BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

:

Application of :

:

DELTA AIR LINES, INC., :

CAI COMPAGNIA AEREA ITALIANA S.p.A. : Docket DOT-OST-2001-10417

AND SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC. :

:

for a statement of authorization pursuant to :

14 C.F.R. 212 (Open Skies Blanket Codesharing) :

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

JOINT APPLICATION OF

SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC., C.A.I. COMPAGNIA

AEREA ITALIANA S.p.A. AND DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

FOR A STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

Richard D. Mathias

David M. Endersbee

Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, L.L.P.

888 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Suite 700

Washington, DC 20006

(202) 973-7917

rdmathias@zsrlaw.com

dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com

Counsel for C.A.I. Compagnia

Aerea Italiana S.p.A.

Alexander Van der Bellen

Managing Director – Government Affairs

& Associate General Counsel

Jeff Morgan

Director - International and Regulatory

Affairs

DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

1212 New York Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20005

(202) 842-4184

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

September 20, 2010

Todd C. Emerson, Esq.

SkyWest Airlines, Inc.

444 South River Road

St. George, Utah 84790

temerson@skywest.com

Lorraine B. Halloway

Gerald F. Murphy

Crowell & Moring LLP

1001 Pennsylvania Ave, N.W.

Washington, DC 20004

(202) 624-2500

lhalloway@crowell.com

gmurphy@crowell.com

Counsel for

SkyWest Airlines, Inc.

NOTICE: The Joint Applicants are conducting a poll on the attached application and

are requesting expedited approval.
BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

------------------------------------------------------------------------

:

Application of :

:

DELTA AIR LINES, INC., :

CAI COMPAGNIA AEREA ITALIANA S.p.A. : Docket DOT-OST-2001-10417

AND SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC. :

:

for a statement of authorization pursuant to :

14 C.F.R. 212 (Open Skies Blanket Codesharing) :

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

JOINT APPLICATION OF

SKYWEST AIRLINES, INC., C.A.I. COMPAGNIA

AEREA ITALIANA S.p.A. AND DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

FOR A STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION

Pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212, SkyWest Airlines, Inc. (“SkyWest”),

C.A.I. Compagnia Aerea Italiana S.p.A. (“Alitalia”), and Delta Air Lines, Inc. (“Delta”)

(collectively, the “Joint Applicants”), hereby apply for a blanket statement of authorization

permitting SkyWest to display the “AZ*” designator code of Alitalia on flights operated by

SkyWest on behalf of Delta within the United States and beyond the United States to third

countries.1

The Joint Applicants seek to begin offering these codeshare services as soon as

possible. Accordingly, the Joint Applicants are conducting a poll and request that this

application be approved as quickly as possible. The Joint Applicants further request

statement of authorization be granted for an indefinite duration.2

1

To the extent necessary, the Joint Applicants request consolidation of this application into Docket

DOT-OST-2001-10417, the Docket established by the Department for the administration of the

grant of the blanket statements of authorization issued to Alitalia and Delta.

2

The Joint Applicants hereby request a waiver of the 45-day advance filing requirement under Part

212 so that the proposed codesharing services may be introduced without delay.
Joint Application of SkyWest,

Alitalia and Delta

Page 2

In support of this application, the Joint Applicants state as follows:

1. SkyWest is a certificated U.S. air carrier that operates flights for marketing

and sale by Delta.

2. The Department has previously approved Delta/Alitialia blanket statements

of authorization for reciprocal codesharing. See Notice of Action Taken dated March 2,

2009, Docket DOT-OST-2001-10417. The proposed services are fully consistent with the

Department’s prior codeshare approval and also with the new U.S.-EU open skies

agreement.

3. Alitalia, Delta and SkyWest have agreed to expand codesharing to

encompass flights operated by SkyWest within and beyond the United States.

Accordingly, the Joint Applicants request a blanket statement of authorization under

14 C.F.R. Part 212, permitting SkyWest to display Alitalia’s “AZ*” designator code on

flights operated by SkyWest: (a) within the United States (in conjunction with Alitalia’s

services in foreign air transportation), and (b) between the United States and third

countries.

4. Alitalia holds exemption authority authorizing it to engage in the full scope

of foreign air transportation permissible under the U.S.-EU open skies agreement. See

Notice of Action Taken dated December 18, 2008, Docket DOT-OST-2007-28728.

5. Attached is the Alitalia/Delta/SkyWest Codesharing Agreement covering

the proposed new services.

6. The Joint Applicants will comply with the Department’s standard

30-day notice requirement before introducing codeshare service to additional points. The

Joint Applicants request that the codeshare authority requested herein be administered

jointly with the existing Delta/Alitalia blanket statement of authorization in this docket and

that a codeshare notice given by Delta, Alitalia, or any of the regional partners
Joint Application of SkyWest,

Alitalia and Delta

Page 3

and codeshare affiliates authorized in this blanket codeshare docket be deemed notice

given by all of the authorized carriers, thereby providing the Joint Applicants with the

flexibility to switch between mainline and the various regional operators as warranted by

market conditions. Such flexibility is consistent with the practices routinely followed by

other codesharing alliance partners. The Joint Applicants note that Notice was given on

March 2, 2009 covering all U.S.-EU and open skies markets.

7. The same public interest considerations that supported the grant of blanket

statements of authorization to Delta and Alitalia apply with equal force to the services

operated by SkyWest. The proposed new services will extend the availability of Alitalia’s

on-line services to additional U.S. and beyond-U.S. cities.

8. The proposed services are fully consistent with the U.S.-EU agreement,

which allows U.S. carriers to enter into cooperative marketing arrangements including

codesharing agreements with Italian carriers.

9. SkyWest is not a CRAF participant.

10. The Joint Applicants will conduct these codeshare services in accordance

with 14 C.F.R. Part 257 and the other conditions normally imposed by the Department on

codesharing statements of authorization.
Joint Application of SkyWest,

Alitalia and Delta

Page 4

WHEREFORE, SkyWest Airlines, Alitalia and Delta request that the Department

promptly grant the requested statements of authorization to permit the Alitalia codesharing

services described herein.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Richard D. Mathias /s/

Richard D. Mathias

Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, L.L.P.

888 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Suite 700

Washington, DC 20006

(202) 973-7917

rdmathias@zsrlaw.com

Counsel for C.A.I. Compagnia

Aerea Italiana S.p.A.

/s/ Alexander Van der Bellen /s/

Alexander Van der Bellen

Managing Director – Government Affairs

& Associate General Counsel

DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

1212 New York Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20005

(202) 842-4184

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

/s/ Gerald F. Murphy /s/

Gerald F. Murphy

Crowell & Moring LLP

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20001

(202) 508-8855

gmurphy@crowell.com

Counsel for

SkyWest Airlines, Inc.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that I have this date served the foregoing document on the

following persons in accordance with the Department’s Rules of Practice:

msinick@ssd.com

carl.nelson@aa.com

rpommer@atlasair.com

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

jeff.morgan@delta.com

sametta.c.barnett@delta.com

charters@evergreenairlines.com

slachter@lachter-clements.com

agoerlich@ggh-airlaw.com

howard.kass@usairways.com

benjamin.slocum@usairways.com

jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com

dwight.moore@ustranscom.mil

nssparks@fedex.com

anbird@fedex.com

david.heffernan@wilmerhale.com

jeffrey.manley@united.com

matwood@cozen.com

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com

dvaughan@kelleydrye.com

mlbenge@zsrlaw.com

bill@mietuslaw.com

rbkeiner@crowell.com

hershel.kamen@coair.com

william.stallings@usdoj.gov

Colonel Giorgio Russo

Air Attache

Embassy of Italy

3000 Whitehaven Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20008

/s/ Gerald F. Murphy /s/

Gerald F. Murphy

September 20, 2010