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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

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Application of 

DELTA AIR LINES, INC. 

and 

DELTA CONNECTION CARRIERS 

for an exemption from 14 C.F.R. Part 212 

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Docket OST-201O-0208 

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

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

August 31, 2010 

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 

dmenders bee@zsrlaw.com 

Counsel for Alitalia - Compagnia Aerea 

Italiana S.p.A. 
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Application of 

DELTA AIR LINES, INC. 

and 

DELTA CONNECTION CARRIERS 

for an exemption from 14 C.F.R. Part 212 

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Dated: August 31, 2010 

Docket OST-2010-0208 

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

Alitalia - Compagnia Aerea Italiana S.p.A. ("Alitalia") strongly supports the Application 

of Delta Air Lines, Inc. ("Delta") and Delta Connection Carriers for relief from Part 212 of the 

Department's regulations. 

Alitalia and Delta are significant codesharing partners in SkyTeam, and Delta Connection 

carriers are an important part of AlitalialDelta codesharing operations. Similarly, Delta 

Connection carriers serve an important role in a number of Delta's codesharing arrangements 

with its other foreign partners. Requiring additional statements of authorization for Delta 

Connection carriers provides no benefit to the Department, nor does it serve the public interest. 

There is no need for the Department to undertake redundant analyses of what are essentially 

ministerial Delta Connection filings. The Department has already weighed the public interest 

factors associated with statements of authorization in approving codesharing between Delta and 

its foreign partners. 
As Delta's Application notes, Part 212 was never intended to apply to regional and 

commuter operations. Grant of the relief sought by Delta would reduce unnecessary 

administrative burdens on both Delta and the Department, and enable Delta and its foreign 

partners to more expeditiously introduce new codesharing services to the public. It is also fully 

in accord with the Department's ongoing efforts to streamline its licensing procedures as set 

forth in the Department's Notice, In the Matter of Streamlining Regulatory Procedures For 

Licensing Us. and Foreign Air Carriers, Docket OST -2005-22228 (August 26, 2005). 

Consistent with these principles, the Department should promptly grant the relief sought 

by Delta. 

August 31,2010 

Respectfully submitted, 

David 

R~ 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. 
CERTIFICA TE OF SERVICE 

A copy of the foregoing Answer of Alitalia - Compagnia Aerea Italiana S.p.A. has been 

served this 31 st day of August, 2010, upon the following persons via electronic mail: 

anbird@fedex.com 

anita.mosner@hklaw.com 

benjamin.slocum@usairways.com 

bill@mietuslaw.com 

bob.kneisley@wnco.com 

BTHunt@pncl.com 

byerIyjr@state.gov 

carl.nelson@aa.com 

dan. weiss@coair.com 

dhainbach@ggh-airlaw.com 

dwight.moore@ustranscom.mil 

hkamen@coair.com 

howard _ kass@usairways.com 

jeffrey .manley@united.com 

john.allen@faa.gov 

jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com 

steve.morrissey@united.com 

jyoung@yklaw.com 

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com 

matwood@sherblackwell.com 

mroller@rollerbauer.com 

mrosia@crowell.com 

rpommer@atlasair.com 

rsilverberg@sgbdc.com 

slachter@lachter-clements.com 

art. thomas@horizonair.com 

ben.graves@evergreenairlines.com 

Brian.Gillman@mesa-air.com 

robert.cohn@hoganlovells.com 

patrick.rizzi@hoganlovells.com 

jennifer.trock@pillsburylaw.com 

barbara.russell@virginamerica.com 

bruce.rabinovitz@wilmerhale.com 

cdonley@ssd.com 

dkirstein@yklaw.com 

dvaughan@kelleydrye.com 

ebailey@wileyrein.com 

efaberman@wileyrein.com 

gmurphy@crowell.com 

gwhite@lac.lynden.com 

jhill@dowlohnes.com 

lohn.Fredericksen@suncountry.com 

john.palo@evergreenairlines.com 

judy@lynden.com 

kenneth.quinn@pillsburylaw.com 

lhalloway@crowell.com 

mcmillin@woa.com 

mlbenge@zsrlaw.com 

msinick@ssd.com 

mwiegele@nac.aero 

pmurphy@lopmurphy.com 

ran j it. seth@evergreenairlines.com 

rbkeiner@crowell.com 

robert.land@jetblue.com 

scott.peterson@expressjet.com 

sllunsford@fedex.com 

temerson@skywest.com 

info@airlineinfo.com 

pdoell@naca.cc 

rpriddy@naca.cc 

TZoeller@naca.cc 

esta.rosenberg@dot.gov 

paul.gretch@dot.gov 

sascha. vanderbellen@delta.com 

jeff.morgan@delta.com