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March 18, 2014

Mr. Paul Gretch

Director

Office of International Aviation

United States Department of Transportation

1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E.

Washington, D.C. 20590

Re: US Airways, Inc. – Brussels Airlines NV/SA Codesharing

(Docket DOT-OST-2010-0042)

Dear Mr. Gretch:

On March 18, 2010, the Department of Transportation (“Department”) issued a 

Statement of Authorization to US Airways, Inc. (“US Airways”) to display Brussels 

Airlines NV/SA’s (“Brussels Airlines”) “SN” designator code on flights operated by US 

Airways between: (1) any point in the United States and any point in the European 

Union (EU) or an open skies European Common Aviation Area (ECAA) country (either 

non-stop or via third country intermediate points); (2) any points within the United States 

in conjunction with services held out by Brussels Airlines to or from the United States 

(either non-stop or via third country intermediate points); and (3) any point in the United 

States or EU and any point in any third country.

Simultaneously, the Department issued a Statement of Authorization to Brussels 

Airlines to display US Airways’ “US” designator code on flights operated by Brussels 

Airlines between: (1) any point in the EU or an open skies ECAA country and any point 

in the United States (either non-stop or via third country intermediate points); (2) any 

points within the EU or open skies ECAA countries in conjunction with services held out 

by US Airways between the United States and the EU or open skies ECAA countries 

(either non-stop or via third country intermediate points); and (3) any point in the EU or 

the United States and any point in any third country. (See Notice of Action Taken, 

March 18, 2010, Docket DOT-OST-2010-0042 (“Notice”).)
Mr. Paul Gretch

March 18, 2014

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In accordance with the Conditions set forth in the Notice, US Airways hereby 

advises the Department that the US Airways-Brussels Airlines codeshare arrangement 

has been terminated effective March 30, 2014.

1

 Accordingly, March 30, 2014, will be 

the last day US Airways and Brussels Airlines will place their respective designator 

codes on each other’s flights. 

Respectfully submitted,

Howard Kass

Vice President – Regulatory Affairs

Abigail Donovan 

Director, Congressional and Federal Affairs

Attachment

cc: Service List

Evelyn Sahr, Counsel for Brussels Airlines

 

1 US Airways provides this notice on behalf of its affiliated carriers, PSA Airlines, Inc. and Piedmont Airlines, Inc., 

as well.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that, on March 18, 2014, I caused to be served a copy of the foregoing 

Letter by email upon those addressees listed below:

urskr@state.gov (Department of State)

esta.rosenberg@dot.gov (Department of Transportation)

brian.hedberg@dot.gov (Department of Transportation)

todd.homan@dot.gov (Department of Transportation)

peter.irvine@dot.gov (Department of Transportation)

laura.remo@dot.gov (Department of Transportation)

brett.kruger@dot.gov (Department of Transportation)

john.allen@faa.gov (Federal Aviation Administration)

dan.weiss@united.com (United)

steve.morrissey@united.com (United)

karine.faden@united.com (United)

gmurphy@crowell.com (Counsel for United)

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com (Delta)

jhill@dowlohnes.com (Counsel for JetBlue and Hawaiian)

perkmann@dowlohnes.com (Counsel for JetBlue and Hawaiian)

robert.land@jetblue.com (JetBlue)

msinick@ssd.com (Counsel for Alaska)

jyoung@yklaw.com (Counsel for Spirit)

dkirstein@yklaw.com (Counsel for Spirit)

bob.kneisley@wnco.com (Southwest)

leslie.abbott@wnco.com (Southwest)

ethan.blank@rjet.com (Republic)

robert.cohn@hoganlovells.com (Counsel for Republic)

patrick.rizzi@hoganlovells.com (Counsel for Republic)

john.fredericksen@suncountry.com (Sun Country)

thomas.ting@suncountry.com (Sun Country)

rpommer@atlasair.com (Atlas)

anita.mosner@hklaw.com (Counsel for UPS)

jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com (Counsel for UPS)

cefelts@fedex.com (FedEx)

nssparks@fedex.com (FedEx)

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com (Polar)

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Howard Kass