Application of AIRCANADA ROUGE BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

DocketOST-2014-

__ _ fora StatementofAuthorization pursuantto 14C.F.R. Part212

APPLICATION OF AIR CANADA ROUGE FORA STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION Communications concerning this document may be served upon: Anita M. Mesner Jennifer M. Nowak Holland 

### & Knight LLP 800 

### 17TH Street, NW Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20006 Tel: (202) 419-2604 Fax: (202) 955-5564 anita.mosner@hklaw.com CounselforAirCanada rouge September23, 2014
Notice: ANY PERSON MAY FILE AN ANSWER TO THIS APPLICATION. THE APPLICANTS ARE REQUESTING EXPEDITED RELIEF FROM THE DEPARTMENT AND WILL POLLALL INTERESTED PARTIES.Application of AIR CANADA ROUGE BEFORETHE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

DocketOST-2014-

__ _ fora Statement ofAuthorization pursuantto 14C.F.R. Part 212

APPLICATION OF AIR CANADA ROUGE FORA STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION 

### Air Canada rouge ("AC rouge") hereby applies for a Statement ofAuthorization pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 to enable AC rouge to carry the Singapore Airlines ("SIA'') "SQ*" code on transborder flights AC rouge operates on behalf ofAir Canada. 1 

### In support of its application, AC rouge states the following: 1. AC rouge requests a Statement of Authorization to display SIA's SQ* designator code on flights it operates on behalf of Air Canada between any point or points in Canada and any point or points in the U.S. 2. AC rouge currently holds a Statement of Authorization to display Air Canada's code in conjunction with its U.S. services. 2 

### 3. Initially, AC rouge will carry the SQ* code on flights it operates on behalf ofAir Canada between Vancouver, Canada (YVR) on the one hand, and Los Angeles (LAX) and San Francisco (SFO) on the other hand.

1AirCanada holds authority to display SIA's SQ* code on flights operated by Air Canada between any point or points in the U.S. and any point or points in Canada in conjunction with SIA's services between Singapore and the U.S. See Notice ofAction Taken in Docket No. OST-2003-**16657(De~** 19,2003). 2 Notice ofAction Taken, Docket No. OST-2013-0087 (May 22, 2013).Air Canada rouge Application for StatementofAuthorization 4. AC rouge, Air Canada and SIA all hold the necessary underlying economic authorityto engage in the proposed codeshare operations. AC rouge holds a foreign air carrier permit that authorizes it, 

### interalia, to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail from points behind Canada, via Canada and intermediate points, to a point orpoints in the United States and beyond. 3 5. Air Canada holds a foreign air carrier permit that authorizes it, 

### interalia, to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail from points behind Canada, via Canada and intermediate points, to a point or points in the United States and beyond.4 6. SIA holds a foreign air carrier permit that authorizes it, 

### inter alia, to engage in scheduled airtransportation of persons, property and mail from points behind Singapore, via Singapore and intermediate points to a point or points in the United States and beyond.5 7. The proposed codeshare authorization requested herein is consistent with the open skies agreements in place between the carriers' respective homelands and the U.S. The 2007 Open Skies Agreement between the U.S. and Canada and the 1997 Open Skies Agreement between the U.S. and Singapore permit carriers ofthe parties to enter into cooperative marketing arrangements with carriers of third countries. 6 The arrangement is also consistent with the broad route and codesharing rights provided in the 2001 APEC Multilateral Agreement on the Liberalization of International Air Transportation ("MALIAT"), to which the U.S. and Singapore are both signatories?

3 Order2013-12-19 (Dec. 31, 2013), Docket No. OST-2013-0087. 4 Order2008-9-23 (Jul. 18, 2008), Docket No. OST-2007-28768. 5 Order 1997-12-26 (Dec. 24, 1997), Docket No. OST-1997-3036. 6 U.S.-Canada Open Skies Agreement, Art. 11,**~** 6 (Mar. 12, 2007); U.S.-Singapore Open Skies Agreement, Art. 8,**~** 7(Apr. 8, 1997). 7 MALIAT, Art. 8,**~**2(May 1, 2001).


### 2Air Canada rouge Application for StatementofAuthorization 

### 8. The codesharing proposed herein is also fully consistent with the public interest. The codeshare arrangement will allow the carriers to expand their online networks, promoting competition and enhancing service optionsfortravelers. 9. Pursuant to the Department's Notice In the MatterofBlanket Notification ofCode Share Service to Open-Skies Partners andPoints, 

### dated February 9, 2009, AC rouge gives blanket notice ofcode share services displaying the SQ* designator code on flights it operates on behalfofAir Canada between all U.S. points and points in Canada. 10. AC rouge agrees to abide by the consumer notification requirements of 14 C.F.R. Part 257, as well as the other conditions and limitations the Department normally attaches to codeshare operations. 11. AC rouge plans to begin codesharing over these routings as soon as authorization is granted and, therefore, requests a waiver ofthe provision that requires carriers to file requests for Statements of Authorization at least 45 days in advance of their proposed startup date. 12. AC rouge also requests that the Statement ofAuthorization be issued for
an indefinite period, as long as the relevant codeshare agreement continues in effect, and will notifythe Department ifthe agreement should cease to be effective.



### 3Air Canada rouge Application forStatementofAuthorization WHEREFORE, AC rouge respectfully requests that the Department grant the Statement ofAuthorization described above on an expedited basis, and grantsuch other and different reliefas is consistentwith this application and with the public interest.
Respectfully submitted,

Anita M. Mosner Jennifer M. Nowak Holland & Knight LLP Attorneys forAirCanada rouge

4CERTIFICATE 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.pasley@fedex.com sllunsford@fedex.com dan.weiss@united.com sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com chris.walker@delta.com jyoung@yklaw.com (Counsel for SpiritAirlines) dkirstein@yklaw.com (Counsel for SpiritAirlines) marshall.sinick@ssd.com (Counsel forAlaskaAirlines) agoerlich@ggh-airlaw.com(Counsel forAllegiant) rpommer@atlasair.com kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com peter.beckett@polaraircargo.com anita.mosner@hklaw.com (Counsel for United Parcel Service) jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com (Counsel for United Parcel Service) thomas.ting@suncountry.com joan.canny@amerijet.com jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com (Counsel forAmerijet) jhill@dowlohnes.com (Counsel for Hawaiian and JetBiue) perkmann@dowlohnes.com (Counsel for Hawaiian and JetBiue) matwood@cozen.com (Counsel for KalittaAir) john.s.duncan@faa.gov cristinasa@state.gov

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