U.S. Department of Transportation Office ofthe Secretary ofTransportation 

### DEPARTMENT ACTION ON APPLICATION IN DOCKET DOT-OST-2015-0106 (filed May 19, 2015) 

### Application ofEtihad Airways P.J.S.C. (Etihad) for a blanket statement ofauthorization under 14 CFRPart 212 for an indefinite periodto permit itto display, on a blind sectorbasis, the (PK*) designator code ofPakistan InternationalAirlines Corporation (PIA) on any current orfuture U.S.-UAE services operated by Etihad, for the purposes ofcarrying PIA's traffic between Pakistan and the United States. 1 

### The applicant also requests a waiver ofthe45-day advance filing requirement under 14 CFR Part212.2 

### Approved under assigned authority (14 CFR § 385.13).

Date ofAction: June 10, 2015



### ~Y-Directo , Office ofInternational Aviation

This action is subjecttothe conditions attached. Persons entitled to petitionthe Department for review ofthis action under the Department's regulations, 14 CFR § 385.30, should file their petitions within seven days ofthe date ofthis action. This action is effective immediately, and the filing ofa petition for review will not alter its effectiveness.

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1 Etihad states that it will initially display the (PK*) designator code ofPIA on Etihad flights between Abu Dhabi (AUH) on the one hand, and New York (JFK); Chicago (ORD); Washington, D.C. (lAD); Los Angeles (LAX); San Francisco (SFO); and Dallas-Fort Worth (DFW), on the other hand. 2 The Department is acting on the applicant's request prior to the expiration ofthe 45-day advance filing requirement with the consent ofall parties served.The code-share operations authorized here are subject to the following conditions: (a) The statement ofauthorization will remain in effect only as long as (i) Etihad and PIA continueto hold the necessary underlying authority to operate the code-share services atissue, and (ii) the code-share agreement providing for the code-share operations remains in effect. (b) Etihad and/or PIA must promptly notify the Department ifthe code-share agreement providing for the code-share operations is no longer effective or the carriers decide to cease operating any or all ofthe approved code-share services. Such notice should be filed in Docket DOT-OST-2015-0106. 1 (c) Etihad and/or PIA mustnotify the Department no later than 30 days before theybegin anynew codeshare service under the code-share services authorized here. Such notice shall identify the market(s) to be served and the date on which the services will begin. Such notices shall be filed in DocketDOT-OST-2015- 0106.2 (d) The code-sharing operations conducted under this authority must comply with 14 CFR257 and with any amendments to the Department's regulations concerning code-share arrangements that may be adopted. Notwithstanding any provisions in the contract between the carriers, our approval here is expressly conditioned upon the requirements that the subject foreign air transportation be sold in the name ofthe carrier holding out such service in computer reservation systems and elsewhere; thatthe carrier selling such transportation (i.e., the carrier shown on the ticket) accept responsibility for the entirety ofthe code-share journey for all obligations established in its contract ofcarriage with the passenger; and thatthe passenger liability ofthe operating carrier be unaffected

.. (e) The authority granted here is specifically conditioned so that neither Etihad nor PIA shall give any force or effectto any contractualprovisions betweenthemselves that are contrary tothese conditions. (f) We may amend, modify, orrevoke the authority granted at any time without hearing at our discretion.

1 We expectthis notificationto be received within ten (10) days after such non-effectiveness or ofsuch decision. 2 Pursuantto the Department's Notice on the Matter ofBlanket Notification ofCode-Share Service to Open Skies Partners and Points, dated February 9, 2009, Etihad provides in its application blanket notification ofits intent to display the (PK*) code on code-share services to open skies points. Etihad state that it agrees to notifY the Department no laterthan 30 days before commencing any code-share service to non-open skies points.