XX Statements of authorization in order to engage in the following code-share services:

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1 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, DC Issued by the Department of Transportation on June 13, 2014 NOTICE OF ACTION TAKEN -- DOCKETS DOT-OST and DOT-OST This serves as notice to the public of the action described below, taken by the Department official indicated (no additional confirming order will be issued in this matter). 1. Docket DOT-OST Application of UNITED AIR LINES, INC. (United), filed 5/23/2014 for: XX Amendment of exemption under 49 U.S.C to provide the following service: Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between points in the United States and points worldwide on a third-country code-share basis pursuant to blanket code-sharing statements of authorization previously approved by the Department, under which United s UA designator code is displayed on flights operated by its foreign code-share partners, as well as on flights operated by foreign carriers that are currently authorized, or that in the future become authorized, to operate flights on behalf of United s blanket code-share foreign partners Docket DOT-OST Joint Application of UNITED and ETHIOPIAN AIRLINES ENTERPRISE (Ethiopian) (the Joint Applicants ), filed 5/23/2014 for: XX Statements of authorization in order to engage in the following code-share services: The Joint Applicants request blanket statements of authorization permitting United to display the ET* designator code of Ethiopian on United flights and Ethiopian to display the UA* designator code of United on Ethiopian flights in conjunction with foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail (1) between any point(s) in the United States and any point(s) in Ethiopia (on a nonstop basis and on routings via intermediate points); (2) between U.S. points; (3) between Ethiopian points; (4) beyond Ethiopia to any point(s); and (5) beyond the United States to any point(s) The authorized foreign carriers are: Deutsche Lufthansa AG (Lufthansa), and other carriers that operate flights on Lufthansa s behalf (Lufthansa CityLine, Air Dolomiti, Condor Flugdienst, and PrivatAir GmbH); Aegean Airlines Societe Anonyme d/b/a Aegean Airlines S.A. (Aegean); Aer Lingus Limited (Aer Lingus); Air Canada and other carriers operating on its behalf (Air Canada Jazz); All Nippon Airways Co. Ltd. (ANA); Air New Zealand Limited (ANZ); Asiana Airlines, Inc. (Asiana); Austrian Airlines, Osterreichische Luftverkehrs AG (Austrian); Avianca del Continente Americano S.A. Avianca (Avianca); Blue1 Ltd. (Blue1); Brussels Airlines N.V./S.A. (Brussels Airlines); Compania Panamena de Aviacion, S.A. (COPA); Croatia Airlines d.d. (Croatia); Eurowings Luftverkehrs AG (Eurowings); EVA Airways Corporation (EVA); Jet Airways; Lauda Air Luftfahrt GmbH (Lauda); Polskie Linie Lotnicze LOT S.A. (LOT); Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS); Singapore Airlines Limited (Singapore); Swiss Air International Air Lines Ltd. d/b/a Swiss (Swiss); TAP Air Portugal (TAP); Turkish Airlines (Turkish); Tyrolean Airways, Tiroler Luftfahrt GmbH d/b/a Austrian Arrows (Tyrolean). 2 United requests that its exemption authority be amended to the extent necessary to permit it to also place its designator code on flights operated by Ethiopian Airlines Enterprise (Ethiopian). 3 The Joint Applicants plan to begin codeshare service on or about August 1, See initial codeshare points in Appendix C.

2 Applicant reps: Gerald F. Murphy and Steven J. Seiden (United) (202) ; and Michael F. Goldman (Ethiopian) (202) DOT Analyst: Darren Jaffe (202) DISPOSITION XX XX Granted amendment of United s exemption authority (subject to conditions, see below). Granted blanket statements of authorization to United and Ethiopian (subject to conditions, see below). The above action granting exemption authority to United is effective when taken: June 13, 2014, through June 13, The above action granting blanket statements of authorization to United and Ethiopian is effective: June 13, 2014, and will remain in effect indefinitely, subject to conditions. Action taken by: Paul L. Gretch, Director Office of International Aviation XX The authority is encompassed in the Air Transport Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of Ethiopia dated May 17, Except to the extent exempted or waived, this authority is subject to the terms, conditions, and limitations indicated: XX United s certificates of public convenience and necessity XX Standard U.S. carrier exemption conditions (attached as Appendix A) XX Conditions for Statements of Authorization granted here (attached as Appendix B) XX Conditions attached to previously granted statements of authorization 5 Special conditions/remarks: We note that United has conducted a safety audit of Ethiopian under the Department s Code-Share Safety Audit Program, and the FAA has advised us that it has reviewed the relevant audit report and found it to be acceptable. United s exemption authority to support code-share operations, whereby United would display its UA designator code on flights operated by current and future foreign carriers that operate flights on behalf of 5 See Order , issued April 9, 1998 (Undocketed, United-Lufthansa) and Department actions dated February 23, 2012 and June 23, 2010 (Docket DOT-OST , United-Aegean); July 25, 2008 (Docket DOT-OST , United-Aer Lingus); May 6, 2009 (Docket DOT-OST , United-Air Canada); August 7, 1998 (Undocketed, United-ANA); August 6, 1999 (Docket DOT-OST , United-ANZ); December 19, 2002 (Docket DOT-OST , United-Asiana); March 13, 2000 (Docket DOT-OT-OST , United- Austrian); October 28, 2011 (Docket DOT-OST , United-Avianca); February 10, 2012 (Docket DOT- OST , United Blue1); March 2, 2010 (Docket DOT-OST , United-Brussels); July 9, 1998 and June 15, 2012 (undocketed, United-COPA); November 4, 2013 (Docket DOT-OST , United- Croatia; June 8, 2009 (Docket DOT-OST , United-Eurowings); June 11, 2012 (Docket DOT-OST , United-EVA); November 10, 2009 (Docket DOT-OST , United-Jet Airways); March 22, 2001 (Docket DOT-OST , United-Lauda and United-Tyrolean); April 19, 2004 (Docket DOT-OST , United-LOT); May 24, 1999 (Docket DOT-OST , United-SAS); October 17, 2000 (Docket DOT- OST , United-Singapore); October 19, 2005 (Docket DOT-OST , United-Swiss); August 11, 2005 (Docket DOT-OST , United-TAP); April 17, 2008 (Docket DOT-OST , United- Turkish).

3 United s authorized foreign blanket code-share partners, remains subject to the following conditions: 1) the foreign carriers must have the requisite permit or exemption authority and statement of authorization from the Department to perform the proposed services; and 2) United must conduct and keep current an FAA-approved safety audit of the applicable foreign carriers under the Department s Code-Share Safety Audit Program. On the basis of data officially noticeable under Rule 24(g) of the Department's regulations, we found the applicant qualified to provide the exemption services authorized. Under authority assigned by the Department in its regulations, 14 CFR Part 385, we found that (1) our action was consistent with Department policy; (2) grant of the authority was consistent with the public interest; and (3) grant of the authority would not constitute a major regulatory action under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of To the extent not granted, we denied all requests in the referenced Docket. We may amend, modify, or revoke the authority granted in this Notice at any time without hearing at our discretion. Persons entitled to petition the Department for review of the action set forth in this Notice under the Department s regulations, 14 CFR , may file their petitions within seven (7) days after the date of issuance of this Notice. This action was effective when taken, and the filing of a petition for review will not alter such effectiveness. An electronic version of this document is available on the World Wide Web at:

4 Appendix A U.S. Carrier Exemption Conditions In the conduct of the operations authorized, the U.S. carrier applicant(s) shall: (1) Hold at all times effective operating authority from the government of each country served; (2) Comply with applicable requirements concerning oversales contained in 14 CFR 250 (for scheduled operations, if authorized); (3) Comply with the requirements for reporting data contained in 14 CFR 241; (4) Comply with requirements for minimum insurance coverage, and for certifying that coverage to the Department, contained in 14 CFR 205; (5) Except as specifically exempted or otherwise provided for in a Department Order, comply with the requirements of 14 CFR 203, concerning waiver of Warsaw Convention liability limits and defenses; (6) Comply with all applicable requirements of the Federal Aviation Administration, the Transportation Security Administration, and with all applicable U.S. Government requirements concerning security, including, but not limited to, 49 CFR Part To assure compliance with all applicable U.S. Government requirements concerning security, the holder shall, before commencing any new service (including charter flights) to or from a foreign airport, contact its Principal Security Inspector (PSI) to advise the PSI of its plans and to find out whether the Transportation Security Administration has determined that security is adequate to allow such airport(s) to be served; (7) Comply with such other reasonable terms, conditions, and limitations required by the public interest as may be prescribed by the Department of Transportation, with all applicable orders and regulations of other U.S. agencies and courts, and with all applicable laws of the United States. The authority granted shall be effective only during the period when the holder is in compliance with the conditions imposed above. 1/2008

5 Appendix B The statements of authorization granted are subject to the following conditions: (a) The statements of authorization will remain in effect only as long as (i) United and Ethiopian continue to hold the necessary underlying authority to operate the code-share services at issue, and (ii) the code-share agreement providing for the code-share operations remains in effect. (b) United and Ethiopian must promptly notify the Department (Office of International Aviation) if the code-share agreement providing for the code-share operations is no longer effective or if the carriers decide to cease operating all or a portion of the approved code-share services. Such notices should be filed in Docket OST (c) United and/or Ethiopian must notify the Department no later than 30 days before they begin any new code-share service under the code-share services authorized here. Such notice shall identify the market(s) to be served, which carrier will be operating the aircraft in the code-share market added, and the date on which the service will begin. 2 Such notices should be filed in Docket OST (d) The code-sharing operations conducted under this authority must comply with 14 CFR 257 and with any amendments to the Department s regulations concerning code-share arrangements that may be adopted. Notwithstanding any provisions in the contract between the carriers, our approval here is expressly conditioned upon the requirements that the subject foreign air transportation be sold in the name of the carrier holding out such service in the computer reservation systems and elsewhere; that the carrier selling such transportation (i.e., the carrier shown on the ticket) accept responsibility for the entirety of the code-share journey for all obligations established in its contract of carriage with the passenger; that the passenger liability of the operating carrier be unaffected; and that the operating carrier shall not permit the code of its U.S. code-sharing partner to be carried on any flight that enters, departs, or transits the airspace of any area for whose airspace the Federal Aviation Administration has issued a flight prohibition. (e) Any service provided shall be consistent with all applicable agreements between the United States and the foreign countries involved. Furthermore, (i) nothing in the award of this blanket statement of authorization should be construed as conferring upon United rights (including code-share, fifth-freedom intermediate and/or beyond rights) to serve markets where U.S. carrier rights are limited unless United notifies us of its intent to serve such market and unless and until the Department has completed any necessary carrier selection procedures to determine which carrier(s) should be authorized to exercise such rights; 3 and (ii) should there be a request by any carrier to use the limited-entry route rights that are included in United s authority by virtue of the blanket statement of authorization granted here, but that are not being used by United, the holding of such authority will not be considered as providing any preference for United in a carrier selection proceeding to determine which carrier(s) should be entitled to use the authority at issue. (f) The authority granted here is specifically conditioned so that neither United nor Ethiopian shall give any force or effect to any contractual provisions between themselves that are contrary to these conditions. (g) We may amend, modify, or revoke the authority granted at any time without hearing at our discretion. 1 We expect this notification to be received within 10 days of such non-effectiveness or of such decision. 2 Pursuant to the Department s Notice In the Matter of Blanket Notification of Code-Share Service to Open Skies Partners and Points dated February 9, 2009, the Joint Applicants have provided notification of their intent to engage in reciprocal code-share services between any point(s) in the U.S. and any point(s) in Ethiopia, on a nonstop basis and intermediate routings via open-skies points; between points in the U.S.; between points in Ethiopia; beyond Ethiopia to any open-skies point(s); and beyond the U.S. to any open-skies point(s). The Joint Applicants will provide the Department with 30-day notice for code-share services to and from non-open-skies points or on routes for which they do not otherwise hold authority. See Appendix C. 3 The notice referenced in condition (c) above may be used for this notification.

6 INITIAL CODESHARE NOTICE (NON-OPEN SKIES) APPENDIX C Route Segments Addis Ababa-N Djamena, Chad Addis Ababa- Mombasa, Kenya Addis Ababa- Victoria, Seychelles Addis Ababa- Dar es Salaam, Kilimanjaro, and Zanzibar, Tanzania Addis Ababa-Ndola, Zambia Addis Ababa-Brazzaville, Congo Addis Ababa-Lubumbashi, Congo Addis Ababa-Point Noire, Congo Addis Ababa-Djibouti, Djibouti Addis Ababa-Blantyre, Malawi Addis Ababa-Lilongwe, Malawi Marketing/Operating Carrier INITIAL CODESHARE NOTICE (OPEN-SKIES) The Joint Applicants provide blanket notice to engage in reciprocal open-skies codeshare services as follows beginning on or about August 1, 2014, provided all necessary approvals have been secured: Between any point(s) in the United States and any point(s) in Ethiopia, on a nonstop basis and intermediate routings via open-skies points; Between points in the United States; Between points in Ethiopia; Beyond Ethiopia to any open-skies point(s); and Beyond the United States to any open-skies point(s)