BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________

)

Joint Application of )

)

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. )

and ) Docket OST-2000-6824

CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LIMITED )

)

under 14 CFR Part 212 for statements of )

authorization (codesharing) )

__________________________________________)

JOINT APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT AND NOTICE

OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. AND

CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LIMITED

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

John R. Mietus, Jr.

LAW OFFICE OF JOHN MIETUS, LLC

6701 Democracy Boulevard Ste 300

Bethesda, Maryland 20817

(202) 747-5212

john@mietuslaw.com

Counsel for CATHAY PACIFIC

AIRWAYS LIMITED

Robert A. Wirick

Managing Director, Regulatory and 

International Affairs

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

P.O. Box 619616, MD 5635

DFW Airport, Texas 75161

(817) 963-0394

robert.wirick@aa.com

NOTICE: Any person may support or oppose this application by filing an answer 

and serving a copy of the answer on counsel for the Joint Applicants and 

upon persons served with this application no later than March 29, 2014. 

THE JOINT APPLICANTS INTEND TO POLL.

March 14, 2014
BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________

)

Joint Application of )

)

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. )

and ) Docket OST-2000-6824

CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LIMITED ) March 14, 2014

)

under 14 CFR Part 212 for statements of )

authorization (codesharing) )

__________________________________________)

JOINT APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT AND NOTICE

OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. AND

CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LIMITED

By Notice of Action Taken dated January 8, 2003 in the abovecaptioned docket (“the 2003 Notice”), the Department granted American 

Airlines, Inc. (“American”) and Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (“Cathay”) 

(together, the “Joint Applicants”), among other things, statements of 

authorization to engage in code-sharing with each other as follows:

American to display the "CX" designator code on flights operated by 

American, TWA, American Eagle or Executive Airlines d/b/a American Eagle: 

(1) between and among Cathay Pacific's U.S. and Canadian gateways; (2) 

beyond Cathay Pacific's U.S. and Canadian gateways to U.S. points [selected 

by Hong Kong under the 2002 U.S.-Hong Kong Memorandum of 

Understanding]; (c) between the United States and third-country points 

intermediate to Hong Kong, connecting to flights operated by Cathay Pacific 

between such points and Hong Kong; and (d) beyond the United States to 

third-country points.

Cathay Pacific Airways, Ltd. to display the "AA" designator code on flights 

operated by Cathay Pacific: (1) between Hong Kong and Cathay Pacific's U.S. 

gateways; (2) between Hong Kong and third-country points intermediate to 

the United States, connecting to flights operated by American between such 

points and the United States; and (3) beyond Hong Kong to third-country 

points.
American and Cathay Pacific

Application for Amended Authority

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American respectfully applies to amend its statement of authorization to 

permit American to display the “CX” designator code on flights operated by 

American between Hong Kong and the United States. The 2003 Notice also 

requires advance notice of code-sharing in new, city-pair markets, and the 

Joint Applicants are notifying the Department of new code-sharing services. 

So that the Joint Applicants may begin marketing the new services described 

in this Application and Notice, they request expedited Department action and 

a waiver of advance notice requirements as to these services; they will report 

the results of their poll of U.S. carriers served with the Joint Application.0F

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In support of this Joint Application and Notice, the Joint Applicants

state as follows:

1. The 2003 Notice granted Cathay a statement of authorization in 

2003 to display the AA code on transpacific flights; American now seeks 

complementary authority to display the CX code on American’s transpacific 

flights. Approval of the requested codeshare authority is in the public 

interest and will provide important additional service and competitive 

options to U.S. – Asia travelers and shippers. Approval also is consistent 

1/ Condition (c) of the 2003 Notice requires notice of new code-share services no later 

than 30 days before such service actually begins operating. The Joint Applicants 

request a waiver of that condition as to the Hong Kong-Newark and Newark-Miami 

services described herein; no waiver is necessary for the Hong Kong-Dallas/Ft. Worth 

service. To the extent necessary, they also request a waiver of the 45-day advance 

notice requirement prescribed by 14 C.F.R. § 212.10(d)(2).

 
American and Cathay Pacific

Application for Amended Authority

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with the October 19, 2002 Memorandum of Understanding between the 

United States and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the 

People’s Republic of China.

2. Further, the Joint Applicants notify the Department of new codeshare services covered either by the existing statements of authorization and 

American’s proposed amendment:

a. The AA designator code will be displayed (see footnote 1) on flights 

operated by Cathay between Hong Kong and Newark, New Jersey. 

Cathay recently began operating these flights.

b. The CX designator code will be displayed on flights operated by 

American between Newark and Miami, Florida in connection with the 

above-mentioned Cathay flights.1F

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c. The CX designator code will be displayed on flights operated by 

American between Hong Kong and Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas. These 

flights are scheduled to begin on or about June 11, 2014.

2/ Such services effectively are covered by a prior blanket notice, but the Joint 

Applicants provide this notice for the sake of good order. The prior notice was 

contained in a filing dated November 5, 2002, when the Joint Applicants advised that

(emphasis added): “Cathay Pacific's U.S. gateways [currently are] Los Angeles, San 

Francisco, and New York/Newark.... We hereby submit initial notice (subject to 

confirmation by diplomatic note) by naming the following points beyond Cathay 

Pacific's U.S. gateways: ... Miami....”