UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

DEPARTMENT ACTION ON APPLICATION IN DOCKET DOT-OST-2014-0157 

filed September 10, 2014 

Application ofWestJet for a blanket statement of authorization under 14 CFR Part 212 to permit it to 

display the QF* designator code ofQantas Airways (Qantas) on flights operated by WestJet from any 

point or points behind Canada, via any point or points in Canada, and via intermediate points to any 

point or points in the United States and beyond. WestJet also requests a waiver of the 45-day advance 

filing requirement under 14 CFR Part 212. 

*Approved under assigned authority (14 C.F.R. §385.13). 

Date of Action: September 16,2014 2 

. t\J(. Director, Office of International 

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 bfthe 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. 

*The authority granted is subject to the attached conditions. 

1 WestJet states that Qantas will market its proposed code-share service in accordance with Qantas' authority to conduct foreign air 

transportation of persons, property between a point or points in Australia and a point or points in the United States (either nonstop or 

via third country intermediate points, and beyond). It further states that Qantas will not market its proposed code-share service to 

local passengers traveling solely between Canada and the United States. 2 The Department is acting on WestJet's application prior to the expiration of the 7-day answer period with consent of all parties 

served. 
The code-share operations authorized here are subject to the following conditions: 

(a) The statement of authorization will remain in effect only as long as (i) WestJet and Qantas continue 

to hold the necessary underlying authority to operate the code-share services at issue, and (ii) the codeshare agreement providing for the code-share operations remains in effect. 

(b) WestJet and/or Qantas must promptly notify the Department if the code-share agreement 

providing for the code-share operations is no longer effective or the carriers decide to cease 

operating any or all of the approved code-share services. We expect this notification to be 

received within 10 days of such non-effectiveness or of such decision. Such notices should be 

filed in docket DOT-OST-2014-0157. 

(c) W estJ et and/ or Qantas must notify the Department no later than 3 0 days before they begin 

any new code-share 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 notice 

should be filed in Docket DOT-OST-2014-0157. 1 

(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 WestJet nor Qantas 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. 

1 WestJet states that it initially intends to display the QF* designator code in the Calgary-Los Angeles, Edmonton-Los Angeles, and 

Vancouver- Los Angeles markets, as well as the Vancouver-Honolulu market. WestJet provides notice of its intent to engage in codeshare services to open skies points as described in its application and states that it will notify the Department no later than 30 days 

before commencing a~y code-share services to non-open skies points.