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foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail.3 The Joint Applicants and LAN

Peru hold the underlying authority necessary to operate the proposed codeshare services:'

3. The Joint Applicants request blanket statements of authorization allowing

them to display the LP* designator code of LAN Peru on flights operated by the Joint

Applicants (i) between points in the United States; and (ii) between points in the United

States and points in Canada. 5 Initial codeshare routes, including identification of the

operating carrier on each route, are set forth in Exhibit A.6 The Joint Applicants' flights

will connect with LAN Peru's flights serving Los Angeles and Orlando for the purpose of

transporting LAN Peru's Peru~U.S. and Peru-Canada traffic. The proposed codeshare

services will begin on or about November 1, 2015.

4. The codeshare services contemplated herein are fully consistent with the

U.S.-Peru Air Transport Agreement. That agreement allows U.S. and Peruvian air

3 See Application of Alaska Airlines, Inc. for Amendment to Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (U.S.-Mexico ), Order 2000-5-31, March 29, 2000 (Docket DOT-OST-1999-6276); In the Matter of Blanket Open-Skies Route Authority, Order 2007-7-3, May 7, 2007 (Docket DOT-OST-2007-27790); Application of Horizon Air Industries, Inc. for Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (interstate), Order 84-7-79, July 26, 1984 (Docket 42041); Application of Horizon Air Industries, Inc. for Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (U .S.-Canada), Order 96-9-17, September 6, 1996 ( Docket DOT-OST-95-634 ); In the Matter of the Reissuance of Interstate Scheduled Passenger Certificates, Order 98-7-6, July 8, 1998 (Docket DOT-OST-1998-4024); Application of SkyWest Airlines, Inc. for Reissuance of Certificates, Order 85-11-49, November 19, 1985 (Docket 43456); Joint Application of SkyWest Airlines, Inc., ExpressJet Airlines, Inc. and Atlantic Southeast Airlines, Inc. for Approval of a De Facto Transfer of Route Authority Under 49 U.S.C. § 41105, Order 2011-12-11, October 18, 2011 (Dockets DOT-OST-2005-22152 and DOT-OST-20 I 0-0225); In the Maner of Blanket Open-Skies Route Authority for SkyWest Airlines, Inc. Under a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, Order 2008-4-26, February 14, 2008 (Docket DOT-OST-2007-0084).

4 See Notice of Action Taken, October 9, 2008 (Docket DOT-OST-2008-0271), with timely-filed renewal application currently pending (granting LAN Peru open skies exemption authority).

s Pursuant to the Notice issued by the Department 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 a blanket 30-day notice for the open skies code-sharing described in this application. The Joint Applicants will provide 30 days' advance notice before commencing codesharing to any non-open skies points.

<, A copy of the Alaska-LAN Peru codeshare agreement is attached as Exhibit 8.