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Before the Department of Transportation Washington, D.C BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C. Joint Application of ) ) DELTA AIR LINES, INC. ) and ) CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES CORPORATION LTD. ) Docket DOT-OST-2011-0065 ) for Statements of Authorization and Blanket ) Exemptions ) ) (U.S.-China Codesharing) ) Joint Application of ) ) DELTA AIR LINES, INC. ) AEROLINEAS ARGENTINAS S.A. ) and ) Docket DOT-OST-2011-0153 AUSTRAL LINEAS AEREAS-CIELOS DEL SUR S.A. ) ) for statements of authorization pursuant to 14 C.F.R. ) Part 212 and related exemptions pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § ) 40109 (reciprocal codesharing) ) Joint Application of ) ) DELTA AIR LINES, INC. ) and ) WESTJET ) Docket DOT-OST-2011·0199 ) for statements of authorization ) pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 ) NOTICE OF ADDITIONAL DELTA CONNECTION OPERATOR February 28, 2012 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 [email protected] . BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C. Joint Application of ) ) DELTA AIR LINES, INC., ) and ) CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES CORPORATION LTD. ) Docket DOT-OST-2011-0065 ) for Statements of Authorization and Blanket ) Exemptions ) ) (U.S.-China Codesharing) ) Joint Application of ) ) DELTA AIR LINES, INC. ) AEROLINEAS ARGENTINAS S.A. ) and ) Docket DOT-OST-2011-0153 AUSTRAL LINEAS AEREAS-CIELOS DEL SUR S.A. ) ) for statements of authorization pursuant to 14 C.F.R. ) Part 212 and related exemptions pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § ) 40109 (reciprocal codesharing) ) Joint Application of ) ) DELTA AIR LINES, INC., ) and ) WESTJET ) Docket DOT-OST-2011·0199 ) for statements of authorization ) pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 ) NOTICE OF ADDITIONAL DELTA CONNECTION OPERATOR Delta Air Lines, Inc. (“Delta”) and the Delta Connection carriers are authorized to operate codeshare services with the above-named foreign partners pursuant to blanket statements of authorization which permit the foreign partners to display their code on flights operated by Delta and the Delta Connection carriers. Notice of Additional Delta Connection Operator Page 2 Effective on January 22, 2012, GoJet Airlines, LLC became the most recent addition to the Delta Connection family and will be providing services contemplated by the main codeshare agreements between Delta and its foreign partners. Respectfully submitted, _________________________________ Alexander Van der Bellen Managing Director, Government Affairs & Associate General Counsel DELTA AIR LINES, INC. CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE A copy of the foregoing Notice has been served this 28th day of February, 2012 upon the following persons via email: Carrier Name Email Address AirTran/Southwest Bob Kniesley [email protected] Alaska Marshall Sinick [email protected] American Carl Nelson [email protected] Frontier/Republic Bob Cohn [email protected] Frontier/Republic Pat Rizzi [email protected] JetBlue Jonathan Hill [email protected] JetBlue Robert Land [email protected] Spirit Airlines David Kirstein [email protected] Spirit Airlines Joanne Young [email protected] Sun Country John Fredericksen [email protected] United/Continental Dan Weiss [email protected] United/Continental Jonathan Linde [email protected] United/Continental Oracio Marquez [email protected] US Airways Benjamin Slocum [email protected] US Airways Howard Kass [email protected] USA 3000 Pierre Murphy [email protected] Virgin America Barbara Russell [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] .
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