BEFORE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

_____________________________________ ____ Application of ) ) AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. ) Docket DOT

- OST

- 2015

- ) for a Statement of Authorization ) pursuant to 14 C .F.R. Part 212 ) (Code

- Sharing with Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. ) )

_____________________________________ ____ )

APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. FOR A STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to:

Howard Kass Vice President

– Regulatory Affairs

Robert A. Wirick Managing Director, Regulatory and International Affairs

Abigail Donovan Director, Congressional and Federal Affairs

American Airlines, Inc. 1101 17 th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 326

- 5153 howard.kass@aa.com robert.wirick@aa.com abigail.donovan@aa.com

February 4 , 20151 BEFORE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

_____________________________________ ____ Application of ) ) AMERICAN AIRLI NES, INC. ) ) Docket DOT

- OST

- 2015

- for a Statement of Authorization ) pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 ) February 4, 2015 ( Code

- Sharing with Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd.) )

_____________________________________ ____ )

APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRL INES, INC. FOR A STATEMENT OF AUTHORIZATION

American Airlines, Inc. (“American Airlines”) hereby requests a statement of

authorization pursuant to 14 C.F.R. Part 212 to implement the code

- sharing arrangement

provided for in the attached redacted Code

- Sha re Agreement (the “Agreement”) between

American Airlines and Korean Air Lines Co., Ltd. (“ Korean ”). American Airlines and Korean

plan to code

- share on American Airlines’ flights between Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas (“DFW”)

and Seoul, Republic of Korea (“ICN”)

. The parties plan to initiate the proposed code

- share

service as soon as all necessary governmental authorizations are obtained.

In support of this Application, American Airlines respectfully states as follows:

1. American Airlines requests a statement of authorization to display Korean’s “KE ”

designator code on flights operated by American Airlines between DFW

- I CN

.

2. American Airlines and Korean currently hold all underlying authority necessary

to conduct these operations . American Airlines holds a Certi ficate of Public Convenience and

Necessity for Route 835, which authorizes American Airlines to engage in scheduled foreign air

transportation of persons, property and mail between the United States and the Republic of

Korea. ( See DOT Order 2007

- 4

- 2, Apr il 3, 2007, Dockets OST

- 2000

- 8516 and OST

- 2005

-Application of American Airlines, Inc. Statement of Authorization

2 22228 (Blanket Open

- Skies Route Authority)). Similarly, Korean holds an amended foreign air

carrier permit authorizing it to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property

and mail , from points behind the Republic of Korea via the Republic of Korea and intermediate

points to a point or points in the United States and beyond. ( See DOT Order 2003

- 11

- 20,

November 24, 2003, Docket OST

- 1998

- 3900 )

.

3. Aviation relations between the United States and the Republic of Korea are

governed by the Air Transport Agreement between the Government of the United States of

America and the Government of the Republic of Korea (“U.S.

- Korea Air Transport

Agreement”). 1 The U.S.

- Korea Air Transport Agreement permi ts U.S. and Korean air carriers to

enter into cooperative marketing arrangements, such as code

- sharing arrangements, with an

airline or airlines of either party

. (U.S.

- Korea Air Transport Agreement, Article 8, Section 7)

.

4. American Airlines agrees to accep t the conditions normally applicable to code

share authority as requested herein. This includes the requirement to notify the Department

thirty (30) days in advance of any new code

- share operation and to notify the Department of any

code

- share operation t hat is discontinued. American Airlines will also ensure the compliance

with all other applicable Department regulations and policies, including the code

- share

disclosure regulations of Part 257. American Airlines also requests that the statement of

autho rization be issued for an indefinite period, so long as the Agreement continues in effect.

American Airlines will notify the Department s hould the A greement cease to be effective

.

1 Air Transport Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Republic of Korea, June 9, 1998

.Application of American Airlines, Inc. Statement of Authorization

3 Finally, the terms of the Agreement are fully consistent and do not int erfere with American

Airlines’ commitment to the Civil Reserve Air Fleet.

WHEREFORE, American Airlines respectfully requests that the Department grant it the

statement of authorization, as discussed herein.

Respectfully submitted,

________________ _______ Howard Kass Vice President

– Regulatory Affairs

Robert A. Wirick Managing Director, Regulatory and International Affairs

Abigail Donovan Director, Congressional and Federal Affairs

American Airlines, Inc. 1101 17 th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 326

- 5153 howard.kass@aa.com robert.wirick@aa.com abigail.donovan@aa.com

February 4 , 2015CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that, on February 4 , 2015, I caused to be served a copy of the foregoing Application of American Airlines, Inc. for a Statement of Authorization , by email upon those addressees listed below:

englets@state.gov (Department of State) cristinasa@state.gov (Department of State) brian.hedberg@dot.gov (Department of Transportation) todd.homan@dot.gov (Department of Transpo rtation) peter.irvine@dot.gov (Department of Transportation) laura.remo@dot.gov (Department of Transportation) brett.kruger@dot.gov (Department of Transportation) john.allen@faa.gov (Federal Aviation Administration) perkmann@cooley.com (Counsel for Haw aiian) jhill@cooley.com (Counsel for Hawaiian) dan.weiss@united.com (United) steve.morrissey@united.com (United) gmurphy@crowell.com (Counsel for United) sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com (Delta) chris.walker@delta (Delta)

______________________ ___ Abigail Donovan