Download Joint Application for a Statement of Authorization

BEFORE THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Joint Application of
SOCIÉTÉ AIR FRANCE
and
JET AIRWAYS (INDIA) LIMITED
for a statement of authorization pursuant to
14 C.F R. Part 212
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Dockets DOT-OST-2016-
JOINT APPLICATION OF
SOCIÉTÉ AIR FRANCE AND JET AIRWAYS (INDIA) LIMITED
FOR A STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION
Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:
Gaurang Shetty
Sr. Vice President – Commercial
Ashok Barimar
Sr. Vice President – Legal & General Counsel
JET AIRWAYS (INDIA) LIMITED
Siroya Centre
Sahar Airport Road, Andheri (East)
Mumbai – 400 099, Maharashtra, India
+91-22-6121-1099
[email protected]
[email protected]
Laurent Timsit
Sr. Vice President – International &
Regulatory Affairs
SOCIÉTÉ AIR FRANCE
45, rue de Paris
F-95747, Roissy CDG Cedex
Paris, France
September 30, 2016
Notice: The Joint Applicants are requesting expedited treatment of this
application. The Joint Applicants will poll air carrier representatives on the
attached service list and will advise the Department of the results.
BEFORE THE
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Joint Application of
SOCIÉTÉ AIR FRANCE
and
JET AIRWAYS (INDIA) LIMITED
for a statement of authorization pursuant to
14 C.F R. Part 212
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Dockets DOT-OST-2016-
JOINT APPLICATION OF
SOCIÉTÉ AIR FRANCE AND JET AIRWAYS (INDIA) LIMITED
FOR A STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION
Société Air France (“Air France”) and Jet Airways (India) Limited (“Jet Airways”)
(collectively the "Joint Applicants") hereby apply for Statement of Authorization pursuant to
14 C.F.R. Part 212 to engage in codesharing services to the full extent permitted by the U.S.India and U.S.-E.U. Air Transport Agreements, as described below.1
Air France and Jet Airways have amended their current Codesharing Agreement to an
expanded scope including the United States. This codesharing arrangement will create
substantial benefits for passengers traveling between the United States, France, and India and
will enable both Air France and Jet Airways to extend their networks and market their services
more effectively.2
The proposed services are noncontroversial and are fully consistent with both the U.S.India and U.S.-E.U. Air Transport Agreements. Specifically, the Joint Applicants request the
authority to engage in reciprocal codeshare services as follows:
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Between any point or points in the United States and any point or points in
India or the France (on a nonstop basis and via intermediate routings);
The Joint Applicants also request a waiver of the 45-day advance filing requirement for codeshare
statements of authorization under 14 C.F.R. Part 212.
2 A redacted copy of the Air France/Jet Airways codesharing routes exhibit is attached to this Application.
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Between points in India;
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Beyond India to any point or points; and
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Beyond the United States to any point or points.
In support of this Application, the Joint Applicants submit the following:
1.
Air France holds a foreign air carrier permit authorizing it to engage in the full scope
of foreign air transportation permissible under the U.S.-E.U. Air Transport Agreement. See Order
2008-3-16 dated March 17, 2008, Docket DOT-OST-2007-29028.
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Jet Airways holds a Foreign Air Carrier Permit issued by the Department, inter alia,
to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail from points behind
India via India and intermediate points to a point or points in the U.S. and beyond. See, Order
2010-3-19.
3.
The proposed codeshare services are consistent with the U.S.-India and U.S.-E.U.
Air Transport Agreement. See U.S.-India Agreement, Article 8, paragraph 7 and U.S.-E.U.
Agreement, Article 10, paragraph 7.
4.
The codeshare services proposed by the Joint Applicants are fully consistent with
the public interest and DOT policy. The Department recognized in its 1995 International Policy
Statement that codeshare services such as those proposed herein produce important public
benefits:
Code sharing and other cooperative marketing arrangements can provide
a cost-efficient way for carriers to enter new markets, expand their systems
and obtain additional flow traffic to support their other operations by using
existing facilities and scheduled operations. Because these cooperative
arrangements can give the airline partners new or additional access to
more markets, the partners will gain traffic, some stimulated by the new
service, and some diverted from incumbents. In this way, cooperative
arrangements can enhance the competitive positions of both partners in
such a relationship.
Increased international code sharing and other cooperative arrangements
can benefit consumers by increasing international service options and
enhancing competition between carriers, particularly for traffic to or from
cities behind major gateways. By stimulating traffic, the increased
competition and service options should expand the overall international
market and increase overall opportunities for the aviation industry.3
Additional codesharing by Air France and Jet Airways between the United States and India will
make both carriers more competitive for transborder traffic. The Joint Applicants agree to accept
the conditions normally applicable to codeshare authority such as requested herein.
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The Joint Applicants’ initial codeshare markets to/from the United States of
America are set forth in section A-1 of the attached codesharing routes exhibit. Pursuant to the
streamlined procedures announced in the Department's February 9, 2009 Notice concerning
blanket notification of codeshare service to Open Skies partners and points, this Joint Application
also serves as a single blanket 30-day notice covering new codeshare service for Open Skies
points. For points in non-Open Skies countries, the Joint Applicants will comply with the standard
30-day notice condition set forth in the relevant statements of authorization. However, consistent
with the Department’s administration of similar blanket statements, travel via alternative gateways
and paths would not require additional notice.
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The Joint Applicants also request that their statements of authorization be issued
for an indefinite period, so long as their codeshare agreement continues in effect, and will notify
the Department if that agreement should cease to be effective.
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The Joint Applicants agree to abide by the consumer notification requirements of
14 C.F.R. Part 257 as well as the other conditions applicable to codeshare services operated to
or sold in the United States.
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U.S. International Air Transportation Policy Statement, 60 Fed. Reg. 21841, 21842 (May 3, 1995).
WHEREFORE, the Joint Applicants respectfully request the Department to grant them the
statements of authorization described above to allow them to offer codeshare services on each
other’s flights and to grant the Joint Applicants such other and different relief as is consistent with
this Application and with the public interest.
Respectfully Submitted,
/s/ Gaurang Shetty
/s/ Laurent Timsit
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Gaurang Shetty
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Laurent Timsit
For JET AIRWAYS (INDIA) LIMITED
For SOCIÉTÉ AIR FRANCE
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
A copy of the foregoing Application has been served this 30th day of September, 2016,
upon the following persons via email:
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