BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. Joint Application of DELTA AIR LINES, INC. COMAIR, INC. andJOINT STOCK COMPANY “AEROFLOTRUSSIAN AIRLINES” for statements of authorization pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 and related exemptions pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 (U.S. – Russia codesharing) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Docket DOT-OST-2007-26805

JOINT APPLICATION OF DELTA AIR LINES, INC., COMAIR, 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) 776-3970 dhainbach@ggh-airlaw.com jmaddux@ggh-airlaw.com

For JOINT STOCK COMPANY “AEROFLOTRUSSIAN AIRLINES”

June 8, 2011 Andrea Fischer Newman Senior Vice President, Government Affairs Alexander Van der Bellen, Managing Director, Government Affairs and Associate General Counsel Jeff Morgan Regional Director, Government Affairs DELTA AIR LINES, INC. 1212 New York Avenue NW, Suite 200 Washington, DC 20005 (202) 842-4184 sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com For DELTA AIR LINES, INC. and COMAIR, INC.BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Joint Application of DELTA AIR LINES, INC. COMAIR, INC. andJOINT STOCK COMPANY “AEROFLOTRUSSIAN AIRLINES” for statements of authorization pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 and related exemptions pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 (U.S. – Russia codesharing) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Docket DOT-OST-2007-26805

JOINT APPLICATION OF DELTA AIR LINES, INC., COMAIR, INC. AND JOINT STOCK COMPANY “AEROFLOT-RUSSIAN AIRLINES” Delta Air Lines, Inc. (“Delta”), Comair, Inc. (“Co mair”) and Joint Stock Company

“Aeroflot-Russian Airlines” 1 (“Aeroflot”) (together, the “Joint Applicants”) he reby apply for statements of authorization pursuant to 14 C.F.R. P art 212 and exemption authority pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 to permit the Joint A pplicants to implement reciprocal codeshare services. The Joint Applicants seek to b egin offering codeshare services as soon as possible. Accordingly, the Joint Applicant s request that this application be promptly approved, that the requested exemptions be granted for a period of at least two years, and the requested statements of authorizatio n be granted for an indefinite

duration. 2 More specifically, the Joint Applicants request th e following authorities:

1 Aeroflot, previously, registered the name Joint St ock Company “Aeroflot–Russian Airlines” pursuant to Part 215 of the Department’s regulation s and intends to file an application to amend its foreign air carrier permit and to reissue its exist ing authority in that name.

2 The Joint Applicants hereby request a waiver of t he 45-day advance filing requirement under Part 212 so that their codesharing services may be introduced without delay.Joint Application of Delta, Comair and Aeroflot Page 2 (a) an amended

statement of authorization pursuant to 14 C.F.R. P art 212 to permit Delta to display Aeroflot’s “SU*” designator on flights operated by Delta (1) between New York and/or Atlanta, on the one han d, and Anchorage, Atlanta, Bangor, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Columb us (Ohio), Dallas/Ft. Worth, Denver, Detroit, Honolulu, Houston, Huntsvil le, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Orlando, Phi ladelphia, Portland (Oregon), San Francisco, Seattle, Toledo, and Washi ngton, DC, on the other hand, and (2) between New York and Atlanta, on the one hand, and Moscow, Russia, on the other hand; (b) a statement of authorization pursuant to 14 C.F .R. Part 212 to permit Comair to display Aeroflot’s “SU*” designator on flights oper ated by Comair (1) between New York and/or Atlanta, on the one hand, and Ancho rage, Atlanta, Bangor, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus (Ohio), Dallas /Ft. Worth, Denver, Detroit, Honolulu, Houston, Huntsville, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Orlando, Philadelphia, Portl and (Oregon), San Francisco, Seattle, Toledo, and Washington, DC, on the other hand; (c) an amended

statement of authorization pursuant to 14 C.F.R. P art 212 to permit Aeroflot to display Delta’s “DL*” designator on flights operated by Aeroflot (1) between Moscow, Russia on the one hand , and KoltsovoEkaterinburg, Russia; Kaliningrad, Russia; Khabarov sk, Russia; Krasnodar, Russia; Magadan, Russia; Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia; Novosibirsk, Russia; Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski, Russia; Samara, Russia; S t. Petersburg, Russia; Vladivostok, Russia; Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia; Tas hkent, Uzbekistan; and Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on the other hand, and (2) bet ween New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, on the one hand, and Mosco w, Russia, on the other hand;Joint Application of Delta, Comair and Aeroflot Page 3 (d) an exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 authorizing Delta to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, pr operty, and mail between a point or points in the United States, on the one ha nd, and Kaliningrad, Russia; Khabarovsk, Russia; Magadan, Russia; Nizhniy Novgor od, Russia; Novosibirsk, Russia; Petropavlovsk-Kamchatski, Russ ia; Samara, Russia; Vladivostok, Russia; Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia; and Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on the other hand; and (e) an exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 authorizing Aeroflot to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, pr operty, and mail between a point or points in Russia, on the one hand, and Atl anta, Bangor, Boston, Cleveland, Columbus (Ohio), Dallas/Ft. Worth, Denve r, Detroit, Honolulu, Houston, Huntsville, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Philad elphia, Portland (Oregon), and Toledo, on the other hand. In support of this Application, the Joint Applicant s submit the following: 1. The Joint Applicants require the authority from the Department described herein because Delta and Aeroflot have changed the list of routes on which they will codeshare relative to their originally approved app lication for codeshare authority. 3 In addition, Delta and Aeroflot have now also reached agreement for the Aeroflot code to be placed on flights operated by Delta regional affili ate Comair. 4 2. The Joint Applicants have agreed to codeshare as follows:

• Delta and/or Comair will display Aeroflot’s “SU*” designator code on Delta and/or Comair operated flights between New Yo rk and/or Atlanta, on the one hand, and Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dall as/Ft. Worth,

3 By Notice of Action Taken on November 10, 2008 in Docket DOT-OST-2007-26805, the Department granted Delta and Aeroflot exemptions an d statements of authorization for certain reciprocal codeshare services. Those services have not been implemented.

4 A redacted copy of the Delta/Aeroflot/Comair codes hare agreement is attached as Exhibit A.Joint Application of Delta, Comair and Aeroflot Page 4 Denver, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Orl ando, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Washington, DC, on the other hand;

• Delta will display Aeroflot’s “SU*” designator cod e on Delta operated flights between New York and Atlanta, on the one ha nd, and Moscow, Russia, on the other hand; and

• Aeroflot will display Delta’s “DL*” designator on flights operated by Aeroflot (1) between Moscow, Russia, on the one han d, and KoltsovoEkaterinburg, Russia; Kaliningrad, Russia; Krasnoda r, Russia; Novosibirsk, Russia; Samara, Russia; St. Petersburg , Russia; Tashkent, Uzbekistan; and Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, on t he other hand, and (2) between New York, Los Angeles, and Washington, on the one hand, and Moscow, Russia, on the other hand. 5 All codeshare traffic on beyond/behind segments wil l connect to/from transatlantic service on a blind-sector basis (i.e., there will be no loc al traffic carried under the marketing carrier’s code). On transatlantic segments, codes hare 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), and Los Angeles (LAX), on the oth er hand, under its foreign air carrier permit (Order 86-5-75) and exemption authority (Doc ket 50385 (now Docket DOT-OST1995-250), timely renewal application pending and a uthority automatically extended

5 The Joint Applicants’ initial list of codeshare ma rkets is provided at Exhibit B. The Joint Applicants are requesting broader authority that th ey initially intend to use in order to have flexibi lity to add and/or change codeshare markets in the futur e, consistent with the route descriptions in the U.S.-Russia Air Transport Agreement.Joint Application of Delta, Comair and Aeroflot Page 5 pursuant to Part 377 of the Department’s regulation s). 6 Pursuant to said exemption authority, Aeroflot is also authorized, inter alia , to provide scheduled service to Anchorage, Chicago, Miami, Orlando, San Francisco, and Seattle and to serve its authorized U.S. points as coterminal points. Aerof lot requires additional exemption authority for service to Atlanta, Bangor, Boston, C leveland, Columbus (Ohio), Dallas/Ft. Worth, Denver, Detroit, Honolulu, Houston, Huntsvil le, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, Portland (Oregon), and Toledo. 7 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 certificate.

Order 95-3-25 and Order 2010-12-24. Delta also hol ds exemption authority to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, pr operty, and mail between a point or points in the United States, on the one hand, and S t. Petersburg, Krasnodar, and Koltsovo-Ekaterinburg, Russia, on the other hand. See , NOAT November 10, 2008 in

Docket DOT-OST-2007-26805. 8 Pursuant to its blanket Open Skies certificate, D elta holds authority to serve Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Ord er 2007-4-27. Delta requires additional exemption authority for service to Kalin ingrad, Russia; Khabarovsk, Russia; Magadan, Russia; Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia; Novosibi rsk, Russia; PetropavlovskKamchatski, Russia; Samara, Russia; Vladivostok, Ru ssia; Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Russia; and Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan.

6 Aeroflot’s various exemption authorities, which we re originally issued in Dockets 47447, 47974, 48050, 48889, 49439, and 49581, have been consolida ted in Docket 50385 (now Docket DOTOST-1995-250).

7 Aeroflot held an exemption to serve Atlanta and Ci ncinnati issued by NOAT November 10, 2008 in Docket DOT-OST-2007-26805, but it expired on Nov ember 10, 2009. In the instant application, Aeroflot seeks to reinstate its authority to serve Atlanta but does not seek to reinstate its authorit y to serve Cincinnati.

8 Delta’s exemption authority remains in effect inde finitely pursuant to Part 377 of the Department’s regulations as a renewal application was timely fil ed on May 1, 2009.Joint Application of Delta, Comair and Aeroflot Page 6 5. Comair is a certificated U.S. carrier that opera tes flights for marketing and sale by Delta. 6. The codesharing services for which approval is r equested are consistent with the U.S.-Russia Air Transport Agreement (“ATA” ) (January 14, 1994) and the 2009 U.S.-Russia Memorandum of Consultations (“MOC”) (Fe bruary 13, 2009). Under Annex V, Section 1 of the MOC, airlines of the United Sta tes 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 airli nes 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.”

7. Russian Points . Under Annex 1, Section 2(A) of the MOC, Khabarov sk, Magadan, Moscow, Nizhniy Novgorod, Petropavlovsk-Ka mchatski, St. Petersburg, Vladivostok, and Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk are named points for U.S. carriers. To the extent necessary, Delta requests that the Department desig nates Kaliningrad, KoltsovoEkaterinburg, Krasnodar, Novosibirsk, and Samara as the five codeshare only points for U.S. carriers under Annex I, Section 2(A).

8. U.S. Points . Under Annex I, Section 2(B) of the MOC, Anchorag e, Atlanta, Bangor, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Columbus (Ohio) , Dallas/Ft. Worth, Detroit, Honolulu, Houston, Huntsville, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, New York, Orlando, Portland (Oregon), San Francisco, Seattle, Toledo, and Washington, DC are named points for Russian carriers. With respect to Denv er, Las Vegas, and Philadelphia, the Joint Applicants anticipate that the Russian Govern ment will designate these points as the three additional codeshare only points under Annex I, Section 2(B). 9. The same public interest considerations that sup ported the original grant of codeshare authority to Delta and Aeroflot apply wit h equal force to the broader codesharing services contemplated by the instant ap plication. Grant of this applicationJoint Application of Delta, Comair and Aeroflot Page 7 will enhance competition and enable the Joint Appli cants to expand their online service options to the benefit of travelers and shippers. WHEREFORE, based upon the foregoing, Joint Applican ts respectfully request that they be granted statements of authorization an d exemption authority in order to engage in the reciprocal codeshare services more fu lly described above.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Don H. Hainbach

________________________________ __________________ ______________ Don H. Hainbach

For JOINT STOCK COMPANY “AEROFLOTRUSSIAN AIRLINES” Alexander Van der Bellen, For DELTA AIR LINES, INC. and COMAIR, INC.EXHIBIT A

Delta/Aeroflot/Comair Codeshare AgreementEXHIBIT B – Initial Codeshare Routes

Delta Code on Aeroflot

Between Moscow and: St. Petersburg, Russia Ekaterinburg, Russia Krasnodar, Russia Novosibirsk, Russia Samara, Russia Kaliningrad, Russia Tashkent, Uzbekistan Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Transatlantic Routes New York-Moscow, Russia Los Angeles-Moscow, Russia Washington-Moscow, Russia

Aeroflot Code on Delta and/or Comair

Between Atlanta and/or New York and : Atlanta New York Los Angeles Washington San Francisco Chicago Boston Houston Miami Denver Orlando Dallas/Ft. Worth Las Vegas Philadelphia

Transatlantic Routes Atlanta-Moscow, Russia New York-Moscow, RussiaCERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

A copy of the foregoing document has been served th is 8 th day of June, 2011, upon the following persons via email: carl.nelson@aa.com dan.weiss@coair.com (for United and Continental) thomas.bolling@coair.com (for United and Continenta l) howard.kass@usairways.com benjamin.slocum@usairways.com slewis@iblf.com (for Baltia) esta.rosenberg@dot.gov mary.street@dot.gov george.wellington@dot.gov brian.hedberg@dot.gov urskr@state.gov info@airlineinfo.com