BEFORE THE 

 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

 WASHINGTON, D. C. 

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Application of : 

 : 

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

 : 0222 

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 AMENDED 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 20, 2010 
BEFORE THE 

 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

 WASHINGTON, D. C. 

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Application of : 

 : 

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

 : 0222 

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 AMENDED EXEMPTION AUTHORITY 

 

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

applies for amendment of its exemption in this docket, granted 

by Notice of Action Taken on September 7, 2010, so as to 

authorize scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, 

property, and mail on two additional U.S.-Mexico transborder 

routes: 

 Sacramento-Guadalajara 

 San Jose-Guadalajara 

 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. Alaska Airlines 

is currently seeking exemption authority to serve the two 

routes in DOT-OST-2010-0234. 
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 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 also 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. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

 

 

 CARL B. NELSON 

 Associate General Counsel 

 American Airlines, Inc. 

September 20, 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