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BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Joint Application of )

)

AIR TAHITI NUI )

SOCIÉTÉ AIR FRANCE )

DELTA AIR LINES, INC. )

KONINKLIJKE LUCHTVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ N.V. ) DOCKET DOT-OST-2013-0077

ALITALIA-COMPAGNIA AEREA ITALIANA S.P.A. )

)

Under 49 U.S.C. §§ 41308 and 41309 )

for approval of and antitrust immunity )

for alliance agreements )

JOINT APPLICANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS

April 18, 2014
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Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

Evelyn D. Sahr

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

1717 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

12th Floor

Washington, D.C. 20006

Phone: +1 202 659 6622

Fax: +1 202 659 6699

esahr@eckertseamans.com

Counsel for AIR TAHITI NUI

Alexander Van der Bellen,

Managing Director, Regulatory and

International Affairs and Associate

General Counsel

DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

1212 New York Avenue, NW Suite 200

Washington, DC 20005

Phone: +1 202 842 4184

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

Rita Ciccone

General Counsel & Vice President Legal

and Corporate Affairs

ALITALIA-COMPAGNIA AEREA ITALIANA

S.p.A.

Piazza Almerico da Schio. Pal RPU

00054 Fiumicino (Roma), Italy

Phone: +39 06 65635136

ciccone.rita@alitalia.it

Richard D. Mathias

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

888 Seventeenth Street, NW, Suite 600

Washington, DC 20006-3309

Phone: +1 202 973 7917

Fax: +1 202 342 0683

rdmathias@zsrlaw.com

Counsel for ALITALIA-COMPAGNIA AEREA

ITALIANA S.p.A.

Robert E. Cohn

Patrick R. Rizzi

Hogan Lovells US LLP

555 Thirteenth Street, NW

Washington, DC 20004

Phone: +1 202 637 4999/5659

Fax: +1 202 637 5910

robert.cohn@hoganlovells.com

patrick.rizzi@hoganlovells.com

Counsel for

SOCIÉTÉ AIR FRANCE and

KONINKLIJKE LUCHTVAART

MAATSCHAPPIJ N.V.

Laurent Timsit,

Senior Vice President

International & Regulatory Affairs

SOCIÉTÉ AIR FRANCE

45, rue de Paris

F-95747, Roissy CDG Cedex

Paris, France
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BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Joint Application of )

)

AIR TAHITI NUI )

SOCIÉTÉ AIR FRANCE )

DELTA AIR LINES, INC. )

KONINKLIJKE LUCHTVAART MAATSCHAPPIJ N.V. ) DOCKET DOT-OST-2013-0077

ALITALIA-COMPAGNIA AEREA ITALIANA S.P.A. )

)

) APRIL 18, 2014

Under 49 U.S.C. §§ 41308 and 41309 )

for approval of and antitrust immunity )

for alliance agreements )

JOINT APPLICANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS

Air Tahiti Nui (“Air Tahiti Nui”), Société Air France (“Air France”), Delta Air

Lines, Inc. (“Delta”), Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij N.V. (“KLM”), and AlitaliaCompagnia Aerea Italiana S.p.A. (“Alitalia”) (collectively, the “Joint Applicants”)

hereby move to dismiss the Joint Application. The Joint Applicants are

disappointed by the Department’s tentative decision in Order 2014-3-17 to deny the

request for antitrust immunity.

The Joint Applicants have decided to withdraw their request for approval of

and antitrust immunity for the Alliance Agreements.

Accordingly, the Joint Applicants move for dismissal, without prejudice, of

their application under 49 U.S.C. §§ 41308 and 41309.

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing Joint Applicants’ Motion has been served this

18th April 2014, upon the following addresses:

francis.heil@aa.com

robert.wirick@aa.com

howard.kass@aa.com

thomas.bolling@united.com

dan.weiss@united.com

todd.homan@dot.gov

peter.irvine@dot.gov

reese.davidson@dot.gov

bob.goldner@dot.gov

paul.gretch@dot.gov

esta.rosenberg@dot.gov

urskr@state.gov

gmlindsey@lawa.org

info@airlineinfo.com

Patrick R. Rizzi