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 (U.S.-Mexico transborder : 

routes; codesharing on Alaska Airlines) : 

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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 

September 2, 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 (U.S.-Mexico transborder : 

routes; codesharing on Alaska Airlines) : 

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APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. 

 FOR EXEMPTION AUTHORITY 

 

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

applies for an exemption authorizing scheduled foreign air 

transportation of persons, property, and mail on the following 

U.S.-Mexico transborder routes: 

 Los Angeles-Mexico City 

 Los Angeles-Guadalajara 

 Los Angeles-La Paz 

 Los Angeles-Loreto 

 Los Angeles-Mazatlan 

 Los Angeles-Zihuatanejo 

 Los Angeles-Manzanillo 

 Los Angeles-Puerto Vallarta 

 San Diego-Puerto Vallarta 

 San Francisco-Puerto Vallarta 
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 American proposes to use the requested authority by 

displaying the AA* code on flights operated by Alaska Airlines, Inc. or Horizon Air, pursuant to a longstanding 

codeshare agreement between the two carriers. The proposed 

codeshare services are clearly in the public interest, as 

approval of this application will expand service options and 

competition in the U.S.-Mexico market. 

 The requested authority is consistent with the U.S.-

Mexico Air Transport Agreement, as amended. Under Annex III, 

up to 10 U.S. carrier codeshare-only designations are available 

for the city-pairs at issue. Ample designations remain for 

each of the routes named above. 

 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. 

 American proposes to start the new codeshare service as 

soon as all regulatory approvals are obtained. 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. 

 

 
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 Respectfully submitted, 

 

 

 CARL B. NELSON, JR. 

 Associate General Counsel 

 American Airlines, Inc. 

September 2, 2010 
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 msinick@ssd.com 

Horizon 

Amerijet jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com 

 

 Continental hkamen@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 jeffrey.manley@united.com 

 Mesa 

US Airways howard.kass@usairways.com 

 USA 3000 pmurphy@lopmurphy.com 

 FedEx nssparks@fedex.com 

 UPS dvaughan@kelleydrye.com 

 ABX rsilverberg@sgbdc.com 
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 ________________________ 

 CARL B. NELSON 

September 2, 2010