BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Application of

PINNACLE AIRLINES, INC.

for registration of name change and reissuance of 

certificates of public convenience and necessity 

under 14 C.F.R. Part 215

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Docket DOT-OST-2013-

 

APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF NAME CHANGE AND REISSUANCE OF 

CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY

IN THE NAME OF “ENDEAVOR AIR, INC.”

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to:

Alexander Van der Bellen

Managing Director – International and 

Regulatory Affairs & Associate General 

Counsel

Christopher Walker

Regional Director – International and 

Regulatory Affairs 

DELTA AIR LINES, INC. 

1212 New York Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20005

(202) 842-4184

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

Special Counsel for Pinnacle

June 27, 2013
BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Application of

PINNACLE AIRLINES, INC.

for registration of name change and reissuance of 

certificates of public convenience and necessity 

under 14 C.F.R. Part 215

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Docket DOT-OST-2013-

 

APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION OF NAME CHANGE AND REISSUANCE OF 

CERTIFICATES OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY

IN THE NAME OF “ENDEAVOR AIR, INC.”

Pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 215, Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. (“Pinnacle”) hereby 

applies for registration of name change and reissuance of Pinnacle’s certificates of 

public convenience and necessity in the name of “ENDEAVOR AIR, INC.” Pinnacle 

proposes to make its corporate name change effective on or about August 1, 2013. 

Pending final action on this application, Pinnacle requests that the Department verbally 

grant it authorization, on a pendente lite basis, to begin using the new corporate name 

immediately. Following the corporate name change, Pinnacle will continue to operate 

under the d/b/a name “Delta Connection”. 

In support of this application, Pinnacle states as follows:

1. Pinnacle is a U.S. air carrier holding certificates of public convenience and 

necessity to engage in interstate and foreign scheduled air transportation of 

persons, property and mail. See, Order 2007-10-27.

2. 100 percent of the outstanding shares of Pinnacle were recently acquired by 

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (“Delta”), pursuant to a Plan of Reorganization approved 

by the Pinnacle Bankruptcy Court.
Application of Pinnacle

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3. The Department has granted Delta and Pinnacle an exemption to operate 

Pinnacle’s Canadian authorities under common ownership in accordance with 

the de facto route transfer doctrine. Order 2013-4-10.

4. On March 28, 2013, Pinnacle filed detailed continuing fitness information 

regarding the reorganized company under Delta’s ownership.

5. The instant request is a change of corporate name only and does not 

constitute a substantial change as defined in 14 C.F.R. § 204.6, as this 

change will not affect Pinnacle’s operations, ownership or management.

6. To Pinnacle’s knowledge, the name “ENDEAVOR AIR, INC.” is not identical 

or substantially similar to the name of any other certificated air carrier, 

commuter, or foreign air carrier.

7. An executed copy of OST Form 4523 is attached hereto.

8. The $56 filing fee for registration and reissuance of certificates is being made 

via pay.gov.

Respectfully submitted,

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Alexander Van der Bellen

Managing Director, International and Regulatory 

Affairs & Associate General Counsel

DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

A copy of the foregoing Joint Application has been served this 27th day of June, 2013

upon the following persons via email:

Air Carrier Name Email Address

ABX Air Robert Silverberg rsilverberg@sgbdc.com

Alaska Airlines Marshall Sinick msinick@ssd.com

Alaska Airlines Megan Lawrence Megan.Lawrence@alaskaair.com

Alaska Airlines Kyle Levine kyle.levine@alaskaair.com

ALPA R. Russell Bailey russell.bailey@alpa.org

American Francis Heil francis.heil@aa.com

American James Kaleigh james.kaleigh@aa.com

American Robert Wirick robert.wirick@aa.com

Amerijet John Richardson jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com

Arrow Cargo Pierre Murphy pmurphy@lopmurphy.com

ASTAR (DHL) Stephen Lachter slachter@lachter-clements.com

Atlas Air, Inc. Russell Pommer rpommer@atlasair.com

British Airways Don Hainbach dhainbach@ggh-airlaw.com

Centurion John Mietus john@mietuslaw.com

Evergreen Ben Graves ben.graves@evergreenairlines.com

Evergreen John Palo john.palo@evergreenairlines.com

Evergreen Ranjit Seth ranjit.seth@evergreenairlines.com

ExpressJet/ASA Gerald Murphy gmurphy@crowell.com

Federal Express Angie Garbuzinski anbird@fedex.com

Federal Express Sandra Lunsford sllunsford@fedex.com

Frontier/Republic Bob Cohn robert.cohn@hoganlovells.com

Frontier/Republic Pat Rizzi patrick.rizzi@hoganlovells.com

Gemini Air Cargo Moffett Roller mroller@rollerbauer.com

Hawaiian Jonathan Hill jhill@dowlohnes.com

JetBlue Robert Land robert.land@jetblue.com

Kalitta Air Mark Atwood matwood@cozen.com

Lynden Air Cargo Garry White gwhite@lac.lynden.com

Lynden Air Cargo Judy McKenzie judy@lynden.com

Mesa Air Brian Gillman brian.gillman@mesa-air.com

North American Malcolm Benge mlbenge@zsrlaw.com

Northern Air Cargo Margot Wiegele mwiegele@nac.aero

Pinnacle Brian Hunt bthunt@pncl.com

Polar Air Cargo Kevin Montgomery kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com

SkyWest Lorraine Halloway lhalloway@crowell.com

SkyWest Todd Emerson temerson@skywest.com

Southwest/AirTran Bob Kneisley bob.kneisley@wnco.com

Spirit Airlines David Kirstein dkirstein@yklaw.com

Spirit Airlines Joanne Young jyoung@yklaw.com

Sun Country John Fredericksen john.fredericksen@suncountry.com

United Dan Weiss dan.weiss@united.com

United Jonathan Linde jonathan.linde@united.com

United Oracio Marquez oracio.marquez@united.com

United Thomas Bolling thomas.bolling@united.com

UPS Anita Mosner anita.mosner@hklaw.com

US Airways Benjamin Slocum benjamin.slocum@usairways.com

US Airways Howard Kass howard_kass@usairways.com

Virgin America Barbara Russell barbara.russell@virginamerica.com

World Airways Mark McMillin mcmillin@woa.com