BEFORE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, DC Application of VIRGIN AMERICA INC. for a statement ofauthorization under 14 C.P.R. Part 212 (U.S.-Australia code-sharing) ) ) ) ) Docket No. DOT-OST- 2012-0095 ) ) ) )



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NOTICE OF ADDITIONAL CODE-SHARINGAND WAIVER REQUEST

Communications with respect to this document shouldbe sent to:

John Varley Senior Vice President &

General Counsel Virgin America Inc. 555 Airport Boulevard, Suite 500 Burlingame, CA 94010 Tel: (650) 762-7108 john.varley@virginamerica.com

January 14,2014 Malcolm L. Benge Jonathon H. Foglia Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger L.L.P. 888 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20006 Tel: (202) 298-8660 Fax: (202) 342-0683 mlbenge@zsrlaw.com jhfoglia@zsrlaw.com Counsel for Virgin America Inc.

### BEFORE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, DC Application of VIRGIN AMERICA INC. for a statement ofauthorization under 14 C.P.R. Part 212 (U.S.-Australia code-sharing) ) ) ) 

### ) Docket No. DOT-OST- 2012-0095 ) ) ) )



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### Further to the blanket statement of authorization granted in the above-captioned docket, Virgin America Inc. ("Virgin America") hereby notifies the Department that, on or after February 1, 2014, Virgin America intends to display the "VA" designator code of Virgin Australia International Airlines Pty Ltd. ("Virgin Australia") on flights operated by Virgin America between Los Angeles, California ("LAX") and Las Vegas, Nevada ("LAS"), in conjunction with Virgin Australia's scheduled Australia-U.S. services in foreign air transportation (either non-stop or via third-country intermediate points). To the extent necessary, Virgin America requests a waiver ofthe 30-day notice condition imposed under the existing statement ofauthorization, in order to institute the proposed codeshare service concurrent with its forthcoming filing ofschedule changes. Consistent with prior waivers granted bythe Department under similar circumstances, 1 

### Virgin America will poll the U.S. carrierrepresentatives served with this notice and waiver request and advise the Department ofthe pollingresults.

1 See Department Action onWaiver Application in Docket DOT-OST-2000-7495 (Oct. 22, 2008) (granting waiver request ofContinental Airlines, Inc. and Emirates to initiate additional code-share services, effective 11 days following the filing oftheir waiver request).

1Virgin America Inc. Notice ofAdditional Code-Sharing and Waiver Request Docket No. DOT-OST- 2012-0095

January 14, 2014 Respectfully submitted,

# '111~**~-** Malcolm L. Benge 

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Jonathon H. Foglia Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger L.L.P. 888 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20006 Tel: (202) 298-8660 Fax: (202) 342-0683 mlbenge@zsrlaw.com jhfoglia@zsrlaw.com Counsel for Virgin America Inc

2Virgin America Inc. Notice ofAdditional Code-Sharing and Waiver Request Docket No. DOT-OST- 2012-0095 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a copy ofthe foregoing Notice and Waiver Request was served this 14th day ofJanuary, 2014, via email transmission on the following persons: francis.heil@aa.com robert.wirick@aa.com jrichardson@iohnlrichardson.com (Counsel for Amerijet International) lachter@starpower.net (Counsel for ASTAR Air Cargo) rpommer@atlasair.com sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com sametta.c.bamett@delta.com tom.lydon@evergreenaviation.com charters@evergreenairlines.com anbird@fedex.com gbleopard@fedex.com ihill@dowlohnes.com (Counsel for Hawaiian Airlines) matwood@cozen.com (Counsel for Kalitta Air) kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com peter.beckett@polaraircargo.com jonathan.linde@united.com dan.weiss@united.com gmurphy@crowell.com (Counsel for United Airlines) lhalloway@crowell.com (Counsel for United Airlines) anita.mosner@hklaw.com (Counsel for United Parcel Service) jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com (Counsel for United Parcel Service) howard.kass@usairways.com benjamin.slocum@usairways.com mlbenge@zsrlaw.com (Counsel for World Airways) urskr@state.gov susan.kurland@dot.gov esta.rosenberg@dot.gov todd.homan@dot.gov peter.irvine@dot.gov john.allen@faa.gov

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