UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation on March 8 , 20 1 2



### NOTICE OF ACTION TAKEN

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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); Aerovias de Mexico, S.A. de C.V. (Aeromexic o) ; and Aerolitoral, S.A. de C.V. d/b/a Aeromexico Connect (Aerolitoral) , filed March 7, 201 2 , 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 betwee n (1) New York, New York, and Cancun, Mexico; (2) Sacramento, California, and Guadalajara, Mexico; (3) Washington, DC, and Mexico City, Mexico; and Brownsville, Texas, and Monterrey, Mexico

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XX Stat ement of authorization for Aeromexico under 14 CFR Par t 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 between ( 1) Atlanta, Georgia, and Mexico City, Mexico; (2) New York, New York, and Cancun, Mexico; (3) Sacramento, California, and Guadalajara, Mexico; and (4) Washington, DC, and Mexico City, Mexico

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XX Stat ement of authorization for Aerolitoral under 14 CFR Part 212 to engage in the following code

- share

serv ice:

Aerolitoral requests a statement of authorization to permit Aerolitoral to display Delta’s “DL*” designator code on Aerolitoral operated flights between Brownsville, Texas, and Monterrey,

Mexico

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XX Waiver of the 45

- day advance filing requirement under 14 CFR Part 212.

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

- 4184 and John R. Mietus, (Aeromexico and Aerolitoral ) ( 202 ) 747

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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 authori ty to Delta ( subject to conditions, s ee below).

XX Approved

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

XX Approved, statement of authorization to Aerolitoral (subject to conditions, see below).

1 Delta states that it will serve these markets by placing its designator code on Aeromexico and Aerolitoral operated flights

, and requests that the Department issue the necessary code

- share no tification to th e Government of Mexico. Delta further states that it is not seeking exemption authority for the Atlanta, Georgia

- Mexico City, Mexico route because it holds certificate authority to serve the route by Order 2010

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2 Aeromexico already h olds authority to serve the subject routes

. S ee Notices of Action Taken dated December 6 , 2011, in

D ocket DOT

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- 10369 ( Atlanta

- Mexico City ); February 29, 2012 , in D ocket DOT

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Guadalajara ); and February 22, 2012 , in D ocket DO T

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- 0025 ( Washington

- Mexico City ) ; see also Order 91

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- 25 (New York

- Cancun).

3 Aerolitoral already holds exemption authority to serve the subject route

. S ee Notice of Action Taken dated June 17 , 2011,

in D ocket DOT

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- day advance filing requirement under 14 CFR Part 212.

The above action granting exemption authority to Delta was effective when taken: March 8 , 20 1 2

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March 8 , 201 4

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The above action granting a statement of authorization to Aeromexico was ef fective: March 8 , 2012 , and will remain in effect indefinitely, subject to conditions.

The above action granting a statement of authorization to Aerolitoral was effective: March 8 , 2012 , and will remain in effect indefinitely, subject to conditions.

Th e above action granting a waiver of the advance filing requirement under 14 CFR Part 212 was effective:

March 8 , 2012

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Action taken by: Paul L. Gretch, Director

Office of International Aviation

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 Stand ard e xemption c onditions (attached as Appendix A )

XX Conditions for statement s 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 o f Appendix A of Order 88

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

- share basis only.

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

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

We acted on this application without awaiting expiration of the 15

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

On the basis of data officially noticeable under Rule 24(g) of the Department'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 a nd 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 filin g of a petition for review will not

alter such effectiveness.

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

### A ppendix A U.S. Carrier Exemption Cond itions

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

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

(2) Comply with applicable requirements concerning oversales conta ined 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 Department Order, comply with the requirements of 14 CFR 203, concerning waiver of Warsaw Convention liability limits and defenses;

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

ap plicable U.S. Government requirements concerning security, the holder shall, before commencing any 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 fi nd out whether the Transportation Security Administration has determined that security is adequate 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 p rescribed by the Department of Transportation, with all applicable orders and regulations of other 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 s of authorization will remain in effect only as long as (i) Delta, Aeromexico , and Aerolitoral 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

, Aeromexico , and/or Aerolitoral 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, Aeromexico, and/or Aerolitoral must promptly notify the Department if the code

- share agreement providing for t he code

- share operations is no longer effective or if the carriers decide to cease operating all or a portion of the approved code

- share services. Such notice should be filed in Docket DOT

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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 may 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 sho wn on the ticket) accept responsibility for the entirety of the code

- share journey for all obligations established in its contract of carriage with the passenger; that the passenger liability of the operating carrier be unaffected; and that the operating c arrier 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 author ity granted here is specifically conditioned so that neither Delta

, Aeromexico , nor Aerolitoral shall give any force or effect to any contractual provisions between themselves that are contrary to these conditions.

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

4 We expect this no tification to be received within ten (10) days after such non

- effectiveness or of such decision.