BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Application of 

JOINT STOCK COMPANY “AEROFLOTRUSSIAN AIRLINES” 

for exemption authority pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 

40109 (U.S. - Russia codesharing) 

Docket DOT-OST-2007-26805 

APPLICATION OF JOINT STOCK COMPANY 

“AEROFLOT-RUSSIAN AIRLINES” FOR EXEMPTION AUTHORITY 

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., STE 590 

Washington, D.C. 20036 

(202) 776-3970 

dhainbach@ggh-airlaw.com 

jmaddux@ggh-airlaw.com 

Counsel for JOINT STOCK COMPANY 

“AEROFLOT-RUSSIAN AIRLINES” 

June 26, 2014 

Notice: Any person who wishes to support or oppose this application must file an answer 

by July 11, 2014, and serve that answer on above-named counsel and all persons 

served with this application. 
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Application of 

JOINT STOCK COMPANY “AEROFLOTRUSSIAN AIRLINES” 

for exemption authority pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 

40109 (U.S. - Russia codesharing) 

Docket DOT-OST-2007-26805 

APPLICATION OF JOINT STOCK COMPANY 

“AEROFLOT-RUSSIAN AIRLINES” FOR EXEMPTION AUTHORITY 

 Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109, Joint Stock Company “Aeroflot-Russian Airlines” 

(“Aeroflot”) hereby applies for renewal of its existing exemption authority, to permit Aeroflot to hold 

out scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between the Russian 

Federation and U.S. points specified below pursuant to a reciprocal codeshare agreement with Delta 

Air Lines (“Delta”). Aeroflot asks that the requested authority be renewed for a one year period. In 

filing this application, Aeroflot relies upon the automatic extension provision of the 

Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 558(c), as implemented by 14 CFR Part 377, to 

continue its current authority in effect pending Department action on this application.

 More specifically, Aeroflot requests renewal of its exemption authority to engage in 

scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between a point or points in 

Russia, on the one hand, and Atlanta, Bangor, Boston, Cleveland, Columbus (Ohio), Dallas/Ft. 

Worth, Denver, Detroit, Honolulu, Houston, Huntsville, Las Vegas, Minneapolis, Philadelphia, 

Portland (Oregon), and Toledo, on the other hand. That authority was renewed most recently by 

Notice of Action Taken issued July 1, 2013, in this Docket and currently is scheduled to expire on 

June 28, 2014. Aeroflot also requests renewal of its exemption authority to engage in scheduled 
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foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between a point or points in Russia, on the 

one hand, and Baltimore, MD, Buffalo, NY, Charleston, SC, Charlotte, NC, Cincinnati, OH, 

Indianapolis, IN, Jacksonville, FL, Nashville, TN, New Orleans, LA, Norfolk, VA, Phoenix, AZ, 

Pittsburgh, PA, Raleigh-Durham, NC, Richmond, VA, Rochester, NY, Salt Lake City, UT, San 

Antonio, TX, San Diego, CA, St. Louis, MO, Syracuse, NY, Tampa, FL, Montreal, Canada, Quebec 

City, Canada, and Toronto, Canada, on the other hand. That authority was granted by Notice of 

Action Taken issued October 29, 2013, in this Docket and currently is scheduled to expire on June 

28, 2014. Additionally, Aeroflot requests renewal of its exemption authority to hold out scheduled 

foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Yerevan, Armenia and Baku, 

Azerbaijan through points in the Russian Federation to all points to which Aeroflot holds exemption 

or permit authority to serve. That authority was granted by Notice of Action Taken issued December 

6, 2013, in this Docket and currently is scheduled to expire on June 28, 2014. 

In support of this Application, Aeroflot submits the following: 

1. Aeroflot requests exemption authority to hold out scheduled foreign air transportation 

of persons, property, and mail between Yerevan, Armenia and Baku, Azerbaijan through points in 

the Russian Federation to Anchorage, Atlanta, Baltimore, Bangor, Boston, Buffalo, Charleston, 

Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus (Ohio), Dallas/Ft. Worth, Denver, Detroit, 

Honolulu, Houston, Huntsville, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Las Vegas, Los, Angeles, Miami, 

Minneapolis, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Norfolk, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, 

Pittsburgh, Portland (Oregon), Raleigh-Durham, Richmond, Rochester, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, 

San Diego, San Francisco, St. Louis, Seattle, Syracuse, Tampa, Toledo, Washington, DC, Montreal, 

Canada, Quebec City, Canada, and Toronto, Canada, pursuant to a codeshare agreement with Delta. 

The Department previously has authorized the codeshare service for which renewed exemption 

authority is requested here, and Delta holds statements of authorization of indefinite duration to 

display Aeroflot’s designator code on Delta flights between New York and the above U.S. and 
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foreign points pursuant to the Department’s July 8, 2011, and October 29, 2013, Notices of Action 

Taken in this Docket. 

2. 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), Miami (MIA), 

and Los Angeles (LAX), on the other hand, under its foreign air carrier permit (Order 86-5-75) and 

exemption authority (Docket 50385 (now Docket DOT-OST-1995-250), timely renewal application 

pending and authority automatically extended pursuant to Part 377 of the Department’s regulations).1

 

Pursuant to said exemption authority, Aeroflot also is authorized, inter alia, to provide scheduled 

service to Anchorage, Chicago, Orlando, San Francisco, and Seattle and to serve its authorized U.S. 

points as coterminal points. Aeroflot requires renewed exemption authority for service as the 

marketing carrier on a code-share-only basis to the U.S. points listed in paragraph 1. 

3. The renewed exemption authority requested is consistent with the U.S.-Russia Air 

Transport Agreement (“ATA”) (January 14, 1994) and the 2013 U.S.-Russia Memorandum of 

Consultations (“MOC”) (February 14, 2013). Under Annex I, Section 2(B) of the MOC, airlines 

designated by the Government of the Russian Federation may operate from a point or points in the 

Russian Federal via intermediate points to Anchorage, Atlanta, Bangor, Boston, Chicago, Dallas/Ft. 

Worth, Honolulu, Houston, Huntsville, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Orlando, Portland (Oregon), 

San Francisco, Seattle, Toledo, and Washington, DC and to an unlimited number of points in the 

United States and beyond points for marketing services on a code-share only basis without traffic 

rights. 

4. Grant of this application is in the public interest as it will permit Aeroflot to continue 

to offer its online service options to the benefit of travelers and shippers. 

 

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 Aeroflot’s various exemption authorities, which were originally issued in Dockets 47447, 47974, 

48050, 48889, 49439, and 49581, have been consolidated in Docket 50385 (now Docket DOT-OST-1995-

250). 
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WHEREFORE, based upon the foregoing, Aeroflot respectfully request that it be granted 

renewed exemption authority to the extent necessary to enable it to engage in the codeshare services 

described above. 

Respectfully submitted, 

 Don H. Hainbach 

 Jason E. Maddux 

 GAROFALO GOERLICH HAINBACH PC 

Counsel for JOINT STOCK COMPANY 

“AEROFLOT-RUSSIAN AIRLINES” 
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

 I hereby certify that on June 26, 2014, I served the foregoing application upon the parties 

listed below by electronic mail. 

________________________________ 

 Vanessa Krasniewicz 

robert.wirick@aa.com 

howard.kass@aa.com 

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com 

sametta.c.barnett@delta.com 

nssparks@fedex.com 

cefelts@fedex.com 

dshort@fedex.com 

dan.weiss@united.com 

steve.morrissey@united.com 

anita.mosner@hklaw.com 

jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com 

cristinasa@state.gov 

john.s.duncan@faa.gov 

robert.finamore@dot.gov