DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 


WASHINGTON, D.C. 


Joint Application of 

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. 

and DOT-OST-20l0­

JAPAN AIRLINES INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 

under 49 U.S.C. §§ 41308 and 41309 for 


approval of and antitrust immun for 


alliance agreements 


Joint Application of 

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS CO., LTD. DOT-OST-2009­

CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC. 0350 

UNITED AIR LINES, INC. 

under 49 USC 41308 and 41309 for approval 


and antitrust immunity for alliance 


agreements 


JOINT MOTION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. AND JAPAN 


AIRLINES INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. TO CONSOLIDATE 


Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

For Japan Airlines: For American Airlines: 

TSUTOMU ANDO VlRASB VAHIDI 

Executive Officer - Senior Vice President ­

International Affairs Planning 

Japan Airlines American Airlines, Inc. 

International Co., Ltd. P.O. Box 619616, MD 5634 

4-11, Higashi-shinagawa DFW Airport, Texas 75161 

2-chome, Shinagawa-ku 

Tokyo 140-8637, Japan 
TORU MIZUNO 

Vice President 

Internat 1 Affairs 

Japan Ai s 

International Co., 

4-11, Higashi-shinagawa 

2-chome, Shinagawa-ku 

Tokyo 140-8637, Japan 

YUKI SAITO 

Director, Government Affairs 

Japan rlines 

International Co., Ltd. 

1330 Connecticut Ave., N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20036 

WILLIAM KARAS 

CAROL GOSAIN 

Steptoe & Johnson LLP 

1330 Connecticut Ave., N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20036 

(202) 42 6223 

wkaras@steptoe.com 

cgosain@steptoe.com 

February 12, 2010 

KENJI C. HASHIMOTO 

Vice President ­

Strategic Alliances 

American Airl ,Inc. 

P.O. Box 619616, MD 5635 

DFW Airport, Texas 75261 

WILLIAM K. RIS, JR. 

Senior Vice President ­

Government irs 

American Airlines, Inc. 

1101 17th Street, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20036 

ROBERT A. WIRICK 

Director, Regulatory 

American Airlines, Inc. 

P.O. Box 619616, MD 5635 

DFW Airport, Texas 75261 

(817) 963-0394 

robert.wirick@aa.com 

W. BRUCE WARK 

Associate General Counsel 

JEFFREY A. OGAR 

Senior Attorney 

American Airlines, Inc. 

P.O. Box 619616, MD 5675 

DFW Airport, Texas 75261 

(817) 967-3458 

jeff.ogar@aa.com 

CARL B. NELSON, JR. 

Associate General Counsel 

American Airlines, Inc. 

17ili 1101 Street, N.W. 

Washington, . D.C. 20036 

(202) 496-5647 

carl.nelson@aa.com 
BEFORE THE 


DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 


WASHINGTON, D.C. 


Joint Application of 

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. 

and DOT-OST-20l0­

JAPAN AIRLINES INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. 

under 49 U.S.C. §§ 41308 and 41309 for 

approval of and antitrust immunity for 

alliance agreements 

Joint Application of 

ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS CO., LTD. DOT-OST-2009­

CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC. 0350 

UNITED AIR LINES, INC. 

under 49 USC 41308 and 41309 for approval 

and antitrust immun y for alliance 

agreements 

JOINT MOTION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. AND JAPAN 

AIRLINES INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. TO CONSOLIDATE 

American Airlines, Inc. and Japan Airlines International 

Co., Ltd. hereby joint move the Department to consolidate for 

contemporaneous cons ion and decision captioned 

applications for antitrust immunity, one by American and JAL, 

and other by 1 Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., Continental 

Airlines, Inc., and United Air , Inc. 

Both applications present common issues, since both 

will require the Department to examine sting and potential 

levels of competition on routes between and beyond the United 
not delay the Department's decision on either liance proposal. 

There is compelling precedent consolidation. By 

Order 2001-11-10, November 20, 2001, the Department established 

the U.S.-U.K. Alliance Case (DOT-OST-2001-11029) by consolidating joint applications antitrust immunity filed by 

American/British Airways in August 2001 and by United/British 

Midland in September 2001. All of reasons supporting 

consolidation the Department cited in that proceeding 

apply with equal here. 

In Order 2001-11-10, the Department stated: 

~ "We find that the consolidation of the AA/BA and 

United/bmi cases will improve our ability to analyze and 

correctly decide the issues presented in each case and will not 

del our decision on eit r alliance proposal. Our ruling 

is thus consistent with our authority under 49 USC 46102 

to 'conduct proceedings in a way conducive to justice and 

proper dispatch of business.' Our procedural rules state that 

we may consolidate proceedings when that 'will be conducive to 

the proper dispatch of [the Department'sJ bus s and to the 

ends of justice and will not unduly delay the proceedings'" [14 

CFR 302.13J (pp. 7 8). 
common issues, since our decision on each proposal will require 

us to consider current state of competition in U.S.-London 

markets and the impact of each alliance on competition in those 

markets" (p. 8). 

~ "[TJhe issues involved overlap to the degree that 

simultaneous cons ration is warranted; still more important, 

the resolution of each pair of proceedings is likely to affect 

the outcome of the other. Consolidation will avoid duplication 

of resources both for the Department and for the ies, and 

will permit us to consider the merits and issues together and 

reach a single, comprehensive decision" (p. 8). 

~ Consolidation will "avoid the need otherwise to 

cross-reference evidence and issues being considered on 

separate procedural tracks. In addition, consolidation should 

result in speedier disposition of the various applications than 

would have been possible on separate procedural tracks" (p. 8). 

~ "Consolidating the cases will thus cause no delay in 

our sion on either alliance proposal. If we were not 

consolidating the cases, we would still consider simultaneously. [NJ ther case will be delayed, and both 

should ultimately be further expedited" (p. 8). 
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Moreover, this issue was raised during the United 

States-Japan open skies negotiations last December, and a side 

letter from Japan's chief negotiator to the U.S. head of delegation contemplates that alliance applications involving JAL, 

ANA, and their U.S. partners would be considered contemporaneously if each were led by mid-February 2010. Consolidation is 

fully consistent therewith. 

Accordingly, the Department should consolidate the 

American/Japan Airlines and All Nippon/Continental/United 

immunity applications into a single U.S.-Japan alliance proceeding, in which both requests should be reviewed and decided 

together and on an expedited basis. 

Respectfully submitted, 

R. BRUCE WARK 

JEFFREY A. OGAR 

American Airlines, Inc. 

WILLIAM KARAS 

CAROL GOSAIN 

Steptoe & Johnson LLP 

Counsel for Japan Airlines 

International Co., Ltd. 

February 12, 2010 
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