DEPARTMENT ACTION ON APPLICATION IN DOCKET DOT-OST-2010-0109 

Joint Application of Alaska Airlines, Inc. (Alaska) and Horizon Air Industries, Inc. 

(Horizon) (together, the "Joint Applicants") for Blanket Statements of Authorization 

to display Icelandair's "FI*" designator code on flights operated by Alaska or 

its affiliate Horizon (i) between points in the United States and (ii) between points in the 

United States and Canada, for the purpose of transporting Icelandair's Iceland-U.S. and 

Iceland-Canada traffic' 

(fded April 27,2010)' 

Approved under assigned authority (14 CFR §385.13) 

Date of Action: May 7.2010 

Director, 0 ffice of'International Aviation 

This action is subject to the conditions attached. Persons entitled to petition the Department for 

review of this action under the Department's regulations, 14 CFR §385.30, should file theu: 

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. 

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

http://www. regulations, eov 

' The Joint Applicants intend to begin code-share operations on June 1,2010. See Attachment B for initial city-pair 

markets. 

^ The applicant requests a waiver of the 45-day advance filing requirement as stated in 14 CFR 212.10(d)(2). We 

will grant the waiver, as no party opposed the request. 
ATTACHMENT A 

The statements of authorization granted are subject to the following conditions: 

(a) The statement of authorization as to Alaska will remain in effect only as long as (i) Alaska and 

Icelandair continue to hold the necessary underlying authority to operate tfie code-share services 

at issue, and (ii) the code-share agreement providing for the code-share operations remains in 

effect. 

(b) The statement of authorization as to Horizon will remain in effect only as long as (i) Horizon and 

Icelandair 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. 

(c) Alaska, Horizon, and/or Icelandair 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, the carrier 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-2010-0109; 

(d) Alaska, Horizon, and/or Icelandair must promptly notify the Department (Office of International 

Aviation) if the code-shai% agreement providing for the code-share operations is no longer 

effective or if the carrier decides to cease operating all or a portion of the approved code-share 

services. Such notices should be filed in DOT-OST-2010-0109.^ 

(e) 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 of the code-share journey for all 

obligations established in its contract of carriage with the passenger; that the passenger liability of 

the operating carrier be unaffected; and that the operating carrier shall not permit the code of its 

U.S. code-sharing partner to be carried on any flight that enters, departs, or transits the airspace of 

any area for whose airspace the Federal Aviation Administration has issued a flight prohibition. 

(f) Any service provided shall be consistent with all applicable agreements between the United 

States and Iceland, and all applicable agreements with other foreign countries involved. 

Fiulhermore, (i) nothing in the award of the blanket statements of authorization to Alaska and/or 

Horizon should be construed as conferring upon Alaska and/or Horizon rights (including codeshare, fifth-fteedom intermediate and/or beyond rights) to serve markets where U.S. carrier rights 

are limited unless Alaska and/or Horizon 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;* and (ii) should there be a request 

by any carrier to use the limited-entry route rights that are included in Alaska's and/or Horizon's 

authority by virtue of the blanket statements of authorization granted here, but that are not being 

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

The notice referenced in condition (c) above may be used for this notification. 
used by Alaska and/or Horizon, the holding of such authority will not be considered as providing 

any preference for Alaska and/or Horizon in a carrier selection proceeding to determine which 

carrier(s) should be entitled to use the authority at issue. 

(g) The authority granted here is specifically conditioned so that neither Alaska and Horizon nor 

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

contrary to these conditions. 

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

discretion. 
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ATTACHMENT B 

Operating Carrier 

Alaska 

Alaska/Horizon 

Horizon 

Alaska 

Alaska 

Alaska 

Alaska 

Horizon 

Alaska 

Alaska/Horizon 

Horizon 

Horizon