BEFORE THE 


DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 


WASHINGTON, D. C. 


Joint Application of 

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. 

and DOT-OST-2004­

COMPANIA MEXICANA DE AVIACION, 16945 

S.A. DE C.V. 

under 14 CFR Part 212 and 49 USC 40109 

for statements of authorization and related exemption authority (codesharing) 

APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. 

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITY 

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 

American Airlines, Inc. 

P.O. Box 619616, MD 5635 

DFW Airport, Texas 75261 

(817) 963 0394 

robert.wirick@aa.com 

February 12, 2010 
BEFORE THE 


DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 


WASHINGTON, D. C. 


Application of 

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. 

and DOT-OST-2004­

COMPANIA MEXICANA DE AVIACION, 16945 

S.A. DE C.V. 

under 14 CFR Part 212 and 49 USC 40109 

statements of authorization and related exemption authority (codesharing) 

APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. 

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITY 

American Ai , Inc., under 49 USC 40109 and 14 

CFR Part 377, hereby applies for renewal of exempt authority, last renewed by Notice of Action Taken on il 16, 2008 

and subsequently amended on December 3, 2008 with the same 

expiration date, to engage codeshare services with Compania 

Mexicana de Aviacion, S.A. de C.V. or its affiliate Aerocaribe 

d/b/a Click Mexicana (AA* on flights operated by Mexicana or 

Click) . 

In filing this application, American invokes the 

automatic extension provisions of the Administrative Procedure 

Act, 5 USC 558{c), as implemented by 14 CFR Part 377. The 

current exemption, as amended, would expire on April 16, 2010 

absent this renewal application, which is timely since it is 

submitted more than 60 days in advance of the expiration date. 
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American requests renewal of the following exemption 

authority: 

(1) Exemption to the extent necessary to provide 

scheduled foreign air transportation of sons, property, and 

mail between points in the United States and points within 

Mexico beyond American's authorized Mexico gateway points for 

transborder services for the purpose of blind-sector codeshare 

services between the Mexican gateway points and other points 

within Mexico on services operated by Mexicana or its affiliate 

Aerocaribe d/b/a Click Mexicana; and 

(2) Exemption to the extent necessary to provide 

scheduled foreign r transportation of persons, property, and 

mail between the following transborder city-pairs: ChioagoGuadalajara/Morelia/Zacatecas; Denver-Mexico City; FresnoGuadalajara; Las Vegas-Guadalajara/Mexico City/San Jose del 

Cabo; Los Angeles-Cancun/Guadalajara/Leon/Mazatlan/Mexico City/ 

Monterrey/Morelia/Zacatecas; New York/Newark-Mexico City/Monterrey; Oakland-Guadalajara/Leon/Zacatecas; Orlando-Mexico 

City; Portland-Guadalajara; Saoramento-Guadalajara/Morelia/San 

Jose del Cabo; San Antonio-Mexico City/Monterrey; San 

Franoisoo-Guadalajara/Mexico City/Morelia/Puerto Vallarta; and 

San Jose-Guadalajara/Morel 
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The foregoing list is based on Notice of Action 

Taken, April 16, 2008, as subsequently amended on December 3, 

2008 (adding Orlando-Mexico City and San Francisco-Puerto 

Vallarta). The same expiration date of April 16, 2010 was 

established for both actions. 

Renewal is fully consistent with the U.S.-Mexico Air 

Transport Agreement, as amended, and with the public interest. 

See Statement of United States International Air Transportation 

Policy, 60 Fed. Reg. 21841, 21842, May 3, 1995, recognizing the 

public benefits offered by codeshare arrangements between U.S. 

and foreign carriers. 

In response to the Department's letter of June 1, 

1995 to participants in the Civil Reserve Air Fleet Program, 

American states that the codeshare arrangement at issue here 

has no impact on American's CRAF commitments. 

In response to the Department's notice of August 23, 

2005 on streamlining regulatory procedures (DOT-OST-2005­

22228), American has requested corresponding certificate 

authority for its U.S.-Mexico exemption authority. See 

application for amended certificate of public convenience and 

necessity, August 26, 2005 (DOT-OST-2000-8516). We urge 

expedited approval of that application to avoid the need for 

successive renewals in exemption dockets. 
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Re fully submitted, 

CARL B. NELSON, JR. 


Ass ate General Counsel 


American rlines, Inc. 


February 12, 2010 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certi that I have this day served the foregoing 

document by email on the following persons: 

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com 

scott.mcclain@delta.com 

sametta.c.barnett@delta.com 

kquinn@pillsburywinthrop.com 

bkeiner@crowell.com 

mrosia@crowell.com 

bruce.rabinovitz@wilmerhale.com 

j .manley@united.com 

bob.kneisley@wnco.com 

robert.land@jetblue.com 

msinick@ssd.com 

cdonley@ssd.com 

anbird@fedex.com 

dvaughan@kelleydrye.com 

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com 

jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com 

lhalloway@crowell.com 

efaberman@wileyrein.com 

mroller@rollerbauer.com 

howard.kass@usairways.com 

benjamin.slocum@usai~ways.com 

sophy.chen@hklaw.com 

jhill@dlalaw.com 

bill@mietuslaw.com 

mgoldman@sgbdc.com 

rsilverberg@sgbdc.com 

dhainbach@ggh-airlaw.com 

mcmillin@woa.com 

mchopra@jamhoff.com 

russell.bailey@alpa.org 

dkirstein@yklaw.com 

jyoung@yklaw.com 

donna.kooperstein@usdoj.gov 

dwight.moore@ustranscom.mil 

jim.ballough@faa.gov 

byerlyjr@state.gov 

recohn@hhlaw.com 

cjsimpson@zsrlaw.com 

pmurphy@lopmurphy.com 

lachter@starpower.net 

anita.mosner@hklaw.com 

rpommer@atlasair.com 

gmurphy@crowell.com 

CARL B. NELSON, JR , 

February 12, 2010