BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C. APPLICATION OF CA.I. SECOND S.p.A. FOR AN EXEMPTION

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1 BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C. Application of CA.I. SECOND S.p.A. For an exemption (U.S. - EU Open Skies Docket OST APPLICATION OF CA.I. SECOND S.p.A. FOR AN EXEMPTION Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: Richard D. Mathias David M. Endersbee Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, L.L.P. 888 Seventeenth Street, NW, Suite 700 Tel: ( Fax: ( rdmathias@zsrlaw.com dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com Counsel for C.A.l. Second S.p.A. March 10,2011 NOTICE: The applicant requests expedited treatment of this application. The applicant will poll counsel for U.S. carrier representatives and inform the Department of the results.

2 BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C. Application of C.A.I. SECOND S.p.A. For an exemption (U.S. - EU Open Skies Docket OST APPLICATION OF C.A.I. SECOND S.p.A. FOR AN EXEMPTION Pursuant to 49 U.S.C and Subpart C of the Department's Procedural Regulations, C.A.L Second S.p.A. ("CAl Second", hereby requests an exemption from 49 U.S.C and such other relief as may be necessary to permit it to conduct scheduled and charter foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail to the full extent authorized by the Air Transport Agreement Between the United States and the European Community and the Member States of the European Community ("US-EU Agreement". Specifically, CAl Second requests exemption authority to the extent necessary for it to engage in: 1. scheduled and charter foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between any point or points behind any member state of the European Union via any point or points in any member state and via intermediate points to any point or points in the United States or beyond; 2. scheduled and charter foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between any point or points in the United States and any point or points in any member of the European Common Aviation Area; 3. other charters pursuant to the prior approval requirements set forth in Part 212 of the Department's Economic Regulations; and 4. transportation authorized by any additional route rights that may be made available to European Union carriers in the future. In support of this application, CAl Second states as follows:

3 1. C.A.I. Second was granted open skies exemption authority in this docket on February 20,2009, for a period of two years. Due to an administrative oversight C.A.I. Second did not submit a timely renewal application. 2. C.A.I. Second remains operationally and financially fit to perform the foreign air transportation services encompassed by this authority. 3. C.A.I. Second's services continue to be consistent with the US-EU Agreement and, therefore, grant of this authority will serve the public interest. 4. Grant of the authority sought herein will not result in a near term increase in fuel consumption often million gallons or more, and therefore will not comprise a "major regulatory action" under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, as defined in 14 C.F.R. 313(a(1. WHEREFORE, C.A.I. Second S.p.A. respectfully requests that the Department of Transportation promptly grant its application for an exemption as more fully described herein. Respectfully submitted, ~ili(- David M. Endersbee Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, L.L.P. 888 Seventeenth Street, NW, Suite 700 Tel: ( Fax: ( rdmathias@zsrlaw.com dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com March 10,2011 Counsel for C.A.I. Second S.p.A.

4 SERVICE LIST I hereby certify that on this 10 th day of March 2011, a copy of the foregoing Application for an Exemption was served by or first class mail on the parties named below: Jeffrey Manley Senior Advisor - Regulatory Affairs United Air Lines, Inc Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Suite 1210 Washington, DC jeffrey.manley@united.com R. Bruce Keiner, Jr. Lorraine B. Halloway Counsel for Continental Airlines Crowell & Moring 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. rbkeiner@crowell.com lhalloway@crowell.com Hershel Kamen Vice President-International and Regulatory Affairs Dan Weiss Continental Airlines, Inc. Government Affairs-8 th Floor 1600 Smith Street Dept. HQSGV Houston, TX hkamen@coair.com dan. weiss@coair.com David L. Vaughan Danielle Fisher Counsel for United Parcel Service Kelley Drye Collier Shannon 3050 K Street, N.W. Suite 400 Washington, D.C dvaughan@kelleydrye.com dfisher@kelleydrye.com Alexander VanDer Bellen Jeff Morgan Sam etta C. Barnett Delta Air Lines 1212 New York Avenue, NW Suite 200 Washington, D.C Sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com sametta. c. barnett@delta.com Jeff.morgan@delta.com Carl B. Nelson, Jr. Associate General Counsel American Airlines, Inc Seventeenth Street, N.W. Suite 600 Washington, D.C carl.nelson@aa.com John L. Richardson Counsel for Amerijet International John L. Richardson, P.L.L.C th Street, N.W. Suite 420 West jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com Colonel Giorgio Russo Air Attache Embassy of Italy 3000 Whitehaven Street, NW Washington, DC John Palo Vice President, Planning Military and Government Evergreen International Airlines, Inc Three Mile Lane McMinnville, OR john. palo@evergreenairlines.com charters@evergreenairlines.com

5 Malcolm L. Benge Counsel for World Airways and North American Airlines Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, L.L.P. 888 Seventeenth Street, N.W. Suite 700 Angeline Garbuzinski Legal and Regulatory Affairs Federal Express Corporation 3620 Hacks Cross Road Building B, 3 rd Floor Memphis, TN anbird@fedex.com Pierre Murphy Counsel for Brendan Airways, L.L.c. d/b/a USA 3000 Airlines and Arrow Air 1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. Suite 590 Washington, D.C pmurphy@lopmurphy.com Thomas E. Fosko Vice President Air Transport International LLC 2800 Cantrell Road Little Rock, AR tom.fosko@airtransport.cc Howard Kass Managing Director & Associate General Counsel US Airways 1401 H Street, N.W. Suite 1075 Washington, D.C howard _ kass@usairways.com John M. Allen Director Flight Standards Service F ederal Aviation Administration 800 Independence Avenue, S.W. Room 821 Washington, D.C john.allen@faa.gov Aaron Goerlich Counsel for Allegiant Air and Ryan International Airlines Garofalo Goerlich Hainbach PC 1200 New Hampshire Avenue NW Suite 800 Washington, D.C agoerlich@ggh-airlaw.com Robert E. Cohn Patrick Rizzi Counsel for Frontier Airlines Hogan Lovells th Street, N.W. robert.cohn@hoganlovells.com prrizzi!lvhoganlovells.com Robert P. Silverberg Jeffrey Johnson Counsel for ABX Air Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff, L.L.P th Street, N.W. Suite 120 Washington, D.C rsilverberg@sgbdc.com jjohnson@sgbdc.com Marshall S. Sinick Counsel for Alaska Airlines and Florida West International Airways Squire, Sanders & Dempsey 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 500 msinick@ssd.com 2

6 Stephen H. Lachter Counsel for Astar Air Cargo Lachter & Clements LLP 1150 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Ste. 900 Washington, DC Russell E. Pommer Associate General Counsel and Director of Regulatory Affairs Atlas Air, Inc Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 875 Washington, D.C Mark W. Atwood Counsel for Kalitta Air and Xtra Airways Cozen 0' Connor Army Navy Building 1627 I Street, NW Suite 1100 Washington, D.C matwood@cozen.com Jonathan B. Hill Counsel for Hawaiian Airlines and JetBlue Dow Lohnes 1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. Suite 800 Washington, DC jhill@dowlohnes John S. Fredericksen Vice President and General Counsel MN Airlines, LLC dba Sun Country Airlines 1300 Mendota Heights Road Mendota Heights, MN john. frederi cksen@suncountry.com Joanne W. Young Counsel for Spirit Airlines Kirstein & Young PLLC 1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Suite 600 South Washington, DC jyoung@yklaw.com William C. Evans John R. Mietus, Jr. Counsel for Centurion Air Cargo and Trade Winds Airlines Law Office of John Mietus, LLC 6701 Democracy Boulevard Suite 300 Bethesda, MD bill@mietuslaw.com john@mietuslaw.com Kevin Montgomery Peter Beckett Polar Air Cargo, Inc Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 875 Washington, D.C kevin.montgomery@ polaraircargo.com peter. beckett@polaraircargo.com Thomas A. Gillies Chief Operating Officer Southern Air Inc. 117 Glover Ave. Norwalk, CT tgillies@southernair.com 3

7 Jonathan Blank J. Timothy Hobbs Counsel for Capital Cargo International Airlines Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP 1601 K Street NW jonathan.blank@klgates.com tim.hobbs@klgates.com 4