BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________ )

Joint A pplication of ) ) AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. )

and ) Docket OST

- 2000

- 6824
CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LIMITED ) )
under 14 CFR Part 212 for statement s of )

authorization (codesharing) ) __________________________________________)

JOINT APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT AND NOTICE

OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. AND

CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LIMITED

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

John R. Mietus, Jr. LAW OFFICE OF JOHN MIETUS, LLC 6701 Democracy Boulevard Ste 300 Bethesda, Maryland 20817 (202) 747

- 5212 john@mietuslaw.com

Counsel for CATHAY PACIFIC

AIRWAYS LIMITED Robert A. Wirick Managing Director, Regulatory and
International Affairs AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. P.O. Box 619616, MD 5635 DFW Airport, Texas 75161 (817) 963

- 0394
robert.wirick@aa.co m

NOTICE: Any person may support or oppose this application by filing an answer and serving a copy of the answer on counsel for the Joint Applicants and upon persons served with this application no later than March 2 9

, 2014

. THE JOINT APPLICANTS INTEND TO P OLL.

March 1 4

, 2014BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________ )

Joint A pplication of ) ) AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. )

and ) Docket OST

- 2000

- 6824
CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LIMITED ) March 1 4 , 2014 )
under 14 CFR Part 212 for statement s of )

authorization (codesharing) ) __________________________________________)

JOINT APPLICATION FOR AMENDMENT AND NOTICE

OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. AND

CATHAY PACIFIC AIRWAYS LIMITED

By Notice of Action Taken dated January 8, 2003 in the above

captioned docket (“the 2003 Notice”) , the Department granted American

Airlines, Inc. (“American”) and Cathay Pacific Airways Limited (“Cathay”)

(together, the “Joint Applicants”) , among other things, statements of

authorization to engage in code

- sharing with each other as follows:

American t o display the "CX" designator code on flights operated by American, TWA, American Eagle or Executive Airlines d/b/a American Eagle: (1) between and among Cathay Pacific's U.S. and Canadian gateways; (2) beyond Cathay Pacific's U.S. and Canadian gateways to U.S. points [selected by Hong Kong under the 2002 U.S.

- Hong Kong Memorandum of Understanding] ; (c) between the United States and third

- country points intermediate to Hong Kong, connecting to flights operated by Cathay Pacific between such points and Hong Kong; and (d) beyond the United States to

third

- country points.

Cathay Pacific Airways, Ltd. to display the "AA" designator code on flights operated by Cathay Pacific: (1) between Hong Kong and Cathay Pacific's U.S. gateways; (2) between Hong Kong and third

- country points intermediate to the United States, connecting to fligh ts operated by American between such points and the United States; and (3) beyond Hong Kong to third

- country points.American and Cathay Pacific Application for Amended Authority Page 2

American respectfully applies to amend its statement of authorization to

permit American to display the “CX” designator code on flights operated by

American between Hong Kong and the United States. The 2003 Notice also

requires advance notice of code

- sharing in new, city

- pair markets, and t he

Joint Applicants are notifying the Department of new code

- sharing services.

So that the Joint Applicants may begin marketing the new service s described

in this A pplication and Notice

, they request expedited Department action and

a waiver of advance notice requirements as to these services ; they will report

the results of their poll of U.S. carriers serv ed with the Joint Application.

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In support of thi s Joint Application and Notice

, the Joint Applicants

state as follows:

1

. The 2003 Notice granted Cathay a statement of authorization in

2003 to display the AA code on transpacific flights; American now seeks

complementary authority to display the CX code on American’s transpacific

flights. Approval of the requested codeshare authority is in the public

interest and will provide important additional service and competitive

options to U.S.

– Asia travelers and shippers. Approval also is consistent

1 / Condition (c) of the 2003 Notice requires notice of new code

- share services no later than 30 days before such service actually begins operating. The Joint Applicants request a waiver of that condition as to the Hong Kong

- Newark and Ne wark

- Miami

services described herein; no waiver is necessary for the Hong Kong

- Dallas/Ft. Worth

service. T o the extent necessary, they also request a waiver of the 45

- day advance notice requirement prescribed by 14 C.F.R. § 212. 10(d)(2).American and Cathay Pacific Application for Amended Authority Page 3

with the October 19, 2002 Memorandum of Unders tanding between the

United States and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the

People’s Republic of China.

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. Further, t he Joint Applicants notify the Department of new code

share services covered either by the existing statements of authorizati on and

American’s proposed amendment:

a. The AA designator code will be displayed ( see footnote 1) on flights operated by Cathay between Hong Kong and Newark, New Jersey. Cathay recently began operating these flights.

b. The CX designator code will be displayed on flights operated by American between Newark and Miami, Florida in connection with the

above

- mentioned Cathay flights.

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c. The CX designator code will be displayed on flights operated by American between Hong Kong and D allas/Ft. Worth, Texas. These flights are scheduled to begin on or about June 11 , 2014.

2 / Such services effectively are covered by a prior blanket notice, but t he Joint Applicants provide this notice for the sake of good order. Th e prior notice was

contained i n a filing dated November 5, 2002, when the Joint Applicants advised that (emphasis added): “Catha y Pacific's U.S. gateways [currently are] Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York/ Newark .... We hereby submit initial notice (subject to confirmation by diplomatic note) by naming the following points beyond Cathay Pacific's U.S. gateways: ... Miami ....”