BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

------------------------------------------------------------------- Joint Application and Notice of :

:

GOJET AIRLINES LLC : Docket DOT

- OST

- 2012

- xxxx

SHUTTLE AMERICA CORPORATION :

:

for Statement s of Authorization pursuant to :

14 C.F.R . Part 212 (Swiss Cod e Share) :

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JOINT APPLICATION OF GOJET AND SHUTTLE AMERICA FOR STATEMENTS OF

AUTHORIZATION AND JOINT BLANKET CODE SHARE NOTICE

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

Hershel I. Kamen

Senior Vice President

– Alliances,

Regulatory and Policy

Steve Morrissey

Managing Director

– Regulatory Affairs

and Policy

UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

1225 New York Avenue, NW

Suite 1100

- DCAIZ

Washington, DC 20005

(202) 521

- 4400

hershel.kamen@united.com

steve.morrissey@united.com

Daniel A. Weiss

Managing Director

- International

Affairs and Regulatory

UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

77 West Wacker Drive

- HDQIZ

Chicago, IL 60601

(312) 997

- 7573

da n.weiss@united.com

August 24 , 2012 Thomas Newton Bolling

Vice President and Deputy General Counsel

Jonathan T. Linde

Managing Director and Senior Counsel

- Regulatory

UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

77 West Wacker Drive

16th Floor HDQLD

Chicago, IL 60601

(312) 997

- 8068

thomas.bolling@united.com

jonathan.linde@united.com

Evelyn D. Sahr

ECKERT SEAMANS

CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC

1717 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Twelft h Floor

Washington, DC 20006

(202) 659

- 6600

esahr@eckertseamans.comBEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

------------------------------------------------------------------- Joint Application and Notice of :

:

GOJET AIRLINES LLC : Docket DOT

- OST

- 2012

- xxxx

SHUTTLE AMERICA CORPORATION :

:

for Statements of Authorization pursuant to :

14 C.F.R. Part 212 (Swiss Code Share) :

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JOINT APPLICATION OF GOJET AND SHUTTLE AMERICA FOR STATEMENTS OF

AUTHORIZATION AND JOINT BLANKET CODE SHARE NOTICE

GoJet and Shuttle America 1 d/b/a United Express (collectively “Joint Applicants”) jointly

apply for blanket statements of authorization pursuant to Part 212 of the Department’s

r egulations to facilitate code share services with Swiss, which is a code share partner of United. 2

Specifically, the Joint Applicants request authorizations to display Swiss’ “LX” designator code

on flights operated by them as United Express carriers betw een points in the United States and

between U.S. points and points in third countries. The Joint Applicants will begin code share

services with Swiss as soon as all regulatory approvals are obtained.

In addition, pursuant to the Department’s Notice In the Matter of Blanket Notification of

Code S hare Service to Open

- Skies Partners and Points, dated February 9, 2009, the Joint

Applicants, together with Swiss, hereby give blanket notice of code share services displaying

Swiss’ designator code on flights operated by the Joint Applicants between all U.S. points and

1 Common names are used for airlines.

2 United is filing this application on behalf of and with the permission of the Joint Applicants.Joint Application and Notice

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between U.S. points and points i n any open

- skies country. 3 Code share services conducted

pursuant to this notice will be limited to those consistent with the provisions of the U.S.

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Switzerland and other Open

- Skies Agreements. The Joint Applicants and Swiss will provide the

Department w ith 30

- day notices for code share services to and from non

- Open Skies countries.

In support of this Joint Application, the Joint Applicants state as follows:

1. The Joint Applicants have each executed a letter agreement with Swiss, under

which the Joint Ap plicants will carry Swiss’ “LX” designator code on certain United Express

flights operated by the Joint Applicants. Redacted copies of these letter agreements are attached

hereto.

2. The Joint Applicants are air carriers holding certificates of public c onvenience

and necessity and exemptions authorizing them to operate scheduled air services in the United

States and foreign markets. 4 They are also participants in the United Express commuter

program, operating code share services for United and displayin g United’s designator code, as

well as those of certain of United’s foreign code share partners. As such, United and its United

Express carriers wish to make these United Express services available for code share purposes to

Swiss, thereby increasing the online service offerings between United’s North American network

and Swiss’ European network.

3. The requested statements of authorization are fully consistent with the U.S.

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Switzerland Open Skies Agreement, as well as Department precedent in cases involvi ng similar

3 To the extent necessary, the Joint Applicants will obtain any necessary authorizations prior to

commencing service in any third country on behalf of United E xpress.

4 See, Order 2011

- 12

- 18 and Notice of Action Taken dated December 9, 2011 in Docket DOT

- OST

- 2009

- 0348 (GoJet); and Orders 2008

- 4

- 26 and 2009

- 3

- 16 (Shuttle America).Joint Application and Notice

Page 3

code share arrangements between U.S. and foreign air carriers. 5 Pursuant to the terms of such

agreements, foreign carriers designated by their respective governments to serve the United

States, such as Swiss, have been authorized to provide for eign air transportation (including code

share services) between the United States and their respective home countries. Swiss also holds

the requisite underlying economic authority for purposes of holding out the code share services

proposed herein. 6

4. The requested code share authority is also consistent with the public interest

because it will benefit the traveling and shipping public by providing online service between

U.S. cities and points around the globe, via United’s domestic hubs and Swiss’ U.S. gateways.

5. Each of the Joint Applicants agrees to accept and abide by the Department’s

standard conditions and notice requirements imposed on code share arrangements.

6. The Joint Applicants request that the Department issue the statements of

authori zation for an indefinite period, consistent with Department practice.

7. The Joint Applicants are not CRAF participants, so issuance of the requested

blanket statements of authorization will not affect the CRAF program.

For the foregoing reasons, the Joint Applicants respectfully request approval of this Joint

Application and that the Department grant them the blanket statements of authorization as

described above for an indefinite period, consistent with the Department’s practice in other code

5 See , for example, Dockets DOT

- OST

- 2012

- 0125,

- 2008

- 0068, and

- 2007

- 29353 in whic h the

Department approved similar code share arrangements between various United Express operators and

foreign carrier partners.

6 See, Order 2011

- 6

- 23.Joint Application and Notice

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share proceedings, and such other relief as the Department may deem appropriate.

Respectfully submitted,

Dan Weiss

Managing Director

– International Affairs and

Regulatory

UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

Submitted on behalf of:

David J. Hayes III, Esq.

For GOJET AIRLINES LLC

Vice President and General Counsel

Trans States Holdings, Inc.

11495 Navaid Road

St. Louis, MO 63044

Scott Durgin

For SHUTTLE AMERICA CORPORATION

Vice President

– Administration

8909 Purdue Road, Suite 300

Indianapolis, IN 46268CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that I have this date served a copy of the foregoing document on all

persons named below by causing a copy to be sent via email:

msinick@ssd.com (Alaska)

francis.heil@aa.com

robert.wirick@aa.com

rsilverberg@sgbdc.com (ABX/ Air Transport Intl.) jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com (Amerijet) jcanny@amerijet.com

stephen.lachter@lachterlaw.com (ASTAR) rpommer@atlasair.com

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

charters@evergreenairlines.com (Evergreen)

cefelts@fedex.com

anbird@fedex.com

nss parks@fedex.com

robert.cohn@hoganlovells.com ( Frontier ) patrick.rizzi@hoganlovells.com ( Frontier ) jhill@dowlohnes.com (Hawaiian/JetBlue) matwood@cozen.com (Kalitta) kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com

bob.kneisl ey@wnco.com ( AirTran/Southwest )

leslie.abbott@wnco.com ( AirTran/Southwest ) dkirstein@yklaw.com (Spirit) jyoung@yklaw.com (Spirit) john.fredericksen@suncountry.com

anita.mosner@hklaw.com (UPS) jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com (UPS) howard.kass@usairways.com

jegillick@zsrlaw.com (Virgin America) john.varley@virginamerica.com

mlbenge@zsrlaw.com (World) william.stallings@usdoj.gov

dwight.moore@ustranscom.mil

john.allen@faa.gov

Annalei Avanceña

International Regulatory Advisor

August 24 , 2012