BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Joint Application of 

AIR CANADA, 

THE AUSTRIAN GROUP, 

BRITISH MIDLAND AIRWAYS LTD., 

CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC., 

DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA AG, 

POLSKIE LINIE LOTNICZE LOT S.A., 

SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES SYSTEM, 

SWISS INTERNATIONAL AIR LINES LTD., : 

TAP AIR PORTUGAL AND 

UNITED AIR LINES, INC. 

to Amend Order 2007-2-16 under 49 U.S.C. 

§§ 41308 and 41309 so as to Approve and 

Confer Antitrust Immunity 

Docket DOT-OST-2008-0234 

JOINT PETITION OF 

AIR CANADA, THE AUSTRIAN GROUP, BRITISH MIDLAND AIRWAYS LTD., 

CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC., DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA AG, 

POLSKIE LINIE LOTNICZE LOT S.A., SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES SYSTEM, 

SWISS INTERNATIONAL AIR LINES LTD, TAP AIR PORTUGAL 

AND UNITED AIR LINES, INC. 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

David Shapiro 

Vice President and General Counsel 

AIR CANADA 

david. shapiro@aircanada.ca 

Dr. Peter Malanik 

Chief Operating Officer 

AUSTRIAN AIRLINES AG 

peter.malanik@aua.com 

Mr. Wolfgang Prock-Schauer 

Chief Executive Officer 

BRITISH MIDLAND AIRWAYS LIMITED 

wps@f1ybmi.com 

Arthur 1. Molins 

General Counsel North America 

DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA AG 

arthur .molins@dlh.de 

Krzysztof Ziebinski 

Head of Alliances and International 

Cooperation Department 

LOT POLISH AIRLINES 

k.ziebinski@lot.com 

Hans Ollongren 

Senior Vice-President-Corporate Public Affairs 

SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES SYSTEM 

hans.ollongren@sas.se 
Michael Goldman 

SILVERBERG, GOLDMAN & BIKOFF, LLP 

Counsel for 

SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES SYSTEM 

mgoldman(Q)sgbdc.com 

Ignazio Strano 

Head of External Relations & Global Alliances 

SWISS INTERNATIONAL AIR LINES LTD. 

ignazio.strano@swiss.com 

Hans Peter Berchtold 

lic. iur. Attorney at Law 

Deputy General Counsel 

SWISS INTERNATIONAL AIR LINES LTD. 

hanspeter. berchtold@swiss.com 

Jose Guedes Dias 

Vice President Alliances & External 

Relations 

TAP AIR PORTUGAL 

gdias@tap.pt 

Hershel I. Kamen 

Vice President-International, Regulatory 

and Policy 

UNITED AIR LINES, INC. and 

CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC. 

hershel.kamen@united.com 

February 3, 2011 

Stephen Morrissey 

Managing Director, Regulatory 

UNITED AIR LINES, INC. and 

CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC. 

steve.morrissey@united.com 

Daniel A. Weiss 

Managing Director, International 

UNITED AIR LINES, INC. and 

CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC. 

dan. weiss@coair.com 

Thomas Newton Bolling 

Managing Attorney, Regulatory Affairs 

CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC. 

thomas.bolling@coair.com 
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Joint Application of 

AIR CANADA, 

THE AUSTRIAN GROUP, 

BRITISH MIDLAND AIRWAYS LTD., 

CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC., 

DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA AG, 

POLSKIE LINIE LOTNICZE LOT S.A., 

SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES SYSTEM, 

SWISS INTERNATIONAL AIR LINES LTD., : 

TAP AIR PORTUGAL AND 

UNITED AIR LINES, INC. 

to Amend Order 2007-2-16 under 49 U.S.C. 

§§ 41308 and 41309 so as to Approve and 

Confer Antitrust Immunity 

JOINT PETITION OF 

Docket DOT-OST-2008-0234 

AIR CANADA, THE AUSTRIAN GROUP, BRITISH MIDLAND AIRWAYS LTD, 

CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC., DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA AG, 

POLSKIE LINIE LOTNICZE LOT S.A., SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES SYSTEM, 

SWISS INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES LTD, TAP AIR PORTUGAL 

AND UNITED AIR LINES, INC. 

Pursuant to Ordering Paragraph 8 of Order 2009-7-10, Air Canada,l Austrian, British 

Midland, Continental, Lufthansa, LOT, SAS, Swiss, TAP and United ("Petitioners") ask the 

Department to remove New York-Geneva from the list of carved-out city pairs. New YorkGeneva was carved out from the full benefits of the antitrust immunity granted by Order 

2009-7 -10 because one of the two Star immunized alliance carriers flying the route nonstop, 

Swiss, was not then a party to the A++ metal neutral transatlantic joint venture agreement, which 

the Department approved and immunized in Order 2009-7-10. Now, however, Swiss has been 

Common names are used for airlines. 
Joint Petition of Air Canada, Austrian, British Midland, Continental, Lufthansa, LOT, 

SAS, Swiss, TAP and United 

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designated as a participant in the A++ joint venture, thereby satisfying the Department's 

prerequisite for removing the New York-Geneva carve out. Petitioners state as follows in 

support of their request: 

1. The Department has repeatedly emphasized the public benefits of joint ventures. 

When the Department has approved and immunized alliance agreements which contemplated 

joint ventures, it has said consumers benefit "from new direct routes, increased frequencies, 

greater capacity on hub-to-hub and other routes linking the airlines' networks, and associated 

increases in passenger volumes" and that "the efficiencies that could be achieved by bringing all 

the capacity within the JV, including additional cost savings for consumers, would be unlikely 

with carve outs. " (Order 2009-7-10 at 14, 19) Thus, the Department has eliminated pre-existing 

carve-outs in joint venture markets because it concluded that "where an integrated 'metalneutral' joint venture is present, carve outs inhibit the realization of efficiencies and thereby the 

consumer benefits resulting from those efficiencies." (Order 2009-7-10 at 20, citing Order 

2008-5-32 at 3-4) In granting antitrust immunity to the Petitioners, the Department noted that 

the carve outs it imposed were "anticipated to be temporary" and invited petitions to terminate 

carve outs when the carved out- routes became part of "any integrated joint venture" or to 

provide notice when "a new entrant enter[s] a 'carved-out' market with nonstop service" and 

secure automatic relief. (Order 2009-7-10 at 18,19,21-22) 

2. Air Canada, Continental, Lufthansa, and United have implemented the A++ 

agreement and provided for participation in the A++ joint venture by Swiss and other carriers 

that are "Controlled Entities" of Lufthansa. Pursuant to those provisions, Lufthansa has 

designated Swiss as a participant in the A++ joint venture. 

3. The addition of Swiss to the A++ arrangement - a joint venture agreement that 

the Department has already found to be integrated and metal neutral- satisfies the Department's 
Joint Petition of Air Canada, Austrian, British Midland, Continental, Lufthansa, LOT, 

SAS, Swiss, TAP and United 

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prerequisite for removal of the New York-Geneva route from the carve outs. Therefore, the 

Petitioners ask the Department to grant this petition to remove the New York-Geneva carve out 

effective immediately. Prompt action by the Department is necessary to enable the carriers to 

move forward with preparations for full participation by Swiss in the A++ joint venture 

arrangement, including the sharing of competitively sensitive information and other coordination 

activities regarding services in the New York-Geneva city pair. 

Respectfully submitted, 

David 

cJ)~~ Shapiro ~ ~t~' Michael %J~N~~~ Goldma~ 

Vice President and General Counsel SILVERBERG, GOLDMAN & BIKOFF, LLP 

AIR CANADA Counsel for 

~~ ft7~ ~ -v~. Dr. Peter Malanik ~ 

Chief Operating Officer 

AUSTRIAN AIRLINES AG 

~~6ta--;;7~-S~ Mr. Wol gang Prock-Schauer /l..lj 171-. Chief Executive Officer 

BRITISH MIDLAND AIRWAYS LIMITED 

Arthur 

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General Counsel, North America 

DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA AG 

Head of Alliances and International 

Cooperation Department 

LOT POLISH AIRLINES 

~o~ ~~. Hans Ollongren ~ t 0 

Senior Vice-President-Corporate Public Affairs 

SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES SYSTEM 

February 3, 2011 

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Head of External Relations & Global Alliances 

SWISS INTERNATIONAL AIR LINES LTD. 

fI-~?~ 73A-~eJ<t~~· Hans Peter Berchtold ~ I 

lic. iur. Attorney at Law 

Deputy General Counsel 

SWISS INTERNATIONAL AIR LINES LTD. 

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ice President Alliances & External Relations 

TAP AIR PORTUGAL 

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Vice President-International, Regulatory 

and Policy 

UNITED AIR LINES, INC. and 

CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC. 
Joint Petition of Air Canada, Austrian, British Midland, Continental, Lufthansa, LOT, 

SAS, Swiss, TAP and United 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I certify that I have this date served the foregoing document on the following persons in 

accordance with the Department's Rules of Practice: 

msinick@ssd.com 

cdonley@ssd.com 

carl.nelson@aa.com 

rpommer(a),atlasair. com 

sascha. vanderbellen(a),delta.com 

jeff.morgan@delta.com 

sametta. c. bamett@delta.com 

kquinn@pillsburywinthrop.com 

jennifer.trock@pillsbury.com 

bob.kneisley@wnco.com 

charters@evergreenairlines.com 

ben.graves@evergreenairlines.com 

jhill@dowlohnes.com 

i richardson@johnlrichardson.com 

dkirstein@yklaw.com 

jyoung@yklaw.com 

cj simpson@zsrlaw.com 

pmurphy@lopmurphy.com 

anolik@travellaw.com 

lhayes@CWTVacations.com 

howard.kass@usairways.com 

benjamin.slocum@usairways.com 

February 3, 2011 

michael.deluce@flyporter.com 

loma.counsell@flyporter.com 

recohn@hhlaw.com 

rsilverberg@sgbdc.com 

nssparks@fedex.com 

anbird@fedex.com 

dvaughan@kelleydrye.com 

efaberman@wileyrein.com 

mcmillin@woa.com 

robert.land@jetblue.com 

matwood@cozen.com 

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com 

rbtrinder@zsrlaw.com 

i asilversmith@zsrlaw.com 

pruden@asta.org 

russell. bailey@alpa.org 

john.allen@faa.gov 

william. stallings@usdoj.gov 

dwight.moore@ustranscom.mil