BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Application of

DELTA AIR LINES , INC.

for renewal of exemption authorities

(U.S.

- Brazil and

U.S.

- China)

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A PPLICATION OF DELTA AIR LINES , INC.

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITIES

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to:

Alexander Van der Bellen

Managing Director, Government Affairs

& Associate General Counsel

Christopher Walker

Regional Dire ctor, Government Affairs

DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

1212 New York Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20005

(202) 842

- 4184

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

March 22 , 201 3BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Application of

DELTA AIR LINES , INC.

for renewal of exemption authorities

(U.S.

- Brazil and

U.S.

- China)

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A PPLICATION OF DELTA AIR LINES , INC.

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITIES

Delta Air Lines , Inc. (“ Delta ”), p ursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 41102 and 14 C.F.R. Part

377 , h ereby requests renewal of the codeshare exemption authorities set forth below

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which enable Delta to offer scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and

mail between the United S t ates and (i) Brazil and (ii) China

. The i nternational services for

which renewal is sought are operated on a codeshare basis

. Delta requests r enewal of its

exemptions for a period of at least two years.

(i) By Notice of Action Taken (April 19, 2011) the Department granted Delta a

two year exception from 49 U.S.C. § 41101 to engage in scheduled foreign air

transportation of persons, property, and mail “ between a point or points in the United

S tates, via intermediate points, and (a) any point or points in Brazil and (b) beyond Brazil

t o any point or points, pursuant to Delta’s code

- share arrangement with Gol. ”

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(ii) By Notice of Action Taken (May 6, 2011) the Department granted Delta a

two year exception from 49 U.S.C. § 41101 to engage in scheduled foreign air

transportation of persons, property, and mail “ on a codeshare

- only basis with Ch ina

Eastern, between points in China and behind, intermediate, and beyond points in third

countries. ” (DOT

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The relief requested by Delta is in the public interest for the same reasons that

supported the original issuance of authority for the subject routes

. Delta’s services

continue to be consistent with the relevant bilateral aviation agreements

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WHEREFORE

, Delta Air Lines , Inc. res pectfully requests renewal of its

aforementioned international exemption s

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Respectfully submitted,

_________________________________ Alexander Van der Bellen

Managing Director, Government Affairs

& Associate General Counsel

DELTA AIR LINES, INC.CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

On this 22nd day of March, 2013 , a copy of the foregoing Renewal Application of

Delta Air Lines , Inc. was served by electronic mail on the following:

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

ASTAR (DHL) Stephen Lachter slachter@lachter

- clements.com

Atlas Air, Inc. Russe ll 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

Front ier/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 Ai r 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 Bria n 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

Tradewinds Pierre Murphy pmurphy@lopmurphy.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.comDelta Air Lines Renewal Application

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US Airways Howard Kass howard_kass@usairways.com

Virgin America Barbara Russell barbara.russell@virginamerica.com

World Airways Mark McMillin mcmillin@woa.com

Name Email Address

Esta Rosenberg esta.rosenberg@dot.gov

Brian Hedberg brian.hedberg@dot.gov

Paul Gretch paul.gretch@dot.gov

Info info@airlineinfo.com