BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 

WASHINGTON, DC 

Application of 

UZBEKISTAN AIRWAYS 

for statement of authorization 

pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 

permitting code-share operations 

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Docket DOT-OST-2015-__ 

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APPLICATION OF UZBEKISTAN AIRWAYS 

FOR STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION 

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to: 

DATED: March 26, 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 

UZBEKISTAN AIRWAYS 

NOTE: The applicant requests expedited approval of the application and will poll the 

carrier representatives served and report the polling results to the Department. 
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 

WASHINGTON, DC 

Application of 

UZBEKISTAN AIRWAYS 

for statement of authorization 

pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 

permitting code-share operations 

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DATED: March 26, 2015 

Docket DOT-OST-2015-__ 

APPLICATION OF UZBEKISTAN AIRWAYS 

FOR STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION 

Pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212, Uzbekistan Airways ("Uzbekistan") hereby 

requests a statement of authorization to permit Uzbekistan to display the "BT" 

designator code of Air Baltic Corporation NS ("AirBaltic") on flights operated by 

Uzbekistan in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail 

between any point or points in Uzbekistan, via any intermediate point or points, and any 

point or points in the United States. Uzbekistan requests blanket authority to display 

AirBaltic's code to the full extent allowed by the "Open-Skies" Air Transport Agreement 

between the United States and Uzbekistan.1 Uzbekistan requests that the statement of 

authorization be granted for an indefinite period, consistent with the Department's 

decisions in similar cases. 

1 Air Transport Agreement Between the Government of the United States of America and the Government 

of the Republic of Uzbekistan, February 27, 1998. 
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Pursuant to the Notice In the Matter of Blanket Notification of Code-Share 

Service to Open-Skies Partners and Points, dated February 9, 2009, Uzbekistan also 

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

this application. Uzbekistan 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. § 212.10, Uzbekistan states as follows: 

1. Uzbekistan is an air carrier licensed by the Republic of Uzbekistan. It 

holds a foreign air carrier permit issued by the Department allowing it to operate 

scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between any point or 

points behind Uzbekistan, via any point or points in Uzbekistan and any intermediate 

point or points, and any point or points in the United States, and beyond, as well as allcargo service between the United States and any point or points. 2 Uzbekistan 

currently operates scheduled air transportation of persons, property and mail between 

Tashkent, Uzbekistan and New York (JFK) via Riga, Latvia. 

2. Uzbekistan requests a statement of authorization to display AirBaltic's 

"BT" designator code on flights operated by Uzbekistan in scheduled foreign air 

transportation of persons, property and mail between any point or points in Uzbekistan, 

via any intermediate point or points, and any point or points in the United States. 

Uzbekistan plans to initially display AirBaltic's "BT" designator code on flights operated 

by Uzbekistan between Riga, Latvia and New York (JFK). It plans to begin operating 

2 Order 98-10-18, issued October 19, 1998 (Docket DOT-OST-1998-3633). 
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the proposed code-share service as soon as it receives all necessary governmental 

approvals. 

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

with the public interest. The proposed code-share services are consistent with the 

terms of the Air Transport Agreement between the United States and Uzbekistan. 

Article 8 of the Agreement allows U.S. and Uzbekistani air carriers to "enter into 

cooperative marketing arrangements, such as blocked-space, code-sharing or leasing 

arrangements ... with an airline or airlines of a third country provided that such third 

country authorizes or allows comparable arrangements between the airlines of the other 

Party and other airlines on services to, from and via such third country." AirBaltic's 

home country, Latvia, is a member of the European Union, which has an open skies 

agreement with the United States allowing carriers to operate code-share services with 

carriers of third countries.

4 Grant of Uzbekistan's application will benefit consumers by 

providing additional travel options to passengers traveling between Latvia and the 

United States. 

4. Uzbekistan 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. 

WHEREFORE, Uzbekistan respectfully requests that the Department grant it a 

statement of authorization to display AirBaltic's designator code on flights Uzbekistan 

3 AirBaltic has applied for a foreign air carrier permit and exemption authorizing it to offer scheduled air 

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

United States 

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

Member States, signed April25 and 30, 2007. as amended by the Protocol dated June 24, 2010 

(collectively "the U.S.-EU Agreement, as amended . Article 10, Section 7. 
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operates pursuant to the full rights available under the Air Transport Agreement 

between the United States and Uzbekistan, and such other and further relief as the 

Department deems appropriate. 

DATED: March 26, 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 

UZBEKISTAN AIRWAYS 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that I have this date served a copy of the foregoing Application of 

Uzbekistan Airways for a Statement of Authorization by electronic mail upon the 

following: 

ABX Air and 

Air Transport lnt'l: 

American Airlines: 

Amerijet lnt'l: 

Atlas Air: 

Delta Air Lines: 

Federal Express: 

Kalitta Air: 

Polar Air Cargo: 

Southern Air: 

United Airlines: 

UPS: 

FAA: 

DATED: March 26, 2015 

rsilverberg@sgbdc.com 

howard. kass@aa. com 

robert. wirick@aa. com 

abigail.donovan@aa.com 

jcanny@amerijet.com 

rpommer@atlasair.com 

sascha. vanderbellen@delta. com 

chris. walker@delta.com 

nssparks@fedex.com 

cefelts@fedex.com 

psanderlin@kalittaair.com 

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com 

agoerlich@ggh-airlaw. com 

gmurphy@crowell.com 

dan.weiss@united.com 

steve. morrissey@ united. com 

anita. mosner@hklaw.com 

jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com 

john.s.duncan@faa.gov 

1~C.~ Kenneth C. Hines