### Application of BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

CA.I. SECOND S.p.A. ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 

### Docket OST-2009-0023

For an exemption (U.S.

- EU Open Skies)

APPLICATION OF CA.I. SECOND S.p.A. FORAN EXEMPTION



### March 10,2011 Communications with respectto 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. Second 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 ofthe results.

### BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

Application of

C.A.I. SECOND S.p.A.

For an exemption (U.S.

- EU Open Skies) ) ) ) ) ) ) 

### -----------------------------------) Docket OST-2009-0023

APPLICATION OF 

### C.A.I. SECOND S.p.A. FORAN EXEMPTION



### Pursuantto 49 U.S.C. §40109 and Subpart C ofthe Department's Procedural
Regulations, C.A.L Second S.p.A. ("CAl Second"), hereby requests an exemption from 49

U.S.C. 

### §41301 and such otherreliefas maybe necessary to permit it to conduct scheduled and

charter foreign air transportation ofpersons, property, and mail to the full extent authorized by

the Air Transport Agreement Betweenthe United States and the European Community and the

Member States ofthe European Community ("US-EU Agreement"). Specifically, CAl Second

requests exemption authority to the extentnecessary for it to engage in:

1. scheduled and charter foreign air transportation ofpersons, property, and mail between any point orpoints behind any member state ofthe European Union via any point orpoints in any member state and via intermediate points to any point orpoints in the United States orbeyond; 2. scheduled and charter foreign airtransportation ofpersons, property, and mail between any point orpoints in the United States and anypoint orpoints in any member ofthe European CommonAviation Area; 3. othercharterspursuant to the prior approval requirements set forth in Part 212 ofthe Department's Economic Regulations; and 4. transportation authorized by any additional route rights that may be made available to European Union carriers in the future.

In support ofthis application, CAl Second states as follows:1. C.A.I. Secondwas granted open skies exemption authority in this docket on
February 20,2009, for a period oftwo years. Due to an administrative oversight C.A.I. Second

did not submit a timely renewal application.

2. C.A.I. Secondremains operationally and financially fit to perform the foreign air

transportation services encompassedbythis authority.

3. C.A.I. Second's services continue to be consistent withthe US-EU Agreement

and, therefore, grant ofthis authority will serve the public interest.

4. Grant ofthe authority sought herein will notresult in a nearterm increase in fuel

consumption oftenmillion gallons ormore, and therefore will not comprise a "majorregulatory

action" underthe Energy Policy and ConservationAct of 1975, as defined in 14 C.F.R. 

### §

313(a)(1).

WHEREFORE, C.A.I. Second S.p.A. respectfully requests that the Department of

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

March 10,2011 Respectfully submitted,

# ~ili(- 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.I. Second S.p.A.

### SERVICE LIST

Ihereby certify that on this 10th day ofMarch 2011, a copy ofthe foregoing Application for an Exemption was served bye-mail or first class mail onthe parties named below:

Jeffrey Manley SeniorAdvisor

- Regulatory Affairs United Air Lines, Inc. 1025 ConnecticutAvenue, N.W. Suite 1210 Washington, DC 20036 jeffrey.manley@united.com

R. Bruce Keiner, Jr. 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@coair.com dan.weiss@coair.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 Alexander VanDerBellen JeffMorgan Sametta C. Barnett Delta Air Lines 1212 NewYork Avenue, NW Suite 200 Washington, D.C. 20005 Sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com sametta.c.barnett@delta.com Jeff.morgan@delta.com

Carl B. Nelson, Jr. Associate General Counsel American Airlines, Inc. 1101 Seventeenth Street, N.W. Suite 600 Washington, D.C. 20036 carl.nelson@aa.com

John L. Richardson Counsel for Amerijet International John L. Richardson, P.L.L.C. 555 13th Street, N.W. Suite420 West Washington, D.C. 20004 jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com

Colonel Giorgio Russo Air Attache Embassy ofItaly 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.palo@evergreenairlines.com charters@evergreenairlines.comMalcolm 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 mlbenge@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 ArrowAir 1200NewHampshire Avenue, N.W. Suite 590 Washington, D.C. 20036-6802 pmurphy@lopmurphy.com

Thomas E. Fosko Vice President AirTransport 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

2 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 Airand Ryan International Airlines Garofalo Goerlich Hainbach PC 1200 NewHampshire Avenue NW Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20036-6802 agoerlich@ggh-airlaw.com

Robert E. Cohn Patrick Rizzi Counsel for FrontierAirlines Hogan Lovells 555 13th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004 robert.cohn@hoganlovells.com prrizzi!lVhoganlovells.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 AlaskaAirlines and Florida West International Airways Squire, Sanders & Dempsey 1201 PennsylvaniaAvenue, N.W. Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20004 msinick@ssd.comStephen H. Lachter Counsel for AstarAir 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 ofRegulatory Affairs Atlas Air, Inc. 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 875 Washington, D.C 20006 rpommer@atlasair.com

Mark W. Atwood Counsel for KalittaAir and Xtra Airways Cozen 0'Connor ArmyNavy Building 1627 I Street, NW Suite 1100 Washington, D.C. 20006 matwood@cozen.com

Jonathan B. Hill Counsel for Hawaiian Airlines and JetBlue DowLohnes 1200 NewHampshire Avenue, N.W. Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036-6802 jhill@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

3 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 ofJohn Mietus, LLC 6701 Democracy Boulevard Suite 300 Bethesda, MD 20817 bill@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 ChiefOperating Officer Southern AirInc. 117 GloverAve. Norwalk, CT 06850 tgillies@southernair.comJonathan 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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