UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

DEPARTMENT ACTION ON APPLICATION IN DOCKET DOT-OST-2014-0054

filed April 10, 2014

Application of Iberia Lineas Aéreas de España Sociedad Anonima Operadora (Iberia) and Finnair OYJ 

(Finnair) for blanket statements of authorization to permit:

A) Iberia to display the Finnair “AY” designator code on any segment or segments operated by 

Iberia 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; and

B) Finnair to display the Iberia “IB” 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 joint 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, 20141

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Director, Office 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 

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

The statements of authorization are subject to the following conditions:

(a) The statements of authorization will remain in effect only as long as (i) Iberia and Finnair 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) Iberia 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 

be filed in Docket DOT-OST-2014-0054;2

(c) Iberia 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 operating all or a portion of 

the approved code-share services. Such notices should be filed in Docket DOT-OST-2014-0054;

3

(d) 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;

(e) The authority granted here is specifically conditioned so that neither Iberia nor Finnair 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.

An electronic version of this document is available on the World Wide Web at

http://www.regulations.gov

 2 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. 3 We expect this notification to be received within 10 days of such non-effectiveness or of such decision.
ATTACHMENT B

Iberia Codeshare on Finnair Operated Flights

ROUTING

Helsinki – New York (JFK)

Helsinki – Miami

Finnair Codeshare on Iberia Operated Flights

ROUTING

Madrid – Miami

Madrid – Boston

Madrid – Los Angeles

Madrid – New York (JFK)

Madrid – Chicago (ORD)