U.S. Department of Transportation 

Office of the Secretary of Transportation 

DEPARTMENT ACTION ON APPLICATION IN DOCKET DOT -OST-2012-0092 

(Filed March 10, 2015) 

Joint application of American Airlines, Inc. (American) 1 and Air Tahiti Nui (Air Tahiti) for an amended statement 

of authorization under 14 CFR Part 212 to permit American to display the (TN*) designator code of Air Tahiti on 

American-operated flights in conjunction with Air Tahiti's services in foreign air transportation (1) within the 

United States; and (2) between the United States and third countries.2 The joint applicants request that the 

statement of authorization be granted for an indefinite period. 

The applicants further request a waiver of the 45-day advance filing requirement under 14 CFR Part 212. 

*Approved under assigned authority (14 CFR §385.13). 

Date of Action: April3, 2015 

This action is subject to the conditions attached. Persons entitled to petition the Department for review of this action 

under the Department's regulations, 14 CFR §385.30, should file their petitions within seven days of the date of this 

action. This action is effective immediately, and the filing of a petition for review will not alter its effectiveness. 

An electronic version of this document is available on the World Wide Web at: 

http://www. regulations. gov 

1 American also files this application on behalf of its affiliate Envoy Air, Inc., formerly American Eagle Airlines, Inc. 2 American's existing statement of authorization permits it to display the (TN*) designator code in conjunction with foreign air 

transportation of persons, property and mail on American-operated flights between Los Angeles, California and points in the U.S. See 

Notice of Action Taken dated July 5, 2012, in this Docket. Air Tahiti also holds a statement of authorization that permits it to display 

the (AA *) designator code in conjunction with foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail on Air Tahiti-operated flights 

between Los Angeles, California and Auckland, New Zealand, via Papeete, French Polynesia. See Department approval dated August 

27, 2013 in this Docket. 
APPENDIX A 

The statement of authorization granted is subject to the following conditions: 

(a) The statement of authorization will remain in effect only as long as (i) American and Air Tahiti 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) American and Air Tahiti must promptly notifY the Department (Office of International Aviation) if the code-share 

agreement providing for the code-share operations is no longer effective or if the carriers decide to cease operating all 

or a portion of the approved code-share services. Such notices should be filed in Docket DOT-OST-2012-0092.3 

(c) American and/or Air Tahiti must notifY the Department no later than 30 days before they begin any new code-share 

service under the code-share services authorized here. Such notice shall identifY the market(s) to be served, which 

carrier will be operating the aircraft in the code-share market added, and the date on which the service will begin.4 

Such notices should be filed in Docket DOT-OST-2012-0092. 

(d) 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 in the contract between the carriers, our approval here is expressly conditioned upon the requirements that 

the subject foreign air transportation be sold in the name of the carrier holding out such service in the computer 

reservation systems and elsewhere; that the carrier selling such transportation (i.e., the carrier shown on the ticket) 

accept responsibility for the entirety ofthe code-share journey for all obligations established in its contract of carriage 

with the passenger; and that the passenger liability of the operating carrier be unaffected. 

(e) Any service provided shall be consistent with all applicable agreements between the United States and the foreign 

countries involved. Furthermore, (i) nothing in the award of this blanket statement of authorization should be 

construed as conferring upon American rights (including code-share, fifth-freedom intermediate and/or beyond rights) 

to serve markets where U.S. carrier rights are limited unless American notifies us of its intent to serve such market and 

unless and until the Department has completed any necessary carrier selection procedures to determine which carrier(s) 

should be authorized to exercise such rights;5 and (ii) should there be a request by any carrier to use the limited-entry 

route rights that are included in American's authority by virtue of the blanket statement of authorization granted here, 

but that are not being used by American, the holding of such authority will not be considered as providing any 

preference for American in a carrier selection proceeding to determine which carrier(s) should be entitled to use the 

authority at issue. 

(f) The authority granted here is specifically conditioned so that neither American nor Air Tahiti shall give any force or 

effect to any contractual provisions between themselves that are contrary to these conditions. 

(g) We may amend, modifY, or revoke the authority granted at any time without hearing at our discretion. 

3 We expect this notification to be received within 10 days of such non-effectiveness or of such decision. 4 The joint applicants provided notice of their intent to code share on flights between all United States points and between United 

States points and points in any open-skies country. 

5 The notice referenced in condition (c) above may be used for this notification.