1401 H Street, NW, Suite 1075, Washington, DC 20005 (202) 326

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- 4810 March 1 8 , 20 1 4

Mr. Paul Gretch

Director

Office of International Aviation

United States Department of Transportation

12 00 New Jersey Ave. , S. E

. Washington, D.C. 20590

Re: US Airways, Inc.

– Deutsche Lufthansa AG Codesharing

(Docket DOT

- OST

- 20 03

- 1 5946 )

Dear Mr. Gretch:

On October 16, 2003 , the Department of Transportation (“Department”) issued a

Statement of Authorization to permit US Airways , Inc. (“US Airways”) to display the “LH”

code of Deutsche Lufthansa AG (“Lufthansa”) on flights operated by US Airways

between (1) any point in the United States and any point in Germany (either non

- stop or

via third

- coun try points); (2) any points in the United States in conjunction with services

held out by Lufthansa between Germany and the United States ( either non

- stop or via

third

- country points) ; and (3) any point in the United States and any point beyond the

United States

.

Simultaneously, the Department issued a Statement of Authorization to

Lufthansa to display the “US” code of US Airways on flight s operated by Lufthansa

between (1) any point or points in Germany and any points in the United States ( either

non

- stop or via third

- country points); (2) any points in Germany in conjunction with

services held out by US Airways between the United States an d Germany (either non

stop or via third

- country points); and (3) any point in Germany and any point beyond

Germany. ( See Notice of Action Taken, October 16, 2003, Docket DOT

- OST

- 20 03

-

15946 (amended on December 14, 2004, to include CityLine, a regional car rier partner

of Lufthansa, in the grant of codeshare authority) (“Notice”).) 1

On April 25, 2005, the Department issued Air Dolomiti S.p.A. LARE (“Air

Dolomiti”) a Statement of Authorization to display the “US” designator code on flights

operated by Air Dolomiti on behalf of Lufthansa within Europe.

1 On January 11, 2005, the Department amended some of the conditions attached to the US Airways

- Lufthansa

codesharing arrangement. On July 27, 2009, US Airways and Lufthansa provided a Joint Notice of Blanket

Codesharing. On January 23, 2012, the Department issued Contact Air Flugdienst GmbH &

Co. (“Contact”), and Augsburg Airways GmbH (“Augsburg”), each regional carrier

affiliates of Lufthansa, individual Statement s of Auth orization to display the “US”Mr. Paul Gretch

March 1 8 , 2014

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designator code on flights within the European Union (EU), and beyond the EU to any

point or points.

In accordance with the Conditions set forth in each of the Notices and

Department Actions , US Airways hereby advises the Department that the US Airways

Lufthansa codeshare arrangement, including US Airways’ arrangements with Air

Dolomiti, Contact, and Augsburg, has been terminated effective March 30, 2014.

Accordingly, March 30, 2014, will be the last day that i) US Airw ays and Lufthansa will

place their respective designator codes on each other’s flights; and ii) US Airways

places its designator code on flights operated by Air Dolomiti, Contact and Augsburg.

Respectfully submitted,

Howard Kass

V ice Preside nt

– Regulatory Affairs

Abigail Donovan

Director, Congressional and Federal Affairs

Attachment

cc: Service List

Arthur J. Molins, Counsel for LufthansaCERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that, on March 1 8 , 201 4 , I caused to be served a copy of the foregoing

Letter by email upon those addressees listed below:

urskr@state.gov (Department of State)

esta.rosenberg@dot.gov (Department of Transportation)

brian.hedberg@dot.gov (Department of Transportation)

todd.homan@dot.gov (Department of Transportation)

peter.irvine@dot.gov (Department of Transportation)

laura.remo@dot.gov (Department of Transportation)

brett.kruger@dot.gov (Department of Transportation)

john.allen@faa.gov (Federal Aviation Administration)

dan.weiss@united.com (Un ited)

steve.morrissey@united.com (United)

karine.faden@united.com (United)

gmurphy@crowell.com (Counsel for United)

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com (Delta)

jhill@dowlohnes.com (Counsel for JetBlue and Hawaiian)

perkmann@dowlohnes.com (Counsel for JetBl ue and Hawaiian)

robert.land@jetblue.com (JetBlue)

msinick@ssd.com (Counsel for Alaska)

jyoung@yklaw.com (Counsel for Spirit)

dkirstein@yklaw.com (Counsel for Spirit)

bob.kneisley@wnco.com (Southwest)

leslie.abbott@wnco.com (Southwest)

ethan.blank@rje t.com (Republic)

robert.cohn@hoganlovells.com (Counsel for Republic)

patrick.rizzi@hoganlovells.com (Counsel for Republic)

john.fredericksen@suncountry.com (Sun Country)

thomas.ting@suncountry.com (Sun Country)

rpommer@atlasair.com (Atlas)

anita.mosn er@hklaw.com (Counsel for UPS)

jennifer.nowak@ hklaw.com (Counsel for UPS)

cefelts@fedex.com (FedEx)

nssparks@fedex.com (FedEx)

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com (Polar)

_________________________

Howard Kass