U.S. Department of

Transportation

Office of the Secretary

of Transportation

DEPARTMENT ACTION ON APPLICATION IN DOCKET DOT-OST-2008-0198

(Filed March 27, 2014)

Joint application of Alaska Airlines, Inc. (Alaska) and Horizon Air Industries, Inc. 

(Horizon) for amended statements of authorization to display the “KE” designator 

code of Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. (Korean) on flights operated by Alaska and 

Horizon (i) between points in the United States; and (ii) between points in the United

States and Canada.

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The joint applicants also request waiver of the 45-day advance filing requirement 

under 14 CFR Part 212.

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

Date of Action: April 15, 2014

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Director, Office of International Aviation

This action is subject to the conditions attached. Persons entitled to petition the Department for review 

of this action under the Department’s regulations, 14 CFR §385.30, should file their petitions within 

seven days of the date of this action. This action is effective immediately, and the filing of a petition for 

review will not alter its effectiveness.

An electronic version of this document is available on the World Wide Web at

http://www.regulations.gov

 1 The joint applicants state that flights displaying the “KE” code will connect with Korean’s flights arriving at 

Korean’s North American gateways.
The Statements of Authorization granted are subject to the following conditions:

(a) The statement of authorization for Alaska will remain in effect only as long as (i) Alaska and Korean

continue to hold the necessary underlying authority to operate the code-share services at issue, and 

(ii) the code-share agreement providing for the code-share operations remains in effect;

(b) The statement of authorization for Horizon will remain in effect only as long as (i) Horizon and 

Korean continue to hold the necessary underlying authority to operate the code-share services at issue, 

and (ii) the code-share agreement providing for the code-share operations remains in effect;

(c) Alaska and/or Horizon, as appropriate, and/or Korean must notify the Department immediately if the 

code-share agreement under which these code-share services are operated is no longer in effect or if the 

carriers decide to cease operating all or a portion of the approved code-share services. Such notice 

should be filed in Docket DOT-OST-2008-0198;

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(d) The code-sharing operations conducted under this authority must comply with 14 CFR 257 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 of the carrier holding out such service in the computer reservation systems and elsewhere; that the 

carrier selling such transportation (i.e., the carrier shown on the ticket) accept responsibility for the 

entirety of the code-share journey for all obligations established in its contract of carriage with the 

passenger; and that the passenger liability of the operating carrier be unaffected;

(e) The authority granted here is specifically conditioned so that neither Alaska, Horizon, nor Korean

shall give any force or effect to any contractual provisions between themselves that are contrary to these 

conditions;

(f) We may amend, modify, or revoke the authority granted at any time without hearing at our discretion.

Persons entitled to petition the Department for review of this action under the Department’s regulations, 

14 CFR §385.30, should file their petitions within seven days of the date of this action. This action is 

effective immediately, and the filing of a petition for review will not alter its effectiveness.

 1 We expect this notification to be received within 10 days of such non-effectiveness or of such decision.