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
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. FOR A BLANKET STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION Communications con cern i ng this document may be served upon:

May 19 , 2 01 5 Anita M
. Mo sne r J ennifer M
. Nowak Holland & Knight LLP 800 17 1 h Street, NW S uite 1100 Washin gto n, DC 20006 Te l : (202) 419-2604 Fax : (202) 955-5564 anita
.mosner@ hkl aw.com Counsel for Etihad Airways P
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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-

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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 Internationa l 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 0-8-6Etlhad Arrways P 

### J S C Apphcatron fo r a Statement of Authonzatron Etrhad also holds an exemption that allows Etrhad to operate all-cargo servr ces between the U S and any pornt or por nts 3 3 P IA possesses the underlyrng authorrty necessary to hold out the proposed servrces PIA holds a Fore r gn Arr Carner Permrt 1ssued by the Department , whrch authonzes PIA to engage rn , mter aha, scheduled forergn a 1 r transportatron of persons, property and marl from pornts behrnd Pakistan , vra Pak rstan and 1ntermedrate pornts to a pornt or po1nts 1n t he U S and beyond 4 4 The proposed codeshare servrces are consistent w1th the 2002 Open Skres Agreement between the U S and th e 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 ln 1 t1ally , Et1had wr ll displ ay the PK* desr gnator code on flights operated by Et r had 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 Skr es Partners an d Pornts , dated February 9 , 2009 , Etr had hereby provrdes blanket notrfrcatron of rts rntent to carry the PK* code on codeshare servrces to open skres po r nts Et r had agrees to notrfy the Department no l ater th a n 30 days before commencrng any codeshare servrce to non-open skres pornts

3 Not1ce of Actron Taken, Docket OST
-2005-23345 (Nov 2 , 2012) Etr had fried a trmely applrcatron for re newal 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 Departmen t's p r ocedural regul atrons ( DOT Order 2001-4-16 5 U S -U A E Open Skres Agreement, Art 8, Para 7 (Apnl 13 , 1999), US -Pakrstan Open Skt es Agreement , Art 8 Para 7 (Apr 10, 1997) 

### 2Et1had A1rways P J S C Application for a 

### Statement o f A u

th o nzat1 on 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 1 ndefm 1te 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) 

### 3Respectfully submitted, Etihad Airways P.J .S.C. Application for a Statement of Authorization



### Jen nifer M
. Nowak Holland & Knight LLP Attorneys for Eti had Airways

P.J.S.C .

4C ERTI FICA TE OF SE RVIC E 

### 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

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. kass@aa .com sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com chris.wal ker@delta .com jcanny@amerijet.com jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com (Counsel for Amerijet) kevin. montgomery@polaraircargo.com rsi lverberg@sgbdc

.com (Counsel for ABX) 

### jjohnson@sgbdc

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### rpommer@atlasa ir
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