BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

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Application of 

ALITALIA - COMPAGNIA AEREA 

ITALIANA S.P.A. 

for an amended statement of authorization 

(U.S. - Italy codesharing with Aeromexico) 

Docket OST-2002-12896 

APPLICATION OF ALITALIA - COMPAGNIA AEREA ITALIANA S.P.A. 

FOR AN AMENDED STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION 

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 Alitalia - Compagnia Aerea Italiana 

S.p.A. 

March 19, 2010 

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 

ALITALIA - COMPAGNIA AEREA 

ITALIANA S.P.A. 

for an amended statement of authorization 

(U.S. - Italy codesharing with Aeromexico) 

Docket OST-2002-12896 

APPLICATION OF ALITALIA - COMPAGNIA AEREA ITALIANA S.P.A. 

FOR AN AMENDED STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION 

Alitalia - Compagnia Aerea Italiana S.p.A. ("Alitalia") and Aerovias de Mexico, S.A. de 

C. V. ("Aeromexico") are expanding their codesharing relationship to include additional 

transatlantic service. Alitala hereby applies for an amended statement of authorization in order 

to display Aeromexico's AM* designator code on Alitalia flights between Miami and Milan. 

In support of this application, Alitalia states as follows: 

1. Alitalia and Aeromexico have offered codesharing services since 2002. Pursuant 

to their statements of authorization, Alitalia displays the AM* code on Alitalia flights between 

New York (JFK) and Rome, Miami and Rome, and Milan and New York (JFK). Aeromexico 

displays the AZ* code on flights between New York (JFK) and Mexico City, Miami and Mexico 

City, and Merida and Miami. See Notice of Action Taken in Dockets OST-2002-12482 and -

12896 (January 14,2009). 
2. Alitalia holds a foreign air carrier permit authorizing it to provide the fiill 

complement of services available to it under the US - EU Open Skies Agreement. Order 2010-

1-16. 

3. Alitalia intends to begin offering these services as soon as all necessary 

government approvals are obtained and requests a waiver of the 45-day advance filing 

requirement set forth in 14 C.F.R. 212.10(d)(2). 

4. Grant of the amended authority requested herein is consistent v^th the U.S. - EU 

Open Skies Air Services Agreement and the public interest. Alitalia has provided codesharing 

service wdth Aeromexico to the public for years. The traveling public will benefit from the 

expanded service options, and it will enable Alitalia and Aeromexico to continue to provide 

single carrier service between Mexico and Europe and will allow the traveling public to enjoy 

the benefits of that service, including eased ticketing and baggage handling. Moreover, these 

services are clearly permitted imder the applicable air service agreements. 

5. Alitalia will conduct its codesharing activities in compliance with Part 257 of the 

Department's Regulations and will comply with the Department's standard codesharing 

conditions. 

6. Alitalia will poll counsel on the attached service list and inform the Department of 

the results as soon as possible. 
WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, Alitalia - Compagnia Aerea Italiana S.p.A. 

respectfully requests that the Department promptly grant the requested amendment to its 

statement of authorization. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Ricl: ^ D. Mathtas 

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 Alitalia - Compagnia Aerea 

Italiana S.p.A 

March 19, 2010 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that on this 19th day of March 2010, a copy of the foregoing application of Alitalia • 

Compagnia Aerea Italiana S.p.A.was served by email 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, 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 - 8* Floor 

1600 Smith Street 

Dept. HQSGV 

Houston, TX 77002 

hkamen@coair.com 

dan.weiss@coair.com 

Howard Kass 

Managing Director & Associate General 

Counsel 

US Airways 

1401 H Street, N.W. 

Suite 1075 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

howard_kass@usairways.com 

John M. Allen 

Director 

Flight Standards Service 

Federal Aviation Administration 

800 Independence Avenue, S.W. 

Room 821 

Washington, D.C. 20591 

j ohn. allen@faa. go V 

idersbee 

Alexander Van Der Bellen 

Jeff Morgan 

Sametta C. Bamett 

Delta An- Lines 

1212 New York Avenue, NW 

Suite 200 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com 

sametta.c.bamett@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