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OST-00-7151

American Airlines, Inc. and Turkish Airlines

American requests a statement of authorization to display the "TK" designator code on flights operated by American or American Eagle between and among New York, Chicago, and Miami, and to the following 10 codeshare points beyond Turkish Airlines' New York, Chicago, and Miami gateways:

• Atlanta
• Boston
• Dallas/Ft. Worth
• Detroit
• Houston
• Los Angeles
• Orlando
• San Francisco
• Seattle
• Washington, D.C.

Turkish Airlines requests a statement of authorization to display the "AA" designator code on flights operated by Turkish Airlines in the following markets:

• Istanbul-New York
• Istanbul-Chicago
• Istanbul-Miami
• Istanbul-Ankara
• Istanbul-Izmir

Counsel:  American, Carl Nelson, 202.496.5647, carl_nelson@amrcorp.com, and Zuckert Scoutt, Charles Simpson, 202.973.7926, cjsimpson@zsrlaw.com

American Airlines, Inc. and Turkish Airlines

By:  Paul Gretch

American Airlines, Inc. and Turkish Airlines

American and Turkish Airlines propose to begin codesharing to San Diego as soon as required authorizations are granted. American requests expedited approval of this applica­tion so that advance marketing and sales activities may com­mence at an early date.

Counsel:  American, Carl Nelson, 202.496.5647, carl_nelson@aa.com

American Airlines, Inc. and Turkish Airlines

By:  Teresa Bingham

American Airlines, Inc. and Turkish Airlines

American Airlines, Inc. and its regional affiliate American Eagle Airlines, Inc. hereby apply, under 14 CFR Part 212, for an amended statement of authorization in order to display the designator code of Turkish Airlines on flights operated by American or American Eagle beyond Turkish Airlines, Chicago, Miami, and New York gateways to the following five additional U.S. codeshare-only points:

• Cleveland
• Denver
• Detroit
• Minneapolis/St. Paul
• Philadelphia

In order to obtain maximum operating flexibility, and consistent with the MOC, American requests codeshare authority for each of the five additional cities (Cleveland, Denver, Detroit, Minneapolis/St. Paul, and Philadelphia) from each of Turkish Airlines, three U.S. gateways (Chicago, Miami, and New York).

Counsel:  American, Carl Nelson, 202.496.5647, carl_nelson@aa.com

American Airlines, Inc. and Turkish Airlines and Turkish Airlines (Turk Hava Yollari, A.O.)

United objects to any favorable action being taken on the American/THY applications for additional code-share authority until the Department has issued a final order in Docket OST-01-8781. It is because THY and its government have insisted upon transitional limits on U.S. carrier code-share services that the Department must engage in carrier selection in Docket OST-01-8781. These transitional limits are designed to protect THY and its chosen U.S. partner from full marketplace competition by other U.S. carrier code-share alliances during a three-year transitional period. It would be fundamentally unfair to U.S - carriers if the Department were to allow THY and its partner, American, to expand their U.S.-Turkey code-share services before other U.S. carriers were authorized to expand their reciprocally agreed services in competition with American and THY. Indeed, three of the additional U.S. points where THY and American would add one-stop code-share connections are among the cities where United is seeking authority in Docket OST-01 -8781 to expand its one-stop code share to Istanbul with Lufthansa via Frankfurt: Detroit, Denver, and Philadelphia.

American and THY urge expeditious approval so that they can begin marketing these additional code-share services as far in advance of the bilaterally-agreed effective date of April 1, 2001, as possible. United needs the same lead time to market its own expanded services which include the first U.S. carrier service to a new point in Turkey -- Ankara -- as well as additional service to Istanbul.

Counsel:  Wilmer Cutler, Jeffery Manley, 202.663.6670, jmanley@wilmer.com 

American Airlines, Inc. and Turkish Airlines and Turkish Airlines (Turk Hava Yollari, A.O.)

United took the same position against a recent application by Delta Air Lines, Inc. and El Al for bilateral codesharing between the U.S. and Israel (OST-01-8772), arguing that approval for Delta/El Al should be deferred until the Department has made final awards in U.S.-Israel Third-Country Codeshare Opportunities (2001) (OST-01-8726). The Department declined to accept United's contention.

In granting codeshare authority to Delta and El Al by Notice of Action Taken, March 2, 2001 (OST-01-8772), while the U.S.-Israel third-country codeshare proceeding remains pending, the Department said:

"With respect to the concerns raised by United and Northwest, we are actively processing the U.S.-Israel third-country codeshare proceeding (Docket OST-2001-8726) to authorize selected U.S. carriers (and their codeshare partners) to conduct code-share services in the U.S.-Israel market. In the meantime, however, we find that it would not be consistent with the public interest to with-hold the bilaterally-agreed authority soucrht here, and for which the record is otherwise complete, pending disposition of that proceeding".

The Department should reach the same result with respect to bilateral codesharing between American and Turkish Airlines. The requested authorizations are clearly allowed by the U.S.-Turkey agreement, and the implementation of rights granted to carriers of both sides should not be delayed pending the completion of other proceedings. For the foregoing reasons, the captioned applications by American and Turkish Airlines should be granted promptly, and United's opposition should be rejected.

Counsel:  Zuckert Scoutt, Charles Simpson, 202.973.7926, cjsimpson@zsrlaw.com and American, Carl Nelson, 202.496.5647, carl_nelson@aa.com

American Airlines, Inc. and Turkish Airlines

By:  Gerald Caolo

American Airlines, Inc.

American Airlines, Inc. hereby applies to amend its statements of authorization under 14 CFR Part 212 to engage in codesharing services with the foreign air carriers listed in the above caption' so as explicitly to include affiliates TWA Airlines LLC, American Eagle Airlines, Inc., and Executive Airlines, Inc. d/b/a American Eagle. This amendment would allow each affiliate to display the respective foreign carrier designator code on authorized domestic and transborder code-share routes' where service is operated by the affiliate. Effective December 2, 2001, TWA Airlines LLC will hold itself out to the traveling public as American Airlines. As of that date, the two-letter "TW" designator code will no longer be displayed, and all flights operated by TWA will be shown as "AA*" in computer reservations systems. American Eagle and Executive have long operated exclusively as "AA*."

Counsel:  American, Carl Nelson, 202.496.5647, carl.nelson@aa.com 

American Airlines, Inc.

By:  Teresa Bingham

American Airlines, Inc. (and Affiliates) and Turkish Airlines

American Airlines, Inc. (and its regional affiliates TWA Airlines LLC, American Eagle Airlines, Inc., and Executive Airlines, Inc. d/b/a American Eagle) and Turkish Airlines hereby apply, under 14 CFR Part 212, for an amended statement of authorization, as follows.

• (1) To display the "TK" designator code of Turkish Airlines on flights operated by American or its affiliates beyond Turkish Airlines' Chicago and New York gateways to five additional U.S. codeshare-only points, Baltimore, Las Vegas, Pittsburgh, Raleigh/Durham, and St. Louis; and 
• (2) To display the "AA" designator code of American on flights operated by Turkish Airlines between Frankfurt, on the one hand, and Istanbul and Ankara, on the other, and beyond Istanbul to Ankara and Izmir.

In order to obtain maximum operating flexibility, and consistent with the MOC, the joint applicants request codeshare authority for each of the five additional U.S. codeshare cities (Baltimore, Las Vegas, Pittsburgh, Raleigh/Durham, and St. Louis) from each of Turkish Airlines' presently-served U.S. gateways (Chicago and New York).  American and Turkish Airlines propose to begin the additional codesharing services at issue herein on April 7, 2002.

Counsel:  Zuckert Scoutt, Charles Simpson, 202.298.8660, cjsimpson@zsrlaw.com and American, Carl Nelson, 202.496.5647, carl.nelson@aa.com

American Airlines, Inc. and Turkish Airlines / Turkish Airlines (Turk Hava Yollari, A.O.)

The additional code-share services between Frankfurt and Istanbul which United proposes to implement on April 1 are also consistent with the U.S./Turkey agreement. On that date, additional U.S. carrier authority that is the reciprocal of the authority sought by American and THY becomes available under that agreement. This new authority allows the expansion of third-country code-share services offered by U.S. carriers between the U.S. and Turkey. There will be two additional designations and 14 additional weekly U.S. carrier/third-country carrier code-share frequencies available at that time. Because three U.S. carriers (United, Delta, and Continental) have filed applications for a total of 21 weekly frequencies, the Department has been required to engage in an adjudication among the eligible carriers to allocate the available frequencies. See U.S.-Turkey Combination Service Third-Country Codeshare Opportunities, Docket OST-02-11273.

The Department started its U.S.-Turkey carrier selection proceeding this year in early January, nearly three months before the additional U.S. carrier third-country code-share opportunities become available in April. The final responsive pleadings were filed on February 14, 2002, nearly six weeks ago. United urges the Department to issue its decision in the carrier selection case without further delay so that the selected carriers do not again lose the benefit of operating in the peak summer season which begins at the end of May. In this regard, the Department should bear in mind that once the 14 new frequencies have been allocated, the U.S. carriers selected will still have to obtain approvals from the Turkish government, a process which in United's experience can take more than a month. In the meantime, and for the reasons set forth above, United objects to any favorable action being taken on the American and THY applications dated March 12, 2002, in the captioned proceedings until a final order is issued in Docket OST-02­-11273.

Counsel:  United and Wilmer Cutler, Jeffrey Manley, 202-663-6670, jmanley@wilmer.com

American Airlines, Inc. and Turkish Airlines and Turkish Airlines (Turk Hava Yollari, A.O.)

This is, almost verbatim, the same baseless argument that United made in these dockets a year ago, when American and THY applied for new codeshare-related authority in order to exercise rights available under the U.S.-Turkey open skies agreement. See Consolidated Answer of United Air Lines, March 6, 2001. At that time United argued that the Department should not take action on those applications until after taking final action on the then-pending carrier selection proceeding in Docket OST-2001-8772.

Counsel:  Zuckert Scoutt, Charles Simpson, 202.973.7926, cjsimpson@zsrlaw.com and American, Carl Nelson, 202.496.5647, carl_nelson@aa.com

American Airlines, Inc. (and Affiliates) and Turkish Airlines

By:  Barbara Schools

American Airlines, Inc. and Turkish Airlines

Hereby give notice that, effective May 1, 2003, it is terminating display of the "TK*" designator code of Turkish Airlines on flights operated by American Eagle Airlines, Inc. between New York (JFK), on the one hand, and Baltimore, Cleveland, Orlando, and Pittsburgh, on the other.

Counsel:  American, Carl Nelson, 202-496-5647, carl.nelson@aa.com

January 2, 2007

Re: Codeshare Termination Notice

American Airlines, Inc. and Turkish Airlines, under condition (b) Department Action in the above-referenced docket, July 20, 2000, hereby give notice that, effective 11:59 pm EST, March 29, 2008, their codeshare agreement will terminate, and all codesharing between the two carriers will thereafter cease.

Counsel: Zuckert Scoutt, Charles Simpson, 202-298-8660, cjsimpson@zsrlaw.com for Turkish / American, Carl Nelson, 202-496-5647, carl.nelson@aa.com

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