Application of 

C.A.I. FIRST S.p.A. 

BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Docket OST-2001-10417 

Docket OST-2004-19210 

for an exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 

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APPLICATION OF C.A.!. FIRST S.p.A. FOR AN EXEMPTION 

March 10,2011 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

Richard D. Mathias 

David M. Endersbee 

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

888 Seventeenth Street, NW, Suite 700 

Washington, DC 20006 

Tel: (202) 973-7917 

Fax: (202) 342-0683 

Email: rdmathias@zsrlaw.com 

dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com 

Counsel for c.A.l. First S.p.A. 

NOTICE: The applicant requests expedited treatment of this application. The applicant 

will poll counsel for U.S. carrier representatives and inform the Department of the results. 
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Application of 

C.A.!. FIRST S.p.A. 

for an exemption from 49 U.S.c. § 41301 

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Docket OST-2001-10417 

Docket OST-2004-19210 

APPLICATION OF C.A.I. FIRST S.p.A. FORAN EXEMPTION 

Pursuant to 49 U.S.c. § 40109 and Subpart C of the Department's Procedural 

Regulations, C.A.I. First S.p.A. ("CAl First"), hereby requests an exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 

41301 and such other relief as may be necessary to permit it to continue intra-Europe code-share 

operations pursuant to code-share agreements with Delta. I 

In support of this application, CAl First states as follows: 

1. c.A.l. First was granted open skies exemption authority in this docket on January 

12,2009, for a period of two years. Due to an administrative oversight c.A.l. First did not 

submit a timely renewal application. 

2. C.A.L First remains operationally and financially fit to perform the foreign air 

transportation services encompassed by this authority. 

3. C.A.I. First's services continue to be consistent with the US-EU Agreement and, 

therefore, grant of this authority will serve the public interest. 

4. Grant of the authority sought herein will not result in a near term increase in fuel 

I C.A.I. First no longer code-shares with Continental. 
consumption of ten million gallons or more, and therefore will not comprise a "major regulatory 

action" under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, as defined in 14 C.F.R. § 

313(a)(l). 

WHEREFORE, C.A.L First S.p.A. respectfully requests that the Department of 

Transportation promptly grant its application for an exemption as more fully described herein. 

March 10,2011 

Respectfully submitted, 

Ric 

David M. Endersbee 

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

888 Seventeenth Street, NW, Suite 700 

Washington, DC 20006 

Tel: (202) 973-7917 

Fax: (202) 342-0683 

Email: rdmathias@zsrlaw.com 

dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com 

Counsel for c.A.l. First S.p.A. 
SERVICE LIST 

I hereby certify that on this 10th day of March 2011, a copy of the foregoing Application 

for an Exemption was served bye-mail or first class mail on the parties named below: 

Jeffrey Manley 

Senior Advisor - Regulatory Affairs 

United Air Lines, Inc. 

1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 1210 

Washington, DC 20036 

jeffrey.manley@united.com 

R. Bruce Keiner, JI. 

Lorraine B. Halloway 

Counsel for Continental Airlines 

Crowell & Moring 

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, D.C 20004 

rbkeiner@crowell.com 

lhalloway@crowell.com 

Hershel Kamen 

Vice President-International 

and Regulatory Affairs 

Dan Weiss 

Continental Airlines, Inc. 

Government Affairs-8th Floor 

1600 Smith Street 

Dept. HQSGV 

Houston, TX 77002 

hkamen@coaiI.com 

dan. weiss@coaiI.com 

David L. Vaughan 

Danielle Fisher 

Counsel for United Parcel Service 

Kelley Drye Collier Shannon 

3050 K Street, N.W. 

Suite 400 

Washington, D.C. 20007 

dvaughan@kelleydrye.com 

dfisher@kelleydrye.com 

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Alexander VanDer Bellen 

Jeff Morgan 

Sametta C Barnett 

Delta Air Lines 

1212 New York Avenue, NW 

Suite 200 

Washington, D.C 20005 

Sascha. vanderbellen@delta.com 

sametta.c. barnett@delta.com 

J effmorgan@delta.com 

Carl B. Nelson, Jf. 

Associate General Counsel 

American Airlines, Inc. 

1101 Seventeenth Street, N.W. 

Suite 600 

Washington, D.C. 20036 

carLnelson@aa.com 

John L. Richardson 

Counsel for Amerijet International 

John L. Richardson, P.L.L.C. 

555 13th Street, N.W. 

Suite 420 West 

Washington, D.C. 20004 

jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com 

Colonel Giorgio Russo 

Air Attache 

Embassy of Italy 

3000 Whitehaven Street, NW 

Washington, DC 20008 

John Palo 

Vice President, Planning Military 

and Government 

Evergreen International Airlines, Inc. 

3850 Three Mile Lane 

McMinnville, OR 97128 

john. pal o@evergreenairlines.com 

charters@evergreenairlines.com 
Malcolm L. Benge 

Counsel for World Airways and North 

American Airlines 

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

888 Seventeenth Street, N. W. 

Suite 700 

Washington, DC 20006 

ml benge@zsrlaw.com 

Angeline Garbuzinski 

Legal and Regulatory Affairs 

Federal Express Corporation 

3620 Hacks Cross Road 

Building B, 3rd Floor 

Memphis, TN 38125 

anbird@fedex.com 

Pierre Murphy 

Counsel for Brendan Airways, L.L.C. 

d/b/a USA 3000 Airlines and Arrow Air 

1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 590 

Washington, D.C. 20036-6802 

pmurphy@lopmurphy.com 

Thomas E. Fosko 

Vice President 

Air Transport International LLC 

2800 Cantrell Road 

Little Rock, AR 72202 

tom.fosko@airtransport.cc 

Howard Kass 

Managing Director & Associate General 

Counsel 

US Airways 

1401 H Street, N.W. 

Suite 1075 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

howard _ kass@usairways.com 

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John M. Allen 

Director 

Flight Standards Service 

Federal Aviation Administration 

800 Independence Avenue, S.W. 

Room 821 

Washington, D.C. 20591 

john.allen@faa.gov 

Aaron Goerlich 

Counsel for Allegiant Air and Ryan 

International Airlines 

Garofalo Goerlich Hainbach PC 

1200 New Hampshire Avenue NW 

Suite 800 

Washington, D.C. 20036-6802 

agoerlich@ggh-airlaw.com 

Robert E. Cohn 

Patrick Rizzi 

Counsel for Frontier Airlines 

Hogan Lovells 

555 13th Street, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20004 

robert.cohn@hoganlovells.com 

prrizzi@hoganlovells.com 

Robert P. Silverberg 

Jeffrey Johnson 

Counsel for ABX Air 

Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff, L.L.P. 

1101 30th Street, N.W. 

Suite 120 

Washington, D.C. 20007 

rsilverberg@sgbdc.com 

jjohnson@sgbdc.com 

Marshall S. Sinick 

Counsel for Alaska Airlines and Florida 

West International Airways 

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey 

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 500 

Washington, D.C. 20004 

msinick@ssd.com 
Stephen H. Lachter 

Counsel for Astar Air Cargo 

Lachter & Clements LLP 

1150 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Ste. 900 

Washington, DC 20036 

slachter@lachter-clements.com 

Russell E. Pommer 

Associate General Counsel and 

Director of Regulatory Affairs 

Atlas Air, Inc. 

1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 875 

Washington, D.C 20006 

rpommer@atlasair.com 

Mark W. Atwood 

Counsel for Kalitta Air and Xtra Airways 

Cozen O'Connor 

Army Navy Building 

1627 I Street, NW 

Suite 1100 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

matwood@cozen.com 

Jonathan B. Hill 

Counsel for Hawaiian Airlines and JetBlue 

Dow Lohnes 

1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 800 

Washington, DC 20036-6802 

jhi1l@dowlohnes 

John S. Fredericksen 

Vice President and General Counsel 

MN Airlines, LLC dba Sun Country 

Airlines 

1300 Mendota Heights Road 

Mendota Heights, MN 55120 

john.fredericksen@suncountry.com 

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Joanne W. Young 

Counsel for Spirit Airlines 

Kirstein & Young PLLC 

1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. 

Suite 600 South 

Washington, DC 20004 

jyoung@yklaw.com 

William C. Evans 

John R. Mietus, Jr. 

Counsel for Centurion Air Cargo and 

Trade Winds Airlines 

Law Office of John Mietus, LLC 

6701 Democracy Boulevard 

Suite 300 

Bethesda, MD 20817 

bi1l@mietuslaw.com 

john@mietuslaw.com 

Kevin Montgomery 

Peter Beckett 

Polar Air Cargo, Inc. 

1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Suite 875 

Washington, D.C 20006 

kevin.montgomery@ polaraircargo.com 

peter. beckett@polaraircargo.com 

Thomas A. Gillies 

Chief Operating Officer 

Southern Air Inc. 

117 Glover Ave. 

Norwalk, CT 06850 

tgillies@southemair.com 
Jonathan Blank 

J. Timothy Hobbs 

Counsel for Capital Cargo International 

Airlines 

Kirkpatrick & Lockhart 

Preston Gates Ellis LLP 

1601 K Street NW 

Washington, DC 20006 

jonathan. blank@klgates.com 

tim.hobbs@klgates.com 

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