BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

) 

Joint Application of ) 

) 

AIR NEW ZEALAND LIMITED ) 

) 

and ) Docket DOT-OST-2013- oo8o 

) 

TURKISH AIRLINES ) 

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

) 

for blanket statements of authorization under 14 ) 

CFR Part 212 (reciprocal codesharing) ) _________________________________ ) 

JOINT APPLICATION OF 

AIR NEW ZEALAND LIMITED AND TURKISH AIRLINES 

FOR BLANKET STATEMENTS 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 

April16, 2013 

Josh Romanow 

PILLSBURY WINTHROP 

SHAW PITTMAN L.L.P. 

2300 N Street, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20037 

Phone: (202) 663-9264 

Fax: (202) 663-8007 

Email: romanow@pillsburylaw.com 

Counsel for Air New Zealand Limited 

NOTICE: The Joint Applicants request 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. 

) 

Joint Application of ) 

) 

AIR NEW ZEALAND LIMITED ) 

) 

and ) Docket DOT -OST -2013-

) 

TURKISH AIRLINES ) 

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

) 

for blanket statements of authorization under 14 ) 

CFR Part 212 (reciprocal codesharing) ) _________________________________ ) 

JOINT APPLICATION OF 

AIR NEW ZEALAND LIMITED AND TURKISH AIRLINES 

FOR BLANKET STATEMENTS OF AUTHORIZATION 

Air New Zealand Limited ("Air New Zealand") and Turkish Airlines (Turk Hava Yollari, 

A.O.) ("THY") (collectively, the "Joint Applicants") hereby jointly apply for statements of 

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

enable them to engage in reciprocal blanket codesharing to the full extent permitted under the 

open skies agreements between the U.S., on the one hand, and New Zealand and Turkey, on the 

other hand, as more fully described below. The Joint Applicants intend to implement codeshare 

services on or about May 1, 2013. Accordingly, the Joint Applicants request expedited action on 

this application and a waiver of the 45-day advance filing requirement in 14 C.F.R. § 

212.1 0( d)(2). They also ask that the statements of authorization be effective for an indefinite 

period. 
In support of this application, the Joint Applicants hereby state as follows: 

1. THY requests a blanket statement of authorization under 14 C.F .R. 

§ 212.9 to display the "NZ" designator code of Air New Zealand on flights operated by THY in 

conjunction with foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between any point or 

points behind Turkey, via any point or points in Turkey and any intermediate point or points, to 

any point or points in the United States and beyond. 

2. Air New Zealand requests a blanket statement of authorization under 14 C.F.R. 

§ 212.9 to display the "TK" designator code of THY on flights operated by Air New Zealand in 

conjunction with foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between any point or 

points behind New Zealand, via any point or points in New Zealand and any intermediate point 

or points, to any point or points in the United States and beyond. 

3. The Joint Applicants 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 8, 2012). Air 

New Zealand holds a foreign air carrier permit issued pursuant to Order 2001-1-4, Docket OST1998-3864, authorizing it to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property 

and mail between any point or points behind New Zealand, via New Zealand and any 

intermediate point or points, to any point or points in the United States and any point or points 

beyond. 

4. The blanket codeshare authorizations requested herein are consistent with the 

authority available to the Joint Applicants under the open skies agreements between their 

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

Transport Agreement, designated airlines of the parties may engage in cooperative marketing 

arrangements, including codesharing with airlines of third countries. New Zealand is a party to 

the APEC Multilateral Agreement on the Liberalization of International Air Transportation 

("MALIAT"), which contains broad route and codesharing rights. 1 

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

the Joint Applicants to expand their online networks and increase competition and enhance 

service options for passengers and shippers in the code share markets. A grant of the requested 

authorizations 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,~' Application of Air Canada, Docket OST-2013-0036 (February 27, 

2013) (codesharing with Turkish Airlines); Joint Application ofMalaysia Airlines and Japan 

Airlines, Docket OST-2012-0076 (May 16, 2012); Joint Application of Air New Zealand 

Limited and Virgin Atlantic Airways Limited, Docket OST-2011-0008 (February 15, 2011). 

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, the Joint 

Applicants hereby provide blanket notice of their intent to engage in codeshare services to open 

skies points. The Joint Applicants also agree to notify the Department no later than 30 days 

1 The MALIA T was done at Washington May 1, 2001, and entered into force on December 21, 

2001. The MALIAT, Article 15, suspends the bilateral air transport agreements between parties. Article 

8(7) of the 1997 U.S.-New Zealand Air Transport Agreement would, if not suspended, entitle Air New 

Zealand to enter into codesharing arrangements with airlines of third countries. The Department has 

recognized previously New Zealand third country codesharing reciprocity: "the New Zealand 

Government has authorized U.S. carriers to provide service to and from New Zealand by code-sharing 

with both New Zealand flag carriers and third country carriers." Order 97-5-7 at 4 (May 12, 1997). 

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before commencing any codeshare services to non-open skies points. The segments on which 

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

7. The Joint Applicants 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, the Joint Applicants request that 

the authorizations have an indefinite duration. 

9. Because the Joint Applicants plan to implement their proposed codesharing 

services on or about May 1, 2013, they request expedited action on this Application and are 

polling the U.S. carriers on the attached Certificate of Service. The Joint Applicants also 

request a waiver of the 45-day advance filing requirement of 14 C.F.R. § 212.10(d)(2), which 

will enable the Joint Applicants to begin marketing and selling these services as soon as possible. 

WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, the Joint Applicants respectfully request that 

the Department grant the requested statements of authorization and waiver and such other relief 

as the Department may deem appropriate. 

Respectfully submitted, 

s n,JV 

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: cj simpson@zsrlaw .com 

Email: dmendersbee@zsrlaw.com 

Counsel for Turkish Airlines 

April16, 2013 

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PILLSBURY WINTHROP 

SHAW PITTMAN L.L.P. 

2300 N Street, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20037 

Phone: (202) 663-9264 

Fax: (202) 663-8007 

Email: romanow@pillsburylaw.com 

Counsel for Air New Zealand Limited 
Operated by Turkish Airlines (TK/NZ*) 

Istanbul - Los Angeles 

Istanbul- London (LHR) 

Istanbul - Ankara 

Istanbul - Hong Kong 

Operated by Air New Zealand (NZ/TK*) 

Los Angeles- London (LHR) 

Los Angeles -Auckland 

Auckland- Brisbane 

Auckland- Hong Kong 

Auckland- Sydney 

Auckland- Melbourne 

Auckland- Wellington 

Auckland - Christchurch 

Auckland- Queenstown 

Wellington - Sydney 

Wellington - Melbourne 

Christchurch - Brisbane 

Christchurch- Sydney 

Christchurch- Melbourne 

Exhibit 1 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that on this 16th day of April, 2013, a copy of the foregoing application 

was served by email upon the following persons: 

robert.wirick@aa.com 

dan.weiss@united.com 

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com 

jeff.morgan@delta.com 

jhill@dowlohnes.com 

anbird@fedex.com 

anita.mosner@hklaw .com 

j ennifer.nowak@hklaw.com 

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com 

robert.foster@evergreenairlines.com 

charters@evergreenairlines.com 

howard.kass@usairways.com 

benjamin.slocum@usairways.com 

rpommer@atlasair.com 

msinick@ssd.com 

mlbenge@zsrlaw .com 

jrichardson@j ohnlrichardson.com 

rsilverberg@sgbdc.com 

matwood@cozen.com 

j ohn.allen@faa.gov 

urskr@state. gov