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 treatmen t of this application. Aeroflot will poll the U.S. carriers served with this application to determine if there are any objections and will notify th e 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 exem ption 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.2 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), Da llas/Ft. Worth, Denver, Detroit, Honolulu, Houston, Huntsville, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Ph iladelphia, 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. Ae roflot requires additional exemption authority for service to Atlanta, Bangor, Boston, Cleveland, Columbus (Ohio), Dallas/Ft. Worth, Denver, Detroit, Honolulu, Houston, Huntsville, Las Vegas, Minn eapolis, Philadelphia, Portland (Oregon), and

Toledo.

3. The codesharing services for which approva l 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).3 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-c ountry 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 benef it 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 G AROFALO G OERLICH H AINBACH PC Counsel for JOINT STOCK COMPANY “AEROFLOT-RUSSIAN AIRLINES”4 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