BEFORE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

_____________________________________ In the Matter of ) ) U

. S

. - RUSSIA THIRD

- COUNTRY CODE ) Docket DOT

- OST

- 2008

- 0283 SHARING PROCEEDING )

______________________________ _______ )

APPLICATION OF US AIRWAYS , INC. FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITY ( United States

– Russia Third Country Codesharing )

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to:

Howard Kass Vice President

– Regulatory Affairs

Abigai l Donovan Director, Congressional and Federal Affairs

US Airways , Inc. 1401 H Street , NW , Suite 1075 Washington, DC 20005 (202) 326

- 5153 howard.kass@ aa .com abigail.donovan@aa.com

June 10

, 20 1 4BEFORE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

_____________________________________ In the Matter of ) ) U.S.

- RUSSIA THIRD

- COUNTRY CODE ) Docket DOT

- OST

- 2008

- 0283 SHARING PROCEEDING )

_____________________________________ )

APPLICATION OF US AIRWAYS, INC. F OR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITY (United States

– Russia Third Country Codesharing)

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and Subpart C of the Department’s Rules of

Practice (14 C.F.R. Part 302), US Airways , Inc. (“ US Airways ”) applies for renewal of its

exempt ion authority to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons,

property, and mail between the United States and Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia,

under a third

- country codeshare arrangement

.
In support of this renewal application, US Airways respectfully states as follows:

1. US Airways is a D elaware corporation with its principal office at 4333

Amon Carter Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas 76155

.

2. US Airways is a citizen of the United States within the meaning of 49

U.S.C. § 40102(a)(15)(C) and is fit , willing, and able to provide the services

contemplated by this application. US Airways holds various certificates of public

convenience and exemption authorities. ( See

, e.g. , DOT Order 2007

- 4

- 2 0 , April 18,

2007, Dockets OST

- 2005

- 22228 and OST

- 2005

- 22 57 8 (Blanket Open

- Skies Route

Authority); Notice of Action Taken, April 10, 2014 , Docket DOT

- OST

- 20 04

- 18346 ( US

–

Dominica and Haiti ) .) Pursuant to Rule 24 of the Department’s Rules of Practice, USApplication of US Airways for Renewal of an Exemption (United States

– Russia Third Country C odesharing )

2 Airways requests that the Department take official notic e of all information previously

filed to establish US Airways’ fitness

.

3. By Notice of Action Taken, issued August 13, 2012, the Department

renewed US Airways ’ two

- year exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41101 to provide

“[s]cheduled foreign air transportation of p ersons, property, and mail between the United

States and Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia, under a third

- country code

- share

arrangement.” (Docket DOT

- OST

- 200 8

- 0283 .)

4. US Airways does not currently provide scheduled air service between the

United State s and Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia, via a third

- country codeshare

arrangement

. 1 US Airways still seeks the flexibility to provide air service to Russia

should market conditions warrant, and US Airways identifies a viable third

- country

codeshare partn er

.

5. The Department has previously determined that the codeshare operations

described herein are “in conformance with Annex V to the 1994 U.S. Russian

Federation Air Transport Agreement

. ” ( See Notice of Action Taken, August 13, 2012

,

Docket DOT

- OST

- 200 8

- 0283 .)

6. Pursuant to 14 C.F.R. § 377.10, US Airways intends to rely on the

Administrative Procedures Act, 5 U.S.C. § 558(c) implemented by Part 377, to continue

in effect its current exemption authority pending a final determination on this renewal

applicat ion. US Airways ’ current exemption is effective through August 13, 2014

.
Accordingly, this renewal application is timely filed u nder the provisions of Part 377.

1 US Airways provided scheduled air service between the United States and Moscow, Russia, vi a Zurich, Switzerland, pursuant to its codeshare arrangement with Swiss International Air Lines, Ltd. (“Swiss”). Due to US Airways’ merger with American Airlines, Inc., US Airways exited the Star Alliance and terminated its codeshare relationship with Swis s on March 30, 2014.Application of US Airways for Renewal of an Exemption (United States

– Russia Third Country C odesharing )

3 W HEREFORE, US Airways respectfully requests that the De partment renew its

exemption authority to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons,

property, and mail between the United States and Moscow and St. Petersburg, Russia,

under a third

- country codeshare arrangement , as discussed herein

.
Respectfully submitted,

________ _____ __________ Howard Kass Vice President

– Regulatory Affairs

Abigail Donovan Director, Congressional and Federal Affairs

US Airways , Inc. 1 4 01 H Street, NW Washington, DC 200 05 (202) 326

- 5153 howard.kass@ aa .com abigail.donovan@aa.com

June 10 , 201 4CER TIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that, on June 10

, 2014 , I caused to be served a copy of the foregoing Application of US Airways , I nc. for Renewal of Exemption Authority , by email upon those addressees listed below:

urskr@state.gov (Department of State) cri stinasa@state.gov (Department of State) esta.rosenberg@dot.gov (Department of Transportation) brian.hedberg@dot.gov (Department of Transportation) todd.homan@dot.gov (Department of Transportation) peter.irvine@dot.gov (Department of Transportation) la ura.remo@dot.gov (Department of Transportation) brett.kruger@dot.gov (Department of Transportation) john.allen@faa.gov (Federal Aviation Administration) dan.weiss@united.com (United) steve.morrissey@united.com (United) karine.faden@united.com (United ) gmurphy@crowell.com (Counsel for United) sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com (Delta) jhill@dowlohnes.com (Counsel for JetBlue and Hawaiian) perkmann@dowlohnes.com (Counsel for JetBlue and Hawaiian) robert.land@jetblue.com (JetBlue) msinick@ssd.com (Counse l for Alaska) jyoung@yklaw.com (Counsel for Spirit) dkirstein@yklaw.com (Counsel for Spirit) bob.kneisley@wnco.com (Southwest) leslie.abbott@wnco.com (Southwest) ethan.blank@rjet.com (Republic) robert.cohn@hoganlovells.com (Counsel for Republic) patr ick.rizzi@hoganlovells.com (Counsel for Republic) john.fredericksen@suncountry.com (Sun Country) thomas.ting@suncountry.com (Sun Country) rpommer@atlasair.com (Atlas) anita.mosner@hklaw.com (Counsel for UPS) jennifer.nowak@ hklaw.com (Counsel for UPS) cefelts@fedex.com (FedEx) nssparks@fedex.com (FedEx) kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com (Polar)

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Howard Kass