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### I ss u e d b y the D e p ar tm e n t of T ra nspo r t a tion on October 11

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T h i s s e r v es a s n o t i ce t o t h e pub l i c o f t h e a c t i on d e sc r i b ed b e l o w

, t a k en by t he D e p a rt m ent o f f i c i al i nd i c a t ed

( no a d d i ti o nal c o n f i r m i ng o r der wi l l be i ss ue d i n t h i s m a tt e r )

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A pp li c a t i on o f DELTA A IR L I NE S, I NC

. ( D e l t a) f il ed 10 / 8/ 12 f o r :

X X A ll oc a t i on of seven (7) weekly U .S

. - C h i na f r equ e nc i es i n o r d e r t o p r o v i de s ched u l ed co m b i n a ti on s e r v i ce

b e t w e e n Seattle, Washington and Shanghai, People’s Republic of China. 1 2

A pp li c ant r e p r e se n t a t i v e: A l e x ander V an der B e l l en ( 20 2 ) 84 2

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DO T A na l y s t : Darren Jaffe (202) 366

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X X Granted ( su b j e c t t o c ond i ti o n s, s ee b e l o w )

T he abo v e a c t i on w as e f f e c ti v e w hen t a k en: October 11 , 2012

, a nd wi l l r e m a i n i n e f f ect i n d e f i n i t e l y , su b j e ct

t o t he con d i t i ons b e l o w

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A c ti on t aken b y: P a ul L

. G re t ch, D i r e c t o r

O ff i ce o f I n t e rna t i on a l A v i a t i on

XX T he au t ho r it y gra n t e d i s c ons i s t e n t w i t h Ai r T r ansport A gre e m e n t

, a s a m ended, b e t w e en t h e U n it ed

S t a t es and t he Pe o p l e ’ s R epub l i c o f C h i n a.

Except t o t he ex t ent exe m p t ed or w a i v ed, t h i s au t ho r it y i s s u b j ect t o t he t e r m s, cond i t i ons, and li m it a t i ons i nd i c a t e d :

X X H o l de r ’ s c e r t i f i ca t es o f pub l i c conve n i ence and ne c es s i t y

R e m ar k s: We a c t ed on t h i s ap p li c a t i on w it h o ut a w a i t i ng exp ir a t i on of t h e ans w er pe r i od wi t h t he conse n t o f

a l l p a r t i es s e r v ed w it h t he app l i c a t i on.

With our action here, there are 28 U nited S tates

- People’s Republic of China combination frequencies

available for allocation to U.S. carriers.

C ond i t i ons: C on s i s t e n t wi t h o u r s t and a r d p r a c t i ce i n a w a r d i ng f r eq u en c i es, w e wi l l a l l ow a 10

- day l ee w ay i n

t he p r op o sed s t a r t

- up da t e f o r D e lt a

. W e w i l l a l l ow D e l t a t o i n a u g u r a t e se r v i ce w i t h t h e fr e q uen c i e s a l l o c a t ed

h e r e w it h i n 10 d a y s of June 17, 2013 ( i

. e. , by June 2 7, 20 1 3 )

. F a i l u r e t o i nau g u r a t e se r v i c e wi t h a n e w l y

a ll o c a t ed fr e q u ency b y June 2 7, 201 3

, w i l l r esu l t i n t h e un u sed fr e q uency r e v e r t i ng t o t h e D epa r t m en t

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I n add iti on, con s i s t e n t wi t h our s t an d a r d p r a c t i ce, t h e a l l oc a t ed f r eque n c i es a r e su b j ect t o a do r m ancy cond i t i on.

U nd e r t h i s do r m ancy cond i t i on, i f any f r eq u ency a l l oc a t ed h e r e i s not u sed f or a pe r i od of 90 da y s ( once i n au g u r a t ed

and for any reason other than seasonal use ), t h e a l l o c a t i on wi t h r es p e c t t o t h a t f r eq u ency w ou l d e xp i r e au t o m a ti c a ll y

and t he fr e q uency w ou l d r e v e r t t o t he D ep a rt m ent.

1 Delta plans to commence daily service on June 17, 2013.

2 Delta anticipates that it will operate at a reduced frequency level (approximately 4 to 5 weekly flights) during the off

- peak winter

season. Therefore, the carrier requests that four of the seven frequencies be authorized for seasonal use to allow for flexibility.U nder a u t h o r i t y as s i g ned b y t he D epa r t m ent i n i t s r e g u l a ti o n s, 14 C FR P a r t 385, w e f ound t h a t ( 1) o ur ac t i on w a s

co n s i s t e n t wi t h D epa r t m ent po l i c y ; ( 2 ) g r a nt of t he a u t ho r it y w as con s i s t ent w it h t h e pu b l i c i n t e r e s t ; and ( 3 ) g r ant of t h e

au t ho r it y w ou l d not con s t it u t e a m a j o r r e g u l a t o r y ac ti on und e r t h e En e r g y Po l i cy and C ons e r v a ti o n A ct o f 1975. T o t h e

e x t e n t n ot g r an t ed, w e d en i ed a l l r e ques t s i n t h e r e f e r e n ced D oc k e t . We m ay a m end, m od if y , or r e v o k e t he a u t h o r i t y

g r an t ed i n t h is N o t i ce a t any ti m e w it h out hea r i ng at o u r d i s c r e ti o n

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Pe r so n s e n t i t l ed t o p e t i t i on t he D e p a r t m ent f o r r e v i ew of t h e a c t i on s et f o r t h i n t h i s N o t i ce u n der t he D epa r t m en t’ s

r e g u l a ti o n s, 1 4 C FR §385.30, m ay fil e t h e i r pe t i t i o n s wi t h i n se v en (7 ) da y s a f t e r t h e d a t e of i ss u ance of t h i s N o t i c e. T h i s

a c t i on w as e f f e c ti v e w h e n t a k en, a n d t h e f i l i ng of a pe t i t i on f or r e v i ew wi l l not a l t er s uch e f f e c ti v ene s s.

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