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

--------------------------------------------- Application of : : AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT-OST-2010- : for allocation of three weekly U.S.- : Brazil regional frequencies relinquished : by Delta Air Lines :

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**APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. FOR ALLOCATION OF THREE WEEKLY U.S.-BRAZIL REGIONAL FREQUENCIES**  **RELINQUISHED BY DELTA AIR LINES**

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: VIRASB VAHIDI WILLIAM K. RIS, JR. Senior Vice President - Senior Vice President - Planning Government Affairs American Airlines, Inc. American Airlines, Inc. P.O. Box 619616, MD 5634 1101 17 th Street, N.W. DFW Airport, Texas 75161 Washington, D.C. 20036 KENJI C. HASHIMOTO CARL B. NELSON, JR. Vice President – Strategic Associate General Counsel Alliances American Airlines, Inc. American Airlines, Inc. 1101 17 th Street, N.W. P.O. Box 619616, MD 5635 Washington, D.C. 20036 DFW Airport, Texas 75261 (202) 496-5647 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

July 26, 2010**BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**  **WASHINGTON, D. C.**

--------------------------------------------- Application of : : AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT-OST-2010- : for allocation of three weekly U.S.- : Brazil regional frequencies relinquished : by Delta Air Lines :

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**APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. FOR ALLOCATION OF THREE WEEKLY U.S.-BRAZIL REGIONAL FREQUENCIES**  **RELINQUISHED BY DELTA AIR LINES**

American Airlines, Inc. hereby applies for allocation of three weekly U.S.-Brazil regional frequencies relinquished by Delta Air Lines, Inc. In a letter filed on July 23, 2010 in DOT-OST-2008-0227, Delta states that it is ending its three weekly flights between Atlanta and Fortaleza on September 6, 2010, and will relinquish the three weekly regional frequencies used to fund that service effective September 7, 2010.By Notice of Action Taken on June 16, 2010 in DOT-OST2010-0088, the Department awarded 11 weekly frequencies to American that can be used to serve any point in Brazil exceptSao Paulo. American is planning to use seven of these frequencies to operate daily service between New York (JFK) and Rio de Janeiro, and the other four to operate service four times a week between Miami and Brasilia, effective November 18, 2010.- 2 -

On July 8, 2010, American applied for the three Rio de Janeiro-eligible frequencies remaining in the unallocated pool in order to provide service three times a week between Dallas/ Ft. Worth and Rio de Janeiro (DOT-OST-2010-0179). On July 23, 2010, Delta applied for the same three frequencies, proposing toassign them to its existing daily Atlanta-Rio de Janeiro service, thereby freeing up three Sao Paulo-eligible frequencies for deployment on the Detroit-Sao Paulo route (DOT-OST-2010- 0186). If the Department allocates to American the three regional frequencies that Delta is returning, American will deploy them on its proposed Miami-Brasilia service, thereby releasing three Rio de Janeiro-eligible frequencies to operate the Dallas/Ft. Worth-Rio de Janeiro route. Assuming that the Department grants the three regionalfrequencies we are seeking in this docket, it should concurrently dismiss as moot our July 8, 2010 application for Rio de Janeiro-eligible frequencies in DOT-OST-2010-0179. We will poll the carrier parties named on the attached service list for non-objections, and advise the Department of the results. If there are no objections, we request expedited approval of this application.**- 3 -**

Respectfully submitted,

___________________________ CARL B. NELSON, JR. Associate General Counsel American Airlines, Inc. July 26, 2010**CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE**

I hereby certify that I have this day served the foregoing document by email on the following persons:

mgoldman@sgbdc.com sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com scott.mcclain@delta.com sametta.c.barnett@delta.com hershel.kamen@coair.com dan.weiss@coair.com jeffrey.manley@united.com bruce.rabinovitz@wilmerhale.com david.heffernan@wilmerhale.com howard.kass@usairways.com nssparks@fedex.com david.vaughan@kelleydrye.com kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com russell.pommer@atlasair.com eskraft@jamnoff.com dpdean@jamhoff.com byerlyjr@state.gov donna.kooperstein@usdoj.gov dwight.moore@ustranscom.mil john.allen@faa.gov

_______________________________ CARL B. NELSON, JR. July 12, 2010