UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation on June 15 , 20 11



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This serves as notice to the public of the action described below, taken by the Department official indicated (no additional confirming order will be issued in this matter).

Joint Application of Delta Air Lines, Inc. (Delta), and Aerovias de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (Aerome xico) , filed June 7, 2011 , for:

XX Exemption for Delta under 49 U.S.C. 40109 to provide the following service:

Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between (1) Fresno , California,

and Guadalajara , Mexico; (2) San Antonio

, Texas, and Monterrey, Mexico; and (3) Chicago

, Illinois, and Durango , Mexico. 1

XX Stat ement of authorization for Aeromexico under 14 CFR Part 212 to engage in the f ollowing code

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service :

Aeromexico requests a statement of authorization to permit Aeromexico to display Delta’s

“DL*” designator code on Aeromexico operated flights and/or Aeromexico flights operated with

aircraft wet

- leased from Aerolitoral , S.A. de C.V. (Aerolitoral) between (1) Fresno, California, and Guadalajara, Mexico; (2) San A ntonio, Texas, and Monterrey, Mexico; and (3) Chicago, Illinois, and Durango, Mexico. 2 3

Applicant reps: Alexander Van der Bellen (Delta) (202) 842

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DOT Analyst: Brett D. Kruger (202) 366

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D I S P O S I T I O N

XX Approved

, exemption authority to Delta ( subject to conditions, s ee below).

XX Approved

, statement of authorization to Aeromexico ( su bject to conditions, s ee below).

The above action granting exemption authority to Delta was effective when taken: June 15 , 20 11

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June 15 , 201 3

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The above actions granting a statement of authorization to Aeromexico was effective: June 15 , 2011 , and will remain in effect indefinitely, subject to conditions.

Action taken by: Paul L. Gretch, Director

Office of International Aviation

1 Delta states that it will serve these markets by placing its designator code on Aeromexic o’s flights

, and requests that the Department issue the necessary code

- share notification to th e Government of Mexico.

2 Aeromexico already holds exemption authority to serve the subject routes, see Notices of Action Taken dated March 4, 2011, in docket DO T

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- Guadalajara); December 16, 2010, in docket DOT

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Antonio

- Monterrey); and December 14, 2010, in docket DOT

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- 21605 (Chicago

- Durango). Aerolitoral holds a statement of authorization permitting it to wet

- lease aircraft to Aeromexico on a long

- term basis (see Undocketed approval

2011

- 217, dated May 12, 2011).

3 Aeromexico also requests a waiver of the 45

- day advance filing requirement under 14 CFR Part 212. We will grant the

waiver.XX The authority granted is consistent with the aviation agreement between the United States and

Mexico.

Except to the extent exempted or waived, this authority is subject to the terms, conditions, and limitations

indicated:

XX Delta’s certificates of public convenience and necessity

XX Standard e xemption c onditions (attached as Appendix A )

XX Con ditions for statement of authorization (attached as Appendix B)

Conditions: The U.S.

- Mexico exemption authority granted is subject to the dormancy notice requirements set forth in condition 7 of Appendix A of Order 88

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The exemption authority gr anted to Delta is limited to services provided on a code

- share basis only.

Remarks : We note that Delta has conducted a safety audit of Aeromexico under the Department’s Code

- Share Safety Audit Program, and the FAA has advised us that it has reviewed the relevant audit repor t and found it to be acceptable.

We acted on this application without awaiting expiration of the 15

- day answer period with the consent of all parties served with the application.

On the basis of data officially noticeable under Rule 24(g) of the Depar tment's regulations, we found Delta qualified to provide the exemption services authorized.

Under authority assigned by the Department in its regulations, 14 CFR Part 385, we found that (1) our action was consistent with Department policy; (2) grant of the authority was consistent with the public interest; and (3) grant of the authority would not constitute a major regulatory action under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975. To the extent not granted, we denied all requests in the referenced Docket. We may amend, modify, or revoke the authority granted in this Notice at any time without hearing at our discretion.

Persons entitled to petition the Department for review of the action set forth in this Notice under the Department’s regulations, 14 CFR §385.30, may file their petitions within seven (7) days after the date of issuance of this Notice. This action was effective when taken, and the filing of a petition for review will not

alter such effectiveness.

An electronic version of this docu ment is available on the World Wide Web at: http://www.regulations.gov

### A ppendix A U.S. Carrier Exemption Conditions

In the conduct of the operations authorized, the U.S. carrier applicant(s) shall:

(1) H old at all times effective operating authority from the government of each country served;

(2) Comply with applicable requirements concerning oversales contained in 14 CFR 250 (for scheduled operations, if authorized);

(3) Comply with the requirements for reporting data contained in 14 CFR 241;

(4) Comply with requirements for minimum insurance coverage, and for certifying that coverage to the Department, contained in 14 CFR 205;

(5) Except as specifically exempted or otherwise provided for in a Dep artment Order, comply with the requirements of 14 CFR 203, concerning waiver of Warsaw Convention liability limits and defenses;

(6) Comply with all applicable requirements of the Federal Aviation Administration, the Transportation Security Administratio n, and with all applicable U.S. Government requirements concerning security, including, but not limited to, 49 CFR Part 1544. To assure compliance with all applicable U.S. Government requirements concerning security, the holder shall, before commencing

an y new service (including charter flights) to or from a foreign airport, contact its Principal Security Inspector (PSI) to advise the PSI of its plans and to find out whether the Transportation Security Administration has determined that security is adequat e to allow such airport(s) to be served;

(7) Comply with such other reasonable terms, conditions, and limitations required by the public interest as may be prescribed by the Department of Transportation, with all applicable orders and regulations of othe r U.S. agencies and courts, and with all applicable laws of the United States.

The authority granted shall be effective only during the period when the holder is in compliance with the conditions imposed above.

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### Appendix B

The code

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(a) The statement of authorization will remain in effect only as long as (i) Delta and Aeromexico continue to hold the necessary underlying authority to operate the code

- share services at issue, and (ii) the code

- share agreement providing for the code

- share operations remains in effect.

( b ) Delta and/or Aeromexico must notify the Department no later than 30 days before they begin any new code

share service under the code

- share services authorized here. Such notice shall identify the market(s) to be served, which carrier will be operating the aircraft in the code

- share market added, and the date on which the service will begin. Such notice should be filed in Docket DOT

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( c ) Delta and/or Aeromexico must promptly notify the Department if the code

- share agreement providing for the

code

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( d ) The code

- sharing operations conducted under this authority must comply with 14 CFR 257 and with any amendments to the Department’s regulations concerning code

- share arrangements that m ay be adopted. Notwithstanding any provisions in the contract between the carriers, our approval here is expressly conditioned upon the requirements that the subject foreign air transportation be sold in the name of the carrier holding out

such service in the computer reservation systems and elsewhere; that the carrier selling such transportation ( i.e., the carrier shown on the ticket) accept responsibility for the entirety of the code

- share journey for all obligations

established in its contract of carria ge with the passenger; that the passenger liability of the operating carrier be unaffected; and that the operating carrier shall not permit the code of its U.S. code

- sharing partner to be carried on any flight that enters, departs, or transits the airspace of any area for whose airspace the Federal Aviation Administration has issued a flight prohibition.

( e ) The authority granted here is specifically conditioned so that neither Delta nor Aeromexico shall give any force or effect to any contractual provisio ns between themselves that are contrary to these conditions.

We may amend, modify, or revoke the authority granted at any time without hearing at our discretion.

4 We expect this notification to be received within ten (10) days after such non

- effectiveness or of such decision.