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 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Docket DOT-OST-2015-__



# ____________________________) 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 ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 

# ____________________________) 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 ofAmerica and the Government of the Republic of Uzbekistan , February 27 , 1998.Application of Uzbekistan Airways Page 2 of4 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) .Application of Uzbekistan Airways Page 3 of4 the proposed code-share service as soon as it receives all necessary governmental approvals.3 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 ofthe 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.Application of Uzbekistan Airways Page 4 of 4 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 AIRWAYSCERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that I have this date served a copy of the foregoing Application of Uzbekistan Airways for a Statement ofAuthorization 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

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