	

                    UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

            DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

                    OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

                             WASHINGTON, DC

Issued by the Department of Transportation on August 16, 2002

NOTICE OF ACTION TAKEN -- DOCKETS OST-1999-5459 and OST-1999-5594

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This serves as notice to the public of the action described below, taken
by the Department official indicated (no additional confirming order
will be issued in this matter).

Application of   Delta Air Lines, Inc.   filed  6/27/02     to:	

XX  Renew for two years exemptions under 49 U.S.C. §40109 to provide
the following service:

Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail
between a point or points in the United States, on the one hand, and
Baku, Azerbaijan; Tashkent, Uzbekistan; and Tbilisi, Georgia, on the
other, and to integrate this authority with all other Delta services
authorized by existing certificate and exemption authority granted by
the Department, to the extent permitted by international agreements.   
Delta will operate this service with its own aircraft or in conjunction
with its code-share partners, as market conditions warrant.

Applicant rep:  Robert E. Cohn   (202) 663-8060  	DOT Analyst:  Sylvia
L. Moore   (202) 366-6519

D I S P O S I T I O N

XX  Granted, subject to conditions (see below).

The above action was effective when taken:   August 16, 2002,  through  
August 16, 2004, or until 90 days after  Department action on Delta’s
corresponding application for certificate authority in Docket
OST-99-6246, whichever occurs earlier.

Action taken by:   Paul L. Gretch, Director	

		    Office of International Aviation	

XX   The authority granted is consistent with the aviation agreement
between the United States and Uzbekistan and with the overall state of
aviation relations between the United States and Georgia and the United
States and Azerbaijan.          

Except to the extent exempted or waived, this authority is subject to
the terms, conditions, and limitations indicated:  	

XX  Holder’s Certificates of Public Convenience and Necessity

		XX  Standard Exemption Conditions (attached)

XX  Statements of Authorization authorizing Delta/foreign carrier
code-share operations, and conditions therein.

(See Reverse Side)

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Conditions:  The route integration authority granted is subject to the
condition that such operations are consistent with the applicable
bilateral aviation agreements.  Furthermore, (a) nothing in the award of
the route integration authority requested should be construed as
conferring upon Delta additional rights (including fifth-freedom
intermediate and/or beyond rights) to serve markets where U.S. carrier
entry is limited unless Delta first notifies the Department of its
intent to serve such a market and unless and until the Department has
completed any necessary carrier selection procedures to determine which
carrier(s) should be authorized to exercise such rights; and (b) should
there be a request by any carrier to use the limited-entry route rights
that are included in Delta’s authority by virtue of the route
integration authority granted here, but that are not then being used by
Delta, the holding of such authority by route integration will not be
considered as providing any preference for Delta in a competitive
carrier selection proceeding to determine which carrier(s) should be
entitled to use the authority at issue.  

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On the basis of data officially noticeable under Rule 24(g) of the
Department’s regulations, we found the applicant qualified to provide
the services authorized.

Under authority assigned by the Department in its regulations, 14 CFR
Part 385, we found that (1) our action was consistent with Department
policy; (2) grant of the exemption was consistent with the public
interest; and (3) grant of the authority would not constitute a major
regulatory action under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975. 
To the extent not granted, we denied all requests in the referenced
Docket.  We may amend, modify, or revoke the authority granted in this
Notice at any time without hearing at our discretion. 

Persons entitled to petition the Department for review of the action set
forth in this Notice under the Department’s regulations, 14 CFR §
385.30, may file their petitions within seven (7) days after the date of
issuance of this Notice.  This action was effective when taken, and the
filing of a petition for review will not alter such effectiveness.

An electronic version of this order is available on the World Wide Web
at 

http://dms.dot.gov//reports/reports_ aviation.asp

