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OST-2004-19148 - United Air Lines - US-Worldwide Blanket Codeshare
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OST-2004-19148 - Exemption - US-Worldwide Blanket Codeshare September 15, 2005 United requests that such exemption incorporate authority to hold out scheduled combination code‑share services in foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between points in Germany; between points in the United States and points in Germany, either nonstop or via third country intermediates; and between points in Germany and points in third countries, either nonstop or via third‑country intermediates. United asks that the exemption be made effective for a period of not less than two years. United initially will use such authority to introduce scheduled combination service between the United States and Libya by displaying its designator code on flights operated by Lufthansa between Frankfurt and Tripoli. (United currently lacks certificate or exemption authority to serve Libya.) United, however, is requesting broad code-share-related exemption authority in order to enable United to introduce new code-share services in conjunction with Lufthansa to other third-country points for which United does not already hold certificate or exemption authority without having to apply for a separate exemption on each occasion. Pursuant to the blanket statement of authorization granted to United and Lufthansa on April 9, 1998 (Order 98-4-8), United hereby notifies the Department that it plans to display the "UA" designator code on flights operated by Lufthansa between Frankfurt and Tripoli commencing on or after October 15, 2004. United expects to begin code sharing with PrivatAir GmbH shortly. Although the Department has granted PrivatAir's application for an exemption to conduct wet-lease operations on behalf of Lufthansa between the United States and Germany, the Department deferred action on PrivatAir GmbH's related request (included in the same application) for a statement of authorization to display United's designator code pending United's completion of a code-share safety audit of PrivatAir GmbH - OST-03-14357 - OST-03-14630 Counsel: United and Jeffrey Manley, 202-663-6670, jeffrey.manley@wilmerhale.com
September 28, 2004 Comments of The Air Carrier Association of America on Petition of United Air Lines for an Exemption On September 15, United Airlines petitioned the Department of Transportation requesting an exemption from 49 U.S.C. §41101 authorizing United to display its designator code on flights operated by Deutsche Lufthansa AG and "other carriers" that operate on Lufthansa's behalf. Air carrier code-sharing relationships are continuing to expand. Some U.S. carriers have multiple U.S. and international code share partners. The larger U.S. carriers have as many as 10 domestic codeshare partners, with a similar number of international codeshare partners. Under this proposal, a carrier could add code-sharing listings whether or not it could fly to a particular market on its own. Therefore carriers could have multiple code-share listings on the same route. This would further expand code-sharing beyond the level we have today. Combined with United's other proposal (Docket # OST-2004-19083), United could list these flights even if it did not have authority to operate them and would not have to identify which of several carriers is actually operating the flight. Counsel: ACAA, Edward Faberman, 202-639-7502, epfaberman@acaa1.com
September 29, 2004 Answer of Continental Airlines As United points out, the Department has given American Airlines broad authority for codesharing with British Airways and given United similarly broad authority for codesharing with bmi, (See Order 2003-5-33 and Notice of Action Taken, Docket OST-03-15758, December 3, 2003) Northwest applied for similarly-broad exemption authority for codesharing with KLM, but the Department awarded Northwest authority which requires it to apply specifically for authority to offer codeshare service at points which are neither specified in its certificate or exemption authority nor located in open skies countries. When the Department acted on the Northwest exemption request, it limited the Northwest exemption authority to serve third countries "to countries with which the United States has signed open-skies agreements and/or countries for which the carrier holds authority to serve under certificates or exemptions issued by the Department, and for which it holds route integration authority." (See Notice of Action Taken, Docket OST-03-15191, July 11, 2003 at 3 (Condition (2)) The Department imposed this condition without explaining its disparate treatment of American/British Airways and Northwest/KLM. US Airways has applied for Lufthansa codeshare authority comparable to that held by American/British Airways and United/bmi, but the Department has not acted on the US Airways application. (S the joint application of US Airways and Lufthansa to further amend the Notice of Action Taken granting them codeshare authority, Docket OST-03-15946, May 25, 2004). It is particularly ironic that broader authority for codesharing has been given to carriers codesharing with carriers from the U.K. - where there is no open skies agreement and access to the critical London Heathrow and Gatwick airports is severely constrained - while carriers codesharing with foreign airlines from open skies countries receive narrower authority. The time has come for the Department o establish a consistent policy and apply it to all codeshare partnerships between U.S. and foreign airlines. If American and United are to hold broad exemption authority not limited to open skies countries and specified points for codesharing with U.K. carriers, other airlines should have the same or better authority for codesharing with partners from open skies countries. Continental urges the Department to grant the same broad codeshare exemption authority currently held by American and United for codesharing with their U.K. partners to Continental and other carriers, such as United and US Airways, at least for codesharing with their current and prospective partners from open skies countries. Counsel: Crowell & Moring, Bruce Keiner, Jr., 202-624-2615
October 12, 2004 Consolidated Reply of United Air Lines Continental "does not object to United's application so long as comparable exemption authority is granted to Continental for codeshare purposes." Continental notes the Department's "disparate treatment" of American/British Airways, which have been granted "comparable authority," and Northwest/KLM and US Airways/Lufthansa, which have filed applications for "comparable authority" that remain pending before the Department. United agrees with Continental that the Department should "establish a consistent policy and apply it to all codeshare partnerships between U.S. and foreign airlines." As United pointed out in its application, the Department has recognized that due process requires it to extend "similar treatment to similarly situated applicants." At a minimum, United/Lufthansa are "similarly situated" to American/British Airways; in fact, if anything, code-share arrangements between U.S. and foreign carriers from countries, such as Germany, that have signed an open skies agreement with the United States are more deserving of the authority United is requesting than are American/British Airways in light of the United Kingdom's repeated rejection of such an agreement. United therefore urges the Department to remedy this unjustified discrepancy by promptly granting United's application. United has no objection to the Department simultaneously granting other pending applications from "similarly situated" U.S. carriers seeking similar exemption authority. Counsel: United and Jeffrey Manley, 202-663-6670, jeffrey.manley@wilmerhale.com
October 19, 2004 Additional Comments of The Air Carrier Association of America | Word There is no basis for the Department of Transportation to approve United’s request. ACAA believes that once the Department completes its review of United’s petition and an analysis of the growth of code-sharing relationships (including those among multiple alliances and carriers), it will decide that the authorization requested by United should not be approved. The Department should then re-evaluate all agreements previously approved and after that review is complete, the Department should also reject those agreements. As a result of he continuing expansion of code-sharing involving multiple relationships, the Department should review the overall impact of code-sharing on consumers and competition before it considers any additional exceptions to the code-share requirements. Therefore, ACAA urges the Department to deny United’s request. By: Edward Faberman, 202-639-7502, epfaberman@acaa1.com
Filed September 15, 2004 | Issued January 24, 2005 Exemption for at least two years under 49 U.S. C. 40109 to the extent necessary to permit United to display its designator code on flights operated by Deutsche Lufthansa AG and other carriers that operate flights on Lufthansa’s behalf on the following services: Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between points in Germany; between points in the United States and points in Germany, either nonstop or via third country intermediates; and between points in Germany and points in third countries, either nonstop or via third-country intermediates. By: Paul Gretch
January 26, 2005 Application to Amend Exemption By Notice of Action Taken dated January 24, 2005, the Department granted United Air Lines, Inc. broad code-share-related exemption authority under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 to permit United to display its designator code on flights operated by Deutsche Lufthansa AG and other carriers that operate flights on Lufthansa's behalf: 1) between points in Germany; 2) between points in the United States and points in Germany, either nonstop or via third-country intermediates; and 3) between points in Germany and points in third countries, either nonstop or via third-country intermediates. Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109, United hereby applies to amend the exemption granted by the January 24, 2005 NOAT to allow United to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between the United States and points worldwide on a third-country code-share basis pursuant to blanket code-share statements of authorization previously approved by the Department for United's "UA" designator-code to be displayed on flights operated by Air New Zealand Limited; All Nippon Airways Co. Ltd.; Asiana Airlines, Inc.; Austrian Airlines, Osterreichische Luftverkehrs AG; Lauda Air Luftfahrt GmbH; Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT S.A.; Scandinavian Airlines System; Singapore Airlines Limited; and Tyrolean Airways, Tiroler Luftfahrt GmbH dlb/a Austrian arrows. United also requests route integration authority to combine this exemption authority with its current certificate and exemption authority as permitted under applicable bilateral agreements. United requests that this exemption be granted for a period of at least two years. Counsel: Wilmer Cutler, Jeffrey Manley, 202-663-6670, jeffrey.manley@wilmerhale.com
Filed January 26, 2005 | Issued March 1, 2005 Amend exemption under 49 U.S.C. 40109 to permit United to display its designator code on flights operated not only by Lufthansa and other carriers that operate flights on Lufthansa’s behalf, but also on flights operated by its other foreign code-share partners on the following services: Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between points in the United States and points worldwide on a third-country code-share basis pursuant to blanket code-sharing statements of authorization approved by the Department, and to integrate this authority with its existing certificate and exemption authority. By: Paul Gretch
OST-2000-6803 - US- Austria Codesharing June 9. 2005 Notice of United Air Lines, Inc and Austrian Airlines, Osterreichische Luftverkehrs AG notifying the Department that United's designator code will be placed on flights operated by Austrian between Vienna, Austria and Tripoli, Libya. By: United, Wilmer Cutler, Jeffrey Manley, 202-663-6670 / Austrian, Hogan & Hartson, Alexander Van Der Bellen, 202-637-8382
OST-2005-21686 - Statements of Authorization - US-Portugal and Beyond Codesharing June 21, 2005 United requests a statement of authorization for blanket code‑share authority to display TAP's "TP" designator code on flights operated by United I) between any point in the United States and any point in Portugal (either nonstop or via third country intermediate points); 2) between any points within the United States in conjunction with services held out by TAP between Portugal and the United States (either nonstop or via third country intermediate points); and 3) between any point in the United States or Portugal and any point in any third country. TAP requests a statement of authorization for blanket code‑share authority to display United's "UA" designator code on flights operated by TAP I) between any point in Portugal and any point in the United States (either nonstop or via third country intermediate points); 2) between any points within Portugal in conjunction with services held out by United between the United States and Portugal (either nonstop or via third country intermediate points); and 3) between any point in Portugal or the United States and any point in any third country. United also requests an amendment of its exemption authority in Docket OST-04-19148 to enable it to provide third-country code-share services to any point worldwide under TAP's statement of authorization for blanket code-sharing with United. in anticipation of that amendment, United hereby gives notice of its code-share service with TAP to Dakar, Senegal; Maputo, Mozambique; and Sal, Cape Verde. Counsel: Steptoe & Johnson, William Karas, 202-429-6223 / United and Wilmer Cutler, Jeffrey Manley, 202-663-6670
OST-2005-21686 - Statements of Authorization - US-Portugal and Beyond Codesharing Filed June 21, 2005 | Issued August 11, 2005 Amended exemption under 49 U.S.C. 40109 in Docket OST-2004-19148 to permit United to display its designator code on flights operated by TAP on the following services: Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between points in the United States and points worldwide on a third-country code-share basis under the blanket code-sharing statements of authorization approved by the Department. Statement of authorization in OST-2005-21686 for blanket code-share authority for United under 14 CFR Part 212 to: Display TAP’s “TP” designator code on flights operated by United between (1) any point in the United States and any point in Portugal (either nonstop or via third country intermediate points); (2) any points within the United States in conjunction with services held out by TAP between Portugal and the United States (either nonstop or via third country intermediate points); and (3) any point in the United States or Portugal and any point in any third country. Statement of authorization in OST-2005-21686 for blanket code-share authority for TAP under 14 CFR Part 212 to: Display United’s “UA” designator code on flights operated by TAP between (1) any point in Portugal and any point in the United States (either nonstop or via third country intermediate points); (2) any points within Portugal in conjunction with services held out by United between the United States and Portugal (either nonstop or via third country intermediate points); and (3) any point in Portugal or the United States and any point in any third country. By: Paul Gretch
OST-2003-15485 - Lufthansa CityLine - Exemption and Statement of Authorization - Part 212 Codeshare Operations with United Air Lines November 4, 2005 30-Day Notice of Additonal Codesharing United, Lufthansa, and Lufthansa CityLine hereby notify the Department that effective December 4, 2005, United's "UA" designator code will be displayed on flights operated by Lufthansa and Lufthansa CityLine between:
* Flights to Doha, Qatar and Tbilisi, Georgia will be operated only by Lufthansa Counsel: Wilmer Cutler, Jeffrey Manley, 202-663-6670
OST-2004-19148 - United - Exemption - US-Germany Codeshare with Lufthansa (Libya) November 22, 2005 Application to Amend Exemption United Air Lines, Inc. hereby applies for an amendment to its exemption authority to allow United to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between the United States and points worldwide on a third-country code-share basis pursuant to its blanket code-share statement of authorization in Docket OST-2005-22464 under which United's "UA" designator code is displayed on flights operated by Swiss International Air Lines Ltd. d/b/a Swiss. United also requests route integration authority to combine this exemption authority with its current certificate and exemption authority as permitted under applicable bilateral agreements. For administrative convenience, United requests that this exemption be granted for a period co-extensive with the exemptions granted previously to United in the instant docket (through January 24, 2007). Counsel: Wilmer Cutler, Jeffrey Manley, 202-247-6670, jeffrey.manley@wilmerhale.com
OST-2003-15485 - Lufthansa - Exemption and Statement of Authorization - Part 212 Codeshare Operations with United Air Lines December 23, 2005 Pursuant to the blanket Statement of Authorization granted to United Air Lines, Inc. and Deutsche Lufthansa AG by Order 1998-4-8 issued April 9, 1998 (Undocketed) and to Lufthansa CityLine GmbH by Notice of Action Taken dated July 15, 2003 (Docket OST-2003-15485) and the blanket Exemption granted to United for worldwide codesharing on flights operated by Lufthansa and Lufthansa CityLine (Notice of Action Taken dated January 24, 2005, Docket OST-2004-19148), United, Lufthansa, and Lufthansa CityLine hereby notify the Department that on or about January 22, 2006, United's "UA" designator code will be displayed on flights operated by Lufthansa and Lufthansa CityLine between:
Counsel: United - Wilmer Hale, Jeffrey Manley, 202-663-6670 / Lufthansa - Wilmer Hale, David Heffernan, 202-663-6360
OST-2002-11856 - Intra-Europe Codesharing January 9, 2006 30-day Notice of Additional Codeshare Pursuant to the blanket Statements of Authorization granted to United Air Lines, Inc. and Deutsche Lufthansa AG by Order 1998-4-8 issued April 9, 1998 (Undocketed), Lufthansa CityLine GmbH by Notice of Action Taken dated July 15, 2003 (Docket OST-2003-15485), and Air Dolomiti SpA Lare by Notice of Action Taken dated April 17, 2002 (Docket OST-2002-11856), and the blanket exemption granted to United for worldwide code-sharing on flights operated by Lufthansa and Lufthansa CityLine (Notice of Action Taken dated January 24, 2005, Docket OST-2004-19148), United and Lufthansa hereby notify the Department that, effective on or after February 2, 2006, United's "UA" designator code will be displayed on flights operated by Lufthansa, Lufthansa CityLine or Air Dolomiti between:
To the extent necessary, United, Lufthansa, Lufthansa CityLine and Air Dolomiti request a waiver of the 30-day notice requirement. The code-share flights to Pisa are replacement flights for services currently being operated to Florence. The carriers have been advised by the Italian authorities that, effective February 2, 2006, flights to the Florence airport will be temporarily rerouted to Pisa due to runway construction at Florence. The proposed code-share services are consistent with the bilateral air transport agreements between the United States and Germany and Italy. United. Lufthansa and Air Dolomiti have previously given notice to the Department of code-share services between Munich and Pisa, but are jointly giving this notice as these routes may now also be operated by Lufthansa CityLine on Lufthansa's behalf. Counsel: Lufthansa - Wilmer Hale, David Heffernan, 202-663-6360 / United - Wilmer Hale, Jeffrey Manley, 202-663-6670
OST-2002-11856 - Intra-Europe Codesharing January 18, 2006 On behalf of United and Lufthansa, I have polled the representatives of all carriers on the service list attached to the 30-day Notice filed January 9, 2006, in the above referenced undocketed and docketed matters, with regard to the request contained in the notice for a waiver of the 30-day filing requirement. All carriers' representatives have advised me that they have no objection to the granting of this request. Counsel: Wilmer Cutler, Caryn Garvin, 202-663-6000
OST-2004-19148 - United - Exemption - US-Germany Codeshare with Lufthansa (Libya) Filed November 22, 2005 | Issued March 3, 2006 Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between points in the United States and points worldwide on a third-country code-share basis pursuant to the blanket code-share statement of authorization approved by the Department in Docket OST-2005-22464 under which United’s UA code designator is displayed on flights operated by Swiss. United also requests route integration authority to combine this exemption authority with its existing certificate and exemption authority as permitted under applicable bilateral agreements. United requests that the amended exemption authority be granted for a period co-extensive with the exemption granted previously to United on January 24, 2005, in Docket OST-2004-19148 (i.e. through January 24, 2007). By: Paul Gretch
November 21, 2005 Application to Renew and Amend an Exemption United is requesting renewal of its broad code-share-related exemption authority to allow United to display its "UA" designator code on flights operated by its blanket code-share partners to third-country points for which United does not already hold certificate or exemption authority, subject to applicable bilateral agreements or principles of comity and reciprocity, without having to apply for a separate exemption on each occasion. United also requests that its exemption be amended to include the authority to permit United to display its designator code on flights operated by carriers that operate flights on behalf of its other blanket code-share partners named herein, similar to the authority United already has with such carriers that operate flights on behalf of Lufthansa in this docket. United requests that this authority as amended be granted at a minimum for a period of two years. A generic grant of blanket exemption authority will avoid the need for United to amend this exemption each time one of its partners adds a new foreign code‑share partner overseas. No new code‑share services can be operated in any case until such time as United has conducted a safety audit and the foreign carriers have obtained the necessary authority (exemption and statement of authorization) from DOT. At a minimum, United's blanket exemption should be amended to include carriers that are already authorized by DOT to display United's code on flights they operate on behalf of United's blanket code share partners, e.g., EuroLOT S.A. is authorized to operate flights on behalf of LOT, Swiss European Air Lines Ltd. d/b/a Swiss European is authorized to operate flights on behalf of Swiss, and Air Central Co., Ltd., Air Japan Co., Ltd., Air Nippon Co., Ltd., and Ibex Airlines Co., Ltd. are authorized to operate flights on behalf of ANA. Counsel: United and Wilmer Cutler, Jeffrey Manly, 202-663-6670
OST-2007-28628 - Statement of Authorization - US-Qatar and Beyond Codesharing June 27, 2007 Joint Application for Statements of Authorization Code‑sharing by United and Qatar Airways between the U.S. and Qatar will make both carriers more competitive for transatlantic traffic. United currently operates no passenger service in its own aircraft between the U.S. and Qatar. By placing the UA code on Qatar Airways' nonstop flights between Doha and Washington, one‑stop flights between New York‑Newark and Doha via Geneva, Switzerland, and services between certain of United's European gateways and Doha, United will be able to expand its passenger service to offer additional consumer choices the U.S.‑Qatar market. In addition, by code‑sharing with Qatar Airways, United will be able to hold out a greater range of services to other points intermediate to and beyond Qatar. Qatar Airways, for its part, will be able to hold out service on a code‑share basis on United's flights between the U.S. and United's European gateways via connections from Qatar Airways' services between Doha and these European points. Qatar Airways will also offer codeshare services to points within the U.S. from Qatar Airways' transatlantic gateways at Newark and Washington Dulles, as well as from United's transatlantic gateways at Chicago, San Francisco and Los Angeles. All of the above services will benefit passengers by expanding the range of available online service options and offering competition with other transatlantic airline code‑share partnerships. Counsel: Holland & Knight, Anita Mosner, 202-419-2604, anita.mosner@hklaw.com for Qatar Airways / Julie Oettinger for United
OST-2007-28628 - Statement of Authorization - US-Qatar and Beyond Codesharing
June 28, 2007 Codeshare and Regulatory Agreement Counsel: Holland & Knight, Anita Mosner, 202-419-2604, anita.mosner@hklaw.com
June 28, 2007 By Application dated June 27, 2007, United Air Lines, Inc. and Qatar Airways Q.C.S.C. applied in these dockets for Statements of Authorization and an Exemption in connection with their U.S.-Qatar and beyond code-share arrangement. Qatar Airways has polled all interested parties, and no party has objected to the Application. For this reason, Qatar Airways and United respectfully request that the Department promptly grant the requested authority. Counsel: Holland & Knight, Anita Mosner, 202-419-2604, anita.mosner@hklaw.com
OST-2007-28628 - Statement of Authorization - US-Qatar and Beyond Codesharing Filed November 21, 2006 and June 27, 2007 | Issued July 19, 2007
By: Paul Gretch
OST-2008-0001 - United and Air One - Blanket Statements of Authorization - US-Italy Reciprocal Cdoeshare
January 3, 2008 Applicants United Air Lines and Air One wish to clarify the scope of the requested Statement of Authorization for reciprocal code sharing dated,. December 31, 2007. In numbered paragraph 3 of the referenced application; it was stated that "Air One requests a Statement of .Authorization to display United's ("UA") designator code on flights operated by Air One...(2) between any point in Italy or the United States and any point in a third country." As Air One stated in its Application to Amend Exemption (OST-2005-22809), the carrier does not currently have homeland authority to operate its own aircraft between Italy and the United States. Therefore, it has no plans at this time to place the UA code on Air One flights between the United States and any other country, and it does not seek DOT authority to do so. Counsel: Sher & Blackwell, Mark Atwood for Air One / United, Julie Oettinger for United
February 6, 2008 Re: Clarification of Codesharing Clarification Air One wishes to clarify the statement made in the January 3 letter. As shown on its Italian Operations Specifications attached hereto, the carrier does technically have authority to provide transatlantic air service, using B-737 and A320 aircraft. However, because this authority is restricted to aircraft types that cannot be operated economically in air transportation to the United States, Air One has not sought DOT authorization to carry the United code on its own transatlantic flights. As further clarification, the captioned application filed December 31, 2007, at page 2, number 3, should more accurately read:
Counsel: Sher & Blackwell, Mark Atwood, 202-463-2513
OST-2008-0102 - Statement of Authorization - US-Turkey and Beyond Codesharing March 11, 2008 Joint Application - Bookmarked United requests a Statement of Authorization for blanket code-share authority to display THY’s “TK” designator code on flights operated by United 1) between any point in the United States and any point in Turkey (either nonstop or via third-country intermediate points); 2) between any points within the United States in conjunction with services held out by THY between Turkey and the United States (either nonstop or via third-country intermediate points); and 3) between any point in the United States or Turkey and any point in any third country. THY requests a Statement of Authorization for blanket code-share authority to display United’s “UA” designator code on flights operated by THY 1) between any point in Turkey and any point in the United States (either nonstop or via third-country intermediate points); 2) between any points within Turkey in conjunction with services held out by United between the United States and Turkey (either nonstop or via third-country intermediate points); and 3) between any point in Turkey or the United States and any point in any third country. United also requests an amendment of its exemption authority in Docket OST-2004-19148 to enable it to provide third-country code-share services to any point worldwide under THY’s Statement of Authorization for blanket code-sharing with United. Because THY’s Open Skies authority already allows it to hold out service to any third-country point intermediate to or beyond the U.S. or Turkey, THY does not require additional traffic rights to provide the services at issue. United currently operates no passenger service in its own aircraft between the U.S. and Turkey. By placing the UA code on THY’s nonstop flights between its U.S. gateways and Istanbul and services between certain of United’s European gateways and Turkey, United will be able to expand its passenger service to offer additional consumer choices the U.S.-Turkey market. In addition, by code-sharing with THY, United will be able to hold out a greater range of services to other points intermediate to and beyond Turkey. THY, for its part, will be able to hold out service on a code-share basis on United’s flights between the U.S. and United’s European gateways via connections from THY’s services between Turkey and these European points. THY will also offer code-share services to points within the U.S. from THY’s transatlantic gateways at New York and Chicago. The Joint Applicants hereby notify the Department that they plan to commence code-sharing on the city-pair routes listed in Appendix A hereto, effective as soon as all necessary government authorities have been received. The U.S. points to be served by THY beyond its own and United’s U.S. gateways include points served by both United and United Express. United and THY understand that in order for THY to code share on services operated by United Express carriers, such carriers will have to enter into code-share agreements with THY and obtain Statements of Authorization from DOT. Counsel: Zuckert Scoutt, Charles Simpson, 202-973-7926, cjsimpson@zsrlaw.com for Turkish Airlines / Julie Oettinger, 301-229-8571, jeffrey.manley@united.com for United
OST-2008-0001 - Blanket Statements of Authorization - US-Italy Reciprocal Codeshare Filed November 29, 2007 and December 31, 2007 | Issued March 14, 2008
Air One states that it currently carries the US Airways’ code in the following city-pair markets: Rome-Catania/Genoa/Palermo/Lamezia/Terme/Turin/Trieste/Venice. Air One notes that it is not currently displaying US Airways’ code on flights between Rome-Alghero/Lampedusa/Pantelleria/Trapani or Venice-Bari, but anticipates the near-term resumption of code-sharing services between these points. OST-2008-0001 and OST-2004-19148:
By letters dated January 3 and February 6, 2008, the applicants stated, among other things, that they were not, at this time, requesting authority to carry the United designator code on transatlantic flights that may be operated by Air One. Air One has pending requests before the Department in Dockets OST-2008-0072 and OST-2008-0073 for exemption and foreign air carrier permit authority to conduct operations in its own right to and from the United States. We will handle these requests separately By: Paul Gretch
OST-2008-0102 - Statement of Authorization - US-Turkey and Beyond Codesharing Filed March 11, 2008 | Issued April 17, 2008 Amendment of United's Existing Exemption Authority: Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between the United States and points worldwide on a third-country code-share basis pursuant to a code-share arrangement with Turkish Airlines. United requests that this amendment be granted coextensive with the current term of its exemption in the captioned docket. Statement of Authorization for Blanket Codeshare Authority to Permit United to: Display THY’s “TK*” designator code on flights operated by United: (1) between any point in the United States and any point in Turkey (either nonstop or via third-country intermediate points); (2) between any points within the United States in conjunction with services held out by THY between Turkey and the United States (either nonstop or via third-country intermediate points); and (3) between any point in the United States or Turkey and any point in a third country. Statement of Authorization for Blanket Codeshare Authority to Permit THY to: Display United’s “UA*” designator code on flights operated by THY: (1) between any point in Turkey and any point in the United States (either nonstop or via third-country intermediate points); (2) between any points within Turkey in conjunction with services held out by United between the United States and Turkey (either nonstop or via third-country intermediate points); and (3) between any point in Turkey or the United States and any point in any third-country. THY already holds the requisite underlying authority to operate the subject services (see Notice of Action Taken dated August 20, 2007, in Docket OST-2005-21183). By: Paul Gretch |
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