BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Application of )

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TURKISH AIRLINES )

(TURK HA VA YOLLARI, A.O.) )

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for a blanket statement of authorization under 14 )

CFR Part 212 (codesharing) )

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Docket DOT -OST -2014-

APPLICATION OF TURKISH AIRLINES

FOR A BLANKET STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to:

Charles J. Simpson, Jr.

David M. Endersbee

ZUCKERT, SCOUTT & RASENBERGER,

L.L.P.

888 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Suite 700

Washington, D.C. 20006

Phone: (202) 973-7926

Fax: (202) 342-0683

Email: cjsimpson@zsrlaw.com

Email: dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com

Counsel for Turkish Airlines

June 3, 2014

NOTICE: The applicant requests expedited treatment and will poll the U.S. carrier

representatives shown on the attached Service List and inform the Department of

the polling results.
BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Application of )

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TURKISH AIRLINES )

(TURK HA VA YOLLARI, A.O.) )

)

for a blanket statement of authorization under 14 )

CFR Part 212 (codesharing) )

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Docket DOT-OST-2014-

APPLICATION OF TURKISH AIRLINES

FOR A BLANKET STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION

Turkish Airlines (Turk Hava Yollari, A.D.) ("THY") hereby applies for a blanket

statement of authorization pursuant to Part 212 of the Department's Regulations, 14 C.F.R. Part

212, to enable it to display the SQ* designator code of Singapore Airlines Limited ("SIA") on

flights operated by THY between the United States and Turkey, as more fully described below.

The carriers intend to implement codeshare services on the earliest possible date. Accordingly,

THY requests expedited action on this application and a waiver of the 45-day advance filing

requirement in 14 C.F.R. S 212.1O(d)(2). THY also asks that the statement of authorization be

effective for an indefinite period.

In support of this application, THY states as follows:

1. THY and SIA have for several years engaged in local, reciprocal codesharing in

the Istanbul-Singapore market. The carriers have recently agreed to expand their codeshare

operations to include placing the SQ* code on certain of THY's U.S.-Istanbul flights that

connect at Istanbul with SlA flights.

2. Accordingly, THY requests a blanket statement of authorization under 14 C.F.R.
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S 212.9 to display the SQ* designator code of SIA on flights operated by THY between any

point or points in Turkey and any point or points in the United States, for the purpose of

transporting SIA's traffic between Singapore and the United States. The U.S. segments on

which the carriers initially plan to codeshare are set forth in Exhibit 1 hereto.

3. The carriers hold the necessary underlying economic authority to engage in the

codeshare operations for which authority is requested. THY holds broad exemption authority to

engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail from points behind

Turkey, via Turkey and intermediate points, to a point or points in the United States and beyond.

See Notice of Action Taken, Docket OST-2005-21183 (March 31, 2014). SlA holds a foreign

air carrier permit issued pursuant to Order 97-I2-26 (December 24, 1997), authorizing it to

engage in sched\)led foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail from points behind

Singapore, via Singapore and any intermediate point or points, to any point or points in the

United States and beyond.

4. The blanket codeshare authorization requested herein is consistent with the

authority available to the carriers under the air transport agreements between their respective

homelands and the United States. Under Article 8.7(b) ofthe 2000 U.S.-Turkey Air Transport

Agreement, designated airlines ofthe parties may engage in cooperative marketing

arrangements, including codesharing with airlines ofthird countries. Under Article 8.2.c of the

2001 Multilateral Agreement on the Liberalization of Air Transportation ("MALIAT"), to which

the Government of Singapore and the Government ofthe United States are signatories, SIA is

authorized to enter into cooperative arrangements with airlines of third countries.!

I This service is also consistent with Article 8 of the 1997 Singapore-U.S. Open Skies Agreement.

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5. A grant of the requested authorization would be in the public interest, allowing

the carriers to expand their online networks and increase competition and enhance service

options for passengers and shippers in the codeshare markets. A grant of the requested

authorization is also consistent with Department precedent granting blanket statements of

authorization for codesharing by two foreign carriers on flights operated to and from the United

States and beyond. See,~, Joint Application of Air New Zealand and Turkish Airlines,

Docket OST-2013-0080 (April 23, 2013); Joint Application of Malaysia Airlines and Japan

Airlines, Docket OST-2012-0076 (May 16,2012).

6. Consistent with the Department's Notice in the Matter of Blanket Notification of

Code-Share Service to Open-Skies Partners and Points, dated February 9,2009, THY hereby

provides blanket notice of its intent to engage in codeshare services to open skies points. THY

will notify the Department no later than 30 days before commencing any codeshare services to

non-open skies points.

7. The carriers will conduct their codeshare operations in compliance with 14 C.F.R.

Part 257 and will accept the Department's standard codeshare conditions.

8. Consistent with the Department's usual practice, THY requests that the

authorization have an indefinite duration.

9. Because the carriers plan to implement the proposed codesharing services on the

earliest possible date, THY respectfully requests expedited action on this application and is

polling the U.S. carriers on the attached Certificate of Service. THY also requests a waiver of

the 45-day advance filing requirement of 14 C.F.R. S 212.1O(d)(2), which will enable the carriers

to begin marketing and selling these services as soon as possible.

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WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, Turkish Airlines respectfully requests that the

Department grant the requested statement of authorization and waiver and such other relief as the

Department may deem appropriate.

Respectfully submitted,

~

David M. Endersbee

ZUCKERT, SCOUTT & RASENBERGER,

L.L.P.

888 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Suite 700

Washington, D.C. 20006

Fax: (202) 342-0683

Phone: (202) 973-7926

Email: cjsimpson@zsrlaw.com

Email: dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com

Counsel for Turkish Airlines

June 3, 2014

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SQ* on THY flights to/from the United States:

Istanbul- Washington (lAD)

Istanbul- New York (JFK)

Istanbul- Chicago (ORD)

Istanbul- Houston (lAH)

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EXHIBIT I
Application of Turkish Airlines

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 3rd day of June, 2014 a copy of the foregoing application was

served by email upon the following persons:

robert.wirick@aa.com

howard.kass@aa.com

francis.heil@aa.com

dan.weiss@united.com

sseiden@crowell.com

gmurphy@crowell.com

sascha. vanderbellen@delta.com

Sametta.c.barnett@delta.com

Chris.walker@delta.com

jhill@cooley.com

gbleopard@fedex.com

sllunsford@fedex.com

Sharon.pasley@fedex.com

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com

rpommer@atlasair.com

msinick@ssd.com

mlbenge@zsrlaw.com

jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com

jcanny@amerijet.com

rsilverberg@sgbdc.com

jjohnson@sgbdc.com

matwood@cozen.com

john.s.duncan@faa.gov

urskr@state.gov

Kathy L. Luhrman

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