UN I TE D S TATE S O F A M ER I CA DE P ART M EN T

O F TRAN SP O RTAT I O N O F F I C E O F T H E

S ECRETAR Y W AS H I NGT O N

, DC

I ssued by t he D epa r t m ent o f T r a nsp o rt a t i on on February 4 , 2013

N O T I C E O F ACT I O N TA K E N

- - D O C K E T D O T

- O S T

- 1 9 96

- 1 3 53 , DOT

OST

- 2000

- 6824, DOT

- OST

- 2002

- 12496, DOT

- OST

- 2006

- 26387, DOT

- OST

2007

- 0034

T h i s s e r v es a s n o t i ce t o t h e pub l i c o f t h e a c t i on d e sc r i b ed b e l o w

, t a k en by t he D e p a rt m ent o f f i c i al i n d i c a t e d

( no a d d i ti o n al con f ir m i ng o r der w i l l be i s sued i n th i s m a t t e r )

.

A pp li c a t i on o f A M ER I CAN A I RL I NE S, I NC

. ( A m e r i ca n ) fi l ed 1 /15 / 2013 f o r:

1. Docket DOT

- OST

- 1996

- 1353

X X Renewal o f e x e m p ti on under 49 U .S. C . 401 0 9 t o p r o v i de t he f o l l o w i ng s e r v i ce:

Schedu l ed f o re i gn a i r t r a nspo rt a t i on o f p er s ons, p r oper t y , and m a i l b et w een a po i nt or p o i n t s i n t he U n it ed

S t a t e s , v i a i n t e r me d i a t e p o i n t s, a n d Belem, B e l o H o r i z on t e, B r a s i li a , Manaus, Porto Alegre, R ec i f e, R i o d e

Ja n e i r o, S a l vador, and Sao P a u l o, and beyond Brazil to Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

2. Docket DOT

- OST

- 2000

- 6824

XX Renewal of exemption under 49 U.S.C. 40109 to provide the following service:

Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between the United States and

Hong Kong, either nonstop or via intermediate points, and beyond Hong Kong to th ird country

points. 1

3. Docket DOT

- OST

- 2002

- 12496

XX Renewal of exemption under 49 U.S.C. 40109 to provide the following service:

Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between the United States and

Vietnam. 2

4. Docket DOT

- OST

- 2006

- 26387

XX Renewal of exemption under 49 U.S.C. 40109 to provide the following service:

Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Miami, Florida, and

Valencia, Venezuela.

1 American uses this authority to display the AA* code on flights operated by Cathay Pacific Airways, Ltd.

2 American uses this authority to display the AA* code on flights operated by Japan Airlines International Co., Ltd.5. D ocket DOT

- OST

- 2007

- 0034

XX Ren ewal of exemption under 49 U.S. C. 40109 to provide the following service:

Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between any points in the

United States and four (4) points in Argentina, and beyond to points in South America. 3

Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between points in the United

States and five (5) additional points in Argentina on a code

- share

- basis only. 4

Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between points in the United

States and five (5) additional points in Argentina on a code

- share

- basis only, in conjunction with a

designated airline of Argentina. 5

A pp li c ant r e p: Francis C. Heil (202) 496

- 5642 DO T Ana l y s t : Darren Jaffe (202) 366

- 2512

D I S P O S I T I O N

X X Granted ( sub j e ct t o co n d i t i o n s, see be l o w )

T he abo v e a c t i on w as e f f e c ti v e w hen t a k en: February 4

, 201 3 t h r ou g h February 4 , 201 5

.

A c ti on t aken b y: P a u l L

. G re t ch, D i r e c t or

O ff i ce o f I n t e rna t i on a l A v i a t i on

XX The authority granted is consistent with the aviation agreement between the United States and Brazil, as

amended, and the Memorandum of Consultations signed March 19, 2011 ; the U.S

. - Hong Kong Air

Transport Agreement (the Agreement) and the Memorandum of Understanding of October 19, 2002 (MOU);

the aviation agreement between the United States and Vietnam; the aviation agreement between the United

States and Venezuela; and the United S tates

- Argentina Air Transport Agreement.

Except t o t he ex t ent exe m p t ed or w a i v ed, t h i s au t ho r it y i s s u b j ect t o t he t e r m s, cond i t i ons, and li m it a t i ons

ind i c a t e d : X X H o l d e r ’ s c e r t i fi ca t es o f pub l i c c o n ve n i en c e a n d nece s s i t y

X X S t anda r d e xe m p t i on con d i t i ons ( a tt a c h ed)

C ond i t i on s : T he au t h o r it y g r an t ed t o s e r v e i n t e r m ed i a t e p o i n t s i s l i m it ed t o c o un t ri e s wi t h w h i ch t he U n it ed

S t a t e s has s i g ned o p en

- s k i es a g r ee m ents an d / or coun t r i es f or w h i ch t he ca rr i er ho l d s a u t h o r i t y t o se r v e und e r

c e r t i fi c a t es o r e xe m p ti ons i ss u ed by t he D e pa rt m en t

.

On t h e b a s is o f d ata of f icia ll y n o ticea b le u n d er Ru le 24( g ) o f t h e De p a r t m e n t ' s r e gu l a ti o ns

, w e f ou n d t h e a pp lica n t q u ali f ied

to pro v i d e t h e e x e m p ti o n s e r v ic e s a u t h or ize d

.

U n d er a u t h or i t y a s s i gn ed b y t h e De p a r t m e n t i n its r e g u lati o ns

, 1 4 C FR P a r t 385

, w e f oun d t h at (1 ) o u r acti o n w as c o ns i s te n t

w i th De p a r t m e n t po li c y ; (2 ) the applicant was qualified to perform its proposed operations; (3) g r a n t o f t h e a u t h or i t y w a s

c o ns i s t e n t w i t h t h e p u b lic i n te re s t; a n d (4 ) g r a n t o f t h e a u t h or i t y w o u ld n o t c on s ti t u te a m a j o r r e gu lat o r y acti o n un d er t h e

E n e rg y P o li c y a n d C o ns e r v ati o n A c t o f 1975

. T o t h e e x t e n t n o t g r a n te d /deferred/dismissed

, w e d e n ied all r e q u e s ts i n t h e

r e f e r e n ced D o c k et. W e m a y a m e nd

, m od i f y

, o r r e v o k e t h e a u t h or i t y g r a n ted in t h i s N o ti c e at a n y t i m e w i t h ou t h ea r i n g at o u r

d i s c r eti o n

.

P e r s o n s e n titled to p etiti o n t h e De p a r t m e n t f o r r e v i e w o f t h e acti o n s et f or th i n t h i s N o tice un d er t h e De p a r t m e n t ’ s r e gu la t i o ns

, 1 4 C F R §385. 3 0

, m a y f ile t h eir p etiti on s w i t h i n s e v e n (7 ) d a y s a f ter t h e d ate o f i s su a n ce o f t h is N o tice. T h is acti o n w as e ff e c ti v e

3 Under Section 1(B) of Annex I to the Agreement, the United States may select four points in Argentina for direct

- U.S.

carrier service, five points in Argentina for code

- share

- only service, and five points in Argentina for code

- share

- only

service with a designated airline of Argentina. The United States has selected, at this time, Buenos Aires and Cordoba

as two of the four points for U.S. direct carrier service; Bariloche, Iguazu , Mendoza, Rosario, and Ushuaia as points for

service on a code

- share

- only basis; and Comodor Rivadavia, El Calafate, and Rio Gallegos as three of five points for

service on a code

- share

- only basis with a designated carrier of Argentina.

4 American ope rates these services pursuant to a code

- share arrangement with Lan Argentina.

5 Id.w h e n ta k e n

, a n d t h e f i li n g o f a p et i ti o n f o r r e v i e w w i ll n o t alter s u ch e f f ect i v e n e ss

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I n the c ondu c t of t h e op e ra tions a utho r i z e d, the U

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. carr i e r a ppli ca nt ( s ) sh a ll:

( 1) Hold a t a ll tim e s ef f

e c tive op e ra ti n g a uth o r i t y fr om the g ov er nm e nt o f e ac h c ount r y s er v e d;

( 2) C omp l y with a ppli c a ble re qui re m e nts c on c e r n ing ov er s a l e s c ont a i n e d in 14 C F R 250 (f or

s c h e dul e d op e ra tions, if a utho r i z e d ) ;

( 3) C omp l y with the r e q ui re m e nts f or r e po r ti n g d a ta c ont a in e d in 14 C F R 241;

(4 ) C o m p l y with re qui r e m e nts f or minimum insu r a n c e c ov e r a g e

, a nd f or ce r ti f y

i n g th a t c o v er a ge

to the D e p ar tm e nt, c on t a in e d in 14 C F R 205;

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, c omp l y

with the re qui re m e nts of 14 C F R 203, c on c e r ning w a iv e r of W ar s a w C onv e ntion li a bili t y limits

an d d e fen s e s;

( 6) C omp l y with a ll a pp l i ca ble re qu i re m e nts of t h e Fe d era l Av i a tion Administ ra tion, the

T ra nspo r t a tion S ec u r i t y Administ ra tion, a nd with a ll a ppli ca ble U. S . Gov e r nm e nt re qui re m e nts

c on cer ni n g s ec u r i t y , in c l udin g , but not limit e d to, 49 C F R P ar t 1544. To a s su r e c ompli a n c e with

a ll a ppli ca ble U. S . Gov e r nm e nt re qui re m e nts c o n c er ning s ec u r i t y , the hold e r sh a ll, b ef o r e

c omm e n c i n g a n y n e w s e r vi c e ( in c ludi n g c h a r t e r f li g hts) to or f r om a f o re i g n a i rpo r t, c ont a c t its

P r in c ip a l S ec u r i t y I nsp e c tor ( P S I ) to a dvi s e the PS I o f its pl a ns a nd to f ind out wh e th e r the

T ra nspo r t a tion S ec u r i t y Administ ra tion h a s d e t e r min e d th a t s ec u r i t y is a d e qu a te to a llow su c h

a i rpo r t ( s) to be s er v e d;

( 7) C omp l y with su c h o t h e r r e a son a ble t e r ms, c o n ditions, a nd limit a tions r e qui re d b y t h e public

i n t ere st a s m a y b e p re s c r i b ed b y t h e D e p ar tm en t o f T ran s po r t a ti on

, w ith all app l i cab l e o r d er s and

r e g ul a tions of oth e r U. S

. a g e n c i e s a nd c ou r ts, a nd with a ll a ppli ca ble l a ws o f the Unit e d St a t e s.

The a utho r i t y g ra nt e d s h a ll be ef f

ec tive on l y du r i ng the p er iod wh e n the h old e r is in c ompli a n c e

with the c onditions imp o s e d a bov e

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