BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C. ) Application of ) ) Japan TransOcean Air Co., Ltd. ) ) Docket DOT-OST-2019-0113 for an exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 ) and statement of authorization (codesharing ) with Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.) ) ) APPLICATION OF JAPAN TRANSOCEAN AIR CO., LTD. FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: Carol Gosain Steptoe & Johnson LLP 1330 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 Phone: (202) 429-6461 Fax: (202) 261-0614
[email protected] Attorney for Japan TransOcean Air Co., Ltd. August 25, 2021 NOTICE: Answers supporting or opposing this application are due on September 9, 2021. BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C. ) Application of ) ) Japan TransOcean Air Co., Ltd. ) ) Docket DOT-OST-2019-0113 for an exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 ) and statement of authorization (codesharing ) with Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.) ) ) APPLICATION OF JAPAN TRANSOCEAN AIR CO., LTD. FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION Pursuant to Section 40109(c) of Title 49 of the U.S. Code, Japan TransOcean Air Co., Ltd. (“JTA”) hereby applies to the Department of Transportation for renewal of its exemption from Section 41301 of the same title, enabling it to engage in codeshare operations with Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. (“Hawaiian”) under which JTA displays the HA* designator code of Hawaiian on JTA-operated flights within Japan as part of Hawaiian service to/from the United States.1 The codeshare operations are performed pursuant to a codeshare agreement between JTA’s parent company, Japan Airlines Co., Ltd. (“JAL”) and Hawaiian (the “JAL-Hawaiian Codeshare Agreement”), which is on file with the Department in Docket DOT-OST-2018-0009.2 1 JTA’s exemption authority was granted by Notice of Action Taken in the above- captioned docket on September 25, 2019 with a two-year duration.