UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, DC

Issued by the Department of Transportation on May 24 , 20 1 2

NOTICE OF ACTION TAKEN

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_ ______________________________________________________________________________________ This serves as notice to the public of the action s described below, taken by the Department official indicated (no additional confirming order will be issued in this matter).

Applicat ion of A MERICAN AIRLINES , INC. ( American ) filed 5/16 /1 2 for:

XX Allocation of 10 U.S.

- Brazil weekly combination frequencies that became available October 1, 2011, to provide s even additional weekly flights in the New York

- Sao Paulo market effective October 1, 2012

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t hree additional weekly flights in the Miami

- Recife or Miami

- Salvador markets effective November 15,
2012. 2

XX Allocation of 7 of the 28 U.S.

- Brazil weekly combination frequencies that become available as of October 1, 2 012, to provide additional Miami

- Rio de Janeiro service effective December 15, 2012.

Applicant rep: Carl B. Nelson ( 202 ) 496

- 5647 DOT Analyst: Brett D. Kruger (202) 366

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DISPOSITION

XX Granted allocation of 10 U.S.

- Brazil frequencies that became available October 1, 2011 (subject to conditions, see below)

XX Granted allocation of seven U.S.

- Brazil frequencies that become available October 1, 2012 (subject to conditions, see below)

The above action s allocati ng frequencies were effective when taken: May 24 , 20 1 2

, and will remain in effect indefinitely, subject to the conditions below.

Action taken by: Paul L. Gretch, Director
O ffice of International Aviation

XX The authority granted is consistent with the aviation agreement between the United States and
Brazil and the Memorandum of Consultations signed on March 19, 2011.

1 American states that it will establish a second daily New York

- Sao Paulo service by redeploying seven of its existing unrestricted frequencies currently used in the Miami

- Rio de Janeiro market to the New York

- Sao Paulo market

, and that
it will use the frequencies requested here to continue its daily Miami

- Ri o de Janeiro service.

2 American states that it will use the three frequencies requested here, in combination with the seven frequencies it currently uses to provided daily Miami

- Recife

- Salvador

- Miami service, to offer instead nonstop flights five days per
week in the Miami

- Recife market and five days per week in the Miami

- Salvador market.Except to the extent exempted or waived, this authority is subject to the terms, conditions, and limitations
indicated:
XX American ’s certificates of public convenience and necessity

_______________________________________________________________________________________ Conditions: The frequencies allocated here are subject to restrictions on the Brazilian points that may be
served. With respect to the 10 frequencies allocated to Ame rican that became available October 1, 2011 , we note that 7 of the frequencies may be used at any point or points in Brazil, except Sao Paulo Terminal; and three of the frequencies may be used to serve a ny point or points in Brazil, except Rio de Janeiro and Sao
Paulo Terminal. With respect to the seven frequencies allocated to American that become available as of October 1, 2012, we note that they may be used at any point or points in Brazil, except Sao Paulo Terminal

.

Consistent with our standard practice, the frequencies allocated here are subject to our standard 90

- day dormancy condition, wherein any frequency not operated for a period of 90 days (once inaugurated and for any reason other than season al use), will be deemed dormant and the allocation as to that frequency will expire automatically and the frequency will revert to the Department for reallocation.

In addition, consistent with our practice in awarding U.S.

- Brazil frequencies, we will requ ire that American inaugurate service with the frequencies allocated here within 90 days of its proposed startup date s of October 1, 2012

, for American ’s proposed redeployment of Miami

- Rio de Janeiro frequencies ; November 15, 2012, for American’s proposed Miami

- Recife and Miami

- Salvador service ; and December 15, 2012, for
American ’s proposed Miami

- Rio de Janeiro service ( i.e. , by December 30, 2012, February 13, 2013, and March 15, 2013 , respectively ). Failure to inaugurate service with a newly allocated fr equency by those dates will result in the unused frequency reverting to the Department.

Remarks: We acted on th e application without awaiting expiration of the 15

- day answer period with the consent of all parties served with the application.

With our action here, there are three U.S.

- Brazil combination frequencies available for allocation to U.S. carriers for operations beginning immediately

. 3 Also available are 21 U.S.

- Brazil combination frequencies that become available October 1, 2012. 4

_______________________________________________________________________________________ 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 1975

. To the extent not granted, we denied all requests in the referenced Docket s

. 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 s set forth in this Notice under the Department’s regulations, 14 CF R §385.30, 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 i s available on the World Wide Web at: http://www.regulations.gov

3 These unallocated frequencies may be used to serve any point or points in Brazil, except Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo
Terminal.

4 14 of these unallocated frequencies may be used to serve any point or points in Brazil, except Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo Terminal; and 7 of these unallocated frequencies may be used to serve any point or points in Brazil, except Sao
Paulo Terminal.