BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

 )

Application of )

)

GOJET AIRLINES, LLC ) Docket DOT-OST-2005-22547

)

For a Statement of Authorization pursuant to )

14 C.F.R. Part 212 )

)

APPLICATION OF GOJET AIRLINES, LLC TO

AMEND A STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

Terry Basham

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

GOJET AIRLINES, LLC 

11495 Navaid Road

St. Louis, MO 63044

Hershel I. Kamen

Vice President – International,

 Regulatory and Policy

UNITED AIR LINES, INC. AND

CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC.

1350 I Street, NW

Washington, DC 20005-3389

April 13, 2011

Steve Morrissey

Managing Director, Regulatory & Policy

UNITED AIR LINES, INC. AND

CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC.

Jeffrey A. Manley

Senior Regulatory Advisor

UNITED AIR LINES, INC.

1025 Connecticut Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20036

(301) 229-8571

jeffrey.manley@united.com

Daniel A. Weiss

Managing Director, International & 

Regulatory Affairs

Thomas Newton Bolling

Associate General Counsel, Regulatory, 

Alliances & International 

UNITED AIR LINES, INC. AND

CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC.

P.O. Box 4607 – HQSLG

Houston, TX 77210-4607

(713) 324-5606

thomas.bolling@coair.com
BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

 )

Application of )

)

GOJET AIRLINES, LLC ) Docket DOT-OST-2005-22547

)

for a Statement of Authorization pursuant to )

14 C.F.R. Part 212 )

)

APPLICATION OF GOJET AIRLINES, LLC TO

AMEND A STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION

GoJet Airlines, LLC, d/b/a United Express (“GoJet”) hereby applies1to amend its

blanket statement of authorization issued in the above-referenced proceeding to allow GoJet 

to provide code-share service between points in the United States and points in third 

countries with All Nippon Airways Co. Ltd. (“ANA”), Austrian Airlines (“Austrian”), 

British Midland Airways Limited (“bmi”), and Deutsche Lufthansa AG (“Lufthansa”)

(collectively “Foreign Partners”). GoJet is seeking expedited treatment of this application in 

order to operate code-share services pursuant to this amended authority as soon as possible. 

On behalf of GoJet, United will poll carrier representatives in the attached service list and 

advise the Department of the results. 

In support of its request, GoJet submits the following:

1. By Department Action dated November 3, 2005, the Department granted 

GoJet a blanket statement of authorization to code share between points in the United States 

and gave notice of service in specific markets pursuant to its code share with the Foreign 

 

1 United is filing this application on behalf of and with the permission of GoJet.
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Partners. Through various notices, GoJet advised the Department of the expansion of its 

code share with these Foreign Partners to encompass other U.S. points, which was consistent 

with its certificate authority and services as a UAX carrier at that time. See, e.g, Notices 

dated April 16, 2006 and January 18, 2008 filed in the above-referenced docket. 

2. At the initial stages of its code share with these Foreign Partners, GoJet’s 

underlying authority and services as a UAX carrier were limited to services within the United 

States. GoJet has since expanded its authority and UAX service to include Canada. See, 

Notice of Action Taken dated January 5, 2010 in docket DOT-OST-2009-0348 (granting 

GoJet exemption authority to serve Canada.) In order for the Foreign Partners to code share 

on GoJet’s expanded service, GoJet requests amendment of its blanket statement 

authorization to include flights it operates as a UAX carrier between U.S. points and points in 

third countries. 

3. GoJet is already party to UAX carrier blanket code-share notices for services 

to open skies countries. This includes notices with its Foreign Partners herein. At the time 

those notices were filed it was explained that GoJet would code share only in markets where 

it held appropriate authority. See, e.g., Notice of ANA and, inter alia, GoJet, dated April 5, 

2011, p.2, footnote 3, and Notice of Austrian and, inter alia, GoJet, dated May 27, 2009, p. 1, 

n.2, both in this docket. Now that GoJet has U.S.-Canada exemption authority and is code
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sharing for United and other foreign carriers, it wishes to amend its blanket statement of 

authorization to encompass such services for its Foreign Partners as well.2

4. GoJet’s requested amendment would align its code-share authority for these 

Foreign Partners with the statements of authorization which the Department granted it for

other foreign carrier partners of United Airlines. See, e.g. Department Action dated June 11, 

2009 in docket DOT-OST-2009-0131 (GoJet, et al., code sharing with Aer Lingus). The 

public interest supports this conforming amendment for the same reasons supporting the 

grant of GoJet’s authority to code share with Aer Lingus on similar routes as well as with the 

Foreign Partners in its original application herein. The Foreign Partners are all from Open 

Skies countries and GoJet’s initial third-country services for them will operate to Canada, 

another Open Skies country. 

5. GoJet accepts the Department’s standard terms and conditions with respect to 

the code-share service it will provide under the amended statement of authorization it 

requests herein.

6. GoJet is not a CRAF participant and approval of the requested amendment 

will not affect the CRAF program.

WHEREFORE, on the basis of the foregoing, GoJet respectfully requests expedited

approval for the amendment of its blanket statement of authorization described above and 

 

2 GoJet will obtain the necessary authority and file the necessary notice with the Department in the 

event that it expands its international UAX service to other countries, including non-Open Skies 

countries.
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further requests that the Department grant it such other relief as the Department may deem 

appropriate. 

Respectfully submitted,

Dan Weiss

Managing Director, International & 

 Regulatory Affairs

UNITED AIR LINES, INC. AND

CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC

Submitted on behalf of:

Terry Basham

Vice President and Chief Operating Officer

For GOJET AIRLINES, LLC 

11495 Navaid Road

St. Louis, MO 63044
CERTIFICATE 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:

amosner@hklaw.com (UPS)

carl.nelson@aa.com

charters@evergreenaviation.com

dkirstein@yklaw.com (Spirit)

donna.kooperstein@usdoj.gov

dwight.moore@ustranscom.mil

efaberman@wrf.com (Frontier)

howard_kass@usairways.com

jhill@dowlohnes.com (Hawaiian/Jet Blue)

john.allen@faa.gov

john.fredericksen@suncountry.com

jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com (Amerijet)

jyoung@yklaw.com

kmontgomery@polaraircargo.com

lhalloway@crowell.com (ExpressJet)

matwood@sherblackwell.com (Kalitta)

mlbenge@zsrlaw.com (World Airways)

msinick@ssd.com (Alaska/Horizon)

nssparks@fedex.com

rpommer@atlasair.com

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

slachter@lachter-clements.com (Astar)

Annalei Avanceña 

International Regulatory Advisor

April 13, 2011