UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

DEPARTMENT ACTION ON APPLICATION IN DOCKET DOT-OST-2013-0060

filed March 21, 2013

Application of Brussels Airlines NV/SA (Brussels) for a statement of authorization under 14 C.F.R. Part 212 to 

display the “TG” designator code of Thai Airways International Public Company Limited (Thai) on flights 

operated by Brussels between Brussels, Belgium, and New York, New York.

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Brussels 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: March 25, 20132

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 Brussels states that traffic sold under Thai’s designator code and carried on Brussels’ Brussels-New York flights will be limited to 

traffic transported by Thai on its Bangkok-Brussels service and connecting to Brussels for onward travel to New York. 2 The Department is acting on the application prior to the expiration of the answer period with the consent of all parties served.
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The statement of authorization is subject to the following conditions:

(a) The statement of authorization will remain in effect only as long as (i) Brussels and Thai 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) Brussels and/or Thai must notify the Department immediately if the code-share agreement under which these codeshare services are operated is no longer in effect or if the carriers decide to cease operating all or a portion of the approved 

code-share services. Such notices should be filed in Docket DOT-OST-2013-0060;

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(c) The code-sharing operations conducted under this authority must comply with 14 CFR Part 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 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;

(d) The authority granted here is specifically conditioned so that neither Brussels nor Thai shall give any force or effect 

to any contractual provisions between themselves that are contrary to these conditions; and

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

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 3 We expect this notification to be received within 10 days of such non-effectiveness or of such decision.