Application of 

BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

ETIHAD AIRWAYS P.J.S.C. Docket DOT -OST -2015-

for a Statement of Authorization pursuant to 

14 C.F.R. Part 212 

APPLICATION OF ETIHAD AIRWAYS P .J.S.C. 

FOR A BLANKET STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION 

Communications concerning this document may be served upon: 

May 19, 201 5 

Anita M. Mosner 

Jennifer M. Nowak 

Holland & Knight LLP 

800 171

h Street, NW 

Suite 1100 

Washington, DC 20006 

Tel: (202) 419-2604 

Fax: (202) 955-5564 

anita.mosner@hklaw.com 

Counsel for Etihad Airways P.J.S.C. 

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NOTICE: Any person may file an answer to this application. Answers must be 

filed on or before May 28, 2015. The applicant is requesting expedited relief from 

the Department and will poll all interested parties. 
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Application of 

ETIHAD AIRWAYS P.J.S.C. 

for a Statement of Authorization pursuant to 

14 C.F.R. Part 212 

Docket DOT-OST-2015-__ _ 

APPLICATION OF ETIHAD AIRWAYS P.J.S.C. 

FOR A BLANKET STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION 

Et1had A1rways P J S C ("Et1had") hereby applies for a blanket Statement of 

Authonzat1on pursuant to 14 C F R Part 212, 1n order to display the "PK*" designator 

code of Pak1stan International Airlines Corporation ("PIA") on certam flights operated by 

Et1had, as descnbed below 

In support of 1ts Application, Et1had states the following 

1 Et1had requests a blanket Statement of Authonzat1on to perm1t 1t to 

display, on a blind sector bas1s, PIA's "PK*" des1gnator code on any current or future 

U S -Un1ted Arab Em1rates (U A E ) serv1ces operated by Et1had, 1 for the purposes of 

carry1ng PIA's traff1c between Pakistan and the U S 

2 Et1had holds the underlying authonty necessary to operate the 

contemplated codeshare serv1ces Et1had holds a Fore1gn A1r Carner Perm1t 1ssued by 

the Department, wh1ch authonzes Et1had to engage 1n scheduled and charter fore1gn a1r 

transportation of persons, property and ma11 from pomts behind the Umted Arab 

Em1rates and 1ntermed1ate po1nts to a po1nt or po1nts 1n the Umted States and beyond 2 

1 These may be e1ther nonstop serv1ces or serv1ces operated v1a an mtermed1ate pomt or pomts, 

as such, codeshanng Will not necessanly take place on segments d1rectly to/from the U A E 

2 DOT Order 201 0-8-6 
Etlhad Arrways P J S C 

Apphcatron for a Statement of Authonzatron 

Etrhad also holds an exemption that allows Etrhad to operate all-cargo servrces between 

the U S and any pornt or pornts 3 

3 PIA possesses the underlyrng authorrty necessary to hold out the 

proposed servrces PIA holds a Forergn Arr Carner Permrt 1ssued by the Department, 

whrch authonzes PIA to engage rn, mter aha, scheduled forergn a1r transportatron of 

persons, property and marl from pornts behrnd Pakistan, vra Pakrstan and 1ntermedrate 

pornts to a pornt or po1nts 1n the U S and beyond 4 

4 The proposed codeshare servrces are consistent w1th the 2002 Open 

Skres Agreement between the U S and the U A E , and the 1997 Open Sk1es 

Agreement between the U S and Pakrstan Both of these agreements grant broad 

authonty for homeland earners of the partres to engage rn cooperative marketing 

arrangements, such as codeshanng wrth thrrd party earners 5 

5 ln1t1ally, Et1had wrll display the PK* desrgnator code on flights operated by 

Etrhad between Abu Dhabr (AUH) on the one hand, and New York (JFK), Chrcago 

(ORO), Washrngton, DC (lAD), Los Angeles (LAX), San Francrsco (SFO), and DallasFort Worth (DFW) on the other hand 

6 Pursuant to the Department's Notrce rn the Matter of Blanket Notrfrcatron 

of Codeshare Servrce to Open Skres Partners and Pornts, dated February 9, 2009, 

Etrhad hereby provrdes blanket notrfrcatron of rts rntent to carry the PK* code on 

codeshare servrces to open skres pornts Etrhad agrees to notrfy the Department no 

later than 30 days before commencrng any codeshare servrce to non-open skres pornts 

3 Not1ce of Actron Taken, Docket OST-2005-23345 (Nov 2, 2012) Etrhad fried a trmely 

applrcatron for renewal on Sep 12, 2014, and thrs authonty remarns rn effect pursuant to the 

automatrc extensron prov1srons of 5 U S C § 558(c), as rmplemented by Part 377 of the 

Department's procedural regulatrons 

( DOT Order 2001-4-16 5 U S -U A E Open Skres Agreement, Art 8, Para 7 (Apnl 13, 1999), US -Pakrstan Open Sktes 

Agreement, Art 8 Para 7 (Apr 1 0, 1997) 

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Et1had A1rways P J S C 

Application for a Statement of Authonzat1on 

7 The codeshanng proposed herem by Et1had IS fully consistent w1th the 

public Interest Approval of the codeshare arrangement Will enhance the ab1llty of Et1had 

and PIA to expand the1r online networks, promot1ng compet1t1on and enhancing serv1ce 

opt1ons for travelers The requested approval 1s also consistent w1th the Department's 

grant of blanket codeshanng authonty to other fore1gn earners whose homeland 

governments have Open Sk1es relat1onsh1ps wtth the U S s 

8 Et1had agrees to accept the standard cond1t1ons typrcally applicable to 

codeshare serv1ces operated to or sold 1n the Umted States Et1had and PIA w1ll ab1de 

by the consumer not1f1cat1on reqUirements of 14 C F R Part 257 

9 Et1had requests that the Statement of Authonzatlan be 1ssued for an 

1ndefm1te penod, as long as the relevant codeshare agreement between Et1had and PIA 

cont1nues 1n effect, and w111 not1fy the Department 1f that agreement should cease to be 

effect1ve 

10 Et1had plans to begin the codes hare serv1ces descnbed herein as soon as 

possible and, therefore, requests a wa1ver of the prov1s1on that requ1res that earners f1le 

requests for Statements of Authonzat1on at least 45 days 1n advance of the1r proposed 

startup date 

WHEREFORE, Et1had respectfully requests that the Department grant the 

Statement of Authonzat10n descnbed above and grant such other and dtfferent relief as 

1s cons1stent w1th thts apphcatton and w1th the public Interest 

6 See, e g, Department Act1on on Application (Jan 12, 2012), Docket OST-2012-0003 (A1r 

Berhn/Et1had), Department Act1on on Application (Nov 15, 2012), Docket OST-2012-0187 

(Condor/Thomas Cook), and Department ActiOn on Application (Mar 13, 2013), Docket OST2013-0036 (Arr Canada/Turkrsh Airlines) 

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Respectfully submitted, 

Etihad Airways P.J.S.C. 

Application for a Statement of Authorization 

Jennifer M. Nowak 

Holland & Knight LLP 

Attorneys for Etihad Airways 

P.J.S.C. 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that I have this date served the foregoing document on the persons 

identified below by causing a copy to be sent by electronic mail. 

sllunsford@fedex. com 

sharon. pasley@fedex.com 

cefelts@fedex. com 

robert.wirick@aa.com 

howard.kass@aa.com 

sascha. vanderbellen@delta.com 

chris. walker@delta.com 

jcanny@amerijet.com 

jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com (Counsel for Amerijet) 

kevin. montgomery@polaraircargo.com 

rsilverberg@sgbdc.com (Counsel for ABX) 

jjohnson@sgbdc.com (Counsel for ABX) 

rpommer@atlasair.com 

dan. weiss@united.com 

matwood@cozen.com (Counsel for Kalitta) 

john.s.duncan@faa.gov 

cristinasa@state.gov 

ter 0 . Ormerod 

May 19, 2015