1401 H Street, NW, Suite 1075, Washington, DC 20005 (202) 326-5154 Fax (202) 898-4810

March 18, 2014

Mr. Paul Gretch

Director

Office of International Aviation

United States Department of Transportation

1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E.

Washington, D.C. 20590

Re: US Airways, Inc. – Swiss International Airlines, Ltd. Codesharing

(Docket DOT-OST-2008-0101)

Dear Mr. Gretch:

On April 8, 2008, the Department of Transportation (“Department”) issued a 

Statement of Authorization to US Airways, Inc. (“US Airways”) to display the “LX” 

designator code of Swiss International Airlines, Ltd. (“Swiss”) on flights operated by 

US Airways and its affiliates between: 1) points in the United States and points in 

Switzerland (either non-stop or via intermediate points); 2) any points within the 

United States, in conjunction with services held out by Swiss between Switzerland 

and the United States (either non-stop or via intermediate points); and 3) any points 

in the United States and any points in third countries. 

Simultaneously, the Department issued a Statement of Authorization to Swiss 

to display the “US” designator code of US Airways on flights operated by Swiss 

between: 1) any point in Switzerland and any point in the United States (either nonstop or via intermediate points); 2) any points in Switzerland, in conjunction with 

services held out by US Airways between Switzerland and the United States (either 

non-stop or via intermediate points); and 3) any points in Switzerland and points in 

third countries. (See Statements of Authorization, April 8, 2008, Docket DOT-OST2008-0101 (“Authorizations”).)
Mr. Paul Gretch

March 18, 2014

Page 2 of 2

In accordance with the Conditions set forth in the Authorizations, US Airways

hereby advises the Department that the US Airways-Swiss codeshare arrangement 

has been terminated effective March 30, 2014.

1

 Accordingly, March 30, 2014, will 

be the last day US Airways and Swiss will place their respective designator codes on 

each other’s flights. 

Respectfully submitted,

Howard Kass

Vice President – Regulatory Affairs

Abby Donovan

Director, Congressional & Federal Affairs

Attachment

cc: Service List

Evelyn Sahr, Counsel for Swiss

 

1 US Airways provides this notice on behalf of its affiliated carriers, PSA Airlines, Inc. and Piedmont Airlines, 

Inc., as well.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that, on March 18, 2014, I caused to be served a copy of the foregoing 

Letter by email upon those addressees listed below:

urskr@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)

laura.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 (Counsel 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)

patrick.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)

_________________________

Howard Kass