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### January 23, 2013

BY ELECTRONIC MAIL

Esta Rosenberg

Chief, U.S. Air Carrier Licensing Division

Robert Finamore

Chief, Foreign Carrier Licensing Division

U.S. Department of Transportation

1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E.

Washington, D.C. 20590

Re: El Al Israel Airlines Ltd. and American Airlines, Inc. (Docket DOT

OST

- 2007

- 0095 )

Dear Ms. Rosenberg and Mr. Finamore

,

El Al Israel Airlines Ltd. (“El Al”) and American Airlines, Inc. (“American”) hold

statements of authorization in the above

- referenced docket permitting them to engage in

reciprocal code

- sharing services. Notice of Action Taken, March 28, 2008. On December 8,

2011, El Al and American submitted a blanket codeshare notification to the docket. At the time

th e notification was made, Israel had a Category 2 rating under the Federal Aviation

Administration’s International Aviation Safety Assessment (“IASA”) program, limiting El Al

and American to LY*/AA code

- sharing operations

.

On November 1, 2012, the FAA announced that Is rael was upgraded to a Category 1

IASA rating. A copy of the FAA’s press release is attached. El Al is pleased to inform the

Department that AA*/LY code

- sharing operations will resume on March 31, 2013, on the

following routes:

**•** Between Tel Aviv (TLV) and New York John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK), Los

Angeles (LAX), and Newark (EWR);

**•** Between Tel Aviv (TLV) and the European gateways in London (LHR), Paris

(CDG), Madrid (MAD), Fr ankfurt (FRA) and Rome (FCO); and,

**•** Between Barcelona (BCN), Zurich (ZRH), Milan (MXP) and Tel Aviv (TLV).

A copy of this letter will be submitted to the docket and to all persons set forth on the

attached certificate of service.

### Esta Rosenberg/Robert Finamor e

January 23, 2013

Page 2

Sincerely,

Malcolm L. Benge

David M. Endersbee

Counsel for El Al Israel Airlines Ltd.

# P ress Release

– FAA Upgrades Israel’s Aviation

Safety Rating to Category 1

For Immediate Release

November 1, 2012

Contact: Laura Brown laura.j.brown@faa.gov

Phone: (202) 267

- 3883

WASHINGTON, D.C.

– The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Aviation

Administration (FAA) today announced that Israel complies with international safety standards

set by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), based on the results of an October

FAA review of Israel’s civil aviation authority.

Israel is now up graded to Category 1 from the Category 2 safety rating the country received from

the FAA in December 2008. Israel’s civil aviation authority worked with the FAA on an action

plan so that its safety oversight system fully complies with ICAO’s standards and practices.

A Category 1 rating means the country’s civil aviation authority complies with ICAO standards.

A Category 2 rating means a country either lacks laws or regulations necessary to oversee air

carriers in accordance with minimum international standa rds, or that its civil aviation authority

– equivalent to the FAA for aviation safety matters

– is deficient in one or more areas, such as

technical expertise, trained personnel, record keeping or inspection procedures.

With the International Aviation Safe ty Assessment (IASA) Category 1 rating, Israeli air carriers

can add flights and service to the United States and carry the code of U.S. carriers. With the

Category 2 rating, Israeli air carriers were allowed to maintain existing service to the United

Sta tes, but could not establish new services.

As part of the FAA’s IASA program, the agency assesses the civil aviation authorities of all

countries with air carriers that operate or have applied to fly to the United States and makes that

information availabl e to the public. The assessments determine whether or not foreign civil

aviation authorities are meeting ICAO safety standards, not FAA regulations.

In order to maintain a Category 1 rating, countries with air carriers that fly to the United States

must ad here to the safety standards of ICAO, the United Nations’ technical agency for aviation

that establishes international standards and recommended practices for aircraft operations and

maintenance. IASA information is at www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/iasa/

.

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### http://www.faa.gov/news/press_releases/news_story.cfm?newsId=14052CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 2 3r d day of January 2013 , a copy of the foregoing was served by email on the

parties named below:

Lorraine B. Halloway

Gerald F. Murphy

Couns el for Continental/Unit ed Airlines

Crowell & Moring LLP

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20004

- 2595

l halloway@crowell.com

gmurphy@crowell.com

Dan Weiss

Managing Director

– International &

Regulatory Affairs

United Air Lines

77 West Wacker Drive

- HDQIZ

Chic ago, IL 60601

d an.weiss@united.com

Stephen J. Morrissey

Managing Director, Regulatory and

Policy

United Air Lines, Inc.

1 225 New York Avenue, NW

- DCAIZ

Suite 1100

Washington, DC 20005

s teve.morrissey@united.com

Jonathan T. Linde

Managing Direct or & Senior Counsel

- Regulatory

United Air Lines, Inc.

77 West Wacker Drive

- HDQLD

16 th Floor

Chicago, IL 60601

j onathan.linde@united.com

Anita Mosner

Jennifer Nowak

Counsel for United Parcel Service

Holland & Knight

800 17 th Street, N.W.

Suite 1100

Washington, D.C. 20006

a nita.mosner@hklaw.com

j ennifer.nowak@hklaw.com Alexander Van Der Bellen

Sametta C. Barnett

Delta Air Lines

1212 New York Avenue, NW

Suite 200

Washington, D.C. 20005

s ascha.van derbellen@delta.com

Sametta.c.barnett @delta.com

John L. Richardson

Joan Canny

Counsel for Amerijet International

John L. Richardson, P.L.L.C.

555 13 th Street, N.W.

Suite 420 West

Washington, D.C. 20004

jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com

j Canny@amerijet.com

Kelli Bryan

Ranjit Seth

Rober t Foster

Charter Sales

Evergreen International Airlines, Inc.

3850 Three Mile Lane

McMinnville, OR 97128

charters@evergreenairlines.com

r anjit.seth@evergreenairlines.com

chris.schuldt@evergreenhelicopters.com

p hilip.Church@evergreenhelicopters.com

r obert .foster@evergreenairlines.com

Brian S. Gillman

Senior Vice President

and General Counsel

World Airways, Inc.

101 World Drive

Peachtree City, GA 30269

- 6965

bgillman@glah.com

Angeline Garbuzinski

Legal and R egulatory Affairs

Federal Express Corporation

3620 Hacks Cross Road

Building B, 3 rd Floor

Memphis, TN 38125

anbird@fedex.com

cefelts@fedex.com

### 2 Timothy Erickson

Safety and Regulatory Affairs

Air Transport International LLC

2800 Cantrell Road

Little Rock, AR 72202

timothy.erickson @airtransport.cc

Howard Kass

Managing Director & Associate General

Counsel

US Airways

1401 H Street, N.W.

Suite 1075

Washington, D.C. 20006

Howard. kass@usairways.com

John M. Allen

Director

Flight Standards Service

Feder al Aviation Administration

800 Independence Avenue, S.W.

Room 821

Washington, D.C. 20591

john.allen @faa.gov

Aaron Goerlich

Counsel for Allegiant Air, Ryan

International Airlines and Southern Air

Garofalo Goerlich Hainbach PC

1200 New Hampshire Av enue NW

Suite 800

Washington, D.C. 20036

- 6802

agoerlich @ggh

- airlaw.com

Robert P. Silverberg

Jeffrey Johnson

Counsel for ABX Air

Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff, L.L.P.

1101 30th Street, N.W.

Suite 120

Washington , D.C. 20007

rsilverberg@sgbdc.com

jjohnson@ sgbdc.com

Marshall S. Sinick

Counsel for Alaska Airlines and Florida

West International Airways

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Suite 5 00

Washington, D.C. 20004

msinick@ssd.com Russell E. Pommer

Associate General Counsel and

Director of Regulatory Affairs

Atlas Air, Inc.

1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Suite 875

Washington, D.C 20006

rpommer@atlasair.com

Mark W. Atwood

Counsel for Kalitta Air and Xtra Airways

Cozen O’Connor

Army Navy Building

1627 I Street, NW

Suite 1100

Washington, D.C. 20006

matwood@cozen.com

ldunn@xtraairways.com

Jonathan B. Hill

Counsel for Hawaiian Airlines and JetBlue

Dow Lohnes

1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.

Suite 800

Washington, DC 20036

- 6802

jhill@dowlohnes .com

John S. Fredericksen

Vice President and General Counsel

MN Airlines, LLC dba Sun Country

Airlines

1300 Mendota Heights Road

Mendota Heights, MN 55120

john.fredericksen@suncountry.com

Joanne W. Young

Counsel for Spirit Airlines

Kirstein & Young PLLC

1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.

Suite 600 South

Washington, DC 20004

jyo ung@yklaw.com

John R. Mietus, Jr.

Counsel for Centurion Air Cargo and Trade

Winds Airlines

Law Office of John Mietus, LLC

6701 Democracy Boulevard

Suite 300

Bethesda, MD 20817

john@mietuslaw.com

### 3 Kevin M ontgomery

Peter Beckett

Polar Air Cargo, Inc.

1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Suite 875

Washington, D.C 20006

kevin.montgomery@ polaraircargo.com

peter.beckett@polaraircargo.com Michael F. Goldman

Cou nsel for Capital Cargo International

Airlines

Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff, L.L.P.

1101 30th Street, N.W.

Suite 120

Washington, D.C. 20007

mgoldman@sgbdc.com



### _________________________ David M. E ndersbee