UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON , D.C.
DEPARTMENT ACTION ON APPLICATION IN DOCKET DOT-O S T-2014-0177 filed Octo b er 8, 20 14 Application of Air Canada for a blanket statement of authorization under 14 C.F.R. Part 212 to permit Air Canada for an indefinite duration to display the (A V * ) designator code of Aerovias del Continente Americana S.A . (Avianca) on flights operated by Air Canada from any point or points in Canada, via intermediate points to any point or points in the U . S . , so that Avianca can hold out se rvice beyond the United States to points in Canada. 1 Air Canada also requests a waiver of the 45-day advance filing requirement under 14 CFR Part 212.
*A pprove d in part und er assigned a uth o rity (14 C.F.R. §3 85.13) , re m a ind er dis mi sse d
. 2 Date of Act io n : October 14, 2014 3
\;,\ ·. Director, Office of In ternatl Persons e ntitl e d t o petition th e Dep artmen t for rev ie w of thi s action under the Department 's regulation s, 14 CFR 

### § 3 85 .30, s ho uld file their petitions wi thin seve n da ys of the date of t hi s a ct io n . This act io n i s effective imm e diat e l y , and the filing of a petition for r eview wi ll n o t alter it s effecti ve ness. We may am en d , modify , o r revoke th e a uth o rity g ranted at any time , without hearing , at our discretion.

• T he authority g rante d is s ubj ec t to th e attac hed co ndi tions.

1 Air Ca nada s t a tes that Av ianca wi ll not m a rket its code

- s h are se rvic e t o local p assengers tr aveli ng so l e l

y between th e U n ited States a nd Can ada. 2 We are g r a ntin g Ai r Canada ' s reques t th at it s s t atement of authori zation a ll ow the display of the (A V*) code of Av ianca o n U.S.

- Can ada se rv ices ope ra te d b y A ir Canada , as we ll as on U .S.

- Ca n ada s e r vices that Jazz Aviation ( Ja zz) LP , Sky Regional Airlines , In c. (Sky Regional ) or Air Geo r gian , as Jaz z, Sky Regional , and A ir Georg i a n hold the under l y in g eco n o mic author i ty and s t atements of authori zat ion fro m th e Dep artment th at ar e necessary to cond u ct th e propo se d o p e r at io n s. 3 The Depart m e nt i s acting o n the ap pli cat io n of Air Ca n ada pri or t o the exp ir ati on of th e 7-b u si ness day a n s we r period wi th th e con s ent of all parti es se r ve d
.The cod e - s hare operations authorized h ere are s ubj ect to the fo ll ow in g cond itions: 4 (a) T he statement of authorization wi ll rema in in effect on l y as long as ( i) Air Canada and A vianca co ntinu e to ho ld the necessary underly in g a uth o ri ty to ope rate the code

- share services at issue , and (ii) th e co d e - s h are agreemen t prov idin g for the code-share opera ti ons re m ains in effect. ( b ) Air Canada and A vian ca must pro mptl y noti fy the Department if t he code

- share agreement providing for th e code- s hare o p erat ions i s no lo nge r effective or the carr iers decide to cease o peratin g any o r a ll of the ap proved code

- s h are services. We expect t hi s notificati on to be received w ith in 10 d ays of such non-effectiveness or of s uch decision. Such notices should be filed in docket DOT

- OST -2014

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. (c) Air Canad a a nd Avianca must notify the D ep artme nt no later than 30 days before they begin any new co d e - s hare serv ic e und er th e code-share se rvic es authorized he re . S uch notice s hall identify th e market(s) t o b e serve d , w hich carrier wi ll b e operating the aircraft in the added code

s hare m arket, and the date o n w hi c h the serv ice wi ll begin. S u ch notice should be filed in Docket DOT

- OST

- 2014

- 0177. 5 (d ) T he co d e - s haring ope rations co nducted under thi s a utho rity must comply with 1 4 CFR 257 and with any amendments to the Department 's regulat ions concerning code-share arrange m e nt s that m ay be ado pt e d
. Notw ith s tandin g an y prov i s ions in the con tract between the carriers, our app rova l here i s ex pres sly con diti o ned upon the r eq uire ment s th at the subjec t foreig n air transportation be sold in t he name of the carrier holding o ut s u c h service in th e compu t er r eservation systems and elsewhere; that the carrier se llin g such transportation (i.e. , the carrier s hown o n the ticket ) accept responsibility for the e ntirety of t he code

- s h ar e j o urn ey for a ll o bli gati o n s estab li s hed in its co ntract of carriage w ith th e passenger ; and that the passe n ger li ab il ity of the ope ra tin g carrier be unaffected. (e) The a uth ori ty g ranted he r e is specifica ll y conditioned so that ne ith er Air Canada n or Avianca s h all g ive any force or effect to an y co ntractua l pro visions between themselves that are contrary to th ese co nditi o n s. (f) We may amend , modify , or revoke the a uth ority gran ted at any time without hearing at o ur discretion.

4 These condit ions a lso apply to J azz , Sky Region a l , and Air Georgian. 5 In its app li ca ti on , Air Ca nada provide s notice of initi a l Miami

- To ron to / Montr ea l a n d Lo s Ange l es - Vanco u ver / Ca lgary code-sha r e markets and of it s intent to e ngage in co d e-share se r v ic es to o p e n s kie s points as outlined in it s appl i cati on. Air Ca nada a l so state s that it will provide th e Department with 30

- da y no ti ce befo r e co mm e n cing code

- s hare services to non-open s kie s point s.