**BEFORE THE**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**WASHINGTON, D. C.**

--------------------------------------------- Application of :

:

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT

- OST

- 2010

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: 0222

under 49 USC 40l09 for exemp tion :

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 17 th 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, I nc. 1101 17 th 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.**

--------------------------------------------- Application of :

:

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT

- OST

- 20 10

-

: 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**

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 mai l 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- 2

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American uses this authority to display the AA* code on

transborder flights operated by Alaska Airlines, Inc. under a

longstandi ng 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 provide s expanded service

options and compe tition 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 Pr ogram, Ameri

can 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

r bkeiner@crowell.com dhainbach@ggh

- airlaw.com

esahr@eckertseamons.com rpommer@atlasair.com

russell.bailey@a lpa.org eskraft@jamhoff.com

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

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

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

msinick@ssd.com willi a m.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

________________________________ Francis C. Heil

June 2 2 , 2012