BEFORE THE

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

________________________________________________

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Application of )

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AEROVÍAS DEL CONTINENTE )

AMERICANO, S.A. AVIANCA ) Docket OST-2015 -

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for a blanket statement of authorization pursuant to )

14 CFR Part 212 )

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APPLICATION FOR BLANKET STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

David M. Endersbee

Jonathon H. Foglia

 Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger L.L.P.

888 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Suite 700

Washington, DC 20006

(202) 298-8660

dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com

jhfoglia@zsrlaw.com

Counsel for Aerovías del Continente Americano,

S.A. Avianca

May 27, 2015

NOTICE: The Applicant requests expedited treatment and will poll the U.S. carrier 

representatives shown on the attached Service List and inform the Department of 

the results of the poll.
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BEFORE THE

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

________________________________________________

)

Application of )

)

AEROVÍAS DEL CONTINENTE )

AMERICANO, S.A. AVIANCA ) Docket OST-2015 -

)

for a blanket statement of authorization pursuant to )

14 CFR Part 212 )

________________________________________________)

APPLICATION FOR BLANKET STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION 

Aerovías del Continente Americano, S.A. Avianca (“Avianca”) hereby applies for a 

blanket statement of authorization pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 to permit Avianca to display 

the designator code of OceanAir Linhas Aéreas S.A. (“OceanAir”), as more fully described 

below. Avianca respectfully requests expedited treatment of this Application and a waiver of the 

45-day advance filing requirement in 14 C.F.R. § 212.10(d)(2). 

In support of this Application, Avianca states as follows:

1. Avianca and OceanAir have agreed to engage in codeshare operations whereby 

Avianca will carry codeshare traffic between Colombia, on the one hand, and the United States, 

on the other hand, for the purposes of transporting OceanAir passengers between the U.S. and 

Brazil. Pursuant to their codeshare agreement, Avianca will initially display Oceanair’s

designator code on Avianca’s flights between Bogota, on the one hand, and Miami, Orlando, and 

New York (JFK), on the other hand. Avianca intends to begin these codesharing operations as 
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soon as possible once all necessary government approvals are obtained. Avianca respectfully

requests expedited treatment of this Application and a waiver of the 45-day advance filing 

requirement in 14 C.F.R. § 212.10(d)(2).

2. Avianca requests a blanket statement of authorization under 14 C.F.R. § 212.9 to 

display OceanAir’s O6* designator code on flights operated by Avianca in conjunction with 

foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between any point or points behind 

Colombia, via any point or points in Colombia and any intermediate point or points, to any point 

or points in the United States and beyond. 

3. Both Avianca and OceanAir hold the necessary underlying economic authority to 

engage in these codesharing operations. Avianca holds exemption authority authorizing it to 

engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail from points behind 

Colombia, via Colombia and intermediate points, to points in the United States and beyond.

Notice of Action Taken, Docket OST-2012-0137 (Jan. 28, 2013) (timely renewal application 

pending). OceanAir holds exemption authority authorizing it to engage in scheduled foreign air 

transportation of persons, property and mail from points behind Brazil, via Brazil and 

intermediate points, to points in the United States and beyond. Order 2015-5-5 (May 8, 2015). 

4. The codeshare operations contemplated by this Application are in the public 

interest and fully consistent with the air transport agreements between the United States and the

homelands of Avianca and OceanAir. Article 8.7 of the 2011 U.S. – Colombia Air Transport 

Agreement and Article 8.12 of the 2011 U.S. – Brazil Air Transport Agreement both provide for

codesharing between an airline of one Party and an airline of a third country. The proposed 

codesharing services will provide new consumer benefits, enhanced competition and important 

new OceanAir online services to and from the United States.
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5. Avianca and OceanAir will conduct their codesharing operations in compliance 

with Part 257 of the Department’s economic regulations. Avianca agrees to accept the 

Department’s standard conditions imposed on codeshare arrangements, and will provide 30 day 

notice of any additional codesharing services.

6. Avianca requests that the blanket statement of authorization sought herein be 

granted for an indefinite period consistent with the Department's practice in previous codeshare 

proceedings. 

WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, Aerovías del Continente Americano, S.A. 

Avianca respectfully requests that the Department grant the blanket statement of authorization

and waiver from § 212.10(d)(2) as described herein, and such further, different or additional 

relief as it considers consistent with this Application and the public interest. 

 Respectfully submitted,

 

____________________________

David M. Endersbee

Jonathon H. Foglia

Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger L.L.P.

888 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Suite 700

Washington, DC 20006

(202) 298-8660

dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com

jhfoglia@zsrlaw.com

Counsel for Aerovías del Continente Americano,

S.A. Avianca 

May 29, 2015
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 27th day of May 2015, a copy of the foregoing application was served by email 

on the parties named below:

Gerald F. Murphy

Steven J. Seiden

Counsel for United Airlines

Crowell & Moring LLP

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004-2595

gmurphy@crowell.com

sseiden@crowell.com

Dan Weiss

Managing Director – International &

 Regulatory Affairs

United Airlines

77 West Wacker Drive-HDQIZ

Chicago, IL 60601

dan.weiss@united.com

Stephen J. Morrissey

Managing Director, Regulatory and

 Policy

United Airlines, Inc.

1225 New York Avenue, NW - DCAIZ 

Suite 1100

Washington, DC 20005

steve.morrissey@united.com

Anita Mosner

Jennifer Nowak

Counsel for United Parcel Service

Holland & Knight

800 17th Street, N.W.

Suite 1100

Washington, D.C. 20006

anita.mosner@hklaw.com

jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com

dsmalls@ups.com

Alexander Van der Bellen

Chris Walker

Delta Air Lines

1212 New York Avenue, NW

Suite 200

Washington, DC 20005

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

Chris.walker@delta.com

Robert Wirick

Howard Kass

American Airlines, Inc.

1101 Seventeenth Street, N.W.

Suite 600

Washington, D.C. 20036

robert.wirick@aa.com

Howard.kass@aa.com

John L. Richardson

Joan Canny

Counsel for Amerijet International

John L. Richardson, P.L.L.C.

555 13th Street, N.W.

Suite 420 West

Washington, D.C. 20004

jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com

jCanny@amerijet.com

G. Bailey Leopard

Sandra Lunsford

Sharon Pasley

Legal and Regulatory Affairs

Federal Express Corporation

3620 Hacks Cross Road

Building B, 3rd Floor

Memphis, TN 38125

sllunsford@fedex.com

gbleopard@fedex.com

Sharon.pasley@fedex.com

Rod Ennis

Director, 

Safety, Security & Regulatory Compliance

Air Transport International LLC

6012 Campus Circle W

Suite 240

Irving, TX 75063

Rod.ennis@airtransport.cc

John S. Duncan

Director

Flight Standards Service

Federal Aviation Administration

800 Independence Avenue, S.W.

Room 821

Washington, D.C. 20591

john.s.duncan@faa.gov 
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Aaron Goerlich

Counsel for Allegiant Air, Southern Air and

 Florida West International Airways

Garofalo Goerlich Hainbach PC

1200 New Hampshire Avenue NW

Suite 800

Washington, D.C. 20036-6802

agoerlich@ggh-airlaw.com

Robert P. Silverberg

Jeffrey Johnson

Counsel for ABX Air

Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff, L.L.P.

1101 30th Street, N.W.

Suite 120

Washington, D.C. 20007

rsilverberg@sgbdc.com

jjohnson@sgbdc.com

David Heffernan

Counsel for Alaska Airlines and Horizon Air

Cozen O’Connor

Army Navy Building

1627 I Street, NW

Suite 1100

Washington, D.C. 20006

dheffernan@cozen.com

Jeremy Ross

Senior Attorney

Alaska Airlines

Horizon Air

19300 International Blvd.

Seattle, WA 98188

Jeremy.Ross@AlaskaAir.com

Russell E. Pommer

Associate General Counsel & Sr.

 Director, Regulatory Affairs

Atlas Air, Inc.

801 17th Street, NW

Suite 410

Washington, D.C 20006

rpommer@atlasair.com

Mark W. Atwood

Stephen Lachter

Counsel for Kalitta Air and Frontier Airlines

Cozen O’Connor

Army Navy Building

1627 I Street, NW

Suite 1100

Washington, D.C. 20006

matwood@cozen.com

slachter@cozen.com

Pierre Murphy

Counsel for Xtra Airways

1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.

Suite 590

Washington, D.C. 20036-6802

pmurphy@lopmurphy.com

ldunn@xtraairways.com

Jonathan B. Hill

Counsel for Hawaiian Airlines

Cooley LLP

1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Suite 700

Washington, DC 20004

jhill@cooley.com

perkmann@cooley.com

Thomas Ting

MN Airlines, LLC dba Sun Country

 Airlines

1300 Mendota Heights Road

Mendota Heights, MN 55120

Thomas.Ting@suncountry.com

Joanne W. Young

David Kirstein

Counsel for Spirit Airlines

Kirstein & Young PLLC

1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.

Suite 600 South

Washington, DC 20004

jyoung@yklaw.com 

dkirstein@yklaw.com

John R. Mietus, Jr.

Counsel for Centurion Air Cargo and Sky Lease 

 Cargo

Law Office of John Mietus, LLC

6701 Democracy Boulevard

Suite 300

Bethesda, MD 20817

john@mietuslaw.com

Kevin Montgomery

Peter Beckett

Polar Air Cargo, Inc.

801 17th Street, NW

Suite 410

Washington, D.C 20006

kevin.montgomery@ polaraircargo.com

peter.beckett@polaraircargo.com
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Evelyn Sahr

Robert Land

Drew Derco

Counsel for JetBlue

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

1717 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, 12th Floor

Washington, DC 20006

esahr@eckertseamans.com

Robert.land@jetblue.com

dderco@eckertseamans.com

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David M. Endersbee