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,

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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 partnersJoint Application of SkyWest,

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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,

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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