### U.S. Department of Transportation Office of th e Secretary o f Transportation


### DEPARTMENT ACTION ON APPLICATION IN DOCKET DOT-OST-2015-0018 (Filed February 4, 2015) Application of American Airlines, Inc. (American) for a statement of authorization pursuant to 14 C
. F.R. Part 212 permitting American to display the "KE" designator code o f Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. (Korean) on American-operated fli ghts between Dalla s/Ft
. Worth, Texas, and Seoul, Republic of Korea.


## * Approved under assigned authority ( 14 CF R §385 .13). Date of Act ion: March 20, 2015

This action is s ubj ec t to th e conditions attached. Persons entit l ed to petition the Department for revi ew of thi s action under the Department ' s reg ul ations , 14 CFR §385.30 , s hou ld file their petitions wit hin seven days of the date of this ac ti o n . This acti o n is effect i ve immediately , and the fi l ing of a petition for review wi ll not a lter its effectiveness
. An elec tronic version of this document is available on th e World Wide Web at http :/ l www. regula! ions
.govThe authority gra nted is subject to th e f o ll owi n g con diti o ns: (a) The s tate m e nt of authorization w ill remain in effect o nl y as l o ng as (i) American an d Korean co nti nu e to hold th e necessary underl y in g authority t o o perate the code

- share serv i ces at issue , and (i i ) the code

shar e agr ee ment prov idin g f o r the code-share ope r at ions r e m a in s in effect. (b) American and/or Korean mu st prompt l y not ify th e D epa rtment (Office of Inte rn a ti o n a l Av i a ti o n ) if the code-share agreement providing for th e code-share o pe rati o ns is 

### n o lo nge r effect i ve or if the carr i e r s d ec ide to cease operating all or a portion o f the a pproved co de- s hare serv ice s. S uch not i ces s ho uld b e fil e d in Do c ket OST-2015-0018. 1 (c) The code-sharing o peration s conducted und e r thi s authority must comply w ith 1 4 CF R 257 a n d with any a me ndment s to the Department 's r egul a ti o n s co nce rnin g code-share a rr a n geme nt s that may be ado pt ed. Notwi th s tandin g any prov i s ion s in t he co n trac t between the carriers, our approva l h ere is express l y conditioned upon the r e quirem ents th at the subjec t foreign ai r t ran sportati o n be so ld in the name of the car ri e r ho ldin g o ut s uch service in th e computer reservation syste m s and e lsewh ere ; that the carrier se llin g suc h transpo rtati o n 

### (i.e., th e carrie r s h ow n o n th e ticket) accept re spons ibili ty for the ent irety of th e code-share journey for all ob li gations established in its contract of carriage w ith t he passenger ; a n d th at the passenger li a bili ty of th e operati ng carrie r b e unaf fected. (d) The a uth o ri ty g ranted here is s pe c ifi ca lly co nditi o ned so that neither American no r K o r ea n shall give a ny f o r

ce o r effect to a ny contractual prov i s io n s between th e m se lves tha t a re cont rary to t h ese condi ti o ns. We may a mend , mod i fy, or rev o ke th e authority g ra n ted at any time w it h ou t h ear in g at o ur di scretio n .

1 We e xpect thi s notification to be rece i ved within ten ( LO) d ay s after s uc h non - effectivene ss or of s uc h deci s ion .