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OST-99-5943
American Airlines, Inc. and Sabena Belgian World Airlines, S.A.
| OST-99-5943 | July 9, 1999 | Joint Application | Blanket Statements of Authorization to Engage in Reciprocal Codesharing Services |
| Codeshare Agreement Includes All Attachments and Annexes |
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| Attachment: Codeshared Flights | |||
| Attachment: Codeshare Agreement | |||
| Annex A: Definitions | |||
| Annex B: Codeshare City-Pair Flights | |||
| Annex C: Minimum Standards of Ground and In-flight Services | |||
| Annex D: Redacted Financials Statements | |||
| Annex E: Governmental Approvals | |||
| Service List |
American requests a statement of authorization to display the "SN" designator code, in conjunction with foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail on routings involving the United States and Belgium, on flights operated by American between (l) any points in the United States; (2) any points in the United States and any points in Belgium (either nonstop or over any intermediate points in any country); (3) any points in the United States and any points in any third country; and (4) any points in Belgium and any points in any third country. Sabena requests a statement of authorization to display the "AA" designator code, in conjunction with foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail on routings involving the United States and Belgium, on flights operated by Sabena (or by Sobelair or DAT under wet lease to Sabena 2 ) between (l) any points in Belgium; (2) any points in the United States and any points in Belgium (either nonstop or over any intermediate points in any country); (3) any points in Belgium and any points in any third country; and (4) any points in the United States and any points in any third country.
Counsel: R Tenney Johnson, 202-261-3510 for Sabena / American, Carl Nelson, 202-496-5647
American Airlines, Inc. and Sabena Belgian World Airlines, S.A.
| OST-99-5943 | July 20, 1999 | Answer of United Air Lines | Blanket Statements of Authorization to Engage in Reciprocal Codesharing Services |
It would be unfair to United and Lufthansa and contrary to U.S. competition policy to grant American and SABENA the blanket statements of authorization which they seek while the Belgian government precludes United and Lufthansa from fully implementing their codeshare services via Brussels. American and SABENA propose to serve eight points in Germany via Brussels under their code share. This code share would allow SABENA to offer services on American's flights between these eight points in Germany and Chicago as well as the numerous U.S. points American serves beyond its Chicago hub. American will gain access between these eight points in Germany and its U.S. network by code sharing on SABENA's services between those German points and Brussels. United and Lufthansa would like to offer competition in many of these same U.S. -Germany city pairs via Brussels. In particular, the connections at Brussels would offer additional competitive options to passengers served between cities on Lufthansa's German network and United's Washington Dulles hub as well as cities served by United beyond that hub.
Counsel: United and Kirkland Ellis, Jeffrey Manley, 202-879-5161, jeffrey_manley@kirkland.com
American Airlines, Inc. and Sabena Belgian World Airlines S.A.
| OST-99-5943 | July 29, 1999 | Joint Motion for Leave to File and Joint Reply of Sabena Belgian World Airlines and American Airlines | Blanket Statements of Authorization to Engage Codesharing Services |
United opposes the grant of codeshare authorizations to Sabena and American for services between the U. S. and points in Germany via Belgium. It does not oppose the grant of any other codesharing authorizations Sabena and American are seeking in this Docket, and no other comment in opposition has been filed. United complains that the Government of Belgium will not allow Lufthansa to display its code on flights that United operates between Belgium and the U.S. United contends that the Government of Belgium is obligated by the terms of the U. S. - Belgium and U. S. Germany bilateral air services agreements to grant Lufthansa and United the necessary authorizations. United is mistaken. It confuses operating authority with codesharing authority. It ignores the air services agreement between Belgium and Germany, which does not provide traffic rights to German carriers to operate between Belgium and the U.S.
Counsel: R. Tenney Johnson, 202-261-3510, tenneyjohnson@metroffice.com for Sabena / American, Carl Nelson, 202-496-5647, carl_nelson@amrcorp.com
American Airlines, Inc. and Sabena Belgian World Airlines S.A.
| OST-99-5943 | August 6, 1999 | Response of United Air Lines and Motion for Leave to File | Blanket Statements of Authorization to Engage in Reciprocal Codesharing Services |
It is important to note that United is not urging the U.S. to restrict SABENA/American. Rather, United is simply urging the U.S. to take the actions necessary to enforce United's full code-share rights under the U.S./Belgium agreement. Once Belgium allows Lufthansa to hold out service on United's Brussels-Washington flights, even on a blind sector basis, United will have no objection to approval of the SABENA/American application in full. Any failure by the U.S., however, to enforce United's rights under the U. S./Belgium agreement will give SABENA and its U.S. alliance partners an unfair advantage over United and its alliance partner Lufthansa, the very result that Article 8, Section 7(b) of the U. S./Belgium agreement was designed to prevent.
Counsel: United and Kirkland Ellis, Jeffrey Manley, 202-879-5161, jeffrey_manely@kirkland.com
American Airlines, Inc. and Sabena Belgian World Airlines, S.A.
| OST-99-5943 | August 13, 1999 | Joint Motion for Leave to File and Joint Surreply | Blanket Statements of Authorization to Engage in Reciprocal Codesharing Services |
| Service List |
Counsels: Tenney Johnson for Sabena, 202.261.3510, tenneyjohnson@metroffice.com and Carl Nelson for American, 202.496.5647, carl_nelson@amrcorp.com
American Airlines, Inc. and Sabena Belgian World Airlines, S.A.
| OST-99-5943 | August 24, 1999 | Joint Response of Lufthansa and United Air Lines and Motion for Leave to File | Blanket Statements of Authorization to Engage in Reciprocal Codesharing Services |
The Department should approve those portions of the SABENA/American statements of authorization which the carriers need to implement in the first phase of their code-share services in October. This involves mutual code shares on each other's transatlantic services between the U.S. and Belgium. At the same time, the U.S. should consult with the government of Belgium in an effort to persuade it to reconsider its position with respect to Lufthansa's code share on United's Brussels-Washington flights. Until such time as the government of Belgium is prepared to authorize those blind-sector code-share services consistent with Article 8, Section 7 of the U.S./Belgium agreement, the Department should withhold approval of SABENA's statement of authorization to display American's code on SABENA's Brussels-Germany services.
Counsel: Wilmer Cutler, James Cox, 202-663-6336 for Lufthansa / United and Kirkland Ellis, Jeffrey Manley, 202-879-5161
American Airlines, Inc. and Sabena Belgian World Airlines, S.A.
| OST-99-5943 | August 25, 1999 | Joint Motion For Leave to File and Joint Second Surreply of American Airlines and Sabena Belgian World Airlines | Blanket Statements of Authorization to Engage in Reciprocal Codesharing Services |
| Service List |
Sabena and American call upon the Department promptly to perform its duty under the U.S.-Belgium Open Skies agreement and grant all of the codesharing authorizations they have requested in this Docket. The latest Response (United's third) contains no facts and no arguments that the Joint Applicants have not previously refuted and shown to be meritless. In the circumstances, this Response is merely repetitious, vexatious, and intended to promote delay. The concerns United and Lufthansa express are matters for the Governments of Belgium and Germany, not the Department.
Counsel: Tenny Johnson, 202.261.3510, tennyjohnson@metroffice.com
American Airlines, Inc. and Sabena Belgian World Airlines, S.A.
| OST-99-5943 | Date of Action November 2, 1999 | Department Action of Application | Blanket Statements of Authorization to Engage in Reciprocal Codesharing Services |
By: Teresa Bingham
American Airlines, Inc. and Sabena, S.A.
| OST-99-5943 | December 20, 1999 | Notice of Sabena of Additional Codesharing Services | Blanket Statements of Authorization to Engage in Reciprocal Codesharing Services |
| Service List |
Counsel: Steptoe Johnson, William Karas, 202.429.6223
American Airlines, Inc. and N.V. Sabena S.A.
| OST-99-5943 | January 24,, 2000 | Notice of Additional Codesharing Services | Blanket Statements of Authorization to Engage in Reciprocal Codesharing Services |
| Service List |
Hereby gives notice that, effective April 2, 2000, American will display Sabena's "SN" designator code on flights operated by American or American Eagle in the following additional city-pairs:
Counsel: American, Carl Nelson, 202.496.5647, carl_nelson@amrcorp.com
American Airlines, Inc. and N.V. Sabena S.A.
| OST-99-5943 | January 27, 2000 | Notice of Additional Codesharing Services | Blanket Statements of
Authorization to Engage in Reciprocal Codesharing Services |
| Service List |
Counsel: American, Carl Nelson, 202.496.5647, carl_nelson@amrcorp.com
American Airlines, Inc. and N.V. Sabena S.A.
| OST-99-5943 | January 28, 2000 | Notice of Additional Codesharing Services | Blanket Statements of
Authorization to Engage in Reciprocal Codesharing Services |
| Service List |
Counsel: American, Carl Nelson, 202.496.5647, carl_nelson@amrcorp.com
American Airlines, Inc. and Sabena Belgian World Airlines, S.A.
| OST-99-5943 | March 1, 2000 | Notice of Additional Code-Sharing Services | Blanket Statements of
Authorization to Engage in
Reciprocal
Code-Sharing Services |
| Service List |
Counsel: Steptoe Johnson, William Karas, 202-429-6223
American Airlines, Inc. and Sabena Belgian World Airlines, S.A.
| OST-99-5943 | March 6, 2000 | Notice of Additional Code-Sharing Services | Blanket Statements of Authorization to Engage in
Reciprocal Code-Sharing Services |
| Service List |
Counsel: Steptoe Johnson, William Karas, 202-429-6223
American Airlines, Inc. and Sabena Belgian World Airlines, S.A.
| OST-99-5943 | March 6, 2000 | Notice of Additional Code-Share Services | Blanket Statements of Authorization to Engage in
Reciprocal Code-Sharing Services |
| Service List |
American Airlines, Inc., under condition (c) of Department Action, November 2, 1999 (OST-99-5943), hereby gives notice that American will display Sabena's 11SN11 designator code on flights operated by American or American Eagle in the following additional city-pairs, effective April 2, 2000:
Counsel: American, Carl Nelson, 202.496.5647, carl_nelson@amrcorp.com
American Airlines, Inc. and Sabena Belgian World Airlines, S.A.
| OST-99-5943 | March 28, 2000 | Re: Withdrawal of Notice of Additional Code-Sharing Filed March 1, 2000 | Blanket Statements of Authorization to Engage in
Reciprocal Code-Sharing Services |
Sabena hereby withdraws its notice of additional codesharing filed herein on March 1, 2000 with respect to Brussels-Bilbao and Brussels-Madrid. This withdrawal of notice is without prejudice to filing a subsequent codesharing notice as to either or both of these city pairs.
Counsel: Steptoe Johnson, William Karas, 202-429-6223, wkaras@steptoe.com
American Airlines, Inc. and Sabena Belgian World Airlines, S.A.
| OST-99-5943 | April 6, 2000 | Notice of Additional Code-Sharing Services | Blanket Statements of Authorization to Engage in
Reciprocal Code-Sharing Services |
| Service List |
Sabena S.A. hereby gives notice that beginning on August 6, 2000 Sabena will commence display of the "AA" designator code on flights operated by Sabena in the following city pairs: Brussels-Newark and Brussels-Dallas/Ft. Worth.
Counsel: Steptoe Johnson, William Karas, 202-429-6223
American Airlines, Inc. and N.V. Sabena S.A.
| OST-99-5943 | April 10, 2000 | Notice of Additional Code-Sharing Services | Blanket Statements of Authorization to Engage in
Reciprocal Code-Sharing Services |
| Service List |
Counsel: American, Carl Nelson, 202.496.5647, carl_nelson@amrcorp.com
American Airlines, Inc. and Sabena Belgian World Airlines, S.A.
| OST-99-5943 | June 23, 2000 | Notice of Additional Code-Sharing Services | Blanket Statements of Authorization to Engage in
Reciprocal Code-Sharing Services |
| Service List |
N.V. Sabena S.A. pursuant to condition (2) of Department Action, OST-99-5943, November 2, 1999, hereby gives notice that beginning on July 26, 2000 Sabena will commence display of the "AA" designator code on flights operated by Sabena in the following city pairs:
Brussels- Nice
Brussels- Oporto
Brussels- Stockholm
Brussels- Vienna
Brussels- Warsaw
Counsel: Steptoe Johnson, William Karas, 202-429-6223
American Airlines, Inc. and Sabena Belgian World Airlines, S.A.
| OST-99-5943 | Date of Action July 14, 2000 | Department Action of Application | Blanket Statements of Authorization to Engage in Reciprocal CodeSharing Services |
On November 2, 1999, we approved in part the code-share application of American Airlines, Inc. and its affiliated regional airlines and Sabena Belgian World Airlines and its regional affiliated airlines in Docket OST-99-5943 and deferred on the portion of the application relating to code-share operations involving one of Sabena's regional affiliates, Delta Air Transport (DAT), pending advice from the Federal Aviation Administration on fitness issues relating to that carrier. The Federal Aviation Administration has now notified the Department that it interposes no objection to approval of this portion of the application. We are, therefore, approving the remainder of the application.
By: Teresa Bingham
American Airlines, Inc. and Sabena Belgian World Airlines, S.A.
| OST-99-5943 | July 17, 2000 | Notice of Additional Code-Sharing Services | Blanket Statements of Authorization to Engage in Reciprocal Code-Sharing Services |
| Service List |
Pursuant to condition (2) of Department Action, OST-99-5943, November 2, 1999, notice is hereby given that beginning no sooner than August 16, 2000, Sabena and/or its subsidiary Delta Air Transport ("DAT") will commence display of the "AA" designator code on flights operated by Sabena and/or DAT in the following city pairs: Brussels-Bordeaux, Brussels-Prague, Brussels-Stockholm and Brussels-Vienna.
Counsel: Steptoe Johnson, William Karas, 202-429-6223
American Airlines, Inc. and N.V. Sabena S.A.
| OST-99-5943 | August 23, 2000 | Notice of Additional Codesharing Services | Blanket Statements of Authorization to Engage in
Reciprocal Codesharing Services |
| Service List |
Counsel: American, Carl Nelson, 202.496.5647, carl_nelson@aa.com
American Airlines, Inc. and N.V. Sabena S.A.
| OST-99-5943 | October 20, 2000 | Notice of Additional Code-Sharing Services | Blanket Statements of Authorization to Engage in
Reciprocal Codesharing Services |
| Service List |
Hereby give notice that they will display Sabena's "SN"1 designator code on flights operated by American Or American Eagle in the following additional city-pairs, effective November 1, 2000:
Counsel: American, Carl Nelson, 202.496.5647, carl_nelson@aa.com
American Airlines, Inc. , American Eagle and Sabena Belgian World Airlines, S.A.
| OST-99-5943 | December 1, 2000 | Notice of Additional Code-Sharing Services | Blanket Statements of Authorization to Engage in Reciprocal Code-Sharing Services |
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| OST-99-5943 | December 1, 2000 | Notice of Additional Code-Sharing Services | Reciprocal Codesharing - Brussels-Bologna, Brussels-Florence, Brussels-Milan, Brussels-Naples, Brussels-Turin, Brussels-Venice and Brussels-Verona |
| Service List |
Counsel: American, Carl Nelson, 202-496-5647 / Steptoe Johnson, William Karas, 202-429-6223 for Swissair
American Airlines, Inc. and N.V. Sabena S.A.
| OST-99-5943 | January 25, 2001 | Notice of Additional Code-Sharing Services | Blanket Statements of Authorization to Engage in Reciprocal Codesharing Services |
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American Airlines, Inc., under condition (c) I of Department Action, November 2, 1999 (OST-99-5943), hereby gives notice that it will display Sabena's “SN” designator code on flights operated by American between Dallas/Ft. Worth and Lima, Peru, and between New York (JFK) and San Juan, Puerto Rico, effective no sooner than March 25, 2001.
Counsel: American, Carl Nelson, 202.496.5647, carl_nelson@aa.com
American Airlines, Inc. and Sabena Belgian World Airlines, S.A.
| OST-99-5943 | March 15, 2001 | Notice of Additional Code-Sharing Services | Blanket Statements of Authorization to Engage in
Reciprocal Code-Sharing Services |
| Service List |
Notice is hereby given that beginning no sooner than April 15, 2001 or within 15 days after all governmental authorities are received, whichever is later, Sabena will commence display of the "AA" designator code on flights operated by Sabena between Brussels and Chennai, India.
Counsel: Steptoe Johnson, William Karas, 202-429-6223
American Airlines, Inc. and Sabena Belgian World Airlines, S.A.
| OST-99-5943 | June 18, 2001 | Notice of Additional Code-Sharing Services | Blanket Statements of Authorization to Engage in
Reciprocal Code-Sharing Services |
| Service List |
Counsel: Steptoe Johnson, William Karas, 202.429.6223
| OST-00-7057 OST-99-5713 OST-01-9752 OST-99-6544 OST-97-2965 OST-99-4994 OST-99-6546 OST-00-7369 OST-00-7077 OST-99-5161 OST-99-5943 OST-99-5944 OST-96-1700 OST-00-7504 OST-00-7151 Undocketed |
October 19, 2001 | Application to Amend Statement of Authorization | Asiana Airlines, Inc. China Eastern Airlines Corp. Limted Eva Airways Corp. Finnair Oyj Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana, S.A. Japan Airlines Compnay, Ltd. Lan Chile, S.A. Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT S.A. Qantas Airways Limired N.V. Sabena, S.A. Swissair Transport Company Ltd. TACA Group TAM-Linhas Aereas, S.A. TAP Air Portugal Turkish Airlines |
| Attachment: Flight Destinations, Approval Dates | |||
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American Airlines, Inc. hereby applies to amend its statements of authorization under 14 CFR Part 212 to engage in codesharing services with the foreign air carriers listed in the above caption' so as explicitly to include affiliates TWA Airlines LLC, American Eagle Airlines, Inc., and Executive Airlines, Inc. d/b/a American Eagle. This amendment would allow each affiliate to display the respective foreign carrier designator code on authorized domestic and transborder code-share routes' where service is operated by the affiliate. Effective December 2, 2001, TWA Airlines LLC will hold itself out to the traveling public as American Airlines. As of that date, the two-letter "TW" designator code will no longer be displayed, and all flights operated by TWA will be shown as "AA*" in computer reservations systems. American Eagle and Executive have long operated exclusively as "AA*."
Counsel: American, Carl Nelson, 202.496.5647, carl.nelson@aa.com
| OST-00-7057 OST-99-5713 OST-01-9752 OST-99-6544 OST-97-2965 OST-99-4994 OST-99-6546 OST-00-7369 OST-00-7077 OST-99-5161 OST-99-5943 OST-99-5944 OST-96-1700 OST-00-7504 OST-00-7151 Undocketed |
Filed October 19, 2001 Date of Action November 8, 2001 |
Department Action on Application | Asiana Airlines, Inc. China Eastern Airlines Corp. Limted Eva Airways Corp. Finnair Oyj Iberia Lineas Aereas de Espana, S.A. Japan Airlines Compnay, Ltd. Lan Chile, S.A. Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT S.A. Qantas Airways Limired N.V. Sabena, S.A. Swissair Transport Company Ltd. TACA Group TAM-Linhas Aereas, S.A. TAP Air Portugal Turkish Airlines |
By: Teresa Bingham
American Airlines, Inc. and N.V. Sabena S.A.
| OST-99-5943 | March 21, 2002 | Notice of American Airlines of Termination of Codeshare Agreement With Sabena | Blanket Statements of Authorization to Engage in
Reciprocal Codesharing Services |
| Service List |
Counsel: American, Carl Nelson, 202.496.5647, carl_nelson@aa.com
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