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October 1, 2010

BY ELECTRONIC FILING

Ms. Renee V. Wright Program Manager, Docket Operations U.S. Department of Transportation
Room W12-140 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20590

Re: Sociedad Aeron á utica de Medell í n Consolidada S.A. (DOT-OST-2008-0143)

Dear Ms. Wright:

Sociedad Aeronáutica de Medell í n Consolidada S.A. (“SAM”) is a subsidiary of Aerovías del Continente Americano S.A. Avianca (“Avianca”) and holds an exemption and statement of authorization issued by Notice of Action Take n dated May 21, 2010 in the above-referenced docket. Under this authority, SAM has displayed the designator code of Delta Air Lines, Inc. (“Delta”) on select SAM flights within Colombia.

Effective on or about October 11, 2010, SAM w ill merge with Avianca and will cease to exist. Avianca will continue operations on SAM’s former routes, including the display of Delta’s designator code. Avianca presently holds an exemption and statements of authorization to display Delta’s designator code on Avianca flights in the U.S. – Colombia market, including all markets previously served by SAM (see Docket OST-2002-14057).

Sincerely,

Richard D. Mathias
David M. Endersbee
Counsel for Sociedad Aeronáutica de

Medell í n Consolidada S.A.

cc: George Wellington, Esta Rosenberg, Brian Hedberg
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I hereby certify that on this 1st day of October 2010, a copy of the foregoing was served by electronic mail or facs imile on the following:

R. Bruce Keiner, Jr. Lorraine B. Halloway
Counsel for Contin ental Airlines Crowell & Moring LLP 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004-2595
Rbkeiner@crowell.com Lhalloway@crowell.com

Hershel I. Kamen Staff Vice President, International and Regulatory Affairs
Dan Weiss Continental Airlines, Inc.
Government Affairs—8 th Floor 1600 Smith Street, Dept. HQSGV Houston, TX 77002
hkamen@coair.com
dan.weiss@coair.com

Jeffrey Manley Senior Advisor – Regulatory Affairs United Air Lines, Inc. 1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Suite 1210 Washington, DC 20036 jeffrey.manley@united.com

John Palo Vice President, Planning Military
and Government Evergreen International Airlines, Inc.
3850 Three Mile Lane McMinnville, OR 97128 john.palo@evergreenairlines.com charters@evergreenairlines.com Carl B. Nelson, Jr.
Associate General Counsel American Airlines, Inc. 1101 Seventeenth Street, N.W.
Suite 600 Washington, D.C. 20036
carl.nelson@aa.com

John L. Richardson Counsel for Amerijet International John L. Richardson, P.L.L.C.
555 13 th Street, N.W.
Suite 420 West Washington, D.C. 20004 jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com

Russell E. Pommer
Associate General Counsel and
Director of Regulatory Affairs Atlas Air, Inc. 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Suite 875 Washington, D.C. 20006 rpommer@atlasair.com

Kevin Montgomery
Peter Beckett Polar Air Cargo, Inc. 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Suite 875 Washington, D.C. 20006 Kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com peter.beckett@polaraircargo.com2 Marshall S. Sinick
Counsel for Florida West International Airways Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P. 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20004
msinick@ssd.com

David L. Vaughan
Danielle Fisher
Counsel for United Parcel Service Kelley Drye Collier Shannon 3050 K Street, N.W., Ste. Suite 400 Washington, D.C. 20007 dvaughan@kelleydrye.com dfisher@kelleydrye.com

Alexander Van Der Bellen Jeff Morgan
Sametta C. Barnett
Delta Air Lines 1212 New York Avenue, NW
Suite 200 Washington, D.C. 20005
Sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com
sametta.c.barnett@delta.com Jeff.morgan@delta.com

William C. Evans John R. Mietus, Jr. Counsel for Centurion Air Cargo Law Office of John Mietus, LLC 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Suite 300 Washington, DC 20004
bill@mietuslaw.com john@mietuslaw.com

John M. Allen
Director Flight Standards Service
Federal Aviation Administration 800 Independence Avenue, S.W., Rm 821 Washington, D.C. 20591 john.allen@faa.gov Angeline Garbuzinski Legal and Regulatory Affairs Federal Express Corporation
3620 Hacks Cross Road Building B, 3 rd Floor Memphis, TN 38125
anbird@fedex.com

Robert P. Silverberg Jeffrey Johnson
Counsel for ABX Air Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff, L.L.P. 1101 30th Street, N.W., Ste. 120 Washington, D.C. 20007 rsilverberg@sgbdc.com jjohnson@sgbdc.com

Pierre Murphy
Counsel for Arrow Air 1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.
Suite 590 Washington, D.C. 20036-6802 pmurphy@lopmurphy.com

Thomas A. Gillies Chief Operating Officer
Southern Air Inc.
117 Glover Ave. Norwalk, CT 06850 tgillies@southernair.com

Howard Kass Managing Director & Associate General
Counsel US Airways 1401 H Street, N.W.
Suite 1075 Washington, D.C. 20006 howard_kass@usairways.com3 Oakley Brooks
President and CEO
Paul Doell
National Air Carrier Association
1000 Wilson Boulevard
Suite 1700 Arlington, Virginia 22209
obrooks@naca.cc pdoell@naca.cc

Mark W. Atwood
Counsel for Kalitta Air
Cozen O’Connor Army Navy Building 1627 I Street, NW
Suite 1100 Washington, D.C. 20006
matwood@cozen.com

Aaron Goerlich Counsel for Allegiant Air and Ryan
International Airlines
Garofalo Goerlich Hainbach PC 1200 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20036-6802 agoerlich@ggh-airlaw.com David Squier Northern Air Cargo, Inc. 3900 Old International Airport Road Anchorage, AK 99502 dsquier@nac.aero

Joanne W. Young Counsel for Spirit Airlines Kirstein & Young PLLC 1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.
Suite 600 South Washington, DC 20004 jyoung@yklaw.com

David M. Endersbee