BEFORE THE 

 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

 WASHINGTON, D. C. 

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Application of : 

 : 

 AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT-OST-l997- 

 : 2527 

under 49 USC 40l09 for an exemption : 

(Dallas/Ft. Worth-Caracas, Venezuela) : 

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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 

 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) 4969-5647 

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 

January 4, 2011 
BEFORE THE 

 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

 WASHINGTON, D. C. 

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Application of : 

 : 

 AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT-OST-l997- 

 : 2527 

under 49 USC 40l09 for an exemption : 

(Dallas/Ft. Worth-Caracas, Venezuela) : 

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 APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. 

 FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION 

 American Airlines, Inc. hereby applies for renewal of 

its exemption, last renewed by Notice of Action Taken in this 

docket on March 9, 2009, authorizing scheduled foreign air 

transportation of persons, property, and mail between Dallas/ 

Ft. Worth, Texas and Caracas, Venezuela. 

 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 

Dallas/Ft. Worth-Caracas exemption would expire on March 9, 

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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 Due to restrictions imposed by the Government of 

Venezuela, American presently operates nonstop flights between 

Dallas/Ft. Worth and Caracas one day a week utilizing 188-seat 

B757 aircraft (22C/166Y). We hope to be able to operate additional frequencies in the future. Our service constitutes 

“activity of a continuing nature” under 5 USC 558(c). 

 American holds certificate authority to serve between 

Puerto Rico and Caracas (Route 542) and between New York/Miami 

and Caracas/Maracaibo (Route 543). We applied for renewal and 

amendment of these certificates on December 11, l992 (Dockets 

49547 and 48548), requesting a single certificate authorizing 

service between any point in the U.S. and any point in 

Venezuela. 

 Granting country-wide certificate authority is consistent with the U.S.-Venezuela Air Transport Agreement and with 

the public interest, and would provide maximum operating flexibility. When the applications cited above are granted, the 

separate Dallas/Ft. Worth-Caracas exemption at issue here will 

no longer be necessary. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

 

 CARL B. NELSON 

Associate General Counsel 

 American Airlines, Inc. 

January 4, 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 

jeffrey.manley@united.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 

dvaughan@kelleydrye.com urskr@state.gov 

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com recohn@hhlaw.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 rpommer@atlasair.com 

benjamin.slocum@usairways.com gmurphy@crowell.com 

sophy.chen@hklaw.com russell.bailey@alpa.org 

david.heffernan@wilmerhale.com esahr@eckertseamons.com 

                

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CARL B. NELSON   

January 4, 2011