UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C. DEPARTMENT ACTION ON APPLICATION IN DOCKET DOT -OST -2014-0168 fi l ed Sept ember 23 , 2014 Application of Air Canada rouge (AC rouge) for a blanket statement of authorization under 14 C.F.R. Part 212 to permit AC rouge for an indefinite duration to display the (SQ*) designator code of Singapore Airlines (SIA) on flights it operates on behalf of Air Canada between any point or points in Canada and any point or point s in the U nited States . ' AC roug e also requests a waiver of the 45-day advance filing requirement under 14 CFR Part 212. *A pprov ed in part und er assig n ed auth o ri ty ( 14 C . F. R . §385. 1 3) . Date of Ac ti o n: October 14,2014

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• T h e a uth or it y gran te d i s s ub ject to the attached co n d iti o n s.

1 Initi a ll y , A C r o u ge wi ll ca rry th e SQ* code o n fli g ht s it opera tes on b e h a lf of Air Ca n a d a b etwee n Vanco u ver , Ca nada (YVR) on th e one hand , a nd Lo s An ge l e s (LAX) and San Fr anc i sco (S FO) o n t he oth e r hand .T h e co d e-s h are ope ra ti o n s a utho ri zed h e r e are s ub j ect to th e fo ll owing con di tio n s: (a) T h e s tatemen t of a uthori zati o n wi ll re m ai n in effec t o n ly as l o n g as ( i) AC r o u ge, A ir C an ada , and S I A co ntinu e to h o ld th e n ecessa ry und erly in g a u th o ri ty t o o p er ate t h e code - s h ar e services a t i ss u e, an d (i i) th e co d e-s h are agree m e n t prov idin g fo r the co d e - s ha re o p e ra ti o n s r e m ains in effect. ( b ) AC ro uge , A ir C an a d a, an d/o r SIA , as a p p ro pri at e , mu s t pr o mptl y n o ti fy th e D epartm e nt i f th e co d e - s h a re ag ree m e nt prov idin g f o r th e co d e - s h are o p e rat io n s i s n o lo n ge r effecti ve o r th e carri ers d ec id e t o cease o p erat in g an y or a ll of th e app rove d co d e - s h are se r v ices . We expect t hi s n o ti fica ti o n t o be rece ive d w ithin 10 days of suc h n o n- effec ti ve n ess o r of s u c h d ecis ion. Suc h no ti ces s h o ul d be fil ed in docket D OT - OST- 20 14 - 0 1 68. 2 (c) AC rouge , 

### Air C an ada, and/o r S IA , as ap propriate, mu st n o ti fy the Department no later than 30 d ays b efo re th ey begi n any n ew code-share service unde r t h e code-share services authorized he re. S u c h no ti ce s h a ll ide nti fy the market(s) to b e se r ve d an d th e d ate on w h ich the serv i ce wi ll beg in . S u c h n o ti ce s h o ul d b e fil e d in Doc ke t DOT - OST- 20 14- 0168 . 3 (d) T h e code - s h ari n g o p e r ati o n s co ndu cte d und er t h i s a u t h o ri ty mu st co m p l y w it h 14 CFR 257 an d w ith any ame ndm e nt s to th e D e partm e nt 's regu la ti o n s co n ce rnin g c ode - s h a r e arr ange m ents t h at may b e ad o pte d. No t w ith s tandin g any prov i s io n s in th e co ntr act b etween th e carrie r s, o ur a pproval h e r e i s ex p ress l y co n d iti o n e d up o n th e re qui re m e nt s th a t th e s ubj ect f ore ign a ir tr a n s p orta ti o n b e so ld in th e n ame of th e carri e r h o ldin g o ut s u c h serv ice i n th e co mp u ter rese rvat io n systems and e l sew h e r e; t h at th e ca

rri er se llin g suc h tran s p ortati on ( i .e . , t he carr ier s h own on t h e t icket) accept res p onsib il ity for t h e e nt ire t y of th e co d e - sha r e j o urn ey for a ll ob li gations estab l is h e d in its co nt r act of carri age with the passenger; an d th at th e p asse n ger li ab ili ty of the ope r ati n g carrier b e unaffected. (e) T h e a uth ority g r ante d h e r e i s s p ec i fica ll y cond iti o n ed so th at AC rouge , Air Canada , no r S I A s h all n ot g i ve any force o r effec t to any con tract u a l p rovisions t h a t are contrary to these conditions. (f) We m ay ame nd , m o di fy , o r revoke th e auth ority g r an t e d at any t ime w itho u t heari ng at o u r d i sc re ti o n .

2 W e expec t th is n o tifi cat i o n to be rece ive d with in 1 0 days of suc h n o n -effective n ess or of s u ch dec is i on. 3 AC r o u ge prov id ed b l a nk et n o ti ce o f it s inten t to engage i n code-s ha re serv i ces d isp l ay ing the SQ* co de o n fligh ts i t operates on be ha lf of A ir Canada betwee n a ll U.S. po in ts a nd poi nts in Canada .