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 immun for alliance agreements

Joint Application of ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS CO., LTD. DOT-OST-2009­ CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC. 0350 UNITED AIRLINES, INC. under 49 USC 41308 and 41309 for approval and antitrust immunity for alliance agreements

JOINTMOTION OFAMERICANAIRLINES, INC. AND JAPAN

AIRLINES INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. TO CONSOLIDATE Communications with respect to this document shouldbe sent to: For JapanAirlines: ForAmericanAirlines: TSUTOMU ANDO VlRASB VAHIDI Executive Officer

- SeniorVice President

­ InternationalAffairs Planning JapanAirlines AmericanAirlines, 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, JapanTORU 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 ConnecticutAve., N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 42 6223 wkaras@steptoe.com cgosain@steptoe.com

February 12, 2010 KENJI C. HASHIMOTO Vice President

­ StrategicAlliances AmericanAirl ,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 JEFFREYA. OGAR SeniorAttorney AmericanAirlines, 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 AmericanAirlines, Inc. 17ili 1101 Street, N.W. Washington,

.D.C. 20036 (202) 496-5647 carl.nelson@aa.comBEFORE 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

JOINTMOTION OFAMERICANAIRLINES, INC. AND JAPAN

AIRLINES INTERNATIONAL CO., LTD. TO CONSOLIDATE
American Airlines, Inc. and JapanAirlines International Co., Ltd. herebyjointmove the Department to consolidate for contemporaneous cons ion and decision captioned applications for antitrust immunity, onebyAmerican and JAL, and otherby 1 NipponAirways Co., Ltd., Continental Airlines, Inc., and UnitedAir , Inc. Both applications present common issues, since both will require the Department to examine sting and potential levels of competition on routes between andbeyond the United

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States and Japan. Consol ionwill the Department and the ies to address the issues more efficiently, and will not delay the Department's decision on either liance proposal. There is compellingprecedent 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/BritishAirways inAugust 2001 andby 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 ofthe AA/BA and United/bmi cases will improve our ability to analyze and correctly decide the issues presented in each case andwill not del our decision on eit r allianceproposal. Our ruling is thus consistent with our authorityunder 49 USC 46102 to 'conduct proceedings in a way conducive tojustice and proper dispatch ofbusiness.' Ourprocedural rules state that
we may consolidateproceedings when that 'willbe conducive to the proper dispatch of [the Department'sJ bus s and to the ends ofjustice andwill not unduly delay the proceedings'" [14 CFR 302.13J (pp. 7 8).- 3 ­**~** "The AA/BA and United/bmi applications present major
common issues, since our decision on eachproposal 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; stillmore important, the resolution of eachpair ofproceedings is likelyto affect the outcome of the other. Consolidationwill avoid duplication of resources both for the Department and for the ies, and will permit us to consider themerits 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 separateprocedural tracks. In addition, consolidation should result in speedier disposition of the various applications than would have beenpossible on separateprocedural tracks" (p. 8).**~** "Consolidating the cases will thus cause no delay in
our sion on either alliance proposal. If we were not consolidatingthe cases, we would still consider simultaneously. [NJ ther casewill be delayed, andboth should ultimatelybe further expedited" (p. 8).- 4

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 wouldbe considered contemporaneously if each were ledbymid-February 2010. Consolidation is fully consistent therewith. Accordingly, the Department should consolidate the American/JapanAirlines andAll Nippon/Continental/United immunity applications into a single U.S.-Japan alliance proceeding, in which both requests shouldbe reviewed and decided together and on an expeditedbasis. Respectfully submitted,

R. BRUCE WARK JEFFREYA. OGAR AmericanAirlines, Inc.

WILLIAM KARAS CAROL GOSAIN Steptoe 

### &Johnson LLP Counsel for JapanAirlines International Co., Ltd.
February 12, 2010CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that I have this day served the foregoing document by email on the following persons: sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com scott.mcclain@delta.com sametta.c.barnett@delta.com kquinn@pillsburywinthrop.com bkeiner@crowell.com mrosia@crowell.com bruce.rabinovitz@wilmerhale.com jeffrey.manley@united.com bob.kneisley@wnco.com robert.land@jetblue.com msinick@ssd.com cdonley@ssd.com anbird@fedex.com dvaughan@kelleydrye.com kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com lhalloway@crowell.com efaberman@wileyrein.com mroller@rollerbauer.com howard.kass@usairways.com benjamin.slocum@usairways.com sophy.chen@hklaw.com

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