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OST-2005-21903 - Air Wisconsin - Interim and Indefinite Statements of Authorization - Codeshare with Lufthansa

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Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation

OST-2005-21903 - Air Wisconsin - Interim and Indefinite Statements of Authorization - Codeshare with Lufthansa

July 14, 2005

Application for Interim and Indefinite Statements of Authorization

AWAC will operate its own aircraft with its own crews on behalf of US Airways under the "US Airways Express" name pursuant to an agreement between US Airways and AWAC approved by the US Airways bankruptcy court on or about February 28,2005- Service will comence under this agreement on or about the 13th of August 2005. US Airways and Lufthansa hold authority from the Department of Transportation to engage in codesharing on a reciprocal basis pursuant to an alliance agreement between those carriers. AWAC is not an original party to that agreement, but Lufthansa, US Airways and AWAC have negotiated a codeshare agreement letter adding AWAC as a party to the US Airways/Lufthansa agreement. AWAC will file the letter agreement adding AWAC as a party to the US Airways/Lufthansa agreement as soon as it is executed. An interim statement of authorization approving the codeshare service is immediately needed to insure that there is no interruption of Lufthansa codeshare service as the transition to AWAC is accomplished.

AWAC requests that DOT incorporate by reference all code-share city pairs previously notified to the Department by US Airways/Lufthansa in Docket OST-2003-15946 in any Order issued in response this pleading. Further AWAC requests that the Department consider notice of any change of city pairs by US Airways, Lufthansa or AWAC, as a US Airways Express carrier, as notice on behalf of all such carriers. Such an approach, consistent with established practice, which will minimize the administrative burden on the Department and each of the carriers, is necessary in order to accommodate routine US Airways Express schedule and other operational changes. See, Air Wisconsin/Chautauqua/Mesa/Reublic/Shuttle America/Sky West/Trans States (NOAT Docket OST-2004-17986).

Counsel: Dow Lohnes, Jonathan Hill, 202.776.2725, jhill@dlalaw.com



July 19, 2005

Poll on Application for Interim and Indefinite Statements of Authorization

Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation has polled the representatives of all the U.S. air passenger carriers served with the referenced application. All such carrier representatives have advised that they have no objection to the granting to the requests contained in the application

Counsel: Jonathan Hill



Filed July 14, 2005 | Issued August 4, 2005

Department Action on Application

Decision approving application of Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation for the interim blanket statement of authorization to display the designator code of Deutsche Lufthansa AG on flights operated by AWAC on behalf of US Airways, Inc., subject to conditions. Petitions due August 15, 2005.

By: Gerald Caolo



September 13, 2005

Submission of Codeshare Agreement and Renewal of Application for Indefinite Statement of Authorization

Air Wisconsin Airlines Corporation, pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212, and Department's Action on Application in Docket OST-2005-21903, submits the codeshare agreement as required in the Action on Application and renews its request for issuance of an indefinite Statement of Authorization approving AWAC's codeshare with Deutsche Lufthansa AG as more fully set out herein and AWAC's original filing dated July 14, 2005. The interim statement of authorization requested in AWAC's original filing was granted on August 4, 2005.

Counsel: Dow Lohnes, Jonathan Hill, 202-776-2725, jhill@dlalaw.com



Filed July 14, 2005 / Supplemented September 13, 2005 | Approved September 28, 2005

Department Action Taken

AWAC sough both an interim and indefinite blanket statement of authorization to display the Lufthansa “LH” designated code on all flights operated by AWAC on behalf of US Airways under the existing US Airways-Lufthansa code-share agreement.

We granted AWAC a waiver for the interim authority for a period of 90 days so that it could operate its proposed service but within the period, AWAC had to submit an agreement establishing AWAC as a party to the US Airways-Lufthansa code share agreement. See Decision dated August 4, 2005.

We deferred action on the indefinite authority until AWAC, Lufthansa and US Airways submitted the above information. The carriers have now furnished this information.

By: Gerald Caolo



OST-2003-15946 - US Airways and Lufthansa - US-Germany Codeshare
OST-2005-20566 - Mesa Airlines - Statement of Authorization - Codeshare with Lufthansa and US Airways
OST-2005-21903 - Air Wisconsin - Interim and Indefinite Statements of Authorization - Codeshare with Lufthansa

January 25, 2006

Notice of Additional Codeshares

Pursuant to the blanket statements of authorization issued in the above-referenced dockets, US Airways and Lufthansa hereby notify the Department that, commencing February 24, 2006, Lufthansa will begin codesharing on flights operated by US Airways and/or its affiliated and express carriers between:

  • Charlotte and Huntsville/Decatur, Alabama
  • Charlotte and Birmingham, Alabama
  • Charlotte and Memphis, Tennessee

Counsel: US Airways - Howard Kass / Lufthansa - Wilmer Hale, David Heffernan



OST-2003-15946 - US Airways and Lufthansa - US-Germany Codeshare
OST-2005-20566 - Mesa Airlines - Statement of Authorization - Codeshare with Lufthansa and US Airways
OST-2005-21903 - Air Wisconsin - Interim and Indefinite Statements of Authorization - Codeshare with Lufthansa

June 26, 2008

Notice of Additional Codesharing

Deutsche Lufthansa AG and US Airways, Inc. in Docket OST-2003-15946, Lufthansa hereby notifies the Department that, effective on or after August 1, 2008, US Airways' "US" designator code will be displayed on flights operated by Lufthansa between:

Frankfurt, Germany and Athens, Greece
Frankfurt, Germany and Bahrain
Frankfurt, Germany and Doha, Qatar
Frankfurt, Germany and Kolkata, India
Frankfurt, Germany and Stavanger, Norway
Munich, Germany and Athens, Greece
Munich, Germany and Zagreb, Croatia

Code sharing between Munich and Zagreb will not be implemented until the Open Skies Agreement between the United States and Croatia goes into effect.

In addition, effective on or after August 1,2008, Lufthansa's "LH" designator code will be displayed on flights operated by US Airways and/or its affiliated and express carriers between:

Charlotte, North Carolina and Austin, Texas
Denver, Colorado and Phoenix, Arizona

Counsel: Wilmer Hale, David Heffernan, 202-663-6350


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