UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C.

DEPARTMENT ACTION ON APPLICATION IN DOCKET DOT

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filed April 10, 2014

Application of British Airways Plc (British Airways ) and Finnair OYJ (Fin nair) for blanket statement s of authorization to permit :

A) British Airways to display the Finnair “AY” designator code on any segment or segments operated by British Airways on the following routing : ( i ) from any point or points behind any

Member State of the European Union, via any point or points in any Member State and via intermediate points

, to any point or points in the United States and beyond; and ( ii ) between any point or points in the United States and any point or points in any member of th e Euro pean Common Aviation Area; 1 and

B) Finnair to display the British Airways “ BA ” designator code on any segment or segments operated by Finnair on the following routing: (i) from any point or points behind any Member State of the European Union, via any point or points in any Member State and via intermediate points, to any point or points in the United States and beyond; and (ii) between any point or points in the United States and any point or points in any member of the European Common Aviation Area

.

The j oint applicants also request 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: April 14 , 2014 2

_____________________________________________ Director, Offic e of International Aviation

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

imm ediately, 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 The applicants also request a statement of authorization to display the Finnair “AY” designator code on fligh ts operated by British Airways (BA) Limited, an affiliate of British Airways, pursuant to a wet

- lease arrangement with British Airways.

2 We acted on the application without awaiting expiration of the answer period with the consent of all parties served.ATTACHMENT A

The statement s of authorization are subject to the following conditions:

(a) The statement s of authorization will remain in effect only as long as (i) British Airways and Finnair continue to hold the necessary underlying authority to op erate the code

- share services at issue, and (ii) the code

- share agreement providing

for the code

- share operations remains in effect;

( b ) British Airways and/or Finnair 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 , which carrier will be operating the aircraft in the code

- share market added, and the date on which the service will begin. Such

notices should b e filed in Docket DOT

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( c ) British Airways and/or Finnair must notify the Department immediately if the code

- share agreement under which

these code

- share services are operated is no longer in effect or if the carriers decide to cease opera ting all or a portion of the approved code

- share services. Such notices should be filed in Docket DOT

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( d ) The code

- sharing operations conducted under this authority must comply with 14 CFR Part 257 and with any amendments to the Departme nt'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 so ld in the name of the carrier holding out such service in 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 British Airways nor Finnair s hall give any force or effect to any contractual provisions between themselves that are contrary to these conditions ; and

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

An electronic version of this document is available on the World Wide Web at http://www.regulations.gov

3 The joint applicants provided notice of their intent to engage in code

- share services to open

- skies points as described in the application. See Attachment B for a list of initial points.

4 We expect this notification to be received within 10 days of such non

- effectiveness or of such decision.ATTACHMENT B

Finnair Codeshare on British Airways Operated Flights

ROUTING

London (LCY)

– New York (JFK) London (LGW)

– Las Ve gas London (LGW)

– Orlando London (LGW)

– Tampa London (LHR)

– Austin London (LHR)

– Atlanta London (LHR)

– Boston London (LHR)

– Baltimore/Washington London (LHR)

– Denver London (LHR)

– Dallas

- Fort Worth London (LHR)

– Newark London (LHR)

– Washington

- Du lles London (LHR)

– Houston London (LHR)

– New York (JFK) London (LHR)

– Las Vegas London (LHR)

– Los Angeles London (LHR)

– Miami London (LHR)

– Chicago (ORD) London (LHR)

– Philadelphia London (LHR)

– Phoenix London (LHR)

– San Diego London (LHR)

– Seatt le London (LHR)

– San Francisco

British Airways Codeshare on Finnair Operated Flights

ROUTING

Helsinki

– New York (JFK)

Helsinki

– Miami