### U.S. Department of Transportation Office ofthe Secretary ofTransportation



### DEPARTMENT ACTION ON APPLICATION INDOCKET DOT-OST-2015-0010 (Filed January 26, 2015) Application ofAmerican Airlines, Inc. (American) for a statement ofauthorization to display SriLankan Airlines Ltd.'s (SriLankan) "UL" designator code in conjunction with SriLankan's services in foreign air transportation ofpersons, 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. *Approvedunder assigned authority (14 CFR §385.13).

This action is subjectto the conditions attached. Persons entitledto petitionthe Department for review ofthis action under the Department's regulations, 14 CFR §385.30, should file their petitions within seven days ofthe date ofthis action. This action is effective immediately, and the filing ofa petition for review will not alter its effectiveness. We may amend, modify, orrevoke the authority granted at any time without hearing at our discretion.

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1We acted on this application without awaiting expiration ofthe answer period with the consent ofall parties served.

### APPENDIX A The authority granted is subjectto the following conditions: (a) The statement ofauthorization 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 agreementproviding for the code-share operations remains in effect. (b) American and/or SriLankan must promptly notify the Department (Office ofInternational Aviation) ifthe code-share agreement providing for the code-share operations is no longer effective or ifthe carriers decide to cease operating all or a portion ofthe approved code-share services. Such notices should be filed in Docket OST-2015-0010.2 (c) The code-sharing operations conducted underthis 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 betweenthe carriers, our approval here is expressly conditioned upon the requirements thatthe subject foreign air transportation be sold in the name ofthe carrier holding out such service inthe computer reservation systems and elsewhere; thatthe carrier selling suchtransportation 

### (i.e., the carrier shown onthe ticket) acceptresponsibility for the entirety ofthe code-sharejourneyfor all obligations established in its contract ofcarriage withthe passenger; and thatthe passenger liability ofthe operating carrier be unaffected. (d) The authority to operate to third countries is subject to the condition that any service provided underthe statement ofauthorization shall be consistent with all applicable agreements betweenthe United States and the foreign countries involved. Furthermore, (i)nothing in the award ofthis statement ofauthorization 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 ofits intent to serve such a market and unless and until the Departmenthas completed any necessary carrier selection procedures to determine which carrier(s) should be authorizedto exercise suchrights; and 

### (ii) shouldthere be a request by any carrier to use the limited-entry route rights that are included in American's authority byvirtue of the statement ofauthorization granted here, butthat are notthen being used by American, the holding ofsuch authority will notbe 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 effectto any contractual provisions betweenthemselves that are contrary to these conditions.
We may amend, modify, or revoke the authority granted at any time withouthearing at our discretion.

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