UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

DEPARTMENT ACTION ON APPLICATION IN DOCKET DOT -OST -2000-6939 

filed July 3, 2014 

Joint Application of Delta Air Lines, Inc. (Delta), Societe Air France (Air France), and GoJet Airlines 

LLC (GoJet) for a blanket statement of authorization under 14 C.F.R. Part 212 to permit GoJet to 

display Air France's "AF" designator code on Delta Connection flights GoJet operates: (a) within the 

United States (in conjunction with Air France's services in foreign air transportation), and (b) between 

the United States and third countries. 1 

Delta, Air France, and GoJet further request a waiver of the 45-day advance filing requirement under 14 

C.F.R. Part 212.2 

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

Date of Action: August 11,2014 

\u\\ Director, Office oflntematio 

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 The joint applicants state that the proposed code-share services will be operated pursuant to the Delta/ Air France code-share 

agreement previously approved by the Department and an ancillary Delta/ Air France/GoJet agreement. The joirlt applicants request 

consolidation of this statement of authorization irlto Docket DOT-OST-2000-6939, the docket established by the Department for the 

admirlistration of the blanket statements of authorization held by Delta, Air France, and their regional affiliates and partners. We will 

grant this request. 2 The joirlt applicants' irlitial codeshare markets are: New York, NY-Toronto, Canada; Detroit, MI-Washington, D.C.; New York, 

NY-Montreal, Canada; and Cirlcinnati, OH-New York, NY. 
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) Delta, Air France, and GoJet 

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) Delta, Air France and/or GoJet 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-2000-6939. 

(c) Delta, Air France, and/or GoJet 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 added 

code-share market, and the date on which the service will begin. Such notice should be filed in 

Docket DOT-OST-2000-6939. 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 ofthe 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) Any service provided shall be consistent with all applicable agreements with the foreign countries 

involved. Furthermore, (i) nothing in the award of the blanket statement of authorization should be 

construed as conferring upon GoJet rights (including code-share, fifth-freedom intermediate and/or 

beyond rights) to serve markets where U.S. carrier rights are limited unless GoJet notifies us of its intent 

to serve such market and unless and until the Department has completed any necessary carrier selection 

procedures to determine which carrier(s) should be authorized to exercise such rights;2 and (ii) should 

there be a request by any carrier to use the limited-entry route rights that are included in the authority of 

GoJet by virtue of the blanket statement of authorization granted here, but that are not being used by 

GoJet, the holding of such authority will not be considered as providing any preference for GoJet in a 

carrier selection proceeding to determine which carrier(s) should be entitled to use the authority at issue; 

(f) The authority granted here is specifically conditioned so that neither Delta, Air France, nor GoJet 

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

conditions. 

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

discretion. 

1 The joint applicants provided notice of their intent to engage in code-share services to open skies points. The joint applicants also 

state that they will provide the Department with 30-day notice before commencing code-share services to non-open skies points. The 

joint applicants stated that notices for U.S.-Mexico service will continue to be provided on an operating carrier specific oosis. 2 The notice referenced in condition (c) above may be used for this notification.