BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

--------------------------------------------------------------- --------- Application s of :

:

DELTA AIR LINES, INC. : Docket DOT

- OST

- 2013

- 0045

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT

- OST

- 2013

- 0041

US AIRWAYS, INC. : DOT

- OST

- 2013

- 0046

:

f or frequency allocations :

( U.S.

- Brazil) :

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ANSWER OF UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

TO MOTION OF DELTA AIRLINES, INC.

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

Hershel I. Kamen

Senior Vice President

- Alliances,

Regulatory and Policy

Daniel A. Weiss

Managing Director

- International

Affairs and Regulatory

UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

77 West Wacker Drive

HDQIZ

Chicago, IL 60601

( 312 ) 997

- 7573

hershel.kamen@united.com

dan.weiss@united.com

Steve Morrissey

Managing Director

- Regulatory Affairs

and Policy

Karine R. Faden

Managing Counsel

- Regulatory, Antitrust &

Competition

UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

1225 New York Avenue, N.W.

Suite 1100 DCAIZ/DCALD

Washington, DC 20005

(202) 521

- 4373

(202) 521

- 4363

steve.morrissey@united.com

karine.faden@united.com

March 18 , 2013 Thomas Newton Bolling

Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

James F. Conneely

Counsel

- Regulatory

UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

233 South Wacker Drive

11 th Floor

– HDQLD

Chicago, IL 60606

(872) 825

- 8068

(872) 825

- 8311

thomas.bolling@united.com

j ames.conneely @united.com

Douglas P. Kelley

Senior Attorney

- Regulatory, Antitrust &

Competition

UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

1600 Smith Street

HQSLG

- 15

Houston, TX 77002

doug.kelley@united.com

(713) 324

- 5156

Lorraine B. Halloway

Gerald F. Murphy

CROWELL & MORING LLP

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20004

(202) 624

- 2538

(202) 508

- 8855

lhalloway@crowell.com

gmurphy@crowell.com

Counsel for

United Air Lines, Inc.BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

--------------------------------------------------------------- --------- Application s of :

:

DELTA AIR LINES, INC. : Docket DOT

- OST

- 2013

- 0045

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT

- OST

- 2013

- 0041

US AIRWAYS, INC. : DOT

- OST

- 2013

- 0046

:

f or frequency allocations :

( U.S.

- Brazil) :

---------------------------------------------------------------- --------

ANSWER OF UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

TO MOTION OF DELTA AIRLINES, INC.

United 1 opposes Delta’s motion to compel United to provide information relating to its

future use of the unrestricted Brazil combination frequencies that it currently leases to US

Airways and public submission of the carriers’ lease agreement

. The Department should

summa rily reject Delta’s transparent attempt to secure such competitive ly

- sensitive information

that is not relevant to the Department’s determination in this proceeding

.

United states as fol lows in support of its position :

1. Delta ’s request for information from United about frequencies that are currently

held by US Airways is both unwarranted and misleading

. United is not a party to this proceeding

and has no obligation to provide information on how it may elect to use tho se unrestricted Brazil

frequencies whenever they may revert to United. United’s frequencies currently held by US

Airways can be used for service at a ny point (s) in Brazil and are subject only to the

Department’s standard dormancy conditions

. See Notice of Action Taken in Docket DOT

- OST

2010

- 0183.

1 Common names are used for airlines.