BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Joint Application of

DELTA AIR LINES, INC.,

ENDEAVOR AIR, INC.,

and

JOINT STOCK COMPANY “AEROFLOTRUSSIAN AIRLINES”

for statements of authorization pursuant to 

14 C.F.R. Part 212 and related exemptions 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 (U.S. – Russia 

codesharing)

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Docket DOT-OST-2007-26805

JOINT APPLICATION OF DELTA AIR LINES, INC., ENDEAVOR AIR, INC.

AND JOINT STOCK COMPANY “AEROFLOT-RUSSIAN AIRLINES”

 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

Don H. Hainbach

Jason E. Maddux

GAROFALO GOERLICH HAINBACH PC

1200 New Hampshire Avenue N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20036

(202) 776-3970

dhainbach@ggh-airlaw.com

jmaddux@ggh-airlaw.com

For JOINT STOCK COMPANY “AEROFLOTRUSSIAN AIRLINES”

August 16, 2013

Alexander Van der Bellen, 

Managing Director, International and 

Regulatory Affairs & Associate General 

Counsel

Christopher Walker

Regional Director, International and 

Regulatory Affairs

DELTA AIR LINES, INC.

1212 New York Avenue NW, Suite 200

Washington, DC 20005

(202) 842-4184

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

chris.walker@delta.com

For DELTA AIR LINES, INC. and 

ENDEAVOR AIR, INC.

 
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Joint Application of

DELTA AIR LINES, INC.,

ENDEAVOR AIR, INC.,

and

JOINT STOCK COMPANY “AEROFLOTRUSSIAN AIRLINES”

for statements of authorization pursuant to 

14 C.F.R. Part 212 and related exemptions 

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 (U.S. – Russia 

codesharing)

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Docket DOT-OST-2007-26805

JOINT APPLICATION OF DELTA AIR LINES, INC., ENDEAVOR AIR, INC.

AND JOINT STOCK COMPANY “AEROFLOT-RUSSIAN AIRLINES”

Delta Air Lines, Inc. (“Delta”), Endeavor Air, Inc.1 (“Endeavor”), and Joint Stock 

Company “Aeroflot-Russian Airlines”

2 (“Aeroflot”) (together, the “Joint Applicants”) 

hereby apply for statements of authorization pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 and

exemption authority pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 to permit the Joint Applicants to 

implement additional reciprocal codeshare services. The Joint Applicants seek to begin 

offering codeshare services as soon as possible. Accordingly, the Joint Applicants 

request that this application be promptly approved, that the requested exemptions be 

granted for a period of at least two years, and the requested statements of authorization 

be granted for an indefinite duration.3

 1 Endeavor was previously registered as Pinnacle Airlines, Inc. and has completed its name 

change process with the Department.

2 Aeroflot, previously, registered the name Joint Stock Company “Aeroflot–Russian Airlines” 

pursuant to Part 215 of the Department’s regulations.

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 The Joint Applicants hereby request a waiver of the 45-day advance filing requirement under 

Part 212 so that their codesharing services may be introduced without delay.
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More specifically, the Joint Applicants request the following authorities:

(a) an amended statement of authorization pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 to 

permit Delta to display Aeroflot’s “SU*” designator on flights operated by 

Delta between New York, on the one hand, and Baltimore, MD; Buffalo, NY; 

Charleston, SC; Charlotte, NC; Cincinnati, OH; Indianapolis, IN; Jacksonville, 

FL; Nashville, TN; New Orleans, LA; Norfolk, VA; Phoenix, AZ; Pittsburgh, 

PA; Raleigh-Durham, NC; Richmond, VA; Rochester, NY; San Antonio, TX; 

St. Louis, MO; Syracuse, NY; Montreal, Canada; Quebec City, Canada; and 

Toronto, Canada, on the other; 

(b) a statement of authorization pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 to permit 

Endeavor to display Aeroflot’s “SU*” designator on flights operated by 

Endeavor between New York, on the one hand, and Baltimore, MD; Boston, 

MA; Buffalo, NY; Charleston, SC; Charlotte, NC; Chicago, IL; Cincinnati, OH; 

Cleveland, OH; Columbus, OH; Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX; Detroit, MI; 

Indianapolis, IN; Jacksonville, FL; Minneapolis, MN; Nashville, TN; New 

Orleans, LA; Norfolk, VA; Philadelphia, PA; Phoenix, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; 

Raleigh-Durham, NC; Richmond, VA; Rochester, NY; San Antonio, TX; St. 

Louis, MO; Syracuse, NY; Washington, DC; Montreal, Canada; Quebec City, 

Canada; and Toronto, Canada, on the other;

(c) an exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 authorizing Aeroflot to engage 

in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between 

a point or points in Russia, on the one hand, and Baltimore, MD; Buffalo, NY; 

Charleston, SC; Charlotte, NC; Cincinnati, OH; Indianapolis, IN; Jacksonville, 

FL; Nashville, TN; New Orleans, LA; Norfolk, VA; Phoenix, AZ; Pittsburgh, 

PA; Raleigh-Durham, NC; Richmond, VA; Rochester, NY; San Antonio, TX; 
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St. Louis, MO; Syracuse, NY; Montreal, Canada; Quebec City, Canada; and 

Toronto, Canada, on the other.

In support of this Application, the Joint Applicants submit the following:

1. The Joint Applicants require the authority from the Department described 

herein because Delta and Aeroflot have expanded the list of routes on which they will 

codeshare relative to their prior approved application for codeshare authority.4

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addition, Delta and Aeroflot have now also reached agreement for the Aeroflot code to 

be placed on flights operated by Delta regional affiliate Endeavor.

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2. The Joint Applicants have agreed to expand codesharing as follows:

Delta and/or Endeavor will display Aeroflot’s “SU*” designator code on Delta and/or 

Endeavor operated flights between New York, on the one hand, and Baltimore, MD; 

Boston, MA; Buffalo, NY; Charleston, SC; Charlotte, NC; Chicago, IL; Cincinnati, OH; 

Cleveland, OH; Columbus, OH; Dallas/Ft. Worth, TX; Detroit, MI; Indianapolis, IN; 

Jacksonville, FL; Minneapolis, MN; Nashville, TN; New Orleans, LA; Norfolk, VA; 

Philadelphia, PA; Phoenix, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; Raleigh-Durham, NC; Richmond, VA; 

Rochester, NY; San Antonio, TX; St. Louis, MO; Syracuse, NY; Washington, DC; 

Montreal, Canada; Quebec City, Canada; and Toronto, Canada, on the other. All 

codeshare traffic on beyond/behind segments will connect to/from transatlantic service 

on a blind-sector basis (i.e., there will be no local traffic carried under the marketing 

carrier’s code). On transatlantic segments, codeshare service will be sold both on a 

local market basis and to facilitate connecting traffic.

3. Aeroflot is a carrier of the Russian Federation, currently operating 

scheduled service between Moscow (SVO), on the one hand, and New York (JFK), 

 4 By Notice of Action Taken on November 10, 2008 in Docket DOT-OST-2007-26805, the 

Department granted Delta and Aeroflot exemptions and statements of authorization for certain 

reciprocal codeshare services. Those services have not been completely implemented.

5 A redacted copy of the Delta/Aeroflot/Endeavor codeshare agreement is attached as Exhibit A.
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Washington (IAD), Los Angeles (LAX), and Miami (MIA) on the other hand, under its 

foreign air carrier permit (Order 86-5-75) and exemption authority (Docket 50385 (now 

Docket DOT-OST-1995-250), timely renewal application pending and authority 

automatically extended pursuant to Part 377 of the Department’s regulations).6

 

Pursuant to said exemption authority, Aeroflot is also authorized, inter alia, to provide 

scheduled service to Anchorage, Chicago, Orlando, San Francisco, and Seattle and to 

serve its authorized U.S. points as coterminal points. Aeroflot requires additional 

exemption authority for service to Baltimore, MD; Buffalo, NY; Charleston, SC; Charlotte, 

NC; Cincinnati, OH; Indianapolis, IN; Jacksonville, FL; Nashville, TN; New Orleans, LA; 

Norfolk, VA; Phoenix, AZ; Pittsburgh, PA; Raleigh-Durham, NC; Richmond, VA; 

Rochester, NY; San Antonio, TX; St. Louis, MO; Syracuse, NY; Montreal, Canada; 

Quebec City, Canada; and Toronto, Canada, on the other. 

4. Endeavor is a certificated U.S. carrier that operates flights for marketing 

and sale by Delta. 

5. The codesharing services for which approval is requested are consistent 

with the U.S.-Russia Air Transport Agreement (“ATA”) (January 14, 1994) and the 2013

U.S.-Russia Memorandum of Consultations (“MOC”) (February 14, 2013). Under Annex 

V, airlines of the United States and Russia may enter into codesharing arrangements for 

services on any of the agreed routes. Under Annex I, Section 3, paragraph G of the 

MOC, designated airlines may “operate combination...services to any third-country point 

not specified in Section 2 of this Annex, without traffic rights between the territory of the 

other Party and such unspecified point.” 

6. Under Annex I, Section 2(B) of the MOC, airlines designated by the 

Government of the Russian Federation are allowed to serve routes “[f]rom a point or 

 6 Aeroflot’s various exemption authorities, which were originally issued in Dockets 47447, 47974, 

48050, 48889, 49439, and 49581, have been consolidated in Docket 50385 (now Docket DOTOST-1995-250).
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points in the Russian Federation... to an unlimited number of points in the United States 

of America and beyond points for marketing services on a code-share only basis”. 

7. The same public interest considerations that supported the original grant 

of codeshare authority to Delta and Aeroflot apply with equal force to the broader 

codesharing services contemplated by the instant application. Grant of this application 

will enhance competition and enable the Joint Applicants to expand their online service 

options to the benefit of travelers and shippers. 

WHEREFORE, based upon the foregoing, Joint Applicants respectfully request 

that they be granted statements of authorization and exemption authority in order to 

engage in the reciprocal codeshare services more fully described above.

Respectfully submitted,

/s/ Don H. Hainbach

________________________________ ________________________________

Don H. Hainbach

For JOINT STOCK COMPANY “AEROFLOTRUSSIAN AIRLINES”

Alexander Van der Bellen,

For DELTA AIR LINES, INC. and 

 ENDEAVOR AIRLINES, INC.







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