US Airways, Inc.

OST-04-17201 - Exemption - US-Turkey/Portugal - Codeshare with Lufthansa

February 25, 2004

Application for an Exemption

Hereby applies for an exemption and, to the extent necessary, designations in order to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail (1) from points behind the United States via the United States and intermediate points to a point or points in Turkey and beyond; and (2) from points behind the United States via the United States and intermediate points to a point or points in Portugal and beyond. US Airways is also applying herein for route integration authority to combine this exemption authority with US Airways' other authorities. US Airways plans to serve Turkey and Portugal, respectively, from the United States via Germany pursuant to its code-sharing agreement with Deutsche Lufthansa AG.

As the Department is aware, US Airways has entered into a code-share agreement with Lufthansa whereby US Airways places its code ("US") on certain flights operated by Lufthansa and Lufthansa places its code ("LH") on certain flights operated by US Airways. US Airways already has broad beyond-Germany authority for codesharing with Lufthansa. See Amended Notice of Action Taken, October 16, 2003 (Docket OST-03-15946).

Although US Airways plans at this time to offer these Portugal and Turkey services on a code‑share basis with Lufthansa, US Airways may, in the future, operate its own services in these markets or code‑share in these markets with other partners, including United Air Lines, as opportunities present themselves. Accordingly, US Airways seeks broad "all points" authority in order to obviate the need to file another application (requiring additional time and Department resources) in the future should additional code‑share services or services operated by US Airways be warranted.

Counsel: US Airways, Elizabeth Lanier, 703-872-5230

OST-04-17201 - US-Turkey/Portugal - Codeshare with Lufthansa

Filed February 25, 2004 | Issued March 30, 2004

Notice of Action Taken

Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail (1) from points behind the United States via the United States and intermediate points to a point or points in Turkey and beyond; and (2) from points behind the United States via the United States and intermediate points to a point or points in Portugal, and to integrate this authority with its existing certificate and exemption authority. US Airways initially intends to operate this service pursuant to a code-share arrangement with Lufthansa but seeks broad authority to operate its own flights as well as offering code-share services with other partners.

By: Paul Gretch

Filed February 25, 2004 | Issued March 30, 2004

Corrected Notice of Action Taken

Corrects earlier Notice of Action Taken dated March 30, 2004, to also include points beyond Portugal. We note that in a 30-day Notice filed on February 13, 2004, in Docket OST-2003-15946, US Airways requested exemption authority to serve Lisbon, Portugal. We are treating that request as subsumed in the present application.

By: Paul Gretch

OST-2004-17201 - Exemption - US-Turkey/Portugal Codeshare with Lufthansa

January 13, 2006

Application for Renewal of an Exemption

US Airways respectfully requests that the Department renew (i) its exemption authority to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail from a point or points in the United States, via intermediate points, to a point or points in Turkey and beyond; (ii) its exemption authority to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail from a point or points in the United States, via intermediate points, to a point or points in Portugal and beyond; and (iii) the corresponding route integration authority, as discussed herein.

Counsel: US Airways, Howard Kass, 703-872-5230, howard_kass@usairways.com

OST-2004-17201 - Exemption - US-Turkey/Portugal Codeshare with Lufthansa

Filed January 13, 2006 | Issued April 7, 2006

Notice of Action Taken | Word

Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail (1) from a point or points in the United States, via intermediate points, to a point or points in Turkey and beyond; (2) from a point or points in the United States, via intermediate points, to a point or points in Portugal and beyond; and, to integrate this authority with its existing certificate and exemption authority.

US Airways states in its application that it intends to continue to operate this service pursuant to a code-share arrangement with Lufthansa.

The carrier’s request for route integration authority has been superseded by Order 2006-1-1, where the Department awarded the carrier a blanket route integration certificate.

By: Paul Gretch