BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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_____ REPUBLIC AIRLINE INC. :
: for Statement s of Authorization pursuant to : 14 C.F.R. Part 212 (Star Alliance Codeshares) :

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APPLICATION OF REPUBLIC AIRLI NE INC. AND JOINT CODESHARE NOTICE
Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

Hershel I. Kamen Senior Vice President

- Alliances, Regulatory and Policy Daniel A. Weiss Managing Director

- International Affairs and Regulatory UNITED AIRLINES, INC. 233 South Wacker Drive 10 th Floor

– HDQIZ Chicago, IL 60606 (872) 825

- 6828 hershel.kamen@united.com dan.weiss@united.com
Thomas Newton Bolling Vice President and Deputy General Counsel Abby I. Bried Associate General Counsel

- Regulatory, Alliances & International UNITED AIRLINES, INC. 233 South Wacker Drive 11 th Floor

– HDQLD Chicago, IL 60606 (872) 825

- 8068 (872) 825

- 7415 thomas.bolling@united.com abby.bried@united.com Steve Morrissey Managing Director

- Regulatory Affairs and Policy Karine R. Faden Managing Counsel

- Regulatory, Antitrust & Competition UNITED AIRLINES, INC. 1225 New York Avenue, NW Suite 1100

– DCAIZ/DCALD Washington, DC 20005 (202) 521

- 4373 (202) 521

- 4363 steve.morrissey@united.com karine.faden@united.com
Gerald F. Murphy Steven J. Seiden CROWELL & MORING LLP 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20004 (202 ) 624

- 2500 gmurphy@crowell.com sseiden@crowell.com

Counsel for United Airlines, Inc.Ethan J. Blank

VP, General Counsel Republic Airline Inc. 8909 Pur due Rd., Suite 300 Indianapolis, IN 46268 (317) 471

- 2655 Ethan.blank@rjet.com

Counsel for Republic Airline Inc.
With a copy to:

Robert E. Cohn Patrick R. Rizzi HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 (202) 637

- 4999 robert.cohn@hoganlovells.com patrick.rizzi@hoganlovells.com

Arthur J. Molins General Counsel, North America Lufthansa Group 1640 Hempstead Turnpike East Meadow, NY 11554 (516) 296

- 9234 arthur.molins@dlh.de

Counsel for Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Austrian Airlines AG
Evelyn D. Sahr ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC 1717 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW 12 th Floor Washington, DC 20006 (202) 659

- 6622 esahr@eckertseamans.com

Counsel for Brussels Airlines NV/SA

May 16 , 2014 William Karas Carol Gosain STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP 1330 Connecticut Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20036 (202) 429

- 6223 wkaras@steptoe.com cgosain@steptoe.com

Counsel for TAP PORTUGAL
Charles J. Simpson, Jr. David M. Endersbee ZUCKERT, SCOUTT & RASENBERGER, L.L.P. 888 Seventeenth Street, NW Suite 700 Washington, DC 20006 (202) 973

- 7926 cjsimpson@zsrlaw.com dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com

Counsel for All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.

Anita M. Mosner Jennifer M. Nowak HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP 800 17 th Street, NW, Suite 1100 Washington, DC 20006

- 6801 (202) 955

- 3000 anita.mosner@hklaw.com jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com

Counsel for South African Airways SOC Limited

NOTICE : United has requested expedited treatment of this application. It will poll U.S.

carrier representatives and inform the Department of the results.BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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APPLICATION OF REPUBLIC AIRLINE INC. AND JOINT CODESHARE NOTICE
Republic [ 1 ] d/b/a United Express applies [ 2 ] for blanket statements of authorization
pursuant to Part 212 of the Department’s regulations to facilitate codeshare services with ANA
, Austrian, Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa, South African Airways
, and TAP, all of which are
codeshare partners of United. [ 3 ] Specifically, Republic requests authorization to display the
designator codes of ANA (“ NH * ”), Austrian (“OS * ”), Brussels Airlines (“SN * ”), Lufthansa
(“LH * ”), South African Airways (“SA*”), and TAP (“TP * ”) on flights it operates as United
Express between po ints in the United States and between U.S. points and points in third

countries in accordance with the U.S.

- Japan and U.S.

- EU Open Skies Agreements , and the U.S.

-

[ 1 ] Common names are used for airlines.

[ 2 ] United is filing this application on behalf of and with the permission of Republic.

[ 3 ] See N otice of Action Taken (“NOAT”) dated Aug. 7, 1998 (u ndocketed) and Jan. 19, 2010 in D ocket DOT

- OST

- 2009

- 0344 (ANA); NOAT dated Mar

. 13, 2000 in D ocket DOT

- OST

- 2000

- 6803 (Austrian); NOATs dated Mar

. 2, 2010 in D ocket DOT

- OST

- 2010

- 0024 and Jun

. 9, 2010 in Docket DOT

- OST

- 2010

- 0024 (Brussels Airlines); Order 98

- 4

- 8 (undocketed) and NOAT dated Oct. 21, 2009 in Docket DOT

- OST

- 2009

- 0175 (Lufthansa); NOAT dated Oct. 11, 2006 in Docket DOT

- OST

- 2005

- 22618 (South African Airways); and NOAT dated Aug. 11, 2005 in Docket DOT

- OST

- 2005

- 21686 and Sep. 9, 2010 in Docket DOT

- OST

- 2010

- 0206 (TAP). By Order 20 11

- 3

- 14, the Department reissued authorities previously issued only to United or Continental in the name of “Continental Airlines, Inc. and/or United Air Lines, Inc.” By Order 2013

- 4

- 11, the Department reissued the United/Continental authorities on a blan ket basis to reflect the completion of the United/Continental merger and integration process and United’s new corporate name of “United Airlines, Inc.” effective as of March 31, 2013.Application and Joint Notice

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South Africa Air Services Agreement (the “ U.S.

- South Africa AS A”) , as applicable

. Republic
respectfully requests the Department’s prompt approval of this application. [ 4 ] In order to
expedite approval of this application, United will poll carrier representatives and advise the
Department of the results.
In addition, pursuant to the Department’s Notice In the Matter of Blanket Notification of

Code

- S hare Service to Open Skies Partners and Points, dated February 9, 2009, Republic,
together with ANA, Austrian, Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa, and TAP , gives blanket notice of

codeshare servi ces displaying the designator codes of these foreign carriers on flights operated
by Republic between all U.S. points and between U.S. points and points in any open

- s kies

country. And consistent with the authority available under the U.S.

- South Africa AS A
, Republic

and South African Airways hereby give notice of codeshare services on flights operated by
Republic on the routes listed o n Appendix A. Codeshare services conducted pursuant to this
joint notice will be limited to those consistent with the provisions of the U.S.

- Japan and U.S.

- EU
Open Skies Agreements
, and the U.S.

- South Africa AS A , as applicable . Republic and the
applicable foreign carrier will provide the Department with 30

- day notices f or code share services

to and from non

- o pen

- s kies countrie s or of any plan to introduce codeshare services with South
African Airways in other city pairs not specified in Appendix A

. In support of this Application, Republic states the following:

1. Republic has executed letter agreement s with ANA, Austrian, Brussels Airlines,

Lufthansa, South African Airways, and TAP
, to carry the designator codes of these carriers on

[ 4 ] Republic requests a waiver of the 45

- day advance filing requirement contained in 14 C.F.R. § 212.10(d)(2). Due to an inadvertent administrative oversight, United has already begun displaying the codes of some of the foreign partners covered by this application on Republic’s United Express flights. United takes its regul atory compliance obligations very seriously and acted immediately to submit this application as soon as this issue came to its attention.Application and Joint Notice

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United Express flights that Republic operates. Redacted copies of these letter agreements are

attached as Appendix B

.
2. Republic is an air carrier holding a certificate of public convenience and necessity
and exemptions authorizing it to operate scheduled air services in the United States and foreign

markets. [ 5 ] It is also a participant in the United Express commuter program, operating codeshare
services for United and displaying United’s designator code. As such, United and Republic , as a
United Express carrier, make these services available to ANA, Austrian, Brussels Airlines,

Lufthansa, South African Airways, and TAP , thereby increasing the online service offerings

between United’s North American network and these carriers’ home networks.

3. The requested codeshare authority is fully consistent with the U.S.

- Japan and

U.S.

- EU Open Skies A greements , and the U.S.

- South Africa AS A , as applicable

. In addition,
the requested authority is consistent with Department precedent in cases involving similar
codeshare arrangements between U.S. and foreign air carriers. [ 6 ] Pursuant to the terms of suc h
agreements, foreign carriers designated by their respective governments to serve the United

States, such as ANA, Austrian, Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa, South African Airways, and TAP
, have been authorized to provide foreign air transportation (including codeshare services)
between the United States and their respective home countries. ANA, Austrian, Brussels

[ 5 ] See Order 2009

- 9

- 13 ( i nterstate scheduled c ertificate) and 2008

- 4

- 26 ( blanket open

- skies

c ertificate).

[ 6 ] See
, e.g ., Dockets DOT

- OST

- 2011

- 0004 (Republic/Lufthansa) and DOT

- OST

- 2010

- 0013 (Republic/TAP) ; s ee also NOAT dated Jan. 30, 2007 in Docket DOT

- OST

- 2006

- 26817 (GoJet / Mesa / Shuttle America / SkyWest /South African Airways ) and Department Actions dated Apr. 30, 2014 in Docket DOT

- OST

- 2014

- 0051 and Apr. 1, 2014 in Docket DOT

- OST

- 2014

- 0036 (approval of similar codeshare arrangements between United Express carriers and United’s foreign carrier partners).Application and Joint Notice

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Airlines, Lufthansa, South African Airways, and TAP each holds the requisite underlying
economic authority for purposes of holding out the codeshare services proposed herein. [ 7 ]

4. The requested codeshare authority is also consistent with the public interest

because it benefit s the traveling and shipping public by providing onli ne service between U.S.
cities and points around the globe, via United’s domestic hubs and the U.S. gateways of ANA,

Austrian, Brussels Airlines, Lufthansa, South African Airways
, and TAP

.
5. Republic will accept and abide by the Department’s standard co nditions and
notice requirements imposed on codeshare arrangements.

6. Republic requests that the Department issue it the requested statements of
authorization for an indefinite period, consistent with Department practice.

7. Republic is not a CRAF partic ipant, so issuance of the requested blanket
statements of authorization will not affect the CRAF program.
WHEREFORE, Republic respectfully requests that the Department promptly grant this
application for statement s of authorization, as described above, an d such other relief as the
Department may deem appropriate.
Respectfully submitted,

R EPUBLIC AIRLINE INC.

/s/ Ethan J. Blank E than J. Blank E than.blank@rjet.com

Counsel for Republic Airline Inc. CROWELL & MORING LLP
/s/ Gerald F. Murphy Gerald F. Murphy Steven J. Seiden gmurphy@crowell.com sseiden@crowell.com

Counsel for United Airlines, Inc.

[ 7 ] See Order 2007

- 4

- 29 (ANA) ; Order 2007

- 11

- 7 (Austrian) ; Order 2010

- 3

- 11 (Brussels Airlines) ; Order 2008

- 1

- 20 (Lufthansa) ; Order 2010

- 1

- 7 (TAP) ; and NOAT s dated Feb. 18, 2011 in Docket DOT

- OST

- 1999

- 6555
, Dec. 4, 2012 in DOT

- OST

- 2000

- 6756
, and Apr. 26, 2012 in Docket DOT

OS T

- 2002

- 13366 (South African Airways).Application and Joint Notice

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LUFTHANSA GROUP

/s/ Arthur J. Molins Arthur J. Molins arthur.molins@dlh.de

Counsel for Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Austrian Airlines AG

ECKERT SEAMANS CHERIN & MELLOTT, LLC
/s/ Evelyn D. Sahr Evelyn D. Sahr esahr@eckertseamans.com

Counsel for Brussels Airlines NV/SA

HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP

/s/ Anita M. Mosner Anita M. Mosner Jennifer M. Nowak anita.mosner@hklaw.com jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com

Counsel for South African Airways SOC Limited STEPTOE & JOHNSON LLP

/s/ William Karas William Karas Carol Gosain wkaras@steptoe.com cgosain@steptoe.com

Counsel for TAP PORTUGAL

ZUCKERT, SCOUTT & RASENBERGER, L.L.P.

/s/ Charles J. Simpson, Jr. Charles J. Simpson, Jr. David M. Endersbee cjsimpson@zsrlaw.com dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com

Counsel for All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd.

May 16 , 2014APPENDIX ARepublic d/b/a United Express

- South African Airways Codeshare Points

U.S. GATEWAYS [ 8 ] U.S. POINTS Chicago Los Angeles Miami New York Philadelphia Washington, DC Atlanta Baltimore Boston Cincinnati Cleveland Dallas/Ft. Worth Denver Detroit Ft. Lauderdale Houston Las Vegas Minneapolis/St. Paul New Orleans Orlando Phoenix Pittsburg h Portland Raleigh/Durham Salt Lake City San Diego San Francisco Seattle St. Louis Tampa West Palm Beach

[ 8 ] The S outh African Airways/ Republic codeshare services will encompass code sharing between these U.S. gateways, as well as between these U.S. gateways, on the one hand, and points in th e U.S. that are currently designated for codeshare services under the U.S.

- South Africa ASA ( as listed in the “U.S. Points” column) , on the other hand.APPENDIX B