BEFORE THE 

 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

 WASHINGTON, D. C. 

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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 17th 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 17th 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. 

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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. 

 

 
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 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 

                

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CARL B. NELSON   

May 18, 2011