### U.S. Department of Transportation Office of the Secretary of Transportation


### DEPARTMENT ACTION ON APPLICATION IN DOCKET DOT-OST-2015-0015

Joint application of Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. (Korean) and Aerolineas Argentina S.A. {Aerolineas) for a statements of authorization under 14 CFR Part 212 to permit (a) Korean to display the AR* designator code of Aerolineas on flights operated by Korean between Seoul,

Korea, and New York, NY, for the purpose of transporting Aerolineas' traffic between the Republic of Korea and Argentina; and (b) Aerolineas to display the KE* designator code of Korean on flights operated by Aerolineas between Buenos Aires, Argentina, and New York, New York, for the purpose of transporting Korean's traffic between the Republic of Korea

and Argentina
. The joint applicants also requests a waiver of the 45-day advance filing requirements under 14 CFR Part 212.10(d)(2). 1 

### Approved under assigned authority (14 CFR § 385.13).

Date of Action: Fe brua ry 

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### This action is s ubject to the conditions attached. Persons entitled to petition the Department for rev iew of this action under the Department's regulations, 14 CFR § 385.30 , should file their petition s within seven days of the date of thi s action. T hi s action is effec ti ve imm e diately , and the filing of a petition for review will not alter it s effect iv eness .

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1 The Departm ent is act in g o n the joint app li cants ' r e quest prior to the expi ra tion of the 45-d ay advance filin g requirement wi th th e con se nt of a ll part i es se r ve d
.

### The code- s hare op e ration s authorized h e re are s ubj e ct to the followin g condition s : (a) Th e sta te me nt of a uth o ri za ti o n w ill re m a in in effect o nl y a s l o n g as ( i) K o re an a nd Aero lin eas co ntinu e to ho ld th e necessary und e rl y in g a uth o ri ty t o o p e ra te th e co de - s h a r e se r v i ces a t i ss ue , a nd ( i i) t h e co d e - s h are agree me nt pr ovi din g fo r th e co d e-s h a re o p e ra ti o n s re m a in s in e ff ect. ( b ) K o r ea n a nd / o r A ero lin eas mu s t pro mptl y no ti fy t he D e p a rtm e nt i f th e co d e - s h a r e ag ree m ent prov idin g fo r th e c o d e-s h a r e o p era ti o n s i s no lo nger ef f ec ti ve or t he ca rrier s dec id e t o cease o p e r a tin g a ny o r a ll of th e a ppr oved co de - s h a re se r v ices ? Su c h no ti ce s hould b e fil e d in D oc ke t D O T- OST

- 2 0 1 5 -001 5. (c) T h e c o d e - s h ar in g o p e rat i o n s co ndu c t e d u nd e r t hi s a uth o ri ty mu s t co mpl y w ith 14 CF R 257 a nd w ith a ny a me ndm e nt s t o th e D e p a rtme nt ' s reg ul a ti o n s co ncern in g co d e - s h are a rr a n ge me nts t h a t m ay b e a d o p te d
. N o t w ith s ta nd in g a ny prov i s io n s in t h e co nt ract betwee n t he carri ers , o ur a ppr ova l he re is ex p ress l y co nditi o n e d up o n th e re qui re me nt s th a t th e s ubj ect f o re i g n a ir tra n s p o rta ti o n b e so ld in t h e n a m e of th e ca rri e r ho ldin g o ut s uc h se rvi ce in co mputer rese r vat io n sys te m s a nd e lsew he re ; th a t th e ca rri e r se llin g s u c h tra n s p o rtat i o n 

### (i.e. , t he carr ier s h own o n th e ti c ke t) acce pt res p o n s ibili ty for th e ent i rety of t h e c o d e - s h ar e j o urn ey fo r a ll o bl iga ti o n s es t a bli s h e d in it s co ntrac t o f ca rri age wi th th e p asse n ge r ; a nd th a t th e p ass en ge r li a bili ty o f th e o p e rat in g ca rri er b e un af f ec te d. ( d ) T h e a uth o ri ty g ra nt e d he re i s s p ec ifi ca ll y co nditi o ne d so t h a t n e ith er Ko rea n n o r Ae r o line as s h a ll g ive any fo rce o r effect t o any co ntr ac tu a l provis io n s b e twee n th e m se lves th a t are co ntrary t o th ese co n d iti o n s. (e) We m ay a me nd , m o di fy , o r revo k e t he a uth or ity g ra nte d a t a ny t i m e w it h o ut h ea rin g a t o ur di sc r eti o n .

2 We e xpec t th is n ot i ficatio n to be rec e ive d w it hin I 0 d ays of s uch n on - e ff e ct i ve ne ss o r of s uc h d e ci s io n .