BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.
Joint Application of DELTA AIR LINES, INC. and JOINT STOCK COMPANY “ AEROFLOT RUSSIAN AIRLINES ”
for statements of authorization pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 and related exemptions pursuan t to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 ( U.S.

– Russia codesharing ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Docket DOT - OST
- 2007 - 26805

JOINT APPLICATION OF DELTA AIR LINES, INC

. AND JOINT STOCK COMPANY “ AEROFLOT - RUSSIAN AIRLINES ”

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

- 397 0 dhainbach@ggh

- airlaw.com jmaddux@ggh

- airlaw.com
For JOINT STOCK COMPANY “ AEROFLOT

RUSSIAN AIRLINES ”

November 20 , 201 3 Alexander Van der Bellen, Managing Director, Regulatory Affairs and Associate General Counsel Christopher Walker

Regional Director, Regulatory Affairs DELTA AIR LINES, INC. 1212 New York Avenue NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20005 (202) 842

- 4184 sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com chris.walker@delta.com For DELTA AIR LINES, INC.BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

Joint Application of DELTA AIR LINES, INC. and JOINT STOCK COMPANY “ AEROFLOT RUSSIAN AIRLINES ”
for statements of authorization pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 and related exemptions pursuan t to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 ( U.S.

– Russia codesharing ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Docket DOT - OST
- 2007 - 26805

JOINT APPLICATION OF DELTA AIR LINES, INC

. AND JOINT STOCK COMPANY “ AEROFLOT - RUSSIAN AIRLINES ” Delta Air Lines, Inc. (“Delta”) and Joint Stock Company “ Aeroflot

- Russian Airlines ” 1 (“Aeroflot”) (together, the “Joint Applicants”) hereby apply for statements of authorization pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 an d exemption authority pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 to permit the Joint Applicants to implement reciprocal codeshare se rvices. The Joint Applicants seek to begin offering codeshare services as soon as possible. Accordingly, the Joint Applicants request that this application be promptly approved, that the requested exemptions be granted for a period so as to co

- terminate with the Joint Applicants’ existing exemption authority in this docket , 2 and the requested statements of authorization be granted for an indefinite duration. 3 More specifically, the Joint Applicants request the f ollowing authorities:

1 Aeroflot, previously, registered the name Joint Stock Company “Aeroflot

– Russian Airlines” pursuant to Part 215 of the Department’s regulations.
2 Delta requests that the exemption authority it seeks in this application be grant ed for a period ending on June 2 7 , 20 1 5

. See Notice of Action Taken issued June 27 , 2013 (Docket DOT

- OST

2007

- 26805). Aeroflot requests that the exemption authority it seeks in this application be granted for a period ending on June 28, 2014

. See Notice of Action Taken issued July 1, 2013 (Docket DOT

- OST

- 2007

- 26805).
3 The Joint Applicants hereby request a waiver of the 45

- day advance filing requirement under Part 212 so that their codesharing services may be introduced without delay.Joint Application of Delta and Aeroflot Page 2 (a) an amended statement of authorization pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 to permit Aeroflot to display Delta’s “DL*” designator on flights operated by Aeroflot (1) between Moscow, Russia on the one hand, and Soci , Russia ; Chelyabinsk , Russia; Volgograd , Russia; Perm, Russia; Irkutsk , Russia; Ufa, Russia; Kazan, Russia; Yerevan, Armenia; and Baku, Azerbaijan on the other hand, and (2) between Miami, FL on the one hand, and Moscow, Russia, on the other hand; (b) an exemption pursuant t o 49 U.S.C. § 40109 authorizing Delta to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail (1) between a point or points in the United States, on the one hand, and Soci , Russia ; Chelyabinsk , Russia; Volgograd , Russia; Perm, Russia; Irkutsk , Russia; Ufa, Russia; Kazan, Russia; Yerevan, Armenia; and Baku, Azerbaijan on the other hand, and (2) between Miami, FL on the one hand, and Moscow, Russia, on
the other hand ; and (c) an exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 authorizing Aeroflot to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Yerevan, Armenia and Baku, Azerbaijan through points in the Russia n
Federation to Anchorage; Atlanta; Baltimore; Bangor, ME; Boston; Buffalo , NY; Charleston, SC; Charlotte, NC; Chicago; Cincinnati; Cleveland; Columbus; Dallas/Ft. Worth; Denver; Detroit; Honolulu; Houston; Huntsville; Indianapolis; Jacksonville; Las Vegas; Los Angeles; Miami; Minneapolis; Nashville; New Orleans; New York; Norfo lk, VA; Orlando, Philadelphia; Phoenix; Pittsburgh; Portland, OR; Raleigh

- Durham, NC; Richmond, VA; Rochester, NY; Salt Lake City; San Antonio; San Diego; San Francisco; Seattle; St. Louis; Syracuse, NY;Joint Application of Delta and Aeroflot Page 3 Tampa; Toledo; Washington, DC; Montreal, Canada; Que bec City, Canada; and Toronto, Canada

. 4 In support of this Application, the Joint Applicants submit the following:
1. The Joint Applicants require the authority from the Department described
herein because Delta and Aeroflot wish to expand the list of routes on which they will
codeshare

. 2. The Joint Applicants have agreed to new codesharing as follows:

• Aeroflot will display Delta’s “DL*” designator on flights operated by Aeroflot (1) between Moscow, Russia on the one hand, and Soci , Russia; Chelyabinsk, Russia; Volgograd, Russia; Perm, Russia; Irkutsk, Russia; Ufa, Russia; Kazan, Russia; Yerevan, Armenia; and Baku, Azerbaijan on the other hand, and (2) between Miami, FL on the one hand, and Moscow, Russia, on the other hand

. All cod eshare traffic on beyond/behind segments will connect to/from transatlantic service
on a blind

- sector basis (i.e., there will be no local traffic carried under the marketing
carrier’s code ). On transatlantic segments, codeshare service will be sold both on a local market basis and to facilitate connecting traffic.
3. 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), Los Angeles (LAX), and Miami ( MIA) 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

4 Aeroflot understands that it may serve Atlanta; Baltimore; Bangor, ME; Boston; Buffalo, NY; Charleston, SC; Charlotte, NC; Cincinnati; Cleveland; Columbus; Dallas/Ft. Worth; Denver; Detroit; Honolulu; Houston ; Huntsville; Indianapolis; Jacks onville; Las Vegas; Minneapolis; Nashville; New Orleans; Norfolk, VA; Philadelphia; Phoenix; Pittsburgh; Portland, OR; Raleigh

- Durham, NC; Richmond, VA; Rochester, NY; Salt Lake City; San Antonio; San Diego; St. Louis; Syracuse, NY; Tampa; Toledo; Montreal, Canada; Quebec Ci ty, Canada; and Toronto, Canada as the marketing carrier on a code

- share

- only basis

.Joint Application of Delta and Aeroflot Page 4 automatically extended pursuant to Part 377 of the Department ’s regulations). 5 Aeroflot requires additional exemption authority for service to Yerevan, Armenia and Baku, Azerbaijan

. 4. Delta holds authority to provide service between points in the United States
and Moscow under segment 3 of Route 616 and Delta’s route integration certif icate.
Order 95

- 3

- 25 and Order 2010

- 12

- 24 . Delta also holds exemption authority to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between a point or points in the United States , on the one hand, and St. Petersburg, Krasnodar , and
Koltsovo

- Ekaterinburg, Russia, on the other hand

. See , NOAT November 10, 2008 in
Docket DOT

- OST

- 2007

- 26805. 6 Pursuant to its blanket Open Skies certificate, Delta holds authority to serve Tashkent, Uzbekistan

. Order 2007

- 4

- 27 . Delta requires additional exemption authority for service to Soci, Russia; Chelyabinsk, Russia; Volgograd, Russia; Perm, Russia; Irkut sk, Russia; Ufa, Russia; Kazan, Russia; Yerevan, Armenia; and Baku, Azerbaijan

. 5. The codesharing services for which approval is requested are consistent
with the U.S.

- Russia Air Transport Agreement (“ATA”) (January 14, 1994) and the 2013
U.S.

- Russia Memor andum of Consultations (“MOC”) (February 14, 2013). Under Annex V, airlines of the United States and Russia may enter into codesharing arrangements for services on any of the agreed routes. Under Annex I, Section 3, paragraph G of the MOC, designated ai rlines may “operate combination...services to any third

- country point not specified in Section 2 of this Annex, without traffic rights between the territory of the other Party and such unspecified point.” Under Annex I, Section 2 of the MOC,

5 Aeroflot’s various exemption authorities, which were originally issued in Dockets 47447, 47974, 48050, 48889, 49439, and 49581, have been consolidated in Docket 50385 (n ow Docket DOT

OST

- 1995

- 250).
6 Delta’s exemption authority remains in effect indefinitely pursuant to Part 377 of the Department’s regulations as a renewal application was timely filed on May 1, 2009.Joint Application of Delta and Aeroflot Page 5 designated airlines may operate “between points on [the specified] routes and any points in third countries through points in the territory of the Party which has designated the
airlines. ”
6. The same public interest considerations that supported the original grant of
codeshar e authority to Delta and Aeroflot apply with equal force to the broader codesharing services contemplated by the instant application. G rant of this application
will enhance competition and enable the Joint Applicants to expand their online servic e options to the benefit of travelers and shippers. WHEREFORE, based upon the foregoing, Joint Applicants respectfully request
that they be granted statements of authorization and exemption authority in order to engage in the reciprocal codeshare services more fully described above.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Don H. Hainbach

________________________________ ________________________________ Don H. Hainbach
For JOINT STOCK COMPANY “ AEROFLOT

RUSSIAN AIRLINES ” Alexander Van der Bellen, For DELTA AIR LINES, INC.EXHIBIT A

– Initial Codeshare Routes
Delta Code on Aeroflot
Between Moscow and: Soci, Russia; Chelyabinsk, Russia; Volgograd, Russia; Perm, Russia; Irkutsk, Russia; Ufa, Russia; Kazan, Russia; Yerevan, Armenia; and Baku, Azerbaijan
Transatlantic Routes Miami, FL

- Moscow , RussiaCERTIFICATE OF SERVICE A copy of the foregoing document has been served this 20 th day of November , 201 3 , upon the following persons via email:
Air Carrier Name Email Address
Alaska Airlines Marshall Sinick msinick@ssd.com American Francis Heil francis.heil@aa.com American Robert Wirick robert.wirick@aa.com United Dan Weiss dan.weiss@united.com Unite d Thomas Bolling thomas.bolling@united.com United Karine Faden karine.faden@united.com United Oracio Marquez oracio.marquez@united.com US Airways Benjamin Slocum benjamin.slocum@usairways.com US Airways Howard Kass howard_kass@usairways.com
Kris Urs urskr@state.gov Brett Kruger brett.kruger@dot.gov Esta Rosenberg esta.rosenberg@dot.gov Brian Hedberg brian.hedberg@dot.gov Robert Finamore robert.finamore@dot.gov Info info@airlineinfo.com