BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D. C.

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Application of :

:

 AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT-OST-2010-

: 0245

under 49 USC 40109 for an exemption :

(Los Angeles-Shanghai) :

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APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

VIRASB VAHIDI WILLIAM K. RIS, JR.

Senior Vice President - Senior Vice President -

Marketing and Planning Government Affairs

and Chief Commercial Officer American Airlines, Inc.

American Airlines, Inc. 1101 17th Street, N.W.

P.O. Box 619616, MD 5634 Washington, D.C. 20036

DFW Airport, Texas 75161

Francis C. Heil

ROBERT A. WIRICK Senior Attorney

Managing Director, Regulatory American Airlines, Inc. 

and International Affairs 1101 17th Street, N.W.

American Airlines, Inc. Washington, D.C. 20036

P.O. Box 619616, MD 5635 (202) 496-5642

DFW Airport, Texas 75261 francis.heil@aa.com

(817) 963-0394

robert.wirick@aa.com

July 11, 2012
BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D. C.

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Application of :

:

 AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT-OST-2010-

: 0245

under 49 USC 40109 for an exemption :

(Los Angeles-Shanghai) : 

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APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION

 American Airlines, Inc. hereby applies for renewal of 

its exemption, initially granted by Notice of Action Taken in 

this docket on October 7, 2010, authorizing scheduled foreign 

air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Los 

Angeles, California, and Shanghai, People’s Republic of China. 

 In filing this application, American invokes the automatic extension provisions of the Administrative Procedure 

Act, 5 USC 558(c), as implemented by l4 CFR Part 377. 

American's Los Angeles-Shanghai exemption would expire on

October 7, 2012, absent this renewal application, which is 

timely under l4 CFR 377.l0(c) since it is filed more than 60 

days in advance of the expiration date.
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 American initiated daily nonstop service from Los 

Angeles to Shanghai on April 5, 2011. Presently, we operate 

daily nonstop flights utilizing 245 seat B777 aircraft 

(14F/37C/194Y). This service constitutes “activity of a 

continuing nature” under 5 USC 558(c). 

 Renewal of this authority1 is clearly in the public 

interest and consistent with the Air Transport Agreement, as 

amended, between the United States and the People’s Republic 

of China. 

 For the foregoing reasons, the Department should renew 

American's exemption authority for a period of at least two 

years.

Respectfully submitted, 

Francis C. Heil 

Senior Attorney 

American Airlines, Inc.

July 11, 2012

 

1 The October 7, 2010, Notice of Action Taken, also allocated 

seven weekly frequencies for this route to remain in effect 

indefinitely, subject to the conditions stated. 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that I have this day served the foregoing document by email 

on the following persons:

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com jhill@dlalaw.com

scott.mcclain@delta.com steve.morrissey@united.com

sametta.c.barnett@delta.com mgoldman@sgbdc.com

dan.weiss@united.com rsilverberg@sgbdc.com

rbkeiner@crowell.com dhainbach@ggh-airlaw.com

esahr@eckertseamons.com rpommer@atlasair.com

russell.bailey@alpa.org eskraft@jamhoff.com

jonathan.linde@united.com dpdean@jamhoff.com

bob.kneisley@wnco.com dkirstein@yklaw.com

robert.land@jetblue.com jyoung@yklaw.com

msinick@ssd.com william.stallings@usdoj.gov

cdonley@ssd.com dwight.moore@ustranscom.mil

gbleopard@fedex.com john.allen@faa.gov

cefelts@fedex.com urskr@state.gov

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com gmurphy@crowell.com

nssparks@fedex.com cjsimpson@zsrlaw.com

lhalloway@crowell.com benjamin.slocum@usairways.com

efaberman@wileyrein.com howard.kass@usairways.com

mroller@rollerbauer.com anita.mosner@hklaw.com

jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com

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Francis C. Heil

July 11, 2012