BEFORE THE 

 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

 WASHINGTON, D. C. 

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U.S.-VIETNAM THIRD-COUNTRY CODESHARING : DOT-OST-2002- 

OPPORTUNITIES : 12496 

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 APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. 

 FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION (U.S.-VIETNAM) 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

VIRASB VAHIDI WILLIAM K. RIS, JR. 

Senior Vice President - Senior Vice President - 

Marketing and Planning Government Affairs 

and Chief Commercial Officer American Airlines, Inc. 

American Airlines, Inc. 1101 17th Street, N.W. 

P.O. Box 619616, MD 5634 Washington, D.C. 20036 

DFW Airport, Texas 75161 

 CARL B. NELSON 

KENJI C. HASHIMOTO Associate General Counsel 

Vice President – Strategic American Airlines, Inc. 

Alliances 1101 17th Street, N.W. 

American Airlines, Inc. Washington, D.C. 20036 

P.O. Box 619616, MD 5635 (202) 496-5647 

DFW Airport, Texas 75261 carl.nelson@aa.com 

 

ROBERT A. WIRICK 

Director, Regulatory Affairs 

American Airlines, Inc. 

P.O. Box 619616, MD 5635 

DFW Airport, Texas 75261 

(817) 963-0394 

robert.wirick@aa.com 

March 23, 2011 
BEFORE THE 

 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

 WASHINGTON, D. C. 

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U.S.-VIETNAM THIRD-COUNTRY CODESHARING : DOT-OST-2002-

OPPORTUNITIES : 12496 

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 APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. 

 FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION (U.S.-VIETNAM) 

 American Airlines, Inc., under 49 USC 40l09 and 14 CFR 

Part 377, hereby applies for renewal of exemption authority to 

provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between the United States and Vietnam. This 

authority was last renewed by Notice of Action Taken in this 

docket on June 1, 2009. American uses the authority to engage 

in codeshare service to Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City operated by 

Japan Airlines via Tokyo (AA*/JL). American and JAL hold 

codeshare authorizations granted by Notice of Action Taken in 

DOT-OST-l999-4994, February l8, l999. 

 In filing this application, American invokes the 

automatic extension provisions of the Administrative Procedure 

Act, 5 USC 558(c), as implemented by l4 CFR Part 377. The 

exemption would expire on June 1, 2011 absent this renewal 

application, which is timely under l4 CFR 377.l0(c) since it is 

filed more than 60 days in advance of the expiration date. 

 
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 Grant of American's renewal application is consistent 

with the U.S.-Vietnam Air Transport Agreement, as amended, and 

with the public interest, for the reasons stated in our initial 

application in this docket, which we incorporate by reference. 

 In response to the Department's letter of June l, l995 

to participants in the Civil Reserve Air Fleet Program, American states that its codeshare arrangement with Japan Airlines 

has no impact on American's CRAF commitments. 

 In response to the Department’s Notice of August 23, 

2005 on streamlining regulatory procedures (DOT-OST-2005-

22228), American has requested corresponding certificate 

authority for its U.S.-Vietnam exemption. See Supplement to 

Application for Renewal of Route 602, August 26, 2005 (DOT-OST2000-85l6). We urge expedited approval of that application to 

avoid the need for successive renewals in exemption dockets. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

 ____________________________ CARL B. NELSON 

 Associate General Counsel 

 American Airlines, Inc. 

March 23, 2011 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that I have this day served the foregoing document by email 

on the following persons: 

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com jhill@dlalaw.com 

scott.mcclain@delta.com bill@mietuslaw.com 

sametta.c.barnett@delta.com mgoldman@sgbdc.com 

kquinn@pillsburywinthrop.com rsilverberg@sgbdc.com 

bkeiner@crowell.com dhainbach@ggh-airlaw.com 

esahr@eckertseamons.com mcmillin@woa.com 

bruce.rabinovitz@wilmerhale.com eskraft@jamhoff.com 

jeffrey.manley@united.com dpdean@jamhoff.com 

bob.kneisley@wnco.com dkirstein@yklaw.com 

robert.land@jetblue.com jyoung@yklaw.com 

msinick@ssd.com donna.kooperstein@usdoj.gov 

cdonley@ssd.com dwight.moore@ustranscom.mil 

gbleopard@fedex.com john.allen@faa.gov 

dvaughan@kelleydrye.com urskr@state.gov 

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com recohn@hoganlovells.com 

jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com cjsimpson@zsrlaw.com 

lhalloway@crowell.com pmurphy@lopmurphy.com 

efaberman@wileyrein.com lachter@starpower.net 

mroller@rollerbauer.com anita.mosner@hklaw.com 

howard.kass@usairways.com rpommer@atlasair.com 

benjamin.slocum@usairways.com gmurphy@crowell.com 

dan.weiss@coair.com russell.bailey@alpa.org 

david.heffernan@wilmerhale.com 

                

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CARL B. NELSON   

March 23, 2011