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A pp li c a t i on o f A M ER I C A N A I RL I NE S, I NC. ( A m e r i ca n ) f i l ed 7 / 12 / 13 f o r:

X X R ene w al o f e x e m p ti on under 49 U .S. C

. 401 0 9 t o p r o v i de t he f o l l o w i ng s e r v i c e:

Schedu l ed f o re i gn a i r t r a nspor t a t i on o f p er s ons, p r oper t y , and m a i l b et w een t he U n i t ed S t a t es and B a r i l oche,

C o rdoba, Me n do z a, and R osar i o, A rge n ti na, v i a Sa n t i ago, C h i l e. 1 A m e r i can s t a t e s t h a t i t uses t h i s au t h o r i t y t o

en g age i n cod e

- sha r e s e rv i ces w i t h L an Ai r l i nes (Lan) whereby American places its “AA*” code on Lan flights.

A pp li c ant r e p: Francis C. Heil (202) 496

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DO T A na l y s t : D a r ren J a f f e ( 20 2 ) 36 6

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X X Granted ( su b j e c t t o c ond i ti o n s, s ee b e l o w )

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X X T he au t ho r it y gra n t e d i s c ons i s t e n t w i t h t h e a v i a t i on a g re e m e n t b et w een t he U n i t ed S t a t es and

A rgen t i na.

Except t o t he ex t ent exe m p t ed o r w a i v ed, t h i s a u t h o r it y i s su b j e c t t o t he t e r m s, cond i t i o n s, and l i m it a t i ons i nd i c a t e d :

X X T he h o l d e r ’ s c e r t i fi c a t e s of p u b l i c c on v en i e n ce a nd nec e ss i t y

X X S t and a r d e x e m p ti on c o nd i t i o n s ( a t t ac h ed)

XX Statements of Authorization approving Lan /American code

- sharing operations and conditions therein (see Docket

DOT

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- 1999

- 6546) 2

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- sha r e bas i s o n l y

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_______________________________________________________________________________________________________ O n t he b as i s of d a t a o f f i c i a l l y no ti c ea b l e u nder R u l e 2 4 ( g ) of t he D e p a r t m en t ' s r egu l a ti o n s, w e f ound t he app l i ca n t

q u a l i f i ed t o p r o v i de t h e e xe m p t i on s e r v i ces a u t ho r i z ed.

U nder a u t h o r i t y as s i g ned b y t he D epa r t m ent i n i t s r e g u l a ti o n s, 14 C FR P a r t 385, w e f ound t h a t ( 1) o ur ac t i on w a s

co n s i s t e n t wi t h D epa r t m ent po l i c y ; ( 2 ) g r a nt of t he a u t ho r it y w as con s i s t ent w it h t h e pu b l i c i n t e r e s t ; and ( 3 ) g r ant of t h e

au t ho r it y w ou l d not con s t it u t e a m a j o r r e g u l a t o r y ac ti on und e r t h e En e r g y Po l i cy and C ons e r v a ti o n A ct o f 1975. T o t h e

e x t e n t n ot g r an t ed, w e d en i ed a l l r e ques t s i n t h e r e f e r e n ced D oc k e t . We m ay a m end, m od if y , or r e v o k e t he a u t h o r i t y

g r an t ed in t h i s N o t i ce a t any ti m e w it h out hea r i ng at o u r d i s c r e ti o n

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r e g u l a ti o n s, 1 4 C FR §385.30, m ay fil e t h e i r pe t i t i o n s wi t h i n se v en (7 ) da y s a f t e r t h e d a t e o f i ss u ance of t h i s N o t i c e. T h i s

a c ti on w as e f f ec t i v e w hen t a k en, and t he f i l i ng of a p e t i t i on f o r r e v i ew wi l l not a l t er s uch e f f e c ti v ene s s.

A n e l e c t r on i c v e r s i on o f t h i s docu m ent i s a v a i l a b l e on t he W o rl d W i de W eb a t : h tt p : / / www .re g u l a ti o ns.g o v

1 A l t h o u g h A m e r ican d id n o t e x p licit l y r e q u e s t r e n e w al o f t h e i n te r m e d iate a u t h or i t y to s e r v e Sa n t ia g o

, C h ile, w e h a v e a dd ed it

h e r e c o ns i s t e n t w i t h o u r or i g i n al g r a n t o f t h e s u b j ect U

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. - A r g e n t i n a a u t h or i t y ( s ee N o tice o f A cti o n T a k en d ated A ug us t 29

, 2006

, in t h e ca p ti o n ed do c k et )

. 2 The statements of authorization were originally issued to American and Lan Chile, S.A. By letter dated September 23, 2004, we

granted the request of Lan Chile, S.A. to change its name to Lan Airlines S.A.

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I n the c ondu c t of t h e op e ra tions a utho r i z e d, the U

. S

. carr i e r a ppli ca nt ( s ) sh a ll:

( 1) Hold a t a ll tim e s ef f

e c tive op era ti n g a uth o r i t y fr om the g ov er nm e nt o f e ac h c ount r y s er v e d; ( 2) C omp l y

with a ppli c a ble re qui re m e nts c on c e r n ing ov er s a l e s c ont a i n e d in 14 C F R 250 (f or s c h e dul e d op e ra tions, if

a utho r i z e d ) ;

( 3) C omp l y with the r e q ui re m e nts f or r e po r ti n g d a ta c ont a in e d in 14 C F R 241;

( 4) C omp l y with re qui r e m e nts f or minimum insu r a n c e c ov e r a g e

, a nd f or ce r ti f y

i n g th a t c o v er a ge to the

D e p ar tm e nt, c on t a in e d in 14 C F R 205;

( 5) E x ce pt a s sp ec i f i ca l l y e x e mpt e d or oth e r wise p r ovid e d f or in a D e p a r tm e nt O r d er

, c omp l y with the

re qui re m e nts of 14 C F R 203, c on c e r ning w a iv e r of W ar s a w C onv e ntion li a bili t y limits a nd d efe n s e s;

( 6) C omp l y with a ll a pp l i ca ble re qu i re m e nts of t h e Fe d era l Av i a tion Administ ra tion, the T ra nspo r t a tion

S ec u r i t y Administ ra tion, a nd with a ll a ppli ca ble U. S . Gov e r nm e nt re qui re m e nts c on cer ni n g s ec u r i t y , in c l udin g

, but not limit e d to, 49 C F R P ar t 1544. To a s su r e c ompli a n c e with a ll a ppli ca ble U. S . Gov e r nm e nt re qui re m e nts

c o n c er ning s ec u r i t y , the hold e r sh a ll, b ef o r e c omm e n c i n g a n y n e w s e r vi c e ( in c ludi n g c h a r t e r f li g hts) to or f r om

a f o re i g n a i r po r t, c ont a c t its P r in c ip a l S ec u r i t y I nsp e c tor ( P S I ) to a dvi s e the PS I o f its pl a ns a nd to f ind out

wh e th e r the T ra nspo r t a tion S ec u r i t y Administ ra tion h a s d e t e r min e d th a t s ec u r i t y is a d e qu a te to a llow su c h

a i rpo r t ( s) to be s er v e d;

( 7) C omp l y with su c h o t h e r r e a son a ble t e r ms, c o n ditions, a nd limit a tions r e qui re d b y t h e public int ere st a s

m a y be p re s c r ib e d b y t h e D e p ar tm e nt of T ra nspo r t a tion, with a ll a ppli ca ble o r d er s a nd r e g ul a tions of oth e r

U. S

. a g e n c i e s a nd c ou r ts, a nd with a ll a ppli ca ble l a ws o f the Unit e d S t a t e s.

The a utho r i t y g ra nt e d s h a ll be ef f

ec tive on l y du r i ng the p er iod wh e n the h old e r is in c ompli a n c e with the

c onditions imp o s e d a bov e

.

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