BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Motion of

DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

for flexibility with respect to U.S.-Ukraine frequencies ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Dockets OST-2005- 22450
OST-2005-22195

MOTION OF DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to:

Alexander Van der Bellen Managing Director – Government Affairs

& Associate General Counsel Jeff Morgan Regional Director – Government Affairs DELTA AIR LINES, INC. 1212 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20005 (202) 842-4184 sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

May 11, 2011BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Motion of

DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

for flexibility with respect to U.S.-Ukraine frequencies ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Dockets OST-2005- 22450
OST-2005-22195

MOTION OF DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (“Delta”) hereby requests fle xibility to use 4.5 of its five direct

service U.S.-Ukraine frequencies for additional Kie v codeshare service with Air France.

Delta also requests a dormancy waiver through June 1, 2012 for the remaining 0.5 direct

service frequency. 1

Delta has decided not to resume its seasonal five t imes weekly New York-Kiev

service during the upcoming Summer season due to hi gh fuel prices and weak demand

that will combine to make the route unprofitable. While Delta’s operations on this route

are suspended, Delta seeks to redeploy 4.5 of its f ive direct service frequencies to

expand codesharing to nine additional weekly Air Fr ance Paris-Kiev flights. 2 Delta

currently codeshares on five weekly Air France Pari s-Kiev flights using a separate

allocation of 2.5 U.S.-Ukraine frequencies. 3

1 Delta was allocated four direct service Ukraine fre quencies by Order 2006-1-12. Order 2006-1-

12 also authorized Delta to convert to direct servi ce one of the 3.5 Ukraine frequencies that it had previously been allocated for codesharing with Air France in Docket OST-96-1402. Delta was reallocated one of these direct service frequencies by NOAT March 25, 2009 in Docket OST2005-22450.

2 Under the U.S.-Ukraine Air Transport Services Agree ment, third country codeshare frequencies are counted as half of a direct service frequency.

3 See Docket OST-96-1402. Delta has the flexibility to use 2 of these 2.5 frequencies for direct service pursuant to NOAT March 25, 2009 in Docket O ST-2005-22450.Motion of Delta

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The relief requested is in the public interest beca use it will provide additional

beneficial codeshare options and enable Delta to re sume direct service when market

conditions warrant. Accordingly, Delta respectfull y requests that the Department grant

this motion and the specific relief described above

.

Respectfully submitted,

_________________________________ Alexander Van der Bellen Managing Director, Government Affairs

& Associate General Counsel DELTA AIR LINES, INC.CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

A copy of the foregoing Motion has been served this 11th day of May, 2011, upon the following persons via email:

Carrier Name Email Address American Carl Nelson carl.nelson@aa.com United/Continental Jeffrey Manley jeffrey.manley@un ited.com United/Continental Dan Weiss dan.weiss@coair.com US Airways Benjamin Slocum benjamin.slocum@usairway s.com US Airways Howard Kass howard_kass@usairways.com

urskr@state.gov esta.rosenberg@dot.gov brian.hedberg@dot.gov info@airlineinfo.com