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### Mr. Stephen M. Dickson Senior Vice President Flight Operations Delta Air Lines, Inc. I

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### 0 Delta Boulevard, Dept. 027 Atlanta, Ga. 30354-1989 Dear Mr. Dickson: Exemption No. 11 046 800 Independence Ave
. Sw Wash ington
. DC 20591



### Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2014-0158

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your re-quest for exemption. It

### transmits our

**decision ~**  

### explains its basis, and gives you the conditions and limitations ofthe exemption, including the date it 

### ends. The 

### Basis for Our 

### Decision By letter dated March 6, 2014, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on behalfof

### Delta Air Lines, Tnc. 

### (Delta Air Lines) for an exemption from§ 119.49(a)(4)(ii) of Title 14, Code ofFederal Regulations (14 CFR) to the extent necessary to allow Delta Air Lines to apply domestic and flag rules while conducting non-scheduled supplemental operations to airports not listed in its operations specifications (OpSpecs), provided certain conditions and limitations are met. The FAA has determined that good cause exists for not publishing a summary ofthe 

### petition in the Federal Register because the requested exemption would not set a precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to Delta Air Lines. The FAA has issued a grant ofexemption in circumstances similar in all material respects to those presented in your petition. Jn 

### Grant ofExemption No. 

### 1I036 (copy enclosed), the 

### FAA found that 

### an exemption would be 

### necessary to allow a certificate holder to specify 

### an airport other than one listed in the 

### certificate holder's OpSpecs as a 

### regular, provisional or 

### refueling airport, as a destination for the purpose oforiginal dispatch or release. AFS-14- 1 92-E

### 2 Having reviewed your reasons for requesting an exemption, I find that- • they are similar in all material respects to reliefpreviously requested in the enclosed Grant ofExemption No. 11036; • the reasons stated by the FAA for granting the enclosed Grant ofExemptionNo. 11036 also apply to the situation you present; and • a grant ofexemption is in the public interest. 

### Our Oecision Under the authority contained in49 U.S.C
. 

### §§ l06(t), 40113, and 44701, which the 

### FAA Administrator has delegated to me, Delta Air Lines, Inc
. is granted an exemption from 14 

### CFR ll9.49(a)(4)(ii) to the extent necessary to allow Delta Air Lines to apply domestic and flag ndes while conducting non-scheduled supplemental operations to airports not listed in its OpSpecs, subject to the conditions and limitations described below. Conditions and Limitations 1
. The certificate holder must maintain economic and operations specification authority to conduct domestic, flag and supplemental opemtions. 2. Each flight must be operated in accordance with all part 121 domestic or flag regulations, as applicable to the kind ofoperat ion being conducted. 3. In addition to the requirements of l4 CFR 

### § 121.105, when conducting operations at airports not listed in the certificate holder's operations specifi
. cations, the certificate holder must also comply with the requirements of§ 121
.t 39. 4. Prior to departure, for flights conducted at airports that are not listed in the certificate holder's operations specifications, the certificate holder and the pilot in command must verify that appropriate aeronautical charts containing adequate information concerning navigation aids and instrument approach procedures are aboard the aircraft for each flight. 5. Prior to departure, the certificate holder must ensure all required ground handling needs will either be available upon arrival orbeprovided by equipment and personnel traveling with the aircraft. 6. When conducting operations at foreign airports, flights must be conducted in accordance with flag regulations unless otherwise specified in the ce11ificate holder's operations specifications. 7
. When conducting opemtions outside ofthe United States, and the District of Columbia, or any territory orpossession ofthe United States, the certificate holder will ensure that foreign airports meet ICAO Annex 14 SARPS.8. The certificate holder must comply with the destinationand alternate airport requirements of§ 121 .619 or 

### § 121.621, depending on the kind ofoperation being conducted. 

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9. In addition to the requirements of§§ 121.619 and 121.621 as applicable, when conducting operations to airports not listed in the certificate holder's operations specifications. the certificate holder shall list at least one alternate airport for each destination airport in the dispatch release. unless the requirements ofsubparagraphs a and b ofCondition No. 9 can be met. This requirement mitigates the risk involved when conducting operations to airports not listed in the certificate holder's operations specifications, without a destination alternate airport. This requirement also complies with ICAO Annex 6, part I , SARP 4.3.4.3.1, which applies to destination alternate aerodromes (airports)-
a. Two separate runways are usable at the estimated time ofarrival atthe destination airport. For the purposes ofthis exemption, separate runways are two or more runways at the same airport, configured suchthat ifonerunway is closed, operations to the otherrunway(s) can be conducted; and b. At least one ofthe usable runways has an operational instrument approach procedure. I0. The certificate holder may only exercise this exemption when conducting operations within the territory and airspace ofa foreign country with the permission ofthe foreign civil aviationauthority. This exemption does not exempt the certificate holder from any regulations imposed by the foreign state. 11. When operating under the provisions ofthis exemption, the certificate holder shall list this exemption number in the dispatch release. This exemption tenninales on September 30, 2016, unless sooner superseded orrescinded. Sincerely,

John Barbagallo Acting Deputy Director, Flight Standards Service