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I ssued by t he D epa r t m ent o f T r a nsp o rt a t i on on February 28 , 201 4

N O T I C E O F ACT I O N TA K E N

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T h i s s e r v es a s n o t i ce t o t h e pub l i c o f t h e a c t i on d e sc r i b ed b e l o w

, t a k en by t he D e p a rt m ent o f f i c i al i n d i c a t e d

( no a d d i ti o n al con f ir m i ng o r der w i l l be i s sued i n t h i s m a t t e r )

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A pp li c a t i on o f American Airlines

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. ( American Airlines )

, f i l ed 2/5/14 f o r:

X X E x e m p ti on for two years under 49 U .S. C

. 401 0 9 t o p r o v i de t he f o l l o w i ng s e r v i ce:

Schedu l ed f o re i gn a i r t r a nspo rt a t i on o f p er s ons, p r oper t y , and m a i l b et w een C har l o t t e, N o r t h

C aro l i na, and Bermuda , and between Orlando, Florida, and Bermuda

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A pp li c ant r e p: H o w a r d K a ss , Benjamin T. Slocum, & Abigail Donovan ( 20 2 ) 32 6

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DO T A n a l y s t : David R. Christofano (202) 366

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D I S P O S I T I O N

X X G ran t ed ( su b j e c t t o c ond i ti o n s)

T he abo v e a c t i on w as e f f e c ti v e w hen t a k en: February 28

, 201 4

, t h r ou g h February 28 , 2016

.

A c ti on t aken b y: P a u l L

. G re t ch, D i r e c t or

O ff i ce o f I n t er n a t i onal A v i a t i on

X X T he a u t ho r it y gra n t e d i s c o n s i s t e n t w i t h t h e Ai r Ser v i c e s A gr e e m ent b et w een t he U n i t ed S t a t es

and t he U n i t ed K i ngd o m o f 1977, as a m en d ed, and w i t h t h e s t a t e o f av i a ti o n re l a ti o ns b et w een t he

U n it ed S t a t es and t he U n i t ed Ki ngd o m w i t h r esp e ct t o B e r m uda.

Except t o t he ex t ent exe m p t ed or w a i v ed, t h i s au t ho r it y i s s u b j ect t o t he t e r m s, cond i t i ons, and li m it a t i ons

ind i c a t e d : X X H o l de r ’ s c e r t i f i ca t es o f pub l i c co n ve n i ence a n d ne c es s i t y

X X S t anda r d e x e m p t i o n cond i ti o n s ( a tt a che d )

Conditions: The code

- share operations conducted under this authorization are subject to the following

conditions:

(a) The code

- share operations conducted under this authority must comply with 14 CFR 257 and with any

amendment to the Department’s regulations concerning code

- share arrangements that may be adopted.

Notwithstanding any provisions in the contract between the carriers, our approval here is expressly

conditioned upon the requirements that the subject foreign air transportation be sold in the name of the carrier

holding out such service in computer reservation systems and elsewhere; that the carrier selling such

transportation (i.e., the carrier shown on the ticket) accept responsibility for the entirety of the code

- share

journey for all obligations established in its contract of carriage with the passenger; and that the passenger

liability of the operating c arrier be unaffected.

(b) The authority granted here is specifically conditioned so that neither American Airline s, Inc. nor its code

share partner(s) shall give any force and effect to any contractual provisions between themselves that are

contrary to these conditions.

1 American Airlines s tat e s t h at i t intends to provide service on these routes as a result of the merger of US Airways Group,

Inc. and AMR Corp. on December 9, 2013, and pursuant to a codeshare agreement with U.S. Airways, Inc. American

Airlines states that it is seeking the flexibility to operate its own aircraft on these routes.O n t he b as i s of d a t a o f f i c i a l l y not i c ea b l e u nder R u l e 2 4 ( g ) of t he D e p a r t m en t ' s r eg u l a ti o n s, w e f ound t he

app l i ca n t q u a l i f i ed t o p r o v i de t h e exe m p t i on s e r v i ces a u t ho r i z ed.

U nder a u t h o r i t y as s i g ned b y t he D epa r t m ent i n i t s r e g u l a ti o n s, 14 C FR P a r t 385, w e f ound t h a t ( 1) o ur a c t i o n

w as con s i s t e n t wi t h D e p a r t m ent pol i c y ; ( 2) g r a nt o f t h e au t ho r it y w as c o n s i s t ent w it h t he p ub l i c i n t e r e s t ; a n d

( 3) g r a n t o f t h e a u t h o r i t y w ou l d n o t c on s t i t u t e a m a j or r e g u l a t o r y a c ti on und e r t h e Ene r g y Po li cy and

C onse r v a t i on A c t of 1975. T o t he ex t ent not g r a n t e d

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D epa r t m ent ’ s r e g u l a ti o n s, 1 4 C FR §385.30, m ay fil e t h e i r pe t i t i o n s wi t h i n se v en (7 ) da y s a f t e r t h e d a t e o f

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