BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Application of 

DELTA AIR LINES, INC. 

 

for a frequency allocation 

(U.S. - Brazil) 

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Docket DOT-OST-2010- 

APPLICATION OF DELTA AIR LINES, INC. 

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to: 

 

Glen Hauenstein 

Executive Vice President – 

Network Planning and Revenue Management 

Robert J. Cortelyou 

Senior Vice President – Network Planning 

Andreas Renner 

Director – International Network Planning 

Chris Kennedy 

General Manager – International 

Network Analysis 

DELTA AIR LINES, INC. 

1030 Delta Boulevard 

Atlanta, Georgia 30320 

Andrea Fischer Newman 

Senior Vice President – Government Affairs 

DELTA AIR LINES, INC. 

1212 New York Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

Alexander Van der Bellen 

Managing Director – Government Affairs 

 & Associate General Counsel 

Jeff Morgan 

Regional Director – Government Affairs 

DELTA AIR LINES, INC. 

1212 New York Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20005 

(202) 842-4184 

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

June 23, 2010 

 
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Application of 

DELTA AIR LINES, INC. 

 

for a frequency allocation 

(U.S.-Brazil) 

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Docket DOT-OST-2010- 

APPLICATION OF DELTA AIR LINES, INC. 

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (“Delta”) hereby applies for three (3) U.S.-Brazil frequencies, 

which are currently available in the unallocated pool. Delta will use these frequencies to 

operate northern/regional Brazil services effective October 1, 2010 – as soon as the 

frequencies become available for use under the terms of the 2008 U.S.-Brazil 

Memorandum of Consultations. 

In further support of this request, Delta states as follows: 

1. Delta plans to use the requested frequencies to operate services between 

the United States and Brazil, effective October 1, 2010. The frequencies at issue are 

eligible for service between the United States and any point or points in Brazil, subject to 

the restriction that they may not be used at Sao Paulo’s Guarulhos Airport until airport 

infrastructure constraints are resolved by the Government of Brazil. 

2. Delta is currently one of just two carriers to have taken advantage of the 

northern/regional service opportunities under the U.S.-Brazil Air Transport Agreement. 

For the upcoming winter season, Delta plans to operate service from Atlanta to the 

northern/regional Brazilian points of Brasilia and Manaus. Initially, Delta plans to utilize 

the requested frequencies on its Brasilia and Manaus routes, and will operate the 

proposed flights with 170-seat Boeing 757 aircraft and/or 124-seat Boeing 737-700 

aircraft. 
Application of Delta 

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3. The proposed services are in the public interest and are fully consistent 

with the terms of the U.S.-Brazil Air Transport Agreement. Delta anticipates no difficulty 

obtaining the required fuel to operate its services, and the environmental impacts of the 

requested frequency allocation are de minimis. 

4. After the new frequencies requested by this application become effective 

on October 1, 2010, Delta intends to return to the unallocated pool three (3) of the 

restricted frequencies Delta is currently using to provide northern/regional Brazil services. 

The Department recently found that it is in the public interest to fully allocate the more 

liberal frequency rights available in the October 2010 tranche of U.S.-Brazil frequencies, 

and that these rights should not be held in reserve for prospective future services.1

Accordingly, American received 11 of the 14 available unrestricted frequencies, leaving 

three unallocated frequencies available to support Delta’s current request. 

WHEREFORE, Delta requests an allocation of three (3) frequencies for U.S.-

Brazil service as described above. 

 Respectfully submitted,

_________________________________ 

Alexander Van der Bellen 

Managing Director, Government Affairs 

 & Associate General Counsel 

DELTA AIR LINES, INC. 

 

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 See NOAT dated June 16, 2010, Dockets DOT-OST-2010-0088 and DOT-OST-2010-0090. 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

 A copy of the foregoing Application has been served this 23rd day of June, 2010, 

upon the following persons via email: 

 

carl.nelson@aa.com 

howard_kass@usairways.com 

benjamin.slocum@usairways.com 

hkamen@coair.com 

dan.weiss@coair.com 

rbkeiner@crowell.com (for Continental) 

mrosia@crowell.com (for Continental) 

jeffrey.manley@united.com 

robert.land@jetblue.com 

jhill@dlalaw.com (for JetBlue) 

dkirstein@yklaw.com (for Spirit) 

jyoung@yklaw.com (for Spirit) 

esta.rosenberg@dot.gov 

brian.hedberg@dot.gov 

byerlyjr@state.gov 

john.allen@faa.gov 

mike.orr@airlineinfo.com