### BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON , D.C . Application of AIR CANADA for a Blanket Statement of Authorization pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 Docket OST-2014-

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APPLICATION OF AIR CANADA FOR A BLANKET STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION Commun i cations concerning this document may be served upon: A nita M. Mesner Jennifer M . Nowak Holland & 

### Knight LLP 800 17T H Street , NW Suite 1100 Wash i ngton , DC 20006 Tel: (202 ) 4 1 9- 2604 Fax : (202 ) 955 - 5564 anita. mosner@hklaw. com Counsel for Air Canada October 8 , 2014 Not i ce : ANY PERSON MAY FILE AN ANSWER T O THIS APPLICATION . THE AP PLI CANTS ARE REQUESTING EXPED ITED RELIEF FROM THE DEPARTMENT AND WILL POLL ALL INT ERE STED PARTIES .BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASH I NG TO N, D . C . App l i cati o n of AIR CANADA for a Bl a n ket St a te m e nt of A ut h orizat io n pu rsu an t to 14 C . F.R. P a rt 2 1 2 Doc ket OST-2 0 14- __ _

APPLI CATION OF AIR CANADA FOR A BLANKET STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATIO N Air Canada hereby applies for a blanket statement of authorization pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 to enable Air Canada to display the Aerovias del Continente Americana S .A. ("Avianca") "AV*" code on flights ope rat ed by Air Canada, as described below. In support of its application , Air Canada states the following : 1 . Air Canada requests a blanket statement of authorizat ion to display Avianca's AV* airline designator code on flights operated by Air Canada from any point or points in Canada, via inte rmediate points to any p oint or points in the U.S . , 1 so that Avianca can hold out service beyond the United States to points in Canada . Avianca

1 Some of the transborder fl ights operated under th is arrangement may be performed by Jazz Aviation (Jazz) LP, Sky Regional Airlines , Inc., or Air Georgian , carry i ng the AC* code . Jazz, Sky Regional, and Air Georgian each holds a Foreign Air Carrier Permit and has broad-based au t hority to display the AC* code on its flights . See Jazz Foreign Air Carrier Permit , Order 2009 - 6-13 (Jun . 17 , 2009) ; Air Canada/Jazz Statement of Authorization (Feb . 25, 2009), Docket OST2009-0025 ; Sky Reg ional Foreign Air Carrier Perm it , Order 2011-7-11 (Jul. 27 , 2011) ; A i r Canada/Sky Reg ional Not ice of Act ion Taken (Feb. 1 , 2013) , Docket OST-2013-001 0 ; A i r Georg ian Fore ign A i r Carrier Perm it , Order 2003 -8-3 (Aug . 7 , 2003 ); A i r Canada/A i r Georgian Statement of Author izati on (Sep . 13 , 2013), Docket OST-2013-0156 . To the extent necessary , Air Canada requests that the statement of authorizati on perm it the d isp lay of the AV* designator code on all fl ights between the U . S . and Canada by current commuter carriers which a r e authorized to operate under the AC* code .Air Canada Application for a Statement of Authorization will not market its codeshare service to local passengers travel i ng solely between the U . S . and Canada . 2 . Both A i r Canada and Av ianca ho ld the necessary underl ying economic authority to engage in the proposed codeshare operat ions . Air Canada holds a foreign air carrier permit that authorizes it, 

### inter alia, to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons , property , and ma il from po i nts beh i nd Canada , via Canada and intermediate points , to a point or points in the United States and beyond . 2 Avianca holds exemption authority that permits it , 

### inter alia , to engage in scheduled foreign air transportat ion of persons , property , and mail from points behind Colomb ia , v i a Colombia and intermed iate points to po i nts in the U . S . and beyond . 3 3 . The proposed blanket codeshare authorization requested herein is consistent with the 200 7 Open Skies Agreement between the U . S . and Canada , and the 2011 Open Skies Agreement between the U . S . and Co l omb i a . Both of these agreements grant broad authority for homeland carriers of the part ies to engage in cooperative market i ng arrangements such as codesharing with carriers of third cou ntri es . 4 4. The codesharing proposed herein is also fully consistent with the public interest. The codeshare arrangement will allow Avianca to expand its online network , thereby promoting compet it i on and enhanc i ng serv i ce opt i ons for travelers . The requested approval is also cons i stent with the Department's grant of blanket

2 Order 2008 -9-23 (Ju l. 18 , 2008) , Docket No . OST-2007 -28768 . 3 Not ice of Action Taken (Jan . 3 , 2013) , Docket OST-2012 -0137 . 4 Both agreements allow any designated ai rline of one Party to enter into cooperative marketing arra ngements such as blocked-space , code -shari ng or leas i ng arrangements , with an airl i ne or ai rlin es of e ither Party , o r an ai rl i ne o r ai rli nes of a t hi rd country . U . S . -C anada Ope n S kies Agreement , Art . 1 1 , 

### 1J 6 ( Mar. 1 2 , 20 07) ; U . S . -Co lomb ia Op en Skies Agre eme nt, Art . 8 , 

### 1J ?( b) ( May 10 , 20 1 1 ) . 

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### Air Canada Application for a Statement of Author izat i on codeshari ng authority to other foreign carri ers whose homeland governments have open sk ies re lationships with the U . S . 5 

### 5 . Under the Department's Notice in the Matter of Blanket Notification of Codeshare Servi ce to Open-Skies Partners and Points , dated February 9 , 2009 , Air Canada hereby prov ides blanket notification of its intent to engage in codeshare serv i ce to open ski es points , as described above . 6 

### Air Canada agrees to notify the Department no later than 30 days before commencing any codeshare service to non-open skies points . 6. Air Canada and Avianca will abide by the consumer notification requirements of 14 C.F . R. Part 257 , as well as the other cond itions and lim itations the Department normally attaches to codeshare operations . 7 . Air Canada requests a waiver of the provision that requires carriers to file requests for Statements of Authorization at least 45 days in advance of their proposed startup date . Air Canada also requests that the Statement of Authorization be issued for an indefinite period , cons i stent with Department pract i ce . WHEREFORE , Air Canada respectfully requests the Department to grant it the Statement of Authorization described above on an expedited basis and to grant it such other and different relief as is consistent with this applicat i on and with the public interest.

5 See, e . g., Department Act ion on Appl i cat ion (Jan . 12 , 2012) , Docket OST-2012-0003 (Air Berl i n / Et i had ); Department Action on Appl i cat ion (Nov . 15 , 2012) , Docket OST-2012-018 7 ( Condor/Thomas Cook); Department Act ion on Applicat ion (Oct. 3 , 2011 ), Docket OST-2011 - 0181 (JAULAN ) . 6 The initi al markets covered are : MIA-YYZ/YUL , and LAX-YVR/YYC . 

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# ~ An ita M . Mesner Jenn ifer M . Now ak Holland & Kni g ht LLP Att o rneys for Air Canada

4 Air Canada App li cat i on for a State m ent of Aut horizat i onCERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that I have this date served the foregoing document on the persons identified below by causing a copy to be sent by electronic mail. robert .wirick@aa .com howard . kass@aa . com sharon .pas l ey@fedex .com cefe lts@fedex .com s l lunsford@fedex . com dan .weiss@un ited . com Steve . morrissey@u nited .com sascha .vanderbellen@delta.com chris. walker@delta . com jyoung@yklaw . com (Counsel for Spirit Airlines) dkirste i n@yklaw . com (Counse l for Spirit Ai r lines) marshall.s i nick@ssd . com (Counsel for Alaska A i rl i nes) agoerlich@ggh - a i rlaw . com(Counsel for A ll eg i ant) rpommer@atlasa i r .com kev i n . montgomery@po l ara i rcargo . com peter .beckett@polara i rcargo .com dsmalls@ups . com anita . mosner@hklaw.com (Counse l for Un ited Parcel Service) jennifer . nowak@hklaw . com (Counsel for United Parcel Service) mlbenge@zsrlaw .com (Counsel for North American) thomas.ting@suncountry .com jcanny@amerijet.com jrichardson@ j ohnlr i chardson . com (Counse l for Ameri jet) jh i ll@cooley . com (Counsel for Hawa ii an and JetB i ue) perkmann@coo l ey . com (Counsel for Hawa i ian and JetBiue) matwood@cozen . com ( Counsel for Ka li tta A i r and Front i er) stephen .l achter@ l achterl aw. com (Counse l for Fronti er) bob. kneise ly@wnco .com lesl i e.abbott@wnco .com rsilverberg@sgbdc . com (Counsel for ABX) jjohnson@sgbdc . com (Counsel fo r ABX) dmendersbee@zsrlaw . com (Counsel for Avianca) jhfoglia@zsrlaw . com (Counsel for Av i anca) john . s . duncan@faa . gov cri st i nasa@state .gov 

# -ycrng Peter Ormerod October 8 , 2014