BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D. C. 

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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 17th 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 17th 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. 

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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 except 

Sao 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. 
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 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 to 

assign 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 regional 

frequencies 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. 
 

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 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