BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Application of 

JOINT STOCK COMPANY “AEROFLOTRUSSIAN AIRLINES” 

for an exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 

(U.S. - Russia codesharing) 

Docket DOT-OST-2007-26805 

APPLICATION OF JOINT STOCK COMPANY 

“AEROFLOT-RUSSIAN AIRLINES” FOR AN EXEMPTION 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

Don H. Hainbach 

Jason E. Maddux 

Garofalo Goerlich Hainbach PC 

1200 New Hampshire Avenue N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20036 

(202) 776-3970 

dhainbach@ggh-airlaw.com 

jmaddux@ggh-airlaw.com 

Counsel for JOINT STOCK COMPANY 

“AEROFLOT-RUSSIAN AIRLINES” 

June 28, 2013 

Notice: Aeroflot requests expedited treatment of this application. Aeroflot will 

poll the U.S. carriers served with this application to determine if there 

are any objections and will notify the Department of the results. 
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Application of 

JOINT STOCK COMPANY “AEROFLOTRUSSIAN AIRLINES” 

for an exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 

(U.S. - Russia codesharing) 

Docket DOT-OST-2007-26805 

APPLICATION OF JOINT STOCK COMPANY 

“AEROFLOT-RUSSIAN AIRLINES” FOR AN EXEMPTION 

 Joint Stock Company “Aeroflot-Russian Airlines”1

 (“Aeroflot”) hereby applies for an 

exemption, previously granted by the Department on July 8, 2011, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 to 

permit Aeroflot to hold out scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail 

between the Russian and U.S. points specified below pursuant to a reciprocal codeshare agreement 

with Delta Air Lines (“Delta”).2

 Aeroflot requests that the exemption be granted for a one year 

period. 

 More specifically, Aeroflot requests an exemption authorizing Aeroflot to engage in 

scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between a point or points in 

Russia, on the one hand, and Atlanta, Bangor, Boston, Cleveland, Columbus (Ohio), Dallas/Ft. 

Worth, Denver, Detroit, Honolulu, Houston, Huntsville, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, 

Portland (Oregon), and Toledo, on the other hand. 

 

1

 Aeroflot, previously, registered the name Joint Stock Company “Aeroflot–Russian Airlines” pursuant to 

Part 215 of the Department’s regulations and intends to file an application to amend its foreign air carrier permit and 

to reissue its existing authority in that name. 

2

 The statement of authorization granted to Aeroflot authorizing the codeshare services was granted for an 

indefinite period. Aeroflot’s exemption was granted for a period of one year, and due to an administrative oversight, 

was not renewed prior to its expiration. 
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In support of this Application, Aeroflot submits the following: 

1. Aeroflot requests exemption authority to hold out scheduled foreign air transportation 

of persons, property, and mail between a point or points in Russia, on the one hand, and Atlanta, 

Bangor, Boston, Cleveland, Columbus (Ohio), Dallas/Ft. Worth, Denver, Detroit, Honolulu, 

Houston, Huntsville, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Portland (Oregon), and Toledo, on the 

other hand, pursuant to a codeshare agreement with Delta. Aeroflot and Delta hold statements of 

authorization of indefinite duration to display their designator codes on each other’s flights in these 

markets pursuant to the Department’s July 8, 2011, Notice of Action Taken in this docket. 

2. Aeroflot is a carrier of the Russian Federation, currently operating scheduled service 

between Moscow (SVO), on the one hand, and New York (JFK), Washington (IAD), Miami (MIA), 

and Los Angeles (LAX), on the other hand, under its foreign air carrier permit (Order 86-5-75) and 

exemption authority (Docket 50385 (now Docket DOT-OST-1995-250), timely renewal application 

pending and authority automatically extended pursuant to Part 377 of the Department’s regulations).3

 

Pursuant to said exemption authority, Aeroflot is also authorized, inter alia, to provide scheduled 

service to Anchorage, Chicago, Miami, Orlando, San Francisco, and Seattle and to serve its 

authorized U.S. points as coterminal points. Aeroflot requires additional exemption authority for 

service to Atlanta, Bangor, Boston, Cleveland, Columbus (Ohio), Dallas/Ft. Worth, Denver, Detroit, 

Honolulu, Houston, Huntsville, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Portland (Oregon), and 

Toledo. 

3. The codesharing services for which approval is requested are consistent with the 

U.S.-Russia Air Transport Agreement (“ATA”) (January 14, 1994) and the 2009 U.S.-Russia 

Memorandum of Consultations (“MOC”) (February 13, 2009). Under Annex V, Section 1 of the 

MOC, airlines of the United States and Russia may enter into codesharing arrangements for services 

 

3

 Aeroflot’s various exemption authorities, which were originally issued in Dockets 47447, 47974, 48050, 

48889, 49439, and 49581, have been consolidated in Docket 50385 (now Docket DOT-OST-1995-250). 
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on any of the agreed routes. Under Annex I, Section 3, paragraph G of the MOC, designated airlines 

may “operate combination...services to any third-country point not specified in Section 2 of this 

Annex, without traffic rights between the territory of the other Party and such unspecified point.” 

4. Under Annex I, Section 2(B) of the MOC, Anchorage, Atlanta, Bangor, Boston, 

Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus (Ohio), Dallas/Ft. Worth, Detroit, Honolulu, Houston, Huntsville, 

Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Orlando, Portland (Oregon), San Francisco, Seattle, 

Toledo, and Washington, DC are named points for Russian carriers. With respect to Denver, Las 

Vegas, and Philadelphia, Aeroflot understands that the Russian Government designated these points 

as the three additional codeshare only points under Annex I, Section 2(B). 

5. Grant of this application is in the public interest as it will permit Aeroflot to continue 

to expand its online service options to the benefit of travelers and shippers, which compliments 

Aeroflot’s existing service to the United States. 

WHEREFORE, based upon the foregoing, Aeroflot respectfully request that it be granted 

exemption authority in order to engage in the codeshare services more fully described above. 

Respectfully submitted, 

 Don H. Hainbach 

 Jason E. Maddux 

 GAROFALO GOERLICH HAINBACH PC 

Counsel for JOINT STOCK COMPANY 

“AEROFLOT-RUSSIAN AIRLINES” 
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

 I hereby certify that on June 28, 2013, I served the foregoing application upon the parties 

listed below by electronic mail. 

________________________________ 

 Vanessa Krasniewicz 

robert.wirick@aa.com 

francis.heil@aa.com 

dan.weiss@united.com 

howard.kass@usairways.com 

benjamin.slocum@usairways.com 

urskr@state.gov 

john.allen@faa.gov 

robert.finamore@dot.gov