### BEFORE

### THE DEPARTMENT OF 

### TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

) 

### Application 

## of ) ) JetBlue

### Airways

## Corporation ) Docket OST-2012-0052 ) For an 

### Expanded Statement 

### of

## Authorization ) Pursuant 

### to 14

### C.F.R.Part2l2 Code

## Sharing ) ) 

### APPLICATION OF

### JETBLUEAIRWAYS CORPORATION FOR 

### EXPANDED STATEMENT OF

### AUTHORIZATION Communications 

### with respect to this document should be directed to:

James G.

# Hnat Jonathan B. 

### Hill Executive 

### Vice President Corporate

# Affairs, J. Parker Erkmann General Counsel

### &

# Secretary Dow Lohnes 

### PLLC 1200 

### New Hampshire 

### Ave., 

### NW Robert C.

# Land Suite 800 Senior

### Vice President

# Government Washington, 

### D.C. 20036 

### Affairs& Associate General

# Counsel (202) 776-2000 ih i I Iía)<k ¡r.vlt:hllcs.c<¡ltl 

## p"tk."""@d"*l"ltnàt."o* Adam 

### L. Schless 

### Director, 

### Aircraft Transactions

## & Counsel 

### for International 

## Counsel JetBlue 

### Airways Corporation JetB lue

### Airways Corporation 27-01 Queens Plaza 

### North Long Island 

### City, 

### NY 1l

## l0l

September 

### 5,2012

### BEFORE

### THE DEPARTMENT OF

### TRANSPORTATION

WASHTNGTON, D.C.

Application 

### of JetB lue

### Airways Corporation For an Expanded Statement 

### ofAuthorization Pursuant 

### to 

### l4 C.F.R.Part2I2 Code Sharing Docket OST-2012-0052



### APPLICATION OF

### JETBLUEAIRWAYS CORPORATION FOR 

### AII EXPANDED STATEMENT OF

### AUTHORIZATION JetBlue

### Airways Corporation 

### ("JetBlue") received authority 

### from the Department 

### of Transportation 

### ("Department" or 

### "DOT") to code share

### with Emirates 

### ("EK") pursuant 

### to action taken on

### April 5, 2012, 

### which authorized JetBlue to place 

### EK's 

### "EK*" designator code on JetBlue's 

### flights in conjunction 

### with foreign air transportation 

### of person, property and 

### mail on routings 

### involving the 

### United States and the United Arab Emirates and between any 

### point or points inthe 

### United States and any point or points in

### third countriesthat have Open Skies Agreements 

### with the 

### United States.

# I JetBlue 

### and EK wish to expand 

### their code share relationship by adding additional 

### flights to

### third countries not covered under Open Skies Agreements 

### with the 

### United States. 

### Specifically, JetBlue wishes to display 

### EK's 

### "EK*" designator 

### on its

### flights to Barbados, 

### Dominican Republic 

### (DR) and 

### Mexico 

### (C[IN). JetBluetherefore respectfully requests that the Department issue an expanded 

### Blanket Statement 

### ofAuthorization under 

### Part2l2 of the Department's regulations 

### to permit JetBlue to 

# t D"partment action in docket DOT-OST-2012-0052, dated

### April 17,2012, 

### filed 

### April 5, 

### 2012. 

### A copy 

### of the redacted Code Share Agreement was submitted in his docket

### with the 

### original application.display 

### EK's 

### "EK*" designator code in conjunction 

### with foreign airtransportation 

### of persons, property and 

### mail on routings 

### involving the United States and the United 

### Arab Emirates on 

### JetBlue'sflights (a) between any points inthe 

### United States, (b) between any 

### point or 

### points in the 

### United States and any 

### point or points in

### third countries that have Open Skies Agreements 

### with the 

### United States, (c) between any point or points inthe United States and any point or 

### points in Barbados and the 

### Dominican Republic, and 

### (d) between 

### New

### York John F. Kennedy International 

### Airport and Cancun, 

### Mexico. JetBlue and Emirates plan

### to initiate the proposed expanded code share service to Barbados, the Dominican Republic and Cancun on the routes 

### listed in 

### Exhibit 

### I on or about January 1,2013.2 JetBlue respectfully asks that the Department award the requested 

### authority promptly to facilitate marketing and advance sales 

### of these new code share services. 

### In that regard, JetBlue requests a

### waiver ofthe Department's 45-day advance notice requirement 

### in 

### l4 C.F.R. $ 212.10(d)(2) in orderto effectuatethis arrangement. 

### In suppoft of this application, JetBlue respectfully states as

### follows: 

# 1. JetBlue requests a Blanket Statement 

### ofAuthorization to enable it to place 

### EK's 66EK*" designator code on points served by JetBlue 

### with the expanded markets 

### for these operations listed in 

### Exhibit

# l. JetBlue requests a Blanket Statement 

### ofAuthorization 

### for its new 

### third country service to Barbados and the Dominican Republic atthis 

### timeto 

### provide 

### itwith the 

### flexibility to 

### quickly expand this relationship to additional points in those countries inthefuture. 

# 2. JetBlue plans to commence these expanded code share services onor about January 

### 1,2013

### with service on the routes listed in 

### Exhibit 1. For this reason, JetBIue



# 2 JetBlue

### will be 

### polling this application.

### respectfully requests that the Statement 

### of Authorization requested herein be granted



### expeditiously and remain in effect 

### for an 

### indefinite period. 

# 3. Approval of this application is consistent 

### with applicable bilateral and 

### multilateral air transport agreements and the 

### public interest. The proposed code share services are consistent 

### with the terms

### of the bilateral relationships 

### with all three countries and the Open Skies Memorandum 

### of Understanding on

### Air Transportation between United Arab Emirates andthe 

### United States, as amended.3 These services

### will represent avaluable service enhancement 

### for passengers

### traveling between the 

### United States, the United 

### Arab Emirates and the additional countries requested herein. 

# 4. Moreover, approval

### ofthis application is consistent 

### with long-standing precedent and Department 

### policy. The Department has consistently granted applications 

### for Statements 

### of Authorization involving implementation 

### of various code share/block space arrangements where those arrangements were pro-competitive and in the 

### public interest. There is noquestionthat 

### this application satisfies that standard, as 

### it

### will enable Emirates andJetBlueto 

### offer the

### flying public an enhanced network and more 

### services. In addition, the Department has 

### confirmed in its international aviation 

### policy statement that code shareiblock space affangements are inthe 

### public interest asthey provide the benefits 

### of increased service and competition: 

### Code sharing 

### and other cooperative 

### market agreements 

### can provide

## a cost 

### efficient 

### way

### for carriers 

### to enter 

### new markets, expand 

### the system 

### and obtain 

### additional 

### flow traffrc 

### to support 

### their operations 

### by using existing 

### facilities and scheduled operations. 60 Fed. Reg. 21,841 

### ,2I,842 (May 3, 1995).



# 3 See U.S. United Arab Emirates

### Air Transport Agreement 

### of

### April 13,1999. Only one other U.S. carrier code shares onthe

### city pair JFK-CLIN under the Mexican bilateral.

# 5. JetBluea and EKs already hold authority 

### to

### fly to Barbados, the 

### Dominican Republic and 

### Mexico. 

# 6. JetBlue and 

### EK

### will conduct their code sharing 

### activities in compliance 

### with Part 257

### of the Department's economic regulations and any other applicable rules and regulations. JetBlue and 

### EK accept the Department's standard conditions on code sharing services. 

# 7. JetBlue statesthat this application 

### will have no effect on its

### Civil Reserve

### Air Fleet 

### commitments. 

### All flights

### will be operated 

### with Stage 

### 3-compliant aircraft, and approval 

### of this application 

### will not result in the near-terrn consumption of ten (10) 

### million or more gallons 

### offuel.WHEREFORE, JetBlue respectfully requeststhat the Department issue a Statement 

### of Authorization authorizing JetBlue to place 

### EK's 

### "EK*" designator code on JetBlue's 

### flights (a) between any points in the 

### United States, (b) between any point or points inthe 

### United States and any 

### point or points in

### third countriesthat have Open Skies Agreements 

### with the 

### United States, (c) between any point or points in the 

### United States and any point or points in Barbados and the 

### Dominican Republic to

### which JetBlue and 

### EK are authorized 

### to serve, and (d) between Cancun, 

### Mexico 

### (C[IN) and 

### New

### York John F. Kennedy 

### lntemational

### Airport (JFK); that the Department



# o JetBlue holds certificate 

### authority issued by the Department authorizing it

### to engage in scheduled interstateair transportation 

### of persons, property and 

### mail between any points in the 

### United States, see Order 2000-2-7, as

### well as certificate 

### authorityfor foreign air transportation 

### to open skies countries Barbados and the 

### Dominican Republic, see Order 2007-7-3 Order 

### 2009-9-4, Route 894 and

### NOAT January

### 31,2012 in Docket OST-2009-0342. 

# s Emirates holds a

### foreign air carrier 

### permit issued pursuant 

### to Order 2004-12-7

### which authorizes 

### EK to 

### provide scheduled foreign airtransportation 

### of persons, property and 

### mail serving points behind United Arab Emirates, between United Arab Emirates and the 

### United States

### via intermediate points, and beyond the 

### United States. See Order 2004-12-7 in Docket 

### DOT-OST-2002-13203.

### waive its advance notice provisions; and that the Department grant such other orfurther 

### relief as



### it deems appropriate and consistent 

### with the 

### public interest. Respectfu 

### lly submitted, 

## /ø' Jonathan B. 

### Hill, Esq. J. Parker Erkmann, Esq. 

### Dow Lohnes 

### PLLC 1200 

### New Hampshire Avenue, 

### N.W. Suite 800 Washington, 

### D.C. 20036 (202) 776-2000 

### jhill@dowlohnes.com perkmann@dowlohnes.com Counsel

### for JetBlue

### Airways Corporation

September 

### 5,2012

### CERTIFICATE OF 

### SERVICE I hereby

### certiff that acopy 

### of theforegoing 

### Application of JetBlue

### Airways Corporation 

### for an Expanded Statement 

### of Authorization was served 

### this 5th day

### of September, 2012 

### via email transmission on the

### following:

francis.heil@aa.com sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com dan.weiss@united.com rbkeiner@crowell.com howard_kass@usairways.com nssparks@fedex.com anbird@fedex.com Ðl tlr :r\,.çtylt

"i¿-ç"!l-4çlÌ, çg!n jcanny@amerijet.com jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com lachter@starpower. net kev in.montgomery@polaraircargo.com anita.mosner@hklaw.com rpommer@atlasair.com mlbenge@zsrlaw.com 

### mcmillin@woa.com rsilverberg@sgbdc.com urskr@state.gov esta.ro senberg@dot. gov robert. finamore@dot. gov john.allen@faa.gov 

### info@airlineinfo.com



### MichaelR. Radlick

## Exhibit 1

Code share Routes 

### Airport Code Oneratins 

### Carrier Date to Start (on or about) North A¡ocr¡Ca-Boutes New York/JFK to/from Cancun,

## l\fi JFK-CUN /CUN 

### -JFK JetBlue Airways January01,2013 New York/JFK tolfrom Punta Cana DR 

### JFK-PUJ/PUJ-JFK JetBlue Airways Januarv0l.2013 New YoTVJFK to/from Santa Domingo,

## D\ JFK_SDO/SDO_JFK JetBlue Airways January 01,2013 New York/JFK tolfrom Santiago, DR 

### JFK-STI/STI_JFK JetBlue Airwavs January 01, 2013 New York/JFK tolfrom Bridgetown, BB 

### JFK-BGI/BGI_JFK JetBlue Airwavs January 01, 2013