U.S. Department of 

Transportation 

Office of the Secretary 

of Transportation 

DEPARTMENT ACTION ON APPLICATION IN DOCKET DOT-OST-2014-0173 

(Filed September 29, 2014) 

Application of JetBiue Airways Corporation ("JetBiue") for a blanket statement of authorization to 

permit JetBiue to display EL AL Israel Airlines Ltd.'s ("EL AL") L Y* designator code in conjunction 

with foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail on flights operated by JetBiue between 

points in the United States.1 

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

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. 

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

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

http://www.regulations.gov 

1 JetBlue and EL AL plan to initiate the proposed code-share services on or about November 16, 2014. 
The statement of authorization granted is subject to the following conditions: 

(a) The statement of authorization will remain in effect only as long as (i) JetBlue and EL AL 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) JetBlue and/or EL AL must promptly notify the Department (Office oflntemational Aviation) ifthe codeshare agreement providing for the code-share operations is no longer effective or if the carriers decide to 

cease operating all or a portion of the approved code-share services. Such notices should be filed in Docket 

DOT-OST-2014-0173;2 

(c) JetBlue and/or EL AL must notify the Department no later than 30 days before they begin any new 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 service will begin. Such notices should be filed in Docket DOT-OST-2014-

0173;3 

(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 JetBlue nor EL AL shall give any force 

or effect to any contractual provisions between themselves that are contrary to these conditions; and 

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

2 We expect this notification to be received within 10 days of such non-effectiveness or of such decision. 3 See Appendix A for a list of initial code-share routes. 
APPENDIX A 

INITIAL CODE-SHARE ROUTES 

Codeshared Routes Airport Marketing Operating Carrier 

Code Carrier 

North America Routes 

Between New York/Kennedy and JFK 

Albuquerque ABQ ELAL JetBlue 

Austin AUS ELAL JetBlue 

Boston BOS ELAL JetBlue 

Burlington BTV ELAL JetBlue 

Buffab BUF ELAL JetBlue 

Burbank BUR ELAL JetBlue 

Charleston CHS ELAL JetBlue 

Char lotte-Douglas CLT ELAL JetBlue 

Denver DEN ELAL JetBlue 

Fort Lauderdale FLL ELAL JetBlue 

Houston-Hobby HOU ELAL JetBlue 

Washington-Dulles lAD ELAL JetBlue 

Jacksonville JAX ELAL JetBlue 

Las Vegas LAS ELAL JetBiue 

Los Angeles LAX ELAL JetBlue 

Long Beach LGB ELAL JetBiue 

Orlando MCO ELAL JetBiue 

New Orleans MSY ELAL JetBlue 

Oakland OAK ELAL JetBiue 

Chicago-O'Hare ORD ELAL JetBlue 

West Palm Beach PBI ELAL JetBiue 

Portland POX ELAL JetBlue 

Phoenix PHX ELAL JetBiue 

Portland PWM ELAL JetBiue 

Raleigh/Durham RDU ELAL JetBlue 

Rochester ROC ELAL JetBiue 

Fort Myers RSW ELAL JetB!ue 

San Diego SAN ELAL JetBiue 

Savannah SAY ELAL JetBiue 

Seattle/Tacoma SEA ELAL JetBiue 

San Francisco SFO ELAL JetBlue 

San Jose SJC ELAL JetBiue 

San Juan SJU ELAL JetBlue 

Salt Lake City SIC ELAL JetBlue 

Sacramento SMF ELAL JetBiue 

Sarasota/Bradenton SRQ ELAL JetBlue 

Syracuse SYR ELAL JetBiue 

Tampa TPA ELAL JetBlue 

Between Newark/Liberty and EWR 

Boston BOS ELAL JetBiue 
Fort Lauderdale FLL ELAL JetBlue 

Orlando MCO ELAL JetBlue 

West Palm Beach PBI ELAL JetBlue 

Fort Myers RSW ELAL JetBlue 

San Juan SJU ELAL JetBlue 

Tampa TPA ELAL JetBlue