**BEFORE THE**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**WASHINGTON, D. C.**

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**COM MENTS**  **OF AMERICAN AIRLINES**

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 75261

FR ANCIS C. HEIL

ROBERT A. WIRICK Senior Attorney

Managing Director, Regulatory American Airlines,Inc.

and International Affairs 1101 17 th Street, N.W.

American Airlines, Inc. Washington, D.C. 20036

P.O. Box 619616, MD 5635 (202) 496

- 5642

DFW Airpo rt, Texas 75261 francis.heil@aa.com

(817) 963

- 0394

robert.wirick@aa.com

November 26 , 2012**BEFORE THE**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**WASHINGTON, D. C.**

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**COMMENTS OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.** 

American Airlines, Inc. does not object to the Show

Cause Order 2012

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- 12, Novem ber 15, 2012, tentative ly

granting the motion of Delta Air Lines, Inc. to shift one

slot pair, currently allocated for Detroit

- Haneda s ervices,

to the Seattle

- Haneda market

, and denying the competing

a p plications of American Airlines

, Hawaiian Airlines

, and

United Air Lines. While we are disappointed in the outcome,

and continue to believe that our proposed Los Angeles

–

Haneda flights would best serve the public interest and

enhance inter

- alliance competition , we recognize that

objections at this point are unlikely to su cceed.

We do think it important to point out

, as we did in

our initial response to Delta ’ s motion, that the Department

should simply grant all U.S. Carriers operating to Haneda

the flexibility to shift gateways as market conditionswarrant , following the precedent e st ablished by Order 2004

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- 25, June 28, 2004, regarding Brazil frequencies

.

Respectfully submitted,

______________________

Francis C. Heil

Senior Attorney

American Airlines, Inc.

November 26 , 201 2**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 dmrosenthal @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

jenni fer.nowak@hklaw.com karine.faden@united.com

________________________________ Francis C. Heil

November 2 6 , 2012