

5 Joint Application of Avianca, TACA, TACA Peru, LACSA and Aviateca OST Page 4 WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, Aerovias Del Continente Americano S.A. Avianca, TACA International Airlines S.A., Trans American Airlines S.A. d/b/a TACA Peru, Lineas Aereas Costarricenses S.A., and Aviateca S.A. respectfully request that the Department renew the authorities requested herein, and grant such other or additional relief as it considers consistent with this Application and the public interest. Respectfully submitted, David M. Endersbee Jonathon H. Foglia Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, LLP 888 Seventeenth Street, NW Washington, DC ( dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com jhfoglia@zsrlaw.com Counsel for the Joint Applicants February 6, 2015

6 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on this 6th day of February 2015, a copy of the foregoing Joint Application was served by on the parties named below: Gerald F. Murphy Steven J. Seiden Counsel for United Airlines Crowell & Moring LLP 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C gmurphy@crowell.com sseiden@crowell.com Dan Weiss Managing Director International & Regulatory Affairs United Airlines 77 West Wacker Drive-HDQIZ Chicago, IL dan.weiss@united.com Stephen J. Morrissey Managing Director, Regulatory and Policy United Airlines, Inc New York Avenue, NW - DCAIZ Suite 1100 Washington, DC steve.morrissey@united.com abby.bried@united.com Anita Mosner Jennifer Nowak Counsel for United Parcel Service Holland & Knight th Street, N.W. Suite 1100 Washington, D.C anita.mosner@hklaw.com jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com dsmalls@ups.com Alexander Van der Bellen Chris Walker Delta Air Lines 1212 New York Avenue, NW Suite 200 Washington, DC sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com chris.walker@delta.com Robert Wirick Howard Kass Francis Heil American Airlines, Inc Seventeenth Street, N.W. Suite 600 Washington, D.C robert.wirick@aa.com howard.kass@aa.com francis.heil@aa.com John L. Richardson Joan Canny Counsel for Amerijet International John L. Richardson, P.L.L.C th Street, N.W. Suite 420 West Washington, D.C jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com jcanny@amerijet.com G. Bailey Leopard Sandra Lunsford Sharon Pasley Legal and Regulatory Affairs Federal Express Corporation 3620 Hacks Cross Road Building B, 3 rd Floor Memphis, TN sllunsford@fedex.com gbleopard@fedex.com sharon.pasley@fedex.com Rod Ennis Director, Safety, Security & Regulatory Compliance Air Transport International LLC 6012 Campus Circle W Suite 240 Irving, TX rod.ennis@airtransport.cc John S. Duncan Director Flight Standards Service Federal Aviation Administration 800 Independence Avenue, S.W. Room 821 Washington, D.C john.s.duncan@faa.gov

7 Aaron Goerlich Counsel for Allegiant Air and Southern Air Garofalo Goerlich Hainbach PC 1200 New Hampshire Avenue NW Suite 800 Washington, D.C Robert P. Silverberg Jeffrey Johnson Counsel for ABX Air Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff, L.L.P th Street, N.W. Suite 120 Washington, D.C Charles F. Donley Counsel for Florida West International Airways Squire Patton Boggs 1200 Nineteenth Street N.W. Suite 300 Washington, D.C David Heffernan Counsel for Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air Cozen O Connor Army Navy Building 1627 I Street, NW Suite 1100 Washington, D.C dheffernan@cozen.com Jeremy Ross Senior Attorney Alaska Airlines Horizon Air International Blvd. Seattle, WA Jeremy.Ross@AlaskaAir.com Russell E. Pommer Associate General Counsel & Sr. Director, Regulatory Affairs Atlas Air, Inc th Street, NW Suite 410 Washington, D.C rpommer@atlasair.com Mark W. Atwood Stephen Lachter Counsel for Kalitta Air and Frontier Airlines Cozen O Connor Army Navy Building 1627 I Street, NW Suite 1100 Washington, D.C matwood@cozen.com slachter@cozen.com Pierre Murphy Counsel for Xtra Airways 1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. Suite 590 Washington, D.C pmurphy@lopmurphy.com ldunn@xtraairways.com Jonathan B. Hill Counsel for Hawaiian Airlines and JetBlue Cooley LLP 1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 700 Washington, DC jhill@cooley.com perkmann@cooley.com Thomas Ting MN Airlines, LLC dba Sun Country Airlines 1300 Mendota Heights Road Mendota Heights, MN thomas.ting@suncountry.com Joanne W. Young David Kirstein Counsel for Spirit Airlines Kirstein & Young PLLC 1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Suite 600 South Washington, DC jyoung@yklaw.com dkirstein@yklaw.com John R. Mietus, Jr. Counsel for Centurion Air Cargo and Sky Lease Cargo Law Office of John Mietus, LLC 6701 Democracy Boulevard Suite 300 Bethesda, MD john@mietuslaw.com 2

8 Kevin Montgomery Peter Beckett Polar Air Cargo, Inc th Street, NW Suite 410 Washington, D.C polaraircargo.com David M. Endersbee 3