BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Application of

DELTA AIR LINES , INC.

for renewal of exemption authorities

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A PPLICATION OF DELTA AIR LINES , INC.

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITIES

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to:

Alexander Van der Bellen

Managing Director, Government Affairs

& Associate General Counsel

Christopher Walker

Regional Dire ctor, Government Affairs

DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

1212 New York Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20005

(202) 842

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sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

April 16 , 201 3BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

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Application of

DELTA AIR LINES , INC.

for renewal of exemption authorities

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A PPLICATION OF DELTA AIR LINES

, INC.

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITIES

Delta Air Lines , Inc. (“ Delta ”), p ursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 41102 and 14 C.F.R. Part

377 , h ereby requests renewal of the exemption authorities set forth in Attachment A

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which enable Delta to offer scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and

mail between the United S t ates and various foreign points

. The i nternational services for

which renewal is sought are operated either by Delta or its codeshare partners

. Delta

requests r enewal of its exemptions for a period of at least two years.

The relief requested by Delta is in the public interest for the same reasons that

supported the original issuance of authority for the subject routes

. Delta’s services

continue to be consistent with the relevant bilateral aviation agreements , or the state of

comity and reciprocity, with each of the respective foreign jurisdictions.

In filing this application, Delta invokes the automatic extension provisions of the

Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 558 (c), as implemented by 14 C.F.R. Part 377.Delta Air Lines Renewal Application

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Delta’s renewal application is timely filed under this Part.

WHEREFORE

, Delta Air Lines , Inc. respectfully requests r enewal of its

aforementioned international certificates and exemption s

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Respectfully submitted,

_________________________________ Alexander Van der Bellen

Managing Director, Government Affairs

& Associate General Counsel

DELTA AIR LINES, INC.Page 1 of 1

Attachment A

Delta Exemption and Certificate Renewal Authorities

Last Issue Date U.S. Point Foreign Point Foreign Country Notes Authority Type Docket Number(s) (Order #)

12/20/2011 U.S. Points Various points in Argentina and beyond Argentina Codeshare only Exemption DOT-OST-2011-0153

10/27/2011 Atlanta Quito, Guayaquil Ecuador Exemption DOT-OST-2006-23526

9/8/2011 U.S. Points Any point(s) worldwide Blanket Third Country Codeshare Exemption DOT-OST-2005-20145

8/2/2011 Any point(s) Any point(s) in Grenada Grenada Exemption DOT-OST-2009-0186

7/8/2011 Any point(s) Various Russian points + Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan Russia, Kyrgyzstan Codeshare with Aeroflot Exemption DOT-OST-2007-26805

6/15/2011 Chicago Durango Mexico Codeshare only Exemption DOT-OST-2011-0110

6/15/2011 San Antonio Monterrey Mexico Codeshare only Exemption DOT-OST-2011-0110

6/15/2011 Fresno Guadalajara Mexico Codeshare only Exemption DOT-OST-2011-0110CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

On this 16 th day of April , 2013, a copy of the foregoing Renewal Application of

Delta Air Lines, Inc. was served by electronic mail on the following:

Air Carrier Name Email Address

ABX Air Robert Silverberg rsilverberg@sgbdc.com

Alaska Airlines Marshall Sinick msinick@ssd.com

Alaska Airlines Megan Lawrence Megan.Lawrence@alaskaair.com

Alaska Airlines Kyle Levine kyle.levine@alaskaair.com

ALPA R. Russell Bailey russell.bailey@alpa.org

American Francis Heil francis.heil@aa.com

American James Kaleigh james.kaleigh@aa.com

American Robert Wirick robert.wirick@aa.com

Amerijet John Richardson jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com

ASTAR (DHL) Stephen Lachter slachter@lachter

- clements.com

Atlas Air, Inc. Russe ll Pommer rpommer@atlasair.com

British Airways Don Hainbach dhainbach@ggh

- airlaw.com

Centurion John Mietus john@mietuslaw.com

Evergreen Ranjit Seth ranjit.seth@evergreenairlines.com

ExpressJet/ASA Gerald Murphy gmurphy@crowell.com

Federal Express Angi e Garbuzinski anbird@fedex.com

Federal Express Sandra Lunsford sllunsford@fedex.com

Frontier/Republic Bob Cohn robert.cohn@hoganlovells.com

Frontier/Republic Pat Rizzi patrick.rizzi@hoganlovells.com

Gemini Air Cargo Moffett Roller mroller@rollerbauer.co m

Hawaiian Jonathan Hill jhill@dowlohnes.com

JetBlue Robert Land robert.land@jetblue.com

Kalitta Air Mark Atwood matwood@cozen.com

Lynden Air Cargo Garry White gwhite@lac.lynden.com

Lynden Air Cargo Judy McKenzie judy@lynden.com

North American Malcolm Benge mlbenge@zsrlaw.com

Northern Air Cargo Margot Wiegele mwiegele@nac.aero

Pinnacle Brian Hunt bthunt@pncl.com

Polar Air Cargo Kevin Montgomery kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com

SkyWest Lorraine Halloway lhalloway@crowell.com

SkyWest Todd Emerson temerson@skywest.com

Southwest/AirTran Bob Kneisley bob.kneisley@wnco.com

Spirit Airlines David Kirstein dkirstein@yklaw.com

Spirit Airlines Joanne Young jyoung@yklaw.com

Sun Country John Fredericksen john.fredericksen@suncountry.com

Tradewin ds Pierre Murphy pmurphy@lopmurphy.com

United Dan Weiss dan.weiss@united.com

United Oracio Marquez oracio.marquez@united.com

United Thomas Bolling thomas.bolling@united.com

UPS Anita Mosner anita.mosner@hklaw.com

US Airways Benjamin Slocum ben jamin.slocum@usairways.com

US Airways Howard Kass howard_kass@usairways.com

Virgin America Barbara Russell barbara.russell@virginamerica.com

World Airways Malcolm Benge mlbenge@zsrlaw.comName Email Address

Esta Rosenberg esta.rosenberg@dot.gov

Brian Hedberg brian.hedberg@dot.gov

Paul Gretch paul.gretch@dot.gov

Brett Kruger brett.kruger@dot.gov

Info info@airlineinfo.com