BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D. C.

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Application of :

:

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT-OST-2010-

: 0222

under 49 USC 40l09 for exemption :

authority (U.S.-Mexico transborder :

routes; codesharing on Alaska Airlines) :

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APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

VIRASB VAHIDI WILLIAM K. RIS, JR.

Senior Vice President - Senior Vice President -

Marketing and Planning Government Affairs

and Chief Commercial Officer American Airlines, Inc.

American Airlines, Inc. 1101 17th Street, N.W.

P.O. Box 619616, MD 5634 Washington, D.C. 20036

DFW Airport, Texas 75161

ROBERT A. WIRICK FRANCIS C. HEIL

Managing Director, Regulatory Senior Attorney

and International Affairs American Airlines, Inc.

American Airlines, Inc. 1101 17th Street, N.W.

P.O. Box 619616, MD 5635 Washington, D.C.

DFW Airport, Texas 75261 (202) 496-5642

(817) 963-0394 francis.heil@aa.com

robert.wirick@aa.com

June 22, 2012
BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D. C.

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Application of :

: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT-OST-2010- : 0222

under 49 USC 40l09 for exemption :

authority (U.S.–Mexico transborder :

routes; codesharing on Alaska Airlines) : ---------------------------------------------

APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION

 American Airlines, Inc., under 49 USC 40l09 and 14 CFR 

Part 377, hereby applies for renewal of its exemption, granted 

by Notice of Action Taken in this docket on September 7, 2010, 

as amended on September 28, 2010, authorizing scheduled foreign

air transportation of persons, property, and mail on the 

following U.S. - Mexico transborder routes:

Los Angeles – Mexico City Los Angeles – Puerto Vallarta

Los Angeles – Guadalajara Los Angeles - Zihuatanejo 

Los Angeles – La Paz Sacramento - Guadalajara 

Los Angeles – Loreto San Jose - Guadalajara

Los Angeles – Manzanillo San Diego – Puerto Vallarta

Los Angeles – Mazatlan San Francisco – Puerto Vallarta 
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 American uses this authority to display the AA* code on 

transborder flights operated by Alaska Airlines, Inc. under a 

longstanding codeshare agreement.

 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 would expire on September 7, 2012, absent

this renewal application, which is timely since it is submitted

more than 60 days in advance of the expiration date.

 The codeshare by American on the listed routes is

clearly in the public interest, as it provides expanded service

options and competition in the U.S.-Mexico market. Renewal of 

American’s authority is also consistent with the U.S.-Mexico 

Air Transport Agreement, as amended.

 In response to the Department’s letter of June l, l995,

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. 

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For the foregoing reasons, the Department should renew 

American's exemption authority for a period of at least two 

years.

 Respectfully submitted,

 ____________________ 

 Francis C. Heil

 Senior Attorney 

 American Airlines, Inc.

June 22, 2012
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that I have this day served the foregoing document by email 

on the following persons:

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com jhill@dlalaw.com

scott.mcclain@delta.com steve.morrissey@united.com

sametta.c.barnett@delta.com mgoldman@sgbdc.com

dan.weiss@united.com rsilverberg@sgbdc.com

rbkeiner@crowell.com dhainbach@ggh-airlaw.com

esahr@eckertseamons.com rpommer@atlasair.com

russell.bailey@alpa.org eskraft@jamhoff.com

jonathan.linde@united.com dpdean@jamhoff.com

bob.kneisley@wnco.com dkirstein@yklaw.com

robert.land@jetblue.com jyoung@yklaw.com

msinick@ssd.com william.stallings@usdoj.gov

cdonley@ssd.com dwight.moore@ustranscom.mil

gbleopard@fedex.com john.allen@faa.gov

cefelts@fedex.com urskr@state.gov

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com gmurphy@crowell.com

nssparks@fedex.com cjsimpson@zsrlaw.com

lhalloway@crowell.com benjamin.slocum@usairways.com

efaberman@wileyrein.com howard.kass@usairways.com

mroller@rollerbauer.com anita.mosner@hklaw.com

jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com

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Francis C. Heil

June 22, 2012