ZucKERT ScouTT 

RASENBERGER 

VIA EMAIL 

Robert Finamore 

Chief, Foreign Air Carrier Licensing 

Office of International Aviation 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

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 

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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 of authorization previously granted to AlitaliaCompagnia Aerea Italiana S.p.A. ("Alitalia"), including a blanket statement of authorization 

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 Ali tali a 

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 ("GoJ et") and SkyW est Airlines, Inc. ("SkyW est") hold statements of 

authorization, issued in Docket DOT-OST-2001-10417, to display the AZ* designator code of 

Alitalia on flights each such regional carrier operates on behalf of Delta (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 of Alitalia's business to 

Alitalia Societa, each of the above Delta Connection regional carriers will continue to display the 

AZ* designator code on flights they operate on behalf of Delta, consistent with the previously 

issued statements of authorization and any notices of additional 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 behalf of Delta, 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 

behalf of Delta), Mar. 19, 2011 (covering flights operated by Endeavor on behalf of Delta), Jun. 15, 2011 

(covering flights operated by Compass on behalf of Delta) and Mar. 21, 2012 (covering flights operated by 

GoJet on behalf of Delta). 

Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, L.L.P. 
ZucKERT ScouTT 

RASENBERGER 

Robert Finamore 

December 31, 2014 

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of authorization should be re-issued to reflect the correct legal name of Alitalia Societa following 

the transfer of Alitalia's business, Delta as well as the Delta Connection regional carriers which 

are the subject of this letter have advised us that they consent to there-issuance of such authority. 

Very truly yours, 

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Jonathon H. Foglia 

Richard D. Mathias 

David M. Enders bee 

Counsel to ALIT ALIA- COMPAGNIA 

AEREA ITALIANA S.P.A and ALIT ALIA 

- SOCIETA AEREA ITALIANA S.P.A. 

cc: David Christofano (Office of International Aviation, DOT) 

Lisa Harig (Counsel to Compass Airlines, LLC and GoJ et Airlines, LLC) 

Gerald Murphy (Counsel to ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. and SkyWest Airlines, Inc.) 

Sascha Van der Bell en (Delta Air Lines, Inc. and Endeavor Air, Inc.)