**BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**  **WASHINGTON, D. C.**

--------------------------------------------- Application of :
: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT-OST-2002- : 13389 under 49 USC 40l09 for an exemption : (Chicago-Puerto Vallarta and Dallas/ : Ft. Worth-Cozumel) :

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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 17 th Street, N.W. P.O. Box 619616, MD 5634 Washington, D.C. 20036 DFW Airport, Texas 75261 CARL B. NELSON KENJI C. HASHIMOTO Associate General Counsel Vice President – Strategic American Airlines, Inc. Alliances 1101 17 th Street, N.W. American Airlines, Inc. Washington, D.C. 20036 P.O. Box 619616, MD 5635 (202) 496-5647 DFW Airport, Texas 75261 carl.nelson@aa.com

ROBERT A. WIRICK Director, Regulatory Affairs American Airlines, Inc. P.O. Box 619616, MD 5635 DFW Airport, Texas 75261 (817) 963-0394 robert.wirick@aa.com

May 18, 2011**BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**  **WASHINGTON, D. C.**

--------------------------------------------- Application of :
: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT-OST-2002- : 13389 under 49 USC 40l09 for an exemption : (Chicago-Puerto Vallarta and Dallas/ : Ft. Worth-Cozumel) :

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**APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION** 

American Airlines, Inc., under 49 USC 40l09 and l4 CFR
Part 377, hereby applies for renewal of its exemption, most
recently renewed by Notice of Action Taken in this docket on
July 22, 2009, authorizing scheduled foreign air transportation
of persons, property, and mail on the following U.S.-Mexico

routes: Chicago-Puerto Vallarta

Dallas/Ft. Worth-Cozumel
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. The current
exemption would expire on July 22, 2011 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.- 2 -

Between Chicago and Puerto Vallarta, American operates
seasonal service from November through April using 140-seat

MD80 aircraft (14C/l26Y). Between Dallas/Ft. Worth and
Cozumel, American operates year-round service using l60-seat
B737 aircraft (l6C/l44Y). American's flights are an "activity
of a continuing nature" under 5 USC 558(c).
Grant of this renewal application is consistent with the
U.S.-Mexico Air Transport Agreement, as amended, and with the
public interest, as the Department has found in previous

renewals.
In response to the Department’s Notice of August 23,
2005 on streamlining regulatory procedures (OST-2005-22228),
American has requested corresponding certificate authority for
its U.S.-Mexico exemptions. See Supplement to Application for
Renewal of Route 602, August 26, 2005 (OST-2000-85l6). We urge
expedited approval of that application to avoid the need for
successive renewals in exemption dockets.
Respectfully submitted,

__________________________ CARL B. NELSON Associate General Counsel American Airlines, Inc.

May 18, 2011**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 bill@mietuslaw.com sametta.c.barnett@delta.com mgoldman@sgbdc.com kquinn@pillsburywinthrop.com rsilverberg@sgbdc.com bkeiner@crowell.com dhainbach@ggh-airlaw.com esahr@eckertseamons.com mcmillin@woa.com bruce.rabinovitz@wilmerhale.com eskraft@jamhoff.com thomas.bolling@coair.com dpdean@jamhoff.com bob.kneisley@wnco.com dkirstein@yklaw.com robert.land@jetblue.com jyoung@yklaw.com msinick@ssd.com donna.kooperstein@usdoj.gov cdonley@ssd.com dwight.moore@ustranscom.mil gbleopard@fedex.com john.allen@faa.gov david.heffernan@wilmerhale.com urskr@state.gov kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com recohn@hoganlovells.com jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com cjsimpson@zsrlaw.com lhalloway@crowell.com pmurphy@lopmurphy.com efaberman@wileyrein.com lachter@starpower.net mroller@rollerbauer.com anita.mosner@hklaw.com howard.kass@usairways.com jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com benjamin.slocum@usairways.com gmurphy@crowell.com dan.weiss@coair.com russell.bailey@alpa.org rpommer@atlasair.com

________________________________ CARL B. NELSON

May 18, 2011