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Alexander Van der Bellen 

Managing Director and 

Associate General Counsel 

Delta Air Lines, Inc. 

1212 New York Avenue NW 

Washington, DC 20005 

202.842.4184 

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com 

March 9, 2010 

via email and regulations.gov 

Ms. Dorothy Beard 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

Docket Operations 

West Building Ground Floor 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE 

Washington, DC 20590 

Re: Joint Application of American Airlines, Inc. and 

 Japan Airlines International CO., LTD. 

 Docket DOT-OST-2010-0034 

 

 

Dear Ms. Beard: 

Attached for filing in the above docket are affidavits of counsel for Delta Air Lines, Inc. A copy 

of the affidavit was served by electronic mail on parties listed on the attached service list. 

 

 

Respectfully submitted, 

Alexander Van der Bellen 

 

 
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Joint Application of: 

 AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. 

 and 

 JAPAN AIRLINES INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 

under 49 U.S.C. §§ 41308 and 41309 for approval 

and antitrust immunity for alliance agreements 

Docket DOT-OST-2010-0034 

CONFIDENTIALITY AFFIDAVIT FOR DELTA AIR LINES, INC. 

City of Washington ) 

 ) ss: 

District of Columbia ) 

I, Alexander Van der Bellen, declare as follows: 

 1. I am an attorney at law presently serving as Managing Director, 

Government Affairs, and Associate General Counsel of Delta Air Lines, Inc., an 

interested party in the above-captioned proceeding. 

 2. I will use the confidential information in this proceeding only for the 

purpose of participating in this proceeding. 

 3. I will disclose such information only to other persons who have filed a 

confidentiality affidavit in Docket DOT-OST-2010-0034. 

 4. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, I declare under penalty of perjury that the 

foregoing is true and correct. 

__________________________________ 

Alexander Van der Bellen 

Delta Air Lines, Inc. 

February 19, 2010 
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Joint Application of: 

 AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. 

 and 

 JAPAN AIRLINES INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 

under 49 U.S.C. §§ 41308 and 41309 for approval 

and antitrust immunity for alliance agreements 

Docket DOT-OST-2010-0034 

CONFIDENTIALITY AFFIDAVIT FOR DELTA AIR LINES, INC. 

State of Georgia ) 

 ) ss: 

County of Fulton ) 

I, Richard B. Hirst, declare as follows: 

 1. I am an attorney at law presently serving as Senior Vice President and 

General Counsel of Delta Air Lines, Inc., an interested party in the above-captioned 

proceeding. 

 2. I will use the confidential information in this proceeding only for the 

purpose of participating in this proceeding. 

 3. I will disclose such information only to other persons who have filed a 

confidentiality affidavit in Docket DOT-OST-2010-0034. 

 4. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, I declare under penalty of perjury that the 

foregoing is true and correct. 

__________________________________ 

Richard B. Hirst 

 Delta Air Lines, Inc. 

February 19, 2010 

BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Joint Application of: 

 AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. 

 and 

 JAPAN AIRLINES INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 

under 49 U.S.C. §§ 41308 and 41309 for approval 

and antitrust immunity for alliance agreements 

Docket DOT-OST-2010-0034 

CONFIDENTIALITY AFFIDAVIT FOR DELTA AIR LINES, INC. 

State of Georgia ) 

 ) ss: 

County of Fulton ) 

I, J. Scott McClain, declare as follows: 

 1. I am an attorney at law presently serving as Director- Assistant General 

Counsel of Delta Air Lines, Inc., an interested party in the above-captioned proceeding. 

 2. I will use the confidential information in this proceeding only for the 

purpose of participating in this proceeding. 

 3. I will disclose such information only to other persons who have filed a 

confidentiality affidavit in Docket DOT-OST-2010-0034. 

 4. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, I declare under penalty of perjury that the 

foregoing is true and correct. 

__________________________________ 

J. Scott McClain 

 Delta Air Lines, Inc. 

February 19, 2010 
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Joint Application of: 

 AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. 

 and 

 JAPAN AIRLINES INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 

under 49 U.S.C. §§ 41308 and 41309 for approval 

and antitrust immunity for alliance agreements 

Docket DOT-OST-2010-0034 

CONFIDENTIALITY AFFIDAVIT FOR DELTA AIR LINES, INC. 

City of Washington ) 

 ) ss: 

District of Columbia ) 

I, Andrea Fischer Newman, declare as follows: 

 1. I am an attorney at law presently serving as Senior Vice President, 

Government Affairs, of Delta Air Lines, Inc., an interested party in the above-captioned 

proceeding. 

 2. I will use the confidential information in this proceeding only for the 

purpose of participating in this proceeding. 

 3. I will disclose such information only to other persons who have filed a 

confidentiality affidavit in Docket DOT-OST-2010-0034. 

 4. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1746, I declare under penalty of perjury that the 

foregoing is true and correct. 

__________________________________ 

Andrea Fischer Newman 

 Delta Air Lines, Inc. 

February 19, 2010 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

A copy of the foregoing was served on this 9th day of March, 2010, upon the 

following persons via email: 

carl.nelson@aa.com 

jeffrey.ogar@aa.com 

wkaras@steptoe.com 

cgosain@steptoe.com 

cjsimpson@zsrlaw.com 

dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com 

mlbenge@zsrlaw.com 

rbkeiner@crowell.com 

gmurphy@crowell.com 

lhalloway@crowell.com 

mrosia@crowell.com 

thomas.bolling@coair.com 

bruce.rabinovitz@wilmerhale.com 

david.heffernan@wilmerhale.com 

jeffrey.manley@united.com 

julie.oettinger@united.com 

benjamin.slocum@usairways.com 

howard_kass@usairways.com 

todd.homan@dot.gov 

paul.gretch@dot.gov 

keith.glatz@dot.gov 

donna.kooperstein@usdoj.gov 

jill.ptacek@usdoj.gov 

mike.orr@airlineinfo.com