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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

DEPARTMENT ACTION ON APPLICATION IN DOCKET DOT -OST -2014-0147 

filed August 26, 2014 

Application ofWestJet for a blanket statement of authorization under 14 CFR Part 212 to permit it to 

display the Cl* designator code of China Airlines, Ltd. (China Airlines) on flights operated by WestJet 

from any point or points behind Canada, via any point or points in Canada, and via intermediate points 

to any point or points in the United States and beyond.1 WestJet also requests a waiver of the 45-day 

advance filing requirement under 14 CFR Part 212. 

*Approved under assigned authority (14 C.F.R. §385.13). 

Date of Action: September 9, 2014 

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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. 

We may amend, modify, or revoke the authority granted at any time, without hearing, at our discretion. 

*The authority granted is subject to the attached conditions. 

1 WestJet states that China Airlines will market its proposed code-share service in accordance with China Airlines' authority to 

conduct foreign air transportation of persons, property between a point or points in Taiwan and a point or points in the United States 

(either nonstop or via third country intermediate points, and beyond). It further states that China Airlines will not market its proposed 

code-share service to local passengers traveling solely between Canada and the United States. 
The code-share operations authorized here are subject to the following conditions: 

(a) The statement of authorization will remain in effect only as long as (i) WestJet and China Airlines 

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) WestJet and/or China Airlines must promptly notify the Department if the code-share 

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

cease operating any or all of the approved code-share services. We expect this notification to be 

received within 10 days of such non-effectiveness or of such decision. Such notices should be 

filed in docket DOT-OST-2014-0147. 

(c) WestJet and/or China Airlines 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 and the date on which the service will begin. Such 

notice should be filed in Docket DOT-OST-2014-0147. 1 

(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 of the 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) The authority granted here is specifically conditioned so that neither WestJet nor China Airlines shall 

give any force or effect to any contractual provisions between themselves that are contrary to these 

conditions. 

(f) We may amend, modify, or revoke the authority granted at any time without hearing at our 

discretion. 

1 WestJet states that it initially intends to display the CI* designator code in the Calgary-Los Angeles and Vancouver- Los Angeles 

markets. WestJet provides notice of its intent to engage in code-share services to open skies points as described in its application and 

states that it will notify the Department no later than 30 days before commencing any code-share services to non-open skies points.