1 Order 2014

- 12

- 17

Served: December 29 , 201 4



### UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSP O RTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Depart m ent of Transportation

on the 29 th Day of December 201 4

Application of

VIRGIN ATLANTIC AIRWAYS, LTD.

DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

SOCIÉTÉ AIR FRANCE Docket DOT

- OST

- 2013

- 0068

KONINKLIJKE LUCHTVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ N.V.

ALITALIA COMPAGNIA AEREA ITALIANA S.P.A

under 49 U.S.C. §§ 41308 and 41309 for approval of

and antitrust immunity for alliance agreements

Joint Application of

Alitalia

- Linee Aeree Italiane

- S.p.A.,

C zech A irlines

Delta Air Lines, Inc., Docket DOT

- OST

- 2007

- 28644

KLM Royal Dutch Airlines,

Northwest Airlines, Inc, and

Société Air France

f

or Approval of and Antitrust Immunity for Alliance

Agreements under 49 U.S.C. §§ 41308 and 413092 Joint Application of

DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

KOREAN AIR LINES CO., LTD. Docket DOT

- OST

- 2002

- 11842

SOCIÉTÉ AIR FRANCE

ALITALIA

- LINEE AEREE ITALIANE

- S.p.A.

CZECH AIRLINES

under 49 U.S.C. §§ 41308 and 41309 for approval of

and antitr u st immunity for alliance agreements

Joint Application of

DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

SOCIÉTÉ AIR FRANCE

ALITALIA

- LINEE AEREE ITALIANE

- S.p.A. Docket DOT

- OST

- 2001

- 10429

CZECH AIRLINES

u nder 49 U.S.C. §§ 41308 and 41309 for approval of

and antitr u st immunity for alliance agreements

ORDER

The above

- captioned carriers are m e mbers of alliances that are operating with

grants of antitrust im m unity. 1

One of the carriers, Alitalia, is tra n s f erri n g its e ntire b usiness f rom one entity,

Alitalia

- Compagnia Aerea S. p .A. ’s (“Old Alitalia ”) to a new entity, Alitalia

– Societ à

Aerea Italiana S. p .A. (“New Alitalia”) as part of a restructuring and recapitalization. The

details of the tran s action are p rovided in the public proceeding in which the Depart m ent

has tentatively approved Alitalia’s request to transfer i t s foreign air carrier per m it and

related authorizations , and granted New Alitalia an exe m ption to per m it the c arrier to serve the

United States pending the issuance of a new foreign air carrier permit

. 2 On December 22nd

, Alitalia ’s counsel sent a let t er to the Department, providing an update on the status of

1 See Order 2002

- 1

- 6 (January 18

, 2 002), D o cket DOT

- OST

- 2001

- 10429 , Order 2002

- 6

- 18 (June 2 7

, 200 2 ),

D o cket DOT

- OST

- 2002

- 11842 , Order 200 8

- 5

- 32 ( May 22

, 2 00 8 ), D o cket DOT

- OST

- 200 7

- 28644 , and Order

20 13

- 9

- 14 ( September 23

, 2 0 13 ), D o cket DOT

- OST

- 20 13

- 0068

.

2 See Order 2014

- 12

- 16 ( Dec

. 29

, 2014 ), Doc k et DOT

- OST

- 2014

- 0210

.3 the transfer. Couns e l sta t ed that, effective January 1 , 201 5 , New Alitalia would succeed

Old Alitalia with r espect to t h e l a tt e r’s e x isting busi n ess arran g e m ents, including the

alliance and joint b u siness arra n ge m ents that were examined in the a n titr u st im m unity

procee d ing

. Counsel further state that the carriers have no plans to change t he core

commercial terms of the agreements as a result of the transfer , and that the carriers

covered by the relevant orders have been consulted in connection with the letter and have

agreed to the modification of the ordering paragraphs as requested. 3

Based upon this infor m ation, we have decided to make a technical change in Alitalia ’s

antitrust immunity to reflect the updated and correct legal na m e of the co mpany. The

change allows New Alitalia to beco m e the holder of the authority upon the closing of the

transaction , effective as soon as January 1 st

, 201 5 . We f i nd that t h e trans f er of Alitalia’ s

as s ets to a new e ntity raises n o new co m p etitive o r policy issues

. Thus, the findings and

conclusions in the underlying orders

– Orders 2002

- 1

- 6, 2002

- 6

- 18, 2008

- 5

- 32, and 2013

-

9

- 14

– remain valid, and the antitrust immunity remains in effect.

We are placing a copy of the December 22nd letter from Alitalia ’s counsel in the

dockets, and we will serve t h is o r der on i n ter e sted pa r t ies.

ACCORD I N GLY:

1. We a m end Order 2013

- 9

- 4 by striking the phrase “Alitalia Compagnia Aerea

S.P.A.” from ordering paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6, and ins e rti n g in its pla c e

“Alitalia

– Società Aerea Italiana S.p.A.”

.

2. We amend Order 2009

- 6

- 26, amending Order 2008

- 5

- 32, by striking the phrase

“Alitalia

- Compagnia Aerea Italiana S.p.A.” from ordering paragra phs 1, 2, and 3,

and ins e rti n g in its pla c e “Alitalia

– Società Aerea Italiana S.p.A.”

.

3. We a m end Order 2002

- 6

- 18 by striking the phrase “Alitalia

- Linee Aeree Italiane

S.p.A.” from ordering paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 5, and 6, and ins e rti n g in its pla c e

“Alitalia

– Società Aerea Italiana S.p.A.”

.

4. We amend Order 2002

- 1

- 6 by s triking the phrase “Alitalia

- Linee Aeree Italiane

S.p.A.” from ordering paragraphs 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7, and ins e rti n g in its pla c e

“Alitalia

– Società Aerea Italiana S.p.A.”

. 4

3 Letter fr o m Jonathon Foglia, Richard Mathias, and David Endersbee, A ttorne y s for Alitalia, to Todd M. H o m an,

Director, DOT Office of Aviation Ana l ysis ( Dec

. 22nd

, 2 01 4 ).

4 Effective as of the date of the issuance of this order, the Department considers the te r m s “ATI Applicants” and “Jo in t

Applicants,” as used in the orders in Docket s DOT

- OST

- 2013

- 0068, DOT

- OST

- 2007

- 28644

, DOT

- OST

- 2002

- 11842, and DOT

- OST

- 2001

- 10429

, to include New Alitalia.4 By:

SUSAN L. KURLAND

Assista n t Secretary for Aviation

and International Affairs

(SEAL)

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