LUFTHANSA CITYLINE GMBH 

for an exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 

and statement of authorization 

pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 

permitting code-share operations 

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Docket DOT-OST-2003-15485 

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APPLICATION OF LUFTHANSA CITYLINE GMBH 

FOR AMENDMENT OF STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION 

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to: 

Arthur Molins 

General Counsel, the Americas 

Deutsche Lufthansa AG 

1640 Hempstead Turnpike 

East Meadow, NY 11554 

Telephone (516) 296-9234 

E-mail: arthur.molins@dlh.de 

DATED: February 9, 2015 

David Heffernan 

Cozen O'Connor 

The Army & Navy Club Building 

1627 I Street, NW 

Suite 1100 

Washington, DC 20006 

Telephone (202) 463-2537 

E-mail: dheffernan@cozen .com 

Counsel for 

LUFTHANSA CITYLINE GMBH 

NOTE: Any person may support or oppose this Application by filing an answer by 

February 18, 2015 and serving a copy of that answer on counsel for Lufthansa CityLine 

GmbH and all persons listed on the attached service list. 
LUFTHANSA CITYLINE GMBH 

for an exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 

and statement of authorization 

pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 

permitting code-share operations 

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DATED: February 9, 2015 

Docket DOT-OST-2003-15485 

APPLICATION OF LUFTHANSA CITYLINE GMBH 

FOR AMENDMENT OF STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION 

Pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212, Lufthansa Cityline GmbH ("Cityline") hereby 

applies to amend its statement of authorization to permit Cityline to display the "UA" 

designator code of United Airlines, Inc. ("United") on flights operated by Cityline in 

scheduled foreign air transportation between: 1) any points or points in the United 

States and any point or points in the European Union (on a non-stop basis and 

intermediate routings via open skies points); 2) any point or points in the United States 

and any point or points in any member of the European Common Aviation Area, where 

an open skies agreement is being applied; 3) any point or points within the European 

Union; 4) any point or points in the European Union and any open skies point or points 

beyond the European Union; and 5) any point or points in the United States and any 

open skies point or points beyond the United States. Cityline requests blanket 

authority to display United's code to the full extent allowed for EU Member State air 

carriers pursuant to the Air Transport Agreement between the United States of America 
Service to Open-Skies Partners and Points, dated February 9, 2009, Cityline also 

hereby provides a blanket 30-day notice for the open skies code-sharing described in 

this application. Cityline will continue to provide 30-day notice to the Department of 

code-share services involving service to non-open skies countries. 

In support of this application and in compliance with the Department's 

requirements under 14 C.F.R. § 212, Cityline states as follows: 

1. Cityline is an air carrier certificated by the Federal Republic of Germany, 

a member state of the European Union. It currently operates scheduled air 

transportation of persons, property and mail between points within the European Union 

and beyond. Cityline holds exemption authority to conduct scheduled foreign air 

transportation of persons, property and mail by displaying the code of any duly 

authorized U.S. air carrier on flights it operates on behalf of its affiliate, Deutsche 

Lufthansa AG ("Lufthansa"), between any point or points in any Member State of the 

European Union and beyond the European Union to any point or points? CityLine also 

currently holds a statement of authorization issued by the Department to display the 

designator code of United on such flights.3 

' Air Transport Agreement Between the United States of America and the European Community and its 

Member States. signed April 25 and 30, 2007. as amended by the Protocol dated June 24, 2010 

(collectively "the U.S.-EU Agreement. as amended"). 

2 Notice of Action Taken dated September 16, 2013 (Docket OOT-OST-2003-15485). 

3 Notice of Act1on Taken dated July 15, 2003 (Docket DOT-OST-2003-15485). 
Cityline is requesting that its current statement of authorization be amended to allow it 

to display United's designator code on the flights it plans to operate once it receives its 

expanded authority. 

3. CityLine plans to begin operating scheduled air service between a point or 

points in the European Union and a point or points in the United States on or about 

September 25, 2015. Cityline will operate these services on behalf of its affiliate 

Lufthansa pursuant to a wet lease agreement.4 

4. Approval of the statement of authorization requested herein is consistent 

with the public interest. The proposed expansion of the Cityline/United code-share 

services are consistent with the terms of the Air Transport Agreement between the 

United States of America and the European Union and its Member States. Article 10 of 

the Agreement allows U.S. and EU air carriers to "enter into cooperative marketing 

arrangements, such as blocked-space or code-sharing arrangements." 

5. CityLine agrees to accept the conditions normally imposed on air carriers 

engaged in code-share services, including the consumer notification provisions of 14 

C.F.R. Part 257. 

4 CityUne has submftted an application for a statement of authorization (pursuant to Part 212 of the 

Department's regulations, 14 C.F.R. Part 212) to engage in wet leasing on behalf of Lufthansa. 
Union and its Member States, and such other and further relief as the Department 

deems appropriate. 

DATED: February 9, 2015 

Respectfully submitted, 

David Heffernan 

Cozen O'Connor 

The Army & Navy Club Building 

1627 I Street, NW 

Suite 1100 

Washington, DC 20006 

Telephone (202) 463-2537 

E-mail: dheffernan@cozen.com 

Counsel for 

LUFTHANSA CITYLINE GMBH 
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