### ZucKERT ScouTT RASENBERGER

VIA EMAIL

Robert Finamore Chief, Foreign Air Carrier Licensing Office ofInternational Aviation U.S. Department ofTransportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, D.C. 20590 robert.finamore@dot.gov December 31, 2014



### Re: Delta Connection Carrier Display of

### AZ*

Dear Mr. Finamore: 888 Seventeenth Street, N\'q, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20006-3309 Phone 202.298.8660 Fax 202.342.0683 \vww.zsrlaw:com

By Order 2014-12-16, the Department granted an exemption under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 to Alitalia- Societa Aerea Italiana S.p.A. ("Alitalia Societa") and transferred and re-issued to Alitalia Societa various code-sharing statements ofauthorization previously granted to AlitaliaCompagnia Aerea Italiana S.p.A. ("Alitalia"), including a blanket statement ofauthorization allowing for code-sharing with Delta Air Lines, Inc. ("Delta"). The authorities granted by Order 2014-12-16 are in connection with a restructuring and recapitalization, pursuant to which Alitalia Societa will succeed Alitalia with respect to the latter's air transport services.

Delta Connection regional carriers Compass Airlines, LLC ("Compass"), Endeavor Air, Inc. (f/k/a Pinnacle Airlines, Inc.) ("Endeavor"), ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. ("ExpressJet"), GoJet Airlines, LLC ("GoJet") and SkyWest Airlines, Inc. ("SkyWest") hold statements of authorization, issued in Docket DOT-OST-2001-10417, to display the AZ* designator code of Alitalia on flights each suchregional carrier operates on behalfofDelta (i) within the United States (in connection with services in foreign air transportation) and (ii) between the United States and third countries. 1

This is to notify the Department that, effective upon the transfer ofAlitalia's business to Alitalia Societa, each ofthe above Delta Connection regional carriers will continue to display the AZ* designator code on flights they operate on behalfofDelta, consistent with the previously issued statements ofauthorization and any notices ofadditional code-sharing filed in Docket DOT-OST-2001-10417. To the extent the Department determines that the underlying statements

See Department Actions on Applications in Docket DOT-OST-2001-10417 dated Dec. 28, 2008 (covering flights operated by Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc. on behalfofDelta, with such code-share authority re-issued in the name ofExpressJet pursuant to Order 2012-1-3), Sep. 29, 2010 (covering flights operated by SkyWest on behalfofDelta), Mar. 19, 2011 (covering flights operated by Endeavor on behalfofDelta), Jun. 15, 2011 (covering flights operated by Compass on behalfofDelta) and Mar. 21, 2012 (covering flights operated by GoJet on behalfofDelta).

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ofauthorization should be re-issued to reflect the correct legal name ofAlitalia Societa following the transfer ofAlitalia's business, Delta as well as the Delta Connection regional carriers which
are the subject ofthis letterhave advised us that they consent to there-issuance ofsuch authority.

Very truly yours,

# )t~/lf< Jonathon H. Foglia Richard D. Mathias David M. Endersbee Counsel to ALITALIA- COMPAGNIA AEREA ITALIANA S.P.A and ALITALIA

- SOCIETA AEREA ITALIANA S.P.A.

cc: David Christofano (Office ofInternational Aviation, DOT) Lisa Harig (Counsel to Compass Airlines, LLC and GoJet Airlines, LLC) Gerald Murphy (Counsel to ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. and SkyWest Airlines, Inc.) Sascha Van der Bellen (Delta Air Lines, Inc. and Endeavor Air, Inc.)