UNITED STATES OFAMERICA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C.

DEPARTMENT ACTION ON APPLICATION IN DOCKET DOT-OST-2015-0007 filed January 20, 2015 Application ofAir TahitiNui for a statement ofauthorization under 14 CFRPart 212 to permitAir Tahiti Nui for an indefmite duration to display the (SB*) designator code ofAir Caledonie International S.A. (Aircalin) on flights operated by Air Tahiti Nui between Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia (PPT) and Auckland, New Zealand (AKL) on the one hand, and Los Angeles, California (LAX) on the other. 1 *Approvedunder assigned authority (14 C.F.R. §385.13). Date ofAction: March 12, 2015

Persons entitled to petitionthe Department for review ofthis action under the Department's regulations, 14 CFR § 385.30, should file theirpetitions within seven days ofthe date ofthis action. This action is effective immediately, and the filing ofa petition for review will not alter its effectiveness. Wemay amend, modify, or revoke the authority granted at any time, withouthearing, at our discretion.

*The authority granted is subject to the attached conditions.

1 Aircalin states it will provide twice weekly code-share service betweenNoumea, New Caledonia (NOU) and LAX via PPT, and once weekly code-share service betweenNOU and LAX via AKL andPPT.The code-share operations authorized here are subject to the following conditions: (a) The statement ofauthorization will remain ineffect only as long as (i) Air Tahiti Nui and Aircalin continue to hold the necessary underlying authority to operate the code-share services at issue, and (ii) the code-share agreement providing for the code-share operations remains in effect. (b) Air Tahiti Nui and/or Aircalin mustpromptly notify the Department ifthe code-share agreementproviding for the code-share operations is no longer effective orthe carriers decide to cease operating any or all ofthe approved code-share services. We expect this notification to be received within 10 days ofsuch non-effectiveness or ofsuch decision. Such notices should be filed in docket DOT-OST-2015-0007. (c) The code-sharing operations conducted under this 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 inthe contract betweenthe carriers, our approval here is expressly conditioned upon the requirements that the subject foreign air transportation be sold inthe name ofthe carrier holding out such service in the computer reservation systems and elsewhere; thatthe carrier selling suchtransportation (i.e., the carrier shown onthe ticket) accept responsibility for the entirety ofthe code-sharejourney for all obligations established in its contract ofcarriage with the passenger; and that the passenger liability ofthe operating carrierbe unaffected. (d) The authority granted here is specifically conditioned so that neither Air Tahiti Nui norAircalin shall give any force or effectto any contractual provisions betweenthemselves that are contrary to these conditions. (e) We may amend, modify, orrevoke the authority granted at any time without hearing at our discretion.