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March 18, 2014

Mr. Paul Gretch

Director

Office of International Aviation

United States Department of Transportation

1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E.

Washington, D.C. 20590

Re: US Airways, Inc. – Deutsche Lufthansa AG Codesharing

(Docket DOT-OST-2003-15946)

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-country 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 flights 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 and Germany (either nonstop 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-2003-

15946 (amended on December 14, 2004, to include CityLine, a regional carrier 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 Statements of Authorization to display the “US” 
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March 18, 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 AirwaysLufthansa 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 Airways 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

Vice President – Regulatory Affairs

Abigail Donovan

Director, Congressional and Federal Affairs

Attachment

cc: Service List

Arthur J. Molins, Counsel for Lufthansa
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that, on March 18, 2014, 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 (United)

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 JetBlue 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@rjet.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.mosner@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)

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Howard Kass