BEFORE THE 

 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

 WASHINGTON, D. C. 

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Application of : 

 : 

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

 : 

under 49 USC 40l09 for exemption : 

authority (Chicago-Cozumel) : 

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APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. 

 FOR 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 

October 5, 2010 
BEFORE THE 

 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

 WASHINGTON, D. C. 

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Application of : 

 : 

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

 : 

under 49 USC 40l09 for exemption : 

authority (Chicago-Cozumel) : 

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APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. 

 FOR EXEMPTION AUTHORITY 

 

 American Airlines, Inc., under 49 USC 40l09, hereby 

applies for exemption authority to operate scheduled foreign 

air transportation of persons, property, and mail on a seasonal 

basis between Chicago, Illinois and Cozumel, Mexico. 

 American proposes to use the requested authority to 

provide service on Saturdays in February, March, and April 

using 160-seat B737-800 aircraft (16C/144Y) starting February 

12, 2011. Illustrative schedules and other data are attached. 

 Under the U.S.-Mexico Air Transport Agreement, as 

amended, up to three U.S. carriers may be designated on each 

U.S.-Mexico leisure city-pair. United Air Lines and USA 3000 

hold two of the three designations, leaving one available for 

assignment to American. Our proposed Chicago-Cozumel service 

is consistent with bilateral agreement and with the public 

interest, and will provide consumers with additional competitive options in the marketplace. 
 - 2 - 

 American proposes to start Chicago-Cozumel service on 

February 12, 2011. We will poll the carriers named on the 

attached service list and, assuming there are no objections, we 

will so advise the Department and request expedited approval. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

 

 

 CARL B. NELSON 

 Associate General Counsel 

 American Airlines, Inc. 

October 5, 2010 
Service Effective February 12 to April 2, 2011

1867 Flight Number 1870

737 Equipment 737

Saturday only Frequency Saturday only

0950 ORD 1835

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1340* CZM 1445**

3:35 Elapsed Time 3:45

* Mar 19-Apr 2 Arrive CZM 1240

** Mar 19-Apr 2 Depart CZM 1345

AMERICAN AIRLINES

Chicago - Cozumel
Aircraft B737

Departures 16

Segment Miles 1,494

Plane Miles 23,904

ASMs 3,824,640

Fuel Burn (Gallons/Hour) 900

Fuel Consumption (000 Gallons) 160

Business Class 16

Economy Class 144

Total* 160

AIRCRAFT AVAILABILITY - American will use aircraft currently in its fleet.

American currently operates 128 Boeing 737s.

FUEL AVAILABILITY - American anticipates no difficulty in obtaining fuel 

from its existing suppliers at Chicago and Cozumel.

Chicago - Cozumel

Annual Operating Statistics

Seating Configuration 

AMERICAN AIRLINES
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

 I hereby certify that I have this day served the foregoing 

document by email on the following carriers: 

 Air Tran epfaberman@wileyrein.com 

 Frontier 

 

 Alaska/Horizon msinick@ssd.com 

Amerijet jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com 

 

 Continental dan.weiss@coair.com 

 ExpressJet 

 

 Delta sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com 

 Pinnacle 

 SkyWest 

 JetBlue jhill@dowlohnes.com 

 Spirit jyoung@yklaw.com 

 Sun Country john.fredericksen@suncountry.com 

 United, Mesa jeffrey.manley@united.com 

US Airways howard.kass@usairways.com 

 USA 3000 pmurphy@lopmurphy.com 

 FedEx nssparks@fedex.com 

 UPS dfisher@kelleydrye.com 

 ABX rsilverberg@sgbdc.com 

 

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 CARL B. NELSON 

October 5, 2010