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### TIle Honorable Richard M. 

### Duley Mayor(]f

### Chicago Chicago, II. 60602
DearMayor Daley:


### Thank you fOl'YOUf 

### letterto Secretary LaHood supporting the application 

## tor antitrust 

## immunity filed by 

### Americnn Airlines and Japan Airlines. I am responding on benalfoftheSecretary.
As you 

### may know, the 

### applicants"':"""'lilcmbers ofthe 

### otlcworldAlliance-are seeking antitrust 

### immunity to closely coordinate flights bet.veen the 

### United States and 

### Asia.**A~cording** 

### to the 

### application, the alliance 

### partners pIunto launch ajoinl 

### vent(Irefor

### ttanspac.ific traffic. TheappHcation 

### is administered 

### inapublic docket. which

### ensures that

### interested pID't.ieshave the 

### opportUl1itytocomrnent. TbeU.S. Department of

### TrnnsportatiQO (DOT) 

### will evaluate the appIiciationaccording.to rigorous statutory Standards, beginning with a

### review of 

### the recordto 

### determineifitls substantiaUycomplete. Decisi()Jls 

### on theapplicatitmare 

### nuu,.ie iticonsultation wi.th thelJ.S. 

### Department ofJustice's 

### Antitrust DivisiotltbHowing 

### athorough analysis

# of

. competitive factors. As this 

### matter is 

### now pending. I

### hope yOll 

### understand that the Department 

### cannot comment onthe 

### Ineritsofthe application. luan assure 

### YOll, 

### however,thatDOT will give full 

### unafmrconsideration to 

### the application as well as any comments 

### filed in the docket.

. As isour**normalpractice~** 

### a copy ofyour letter and this response is being placed in Docket

. DOT;..OST·2010·00.59 as Hconlact 

### outside the record in 

### this 

### matter. We apprecia.teyour interest

in this 

### proceeding.

### .. 

### .

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OFFICE OF THE KAYOR
CITY 01' CBICA,OO mCBAlm :N. D.6.LEY MAYOR March 3,2010

The Honorable Ray LaHood Secretary U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. Washington, D.C. 20590
Dear Secretary laHood:
I write you to ufge the expeditious approval of the application for antitrust Immunity filed by American Airlines and JAL, both members of the oneworfd Alliance. These carriers recently entered into a business agreement that will improve the efficiencies of moving people and cargo between North America and Asia. These carriers will link millions of business and vacation travelers between 150 airport markets In the U.S. and 65 cities in Japan, China, Korea, Philippines, Vietnam and Thailand. Approval of the**~titrust** Immunity application will allow American and JALto fully cooperate in setting schedules and fares that are competitive and convenient tothalr passengers. This 

### will put these carriers on the same "evel 8S competitors**~ho** already have antltNlt Immunity or have petitions flied with, your office and serve many of these same markets. The resulting airline ,competition will be a boon to U.S. companies that will use the O'Hare International Airport gateway to expand further Into Asian markets. Further penetration into these markets 

### will strengthen our local economy which has been damaged recently by the severe global recession. Our fellow citizens' Jobs will be made more secure and those who lost Jobs willfind new opportunities for work.
The U.S. Department of Transportation has wisely recognized the value of airlines being granted antitrust Immunltv In'order to develop schedules

### an~' f,res that best 

# serve the flying publfc. The Department has granted over 26 immunity appHcations 

### to date because they ensure parity among competing airline alliances and benefit consumers. The application filed by American and JALls one**wort~v** of your approval.