BEFORE THE

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________

)

Joint Application of )

)

HAWAIIAN AIRLINES, INC. )

and ) Docket DOT-OST-2014-______

AIR CHINA LIMITED )

)

For statements of authorization under )

14 C.F.R. Part 212 )

(Reciprocal Codesharing) )

__________________________________________)

JOINT APPLICATION OF 

HAWAIIAN AIRLINES, INC. AND AIR CHINA LIMITED

FOR STATEMENTS OF AUTHORIZATION 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

George N. Tompkins Jr. Jonathan B. Hill

Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker LLP J. Parker Erkmann

150 East 42nd Street Benjamin M. Berlin

New York, New York 1007-5639 Cooley LLP

(212) 915-5624 1299 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.

George.tompkinsjr@wilsonelser.com Suite 700

Washington, DC 20004

Counsel for Air China Limited (202) 842-7800

jhill@cooley.com

perkmann@cooley.com

bberlin@cooley.com

Counsel for Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.

January 22, 2014

NOTICE: The Joint Applicants request expedited processing of this Application. The Joint 

Applicants will poll the U.S. carrier representatives served with this Application 

and notify the Department promptly of the results of the poll.
BEFORE THE

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________

)

Joint Application of )

)

HAWAIIAN AIRLINES, INC. )

and ) Docket DOT-OST-2014-______

AIR CHINA LIMITED )

)

For statements of authorization under )

14 C.F.R. Part 212 )

(Reciprocal Codesharing) )

__________________________________________)

JOINT APPLICATION OF 

HAWAIIAN AIRLINES, INC. AND AIR CHINA LIMITED

FOR STATEMENTS OF AUTHORIZATION

Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. (“Hawaiian”) and Air China Limited (“Air China”) (collectively, 

the “Applicants”) jointly apply for blanket statements of authorization under 49 USC §40109 and 

14 C.F.R. Part 212 in order to engage in the reciprocal codeshare operations described herein.

The Applicants respectfully request that the Department of Transportation 

(“Department”) award the requested authority promptly to facilitate marketing and advance sales 

of these new codeshare services. In that regard, the Applicants request a waiver of the 

Department’s 45-day advance notice requirement in 14 C.F.R. § 212.10(d)(2) in order to 

effectuate this arrangement.

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

1. On December 10, 2013, the Applicants entered a Codeshare Agreement (the 

“Agreement”) attached hereto as Exhibit 1.

1 In order to implement the Agreement, Hawaiian and 

Air China request the following authority:

 1 Sensitive personal and commercial information has been redacted from the attached agreement.
2

a. A blanket Statement of Authorization for Hawaiian to display Air China’s

CA* designator code on flights operated by Hawaiian between (1) any point or points in 

the United States and any point or points in China (either nonstop or via intermediate 

points), (2) any points in the United States, (3) any point or points in the United States 

and any point or points in any third country, and (4) any point or points in China and any 

point or points in any third country; and

b. A blanket Statement of Authorization for Air China to display Hawaiian’s 

HA* designator code on flights operated by Air China between (1) any point or points in 

the United States and any point or points in China (either nonstop or via intermediate 

points), (2) any points in China, (3) any point or points in China and any point or points 

in any third country, and (4) any point or points in the United States and any point or 

points in any third country.

2. The routes that are initially covered by the Agreement are identified in Annex 1 of 

the Agreement. The Applicants will provide the Department with 30-days’ notice before 

implementing additional codesharing services not covered by this blanket notice, including 

services to or from points in non-open skies countries.

3. Hawaiian holds various certificates of public convenience and necessity and 

exemptions authorizing it to transport persons, property, and mail in the U.S. and internationally, 

including blanket open skies certificate authority. Order 2007-7-3 (Jul. 10, 2007). On 

November 15, 2013, DOT granted Hawaiian experimental certificate authority to provide 

scheduled combination service between Honolulu, Hawaii and Beijing, People’s Republic of 

China. Order 2013-11-12.
3

4. Air China presently holds a currently effective Foreign Air Carrier Permit issued 

by the United States Department of Transportation which includes Honolulu, Hawaii as a coterminal point in the United States. See Order 2007-7-9, issued on May 21, 2007, effective on 

July 10, 2007.

5. The reciprocal codeshare operations contemplated by this Application are fully 

consistent with the Air Transport Agreement Between the Government of the People’s Republic 

of China and the Government of the United States, as amended (the “Bilateral”). Article 11 of 

the Agreement expressly allows codeshare operations such as the Applicants plan to implement. 

Moreover, Article 11 subparagraph 5 (1) (a) and (2) may offer codeshare services without 

holding route authority for the service.

6. The requested codeshare arrangement will allow the Applicants to offer enhanced 

foreign air transportation services that are consistent with the Agreement and the Bilateral. These 

services will improve the Applicants’ operating efficiencies and benefit consumers by increasing 

competition and adding convenient online travel options between the United States and China

and beyond.

7. The Applicants accept the conditions normally applicable to blanket codeshare 

authority such as requested herein and will conduct their codesharing operations in compliance 

with Part 257 of the Department’s economic regulations and all other applicable Department 

regulations and policies.

8. No further safety audit of the Applicants is needed under the Department’s 

Codeshare Safety Program because both carriers are certified under the IATA Operational Safety 

Audit program. See IATA Operational Safety Audit Registry, available at

http://www.iata.org/whatwedo/safety/audit/iosa/Pages/registry.aspx?Query=all. 

EXHIBIT 1

Redacted Codeshare Agreement

























EXHIBIT 2

Codeshare Flights

January 2014

Route Operating 

Carrier

Marketing Carrier

Honolulu (HNL) - Beijing (PEK) HA CA

Beijing (PEK) - Honolulu (HNL) HA CA

Honolulu (HNL) - Los Angeles (LAX) HA CA

Los Angeles (LAX) – Honolulu (HNL) HA CA

Honolulu (HNL) - San Francisco (SFO) HA CA

San Francisco (SFO) – Honolulu (HNL) HA CA

Honolulu (HNL) - New York (JFK) HA CA

New York (JFK) – Honolulu (HNL) HA CA

Honolulu (HNL) – Seattle (SEA) HA CA

Seattle (SEA) – Honolulu (HNL) HA CA

Honolulu (HNL) - Las Vegas (LAS) HA CA

Las Vegas (LAS) – Honolulu (HNL) HA CA

Honolulu (HNL) – Maui (OGG) HA CA

Maui (OGG) – Honolulu (HNL) HA CA

Honolulu (HNL) – Kauai Island (LIH) HA CA

Kauai Island (LIH) – Honolulu (HNL) HA CA

Honolulu (HNL) – Kona (KOA) HA CA

Kona (KOA) – Honolulu (HNL) HA CA

Honolulu (HNL) – Hilo (ITO) HA CA

Hilo (ITO) – Honolulu (HNL) HA CA

 

Route Operating 

Carrier

Marketing Carrier

Honolulu (HNL) - Beijing (PEK) CA HA

Beijing (PEK) - Honolulu (HNL) CA HA

Beijing (PEK) - Shanghai (SHA) CA HA

Shanghai (SHA) - Beijing (PEK) CA HA

Beijing (PEK) - Hangzhou (HGH) CA HA

Hangzhou (HGH) - Beijing (PEK) CA HA

Beijing (PEK) - Shenyang (SHE) CA HA

Shenyang (SHE) - Beijing (PEK) CA HA

Beijing (PEK) - Guangzhou (CAN) CA HA

Guangzhou (CAN) - Beijing (PEK) CA HA

Beijing (PEK) – Shenzhen (SZX) CA HA

Shenzhen (SZX) – Beijing (PEK) CA HA

Beijing (PEK) – Chengdu (CTU) CA HA

Chengdu (CTU) – Beijing (PEK) CA HA

Beijing (PEK) – Chongqing (CKG) CA HA

Chongqing (CKG) - Beijing (PEK) CA HA

Beijing (PEK) – Harbin (HRB) CA HA

Harbin (HRB) - Beijing (PEK) CA HA

Beijing (PEK) – Xiamen (XMN) CA HA

Xiamen (XMN) - Beijing (PEK) CA HA
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that, on January 22, 2014, I served a copy of the foregoing Application by email 

upon those addressees listed below:

Marshall.sinick@squiresanders.com

megan.lawrence@alaskaair.com 

kyle.levine@alaskaair.com

Robert.wirick@aa.com

Francis.heil@aa.com

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

chris.walker@delta.com

dan.weiss@united.com

steve.morrissey@united.com

lhalloway@crowell.com

gmurphy@crowell.com

howard.kass@usairways.com

benjamin.slocum@usairways.com

nssparks@fedex.com

sllunsford@fedex.com

matwood@cozen.com

jcanny@amerijet.com

jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com

Edward.sauer@squiresanders.com

anita.mosner@hklaw.com

rpommer@atlasair.com

mlbenge@zsrlaw.com

Ben.graves@evergreenairlines.com

urskr@state.gov

esta.rosenberg@dot.gov

robert.finamore@dot.gov

brian.hedberg@dot.gov

john.s.duncan@faa.gov

William.stallings@usdoj.gov

info@airlineinfo.com

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Deborah Kunkle