August 13, 2013

Mr. Paul L. Gretch

Director

Office of International Aviation

Department of Transportation

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE

Washington, DC 20590

Re: United and Croatia Airlines Code Share

Docket DOT-OST-2007-28897 

Dear Mr. Gretch:

By this letter, United and Croatia Airlines (OU) request that the Department grant the remaining 

portion of their July 31, 2007 application filed in the above-referenced docket and authorize OU 

to display United’s “UA” designator code on flights operated by OU: 1) between any points 

within Croatia in conjunction with services held out by United between the United States and 

Croatia (either non-stop or via third-country intermediate points); and 2) between any point in 

Croatia and any point in any third country. United and OU already hold the requisite underlying 

authority to support these code share services. See Docket DOT-OST-2004-19148 (United’s 

broad exemption authority) and Orders 2007-4-19 (United’s Open Skies Certificates) and Orders 

2013-3-14 (reissuing Continental and United’s authorities under the name of “United Airlines, 

Inc.”). See also Notice of Action Taken dated June 6, 2012 in Docket DOT-OST-2012-0084; 

Notice of Action Taken dated April 19, 2013 in Docket DOT-OST-2007-28896 (OU’s 

exemption authority). United and OU are not aware of any regulatory impediment to the 

Department’s approval of the UA*/OU portion of the carrier’s application: the U.S.-Croatia 

Open Skies Agreement is now in full effect and the FAA has already upgraded the Republic of 

Croatia’s safety assessment to Category 1 IASA status. Moreover, United has completed its 

code-share review of OU and has filed the compliance statements with FAA. Approval of 

United and OU’s request will complete the carriers’ code share authorization and be consistent 

with the Department’s 2012 approval the OU/US Airways code share application. See Notice of 

Action Taken dated June 6, 2012 in Docket DOT-OST-2012-0084. 

In addition, pursuant to the Department’s Notice In the Matter of Blanket Notification of Code 

Share Service to Open-Skies Partners and Points, dated February 9, 2009, United and OU, 

hereby give blanket notice of reciprocal code share services:

 

• Between any point(s) in the United States and any point(s) in Croatia, on a non-stop basis 

and intermediate routings via open-skies points;

• Between points in the United States;

• Between points in Croatia;
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• Beyond Croatia to any open-skies point(s); and

• Beyond the United States to any open-skies point(s).

In addition, code-share services conducted pursuant to this notice will be limited to those 

consistent with the provisions of the U.S.-Croatia and other applicable Open-Skies Agreements. 

United and OU will provide the Department with 30-day notices for code share services to and 

from non-Open Skies countries.

Respectfully submitted,

Dan Weiss

Managing Director 

International Affairs & Regulatory 

UNITED AIRLINES, INC. 

David Heffernan

Counsel for 

CROATIA AIRLINES

cc: Esta Rosenberg

Robert Finamore
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that I have this date served a copy of the foregoing document on all persons 

named below by causing a copy to be sent via email: 

msinick@ssd.com (Alaska)

francis.heil@aa.com

robert.wirick@aa.com

rsilverberg@sgbdc.com (ABX/Air Transport Intl.)

jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com (Amerijet)

jcanny@amerijet.com

rpommer@atlasair.com

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

charters@evergreenairlines.com (Evergreen)

cefelts@fedex.com

anbird@fedex.com

nssparks@fedex.com

robert.cohn@hoganlovells.com (Frontier)

patrick.rizzi@hoganlovells.com (Frontier)

jhill@dowlohnes.com (Hawaiian/JetBlue)

matwood@cozen.com (Kalitta)

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com

bob.kneisley@wnco.com (AirTran/Southwest)

leslie.abbott@wnco.com (AirTran/Southwest)

dkirstein@yklaw.com (Spirit)

jyoung@yklaw.com (Spirit)

john.fredericksen@suncountry.com

anita.mosner@hklaw.com (UPS)

jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com (UPS)

howard.kass@usairways.com

barbara.russell@virginamerica.com

mlbenge@zsrlaw.com (World)

william.stallings@usdoj.gov

dwight.moore@ustranscom.mil

john.allen@faa.gov

Annalei Avanceña 

International Regulatory Advisor

August 13, 2013