OST-01-8873

OST-01-8873

Air Canada

OST-01-8873	February 6, 2001	Application for Statement of Authorization	U.S.- Canada- Australia
		Attachment: International Code-Share Compliance Statement
		Service List

Air Canada requests that the Department issue a Statement of Authorization which would permit Air Canada to display the United "UA" airline designator code on any or all Canada-U.S.-Australia services operated by Air Canada, and grant any other or different relief deemed necessary by the Department.

Counsel: PA Consulting, Anita Mosner, 703.312.1446

Air Canada and United Air Lines, Inc.

OST-01-8873 OST-01-8875	February 15, 2001	Consolidated Answer of American Airlines	U.S.- Canada- Australia; LAX- SYD
		Service List

American has no objection to these applications, provided that the Department also grants the application by Qantas in OST-00-7785, submitted on August 10, 2000, to display the American code on flights operated by Qantas between points in Australia and points in Canada via Honolulu, between Honolulu and points in Canada, and (as at present) between points in Australia and Honolulu.

The Qantas request has been pending for more than six months, is unopposed, and has long been ripe for immediate approval. American would strongly object to approval for Air Canada and United without simultaneous approval for Qantas.

Counsel: American, Carl Nelson, 202.496.5647, carl_nelson@aa.com

United Air Lines, Inc. and Air Canada

OST-01-8873 OST-01-8875	February 27, 2001	Joint Reply of United Air Lines and Air Canada	U.S.- Canada- Australia; Blind Sector Code-Share LAX- SYD
		Service List

In light of the Department's action, American has informed United that, to the extent that American's February 15, 2001 answer may have been deemed to express qualified opposition to the United/Air Canada applications, that opposition has been withdrawn.

United and Air Canada urge the Department to promptly approve their applications, which, as United and Air Canada have explained, are fully consistent with the 1995 U.S.-Canada Open Skies Agreement and Departmental precedent, including the Department's February 15, 2001 approval of Qantas/American's Canada-U.S.-Australia code share services. Indeed, the Department's approval of Qantas's application creates an even greater need for United and Air Canada to be authorized to promptly commence their proposed code-share services, so as to offer a competitive alternative to Qantas/American.

Counsel: PA Consulting, Anita Mosner, 703.312.1446 and Wilmer Cutler, Jeffery Manley, 202.663.6670, jmanley@wilmer.com

Air Canada

OST-01-8873

Filed February 6, 2001
Issued April 8, 2001

Notice of Action Taken

U.S.- Canada- Australia

Air Canada requests a Statement of Authorization, under 14 CFR Part 212, to display United Airlines' designator code, for an indefinite period, on Air Canada flights between Canada and Australia, operated via the United States. (Air Canada initially plans to display United's code on its Canada-Honolulu-Sydney flights.)

On February 15, 2001, American Airlines filed a pleading, stating that it does not object to Air Canada's codeshare request, provided that the Department also grants the application filed by Qantas on August 10, 2000, in Docket OST 00-7785, to display its code on flights operated by Qantas between Honolulu and points in Canada, and between points in Australia and Honolulu. On February 22, 2001, the Department granted Qantas' application in Docket OST 00-7785, and on February 27, 2001, Air Canada and United filed ajoint reply to American's pleading (in Docket OST 01-8873).

By: Paul Gretch