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 up on 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 acti on 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 scheduled2 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, Colum bus (Ohio), Dallas/Ft. Worth, Denver, Detroit, Honolulu, Houston, Huntsville, Indianapolis, Jack sonville, Las Vegas, Los, Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Nashville, New Orleans, New Yor k, Norfolk, Orlando, Phila delphia, 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 statem ents of authorization of indefinite duration to display Aeroflot’s designator code on Delta flights between New York and the above U.S. and3 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 Anc horage, Atlanta, Bangor, Boston, Chicago, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Honolulu, Houston, Huntsville, Los Angele s, 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 serv ices 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.

1 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).4 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 G AROFALO G OERLICH H AINBACH PC Counsel for JOINT STOCK COMPANY “AEROFLOT-RUSSIAN AIRLINES”5 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

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