BEFORE THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Application of

DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

for an amended exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109

(blanket codeshare points) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Docket DOT-OST-2005-20145

APPLICATION OF DELTA AIR LINES, INC.
FOR AN AMENDED EXEMPTION

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to:

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

July 26, 2011BEFORE THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Application of

DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

for an amended exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109

(blanket codeshare points) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Docket DOT-OST-2005- 20145

APPLICATION OF DELTA AIR LINES, INC.
FOR AN AMENDED EXEMPTION

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (“Delta”) hereby requests an amendment to its blanket

codeshare exemption to include Virgin Nigeria Airwa ys Limited d/b/a Air Nigeria (“Air

Nigeria”), China Eastern Airlines Corporation Ltd. (“China Eastern”), China Southern

Airlines Company Limited (“China Southern”), VRG Li nhas Aereas S.A. d/b/a GOL

(“Gol”), Olympic Air Anonymos Etaireia Aeroporikon Metaforon d/b/a Olympic Air

(“Olympic Air”), Virgin Australia Airlines Pty Ltd d/b/a Virgin Australia (“Virgin Australia”),

Virgin Australia International Airlines Pty Ltd d/b /a V Australia (“V Australia”), Pacific

Blue Airlines (Aust) Pty Ltd (“Pacific Blue Airline s Aust”), and Pacific Blue Airlines (NZ)

Ltd (“Pacific Blue Airlines NZ”) as additional auth orized foreign codeshare partners.

Delta’s blanket codeshare exemption authorizes it t o provide scheduled foreign air

transportation of persons, property, and mail betwe en the United States and points

worldwide pursuant to blanket codesharing statement s of authorization approved by the

Department. Delta’s exemption was last amended and renewed by Notice of Action

Taken dated April 10, 2009, in this docket. 1 The Department’s NOAT stated that should

1 Delta’s exemption remains in effect pursuant to th e automatic extension provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 558 (c), as implemented by 14 C.F.R. Part 377. Delta filed a timely renewal application on May 1, 2009.Application of Delta Page 2

Delta and any new codeshare partner be granted stat ements of authorization, Delta will

need to apply for exemption authority to extent nec essary to permit Delta to display its

code on flights operated by the new codeshare partn ers. Delta’s blanket authority to

codeshare with the above listed carriers was grante d by the following Department

actions:

• NOAT January 21, 2011, Docket DOT-OST-2010-0240 (D elta/Air Nigeria)

• NOAT May 6, 2011, Docket DOT-OST-2011-0065 (Delta/ China Eastern)

• NOAT March 11, 2008, Dockets DOT-OST-1997-2653, DO T-OST-1999-

5031, DOT-OST-2001-9314, and DOT-OST-2001-10172 (De lta/China

Southern)

• NOAT April 19, 2011, Docket DOT-OST-2010-0095 (Del ta/Gol)

• NOAT May 25, 2010, Docket DOT-OST-2009-0223 (Delta /Olympic Air)

• NOAT September 1, 2009, Docket DOT-OST-2009-0156 ( Delta/Virgin

Australia) 2

• NOAT March 7, 2011, Docket DOT-OST-2009-0156 (Delt a/V

Australia 3 /Pacific Blue Airlines Aust /Pacific Blue Airlines NZ).

Respectfully submitted,

_________________________________ Alexander Van der Bellen Managing Director, Government Affairs
& Associate General Counsel DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

2 This authority was originally issued to Virgin Blu e Airlines Pty Ltd. By letter dated May 24, 2011, the Department acknowledged and registered the chan ge in name of Virgin Blue Airlines Pty Ltd to Virgin Australia Airlines Pty Ltd d/b/a Virgin A ustralia. Delta requests that its amended exemption reflect the updated and current registere d trade name of this carrier.

3 This authority was originally issued to Virgin Blu e International Airlines Pty Ltd d/b/a V Australia. By letter dated May 24, 2011, the Depar tment acknowledged and registered the change in name of Virgin Blue International Airline s Pty Ltd d/b/a V Australia to Virgin Australia International Airlines Pty Ltd d/b/a V Australia. Delta requests that its amended exemption reflect the updated and current registered trade name of th is carrier

.CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

A copy of the foregoing Application has been served this 26th day of July, 2011, upon the following persons via email:

Carrier Name Email Address American Carl Nelson carl.nelson@aa.com United/Continental Thomas Bolling thomas.bolling@un ited.com United/Continental Dan Weiss dan.weiss@coair.com US Airways Benjamin Slocum benjamin.slocum@usairway s.com US Airways Howard Kass howard_kass@usairways.com

esta.rosenberg@dot.gov info@airlineinfo.com