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Application of DELTA AIR LINES, INC. and DELTA CONNECTION CARRIERS for an exemption from 14 C.F.R. Part 212 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) " , .. "" t**~. ~J** 

Docket OST-201O-0208



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ANSWER OF ALITALIA - COMPAGNIAAEREA ITALIANA S.P.A.

Communications with respectto this document shouldbe 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 dmendersbee@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 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )

### --------------------------------~) Dated: August 31, 2010 Docket OST-2010-0208

ANSWER OFALITALIA - COMPAGNIAAEREAITALIANA S.P.A.

Alitalia

- Compagnia Aerea Italiana S.p.A. ("Alitalia") strongly supports the Application ofDelta Air Lines, Inc. ("Delta") and Delta Connection Carriers for relieffrom Part 212 ofthe 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 ofDelta'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 ofauthorization 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 ofStreamlining Regulatory Procedures For Licensing Us. andForeignAir Carriers, Docket OST-2005-22228 (August 26, 2005). Consistent with these principles, the Department should promptly grant the reliefsought byDelta.

August 31,2010 Respectfully submitted,

# R~ 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.CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE A copy ofthe foregoing Answer ofAlitalia

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