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Docket DOT-OST-2010- 0" S 

DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA AG 

for Statements of Authorization 

pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 

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JOINT APPLICATION OF AUSTRIAN AIRLINES OSTERREICHISCHE 

LUFTVERKEHRS AG AND DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA AG 

FOR STATEMENTS OF AUTHORIZATION 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

ARTHUR J. MOLINS 

General Counsel, North America 

LUFTHANSA GERMAN AIRLINES 

AUSTRIAN AIRLINES 

1640 Hempstead Turnpike 

East Meadow, NY 11554 

DATED: July 2,2010 

DAVID HEFFERNAN 

WILMER CUTLER PICKERING 

HALE AND DORR LLP 

1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, DC 20006 

(202) 663-6360 (phone) 

(202) 663-6363 (fax) 

david.heffernan@wilmerhale.com 

Counsel for 

DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA AG 

NOTICE: Answers to this Application are due on or before July 14, 2010. Parties 

filing answers to this application should serve a copy on counsel for the 

applicants as well as all persons named on the attached service list. 
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, DC 

Joint Application of 

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AUSTRIAN AIRLINES ) 

OSTERREICHISCHE LUFTVERKEHRS AG) 

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DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA AG 

for Statements of Authorization 

pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 

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DATED: July 2,2010 

Docket DOT-OST-2010-

JOINT APPLICATION OF AUSTRIAN AIRLINES OSTERREICHISCHE 

LUFTVERKEHRS AG AND DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA AG 

FOR STATEMENTS OF AUTHORIZATION 

Austrian Airlines Osterreichische Luftverkehrs AG ("Austrian") and Deutsche 

Lufthansa AG ("Lufthansa") hereby request blanket statements of authorization pursuant 

to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 for authority to display each other's two-letter designator code on 

each other's flights between the EU and the United States, as described more fully below. 

Austrian and Lufthansa plan to initiate the proposed code-share services on or after 

August 1, 2010. In support of their request, Austrian and Lufthansa submit the 

following: 

1. Austrian, a flag carrier of Austria, operates scheduled daily nonstop 

roundtrip combination services between Austria and the United States. Lufthansa, a flag 

carrier of Germany, operates scheduled daily nonstop roundtrip combination services 

between Germany and the United States. Austrian and Lufthansa have entered into a 
J oint Application of Austrian and Lufthansa 

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code-share arrangement whereby Austrian plans to display Lufthansa's two-letter "LH" 

designator code on Austrian's flights between points in the EU and points in the United 

States, and Lufthansa plans to display Austrian's two-letter "OS" designator code on 

Lufthansa's flights between points in the EU and points in the United States. 

2. In order to engage in these cooperative activities, Austrian and Lufthansa 

request statements of authorization, pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212, to allow Austrian's 

"OS" designator code to be placed on Lufthansa's flights and Lufthansa's "LH" 

designator code to be placed on Austrian's flights: 

1) from any point or points behind any Member State of the European 

Union, via any point or points in any Member State and via intermediate 

points to any point or points in the United States and beyond; and 

2) between any point or points in the United States and any point or points 

in any member of the European Common Aviation Area. 

Austrian initially plans to display Lufthansa's code on Austrian's flights between 

Vienna, Austria, on the one hand, and New York and Washington, D.C., on the other 

hand. Lufthansa initially plans to display Austrian's code on Lufthansa's flights between 

Frankfurt and Munich, Germany, on the one hand, and Los Angeles and San Francisco, 

on the other hand, as well as between Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, and Munich, Germany, on 

the one hand, and Miami, on the other hand. 

3. Approval of the blanket statements of authorization requested herein is 

consistent with applicable bilateral agreements and the public interest. The proposed 

Austrian/Lufthansa code-share services are consistent with the terms of the United States' 
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open skies agreement with the EUY Approval of the proposed code-share services 

would also promote important new air service benefits for passengers contemplated in 

that agreement. These services will represent a significant service enhancement for 

passengers traveling between the EU and the United States. 

4. Both Austrian and Lufthansa hold the necessary underlying authority to 

perform the proposed services. Both carriers have been granted a foreign air carrier 

permit by the Department authorizing them to engage in scheduled foreign air 

transportation of persons, property and mail from points behind the EU, via the EU and 

intermediate points, to a point or points in the United States and beyond.V 

5. Austrian and Lufthansa plan to initiate code sharing on or after August 1, 

2010. For this reason, Austrian and Lufthansa respectfully request that the statements of 

authorization be granted expeditiously and remain in effect for an indefinite period . .J./ 

Austrian and Lufthansa will notify the Department no later than 30 days before 

commencing any additional code-share services involving U.S. points not specified 

herein. 

6. Austrian and Lufthansa agree to accept the conditions normally imposed 

on foreign air carriers engaged in code-share services to and from points in the United 

11 See Air Transport Agreement between the United States of America and the European Community 

and its Member States, April 30, 2007. 

Order 2007-11-7 (Docket DOT-OST-2007-28472) (Austrian) and Order 2008-1-20 (Docket DOTOST-2007-29037) (Lufthansa). 

To the extent applicable, Austrian and Lufthansa hereby request that the Department waive the 

requirement set forth in 14 C.F.R. § 212.1 0(d)(2) that applicants file at least 45 calendar days before the 

date of the first proposed flight. 
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States, including the provisions of 14 C.F.R. Part 257 with respect to the code-share 

services described herein, and other applicable U.S. laws and regulations.~ 

WHEREFORE, on the basis of the foregoing, Austrian and Lufthansa respectfully 

request that the Department grant them blanket statements of authorization pursuant to 

Part 212 of the Department's regulations to display the designator code of Austrian on 

Lufthansa's flights between the EU and the United States and the designator code of 

Lufthansa on Austrian's flights between the EU and the United States, and such other or 

further relief as the Department may determine to be appropriate and consistent with the 

public interest. 

Respectfully submitted, 

ARTHUR 

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J. !OLINS 

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General Counsel, North America 

LUFTHANSA GERMAN AIRLINES 

AUSTRIAN AIRLINES 

1640 Hempstead Turnpike 

East Meadow, NY 11554 

DATED: July 2, 2010 

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DAVID HEFFfrdJJA~ I 

WILMER CUTLER PICKERING 

HALE AND DORR LLP 

1875 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. 

Washington, DC 20006 

(202) 663-6360 (phone) 

(202) 663-6363 (fax) 

david.heffernan@wilmerhale.com 

Counsel for 

DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA AG 

Because approval is sought only to add each other's code to flights that are already being operated 

by Austrian and Lufthansa, grant of this application will not result in a near-tenn increase in fuel 

consumption often (10) million gallons or more. 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

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

Lufthansa AG and Austrian Airlines Osterreichische Luftverkehrs AG for Statements of 

Authorization by electronic mail upon the following: 

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Federal Express: 

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DATED: July 2,2010 

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tom. fosko@airtransport.cc 

carl.nelson@aa.com 

jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com 

pmurphy@lopmurphy.com 

slachter@lachter-clements.com 

rpommer@atlasair.com 

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sametta.c. bamett@delta.com 

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charters@evergreenairlines.com 

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steve.morrissey@united.com 

dvaughan@kelleydrye.com 

mlbenge@zsrlaw.com 

mcmillin@woa.com 

howard.kass@usairways.com 

benjamin.slocum@usairways.com 

john.allen@faa.gov 

byerlyjr@state.gov 

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