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

) 

### Application of ) ) 

### C.A.I. FIRST S.p.A. ) Docket OST-2001-10417 ) 

### for renewal ofexemptionfrom 49 U.S.C. § 41301 )

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

March 15, 2013 Communications withrespectto this document shouldbe sentto:

Richard D. Mathias DavidM. 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. First S.p.A.

NOTICE: Any person who wishes to support or oppose this application must file an answerby April1, 2013 and serve a copy ofthat answer on counsel for C.A.I. First S.p.A. and all persons served with this application.

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

) 

### Application of ) ) 

### C.A.I. FIRST S.p.A. ) Docket OST-2001-10417 ) 

### for renewal ofexemptionfrom 49 U.S.C. §41301 )



### APPLICATION OF C.A.I. FIRST S.p.A. FORRENEWAL OF EXEMPTION

Pursuantto 49U.S.C. 

### § 40109 and Subpart C ofthe Department's Procedural

Regulations, C.A.I. First S.p.A. ("CAl First"), hereby requestsrenewal ofits exemptionfrom 49

U.S.C. § 41301 and such otherreliefas may be necessary to permititto continue intra-Europe

code-share operations pursuantto code-share agreements withDeltaAir Lines, Inc. ("Delta").

In support ofthis application, CAlFirst states as follows:

1. On March 18, 2011, the Departmentre-issued to CAI First exemption authority,

for a duration oftwo years, authorizing CAl Firstto operate intra-Europe code-share operations

pursuantto code-share agreements with Delta. 1 

### CAI Firstrequests that the Departmentrenew

the authority requested herein for a duration oftwo years.

2. CAl Firstcontinues to operate these services, providing additional travel

opportunities to Deltapassengers travelling to European destinations.

3. CAl First remains operationally and financially fit to perform the foreign air

transportation services encompassedbythis authority. Its services continue to be consistentwith

the US-EU Agreement and, therefore, grant ofthis authority will serve the public interest. By

1 C.A.I. First does business as "AlitaliaExpress."

### submitting this timely renewal application, CAl First invokes the automatic renewal extension

provisions of5 U.S.C. 

### § 558 (c), as implemented by Part 377 ofthe Department's Regulations,

to continue in effect its current exemption authorization for the service specified in this

application, pending a final determination ofthis renewal application.

4. Grant oftherenewed authority sought herein will not result in a nearterm

increase in fuel consumption often million gallons ormore, and therefore will not comprise a
"majorregulatory action" underthe Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, as defined in

14 C.F.R. § 313(a)(1).

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

Transportation promptly grant its application for renewal ofexemption as more fully described

herein.

March 15,2013 Respectfully submitted, 

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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.I. First S.p.A.CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 15th day ofMarch 2013, a copy ofthe foregoing Application ofC.A.I. First S.p.A. for Renewal ofExemption was served by email on the parties named below:

Lorraine B. Halloway Gerald F. Murphy Counsel for Continental/UnitedAirlines Crowell & Moring LLP 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004-2595 lhalloway@crowell.com gmurphy@crowell.com

Dan Weiss Managing Director

- International & Regulatory Affairs United Air Lines 77 West Wacker Drive-HDQIZ Chicago, IL 6060 1 dan.weiss@united.com

Stephen J. Morrissey Managing Director, Regulatory and

Policy United Air Lines, Inc. 1225 New York Avenue, NW- DCAIZ Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20005 steve.morrissey@united.com

Jonathan T. Linde Managing Director & Senior CounselRegulatory United Air Lines, Inc. 77 West Wacker Drive-HDQLD 16th Floor Chicago, IL 60601 jonathan.linde@united.com

Anita Mosner JenniferNowak Counsel for United Parcel Service Holland & Knight 800 17th Street, N.W. Suite 1100 Washington, D.C. 20006 anita.mosner@hklaw.com jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com Alexander Van DerBellen Sametta C. Barnett DeltaAir Lines 1212 New York Avenue, NW Suite 200 Washington, D.C. 20005 sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com Sametta.c.barnett@delta.com

Robert Wirick American Airlines, Inc. 1101Seventeenth Street, N.W. Suite 600 Washington, D.C. 20036 robert.wirick@aa.com

John L. Richardson Joan Canny 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 jCanny@amerijet.com

Kelli Bryan Ranjit Seth Robert Foster Charter Sales Evergreen International Airlines, Inc. 3850 Three Mile Lane McMinnville, OR 97128 charters@evergreenairlines.com ranjit.seth@evergreenairlines.com chris.schuldt@evergreenhelicopters.com philip.Church@evergreenhelicopters.com Robert.foster@evergreenairlines.com

Brian S. Gillman Senior Vice President

and General Counsel WorldAirways, Inc. 101 World Drive Peachtree City, GA 30269-6965 bgillman@glah.comAngeline Garbuzinski Legal and Regulatory Affairs Federal Express Corporation 3620 Hacks Cross Road Building B, 3rd Floor Memphis, TN 38125 anbird@fedex.com cefelts@fedex.com

Timothy Erickson Safety and Regulatory Affairs Air Transport International LLC 2800 Cantrell Road Little Rock, AR 72202 timothy.erickson@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

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, Ryan International Airlines and Southern Air Garofalo Goerlich HainbachPC 1200 New Hampshire Avenue NW Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20036-6802 agoerlich@ggh-airlaw.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



### 2 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

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

MarkW. Atwood Counsel for Kalitta Air and Xtra Airways Cozen O'Connor ArmyNavy Building 1627 I Street, NW Suite 1100 Washington, D.C. 20006 matwood@cozen.com ldunn@xtraairways.com

Jonathan B. Hill Counsel for Hawaiian Airlines and JetBlue Dow Lohnes 1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036-6802 jhill@dowlohnes.com

John S. Fredericksen Vice President and General Counsel MNAirlines, LLC dba Sun Country Airlines 1300 Mendota Heights Road MendotaHeights, MN 55120 john.fredericksen@suncountry.com

Joanne W. Young Counsel for Spirit Airlines Kirstein & Young PLLC 1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Suite 600 South Washington, DC 20004 jyoung@yklaw.comJohn 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 john@mietuslaw.com

Michael F. Goldman Counsel for Capital Cargo International Airlines Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff, L.L.P. 1101 30th Street, N.W. Suite 120 Washington, D.C. 20007 mgoldman@sgbdc.com



### 3 Kevin Montgomery Peter Beckett PolarAir Cargo, Inc. 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 875 Washington, D.C 20006 kevin.montgomery@ polaraircargo.com peter.beckett@polaraircargo.com



### DavidM. Endersbee