U.S. Department of 

Transportation 

Office of the Secretary 

of Transportation 

DEPARTMENT ACTION ON APPLICATION IN DOCKET DOT-OST-2015-0010 

(Filed January 26, 2015) 

Application of American Airlines, Inc. (American) for a statement of authorization to display SriLankan 

Airlines Ltd.'s (SriLankan) "UL" designator code in conjunction with SriLankan's services in foreign air 

transportation of persons, property, and mail on flights between Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas, and Frankfurt, 

Germany; Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas, and Paris, France; Chicago, Illinois, and Paris, France; and New 

York, New York, and Paris, France. 

*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 We acted on this application without awaiting expiration of the answer period with the consent of all parties 

served. 
APPENDIX A 

The authority granted is subject to the following conditions: 

(a) The statement of authorization will remain in effect only as long as (i) American and SriLankan 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) American and/or SriLankan must promptly notify the Department (Office of International Aviation) ifthe 

code-share 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 

OST-2015-0010.2 

(c) 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. 

(d) The authority to operate to third countries is subject to the condition that any service provided under the 

statement of authorization shall be consistent with all applicable agreements between the United States and the 

foreign countries involved. Furthermore, (i) nothing in the award of this statement of authorization should be 

construed as conferring upon American rights (including code-share, fifth freedom intermediate and/or beyond 

rights) to serve markets where U.S. carrier entry is limited unless American notifies the Department of its intent 

to serve such a market and unless and until the Department has completed any necessary carrier selection 

procedures to determine which carrier(s) should be authorized to exercise such rights; and (ii) should there be a 

request by any carrier to use the limited-entry route rights that are included in American's authority by virtue of 

the statement of authorization granted here, but that are not then being used by American, the holding of such 

authority will not be considered as providing any preference for American in a competitive carrier selection 

proceeding to determine which carrier(s) should be entitled to use the authority at issue.3 

(e) The authority granted here is specifically conditioned so that neither American nor SriLankan shall give any 

force or effect to any contractual provisions between themselves that are contrary to these conditions. 

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

2 We expect this notification to be received within ten (10) days after such non-effectiveness or of such decision. 3 The notice in paragraph (c) above can be used for this notification.