BEFORE THE

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

_____________________________________ Application of ) )

AMERICAN AIRLINES , INC. ) Docket DOT

- OST

- 200 9

- 0337 ) for renewal of an exemption ) pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 ) ( Third Country Code

- Sharing Authority ) )

_____________________________________ )

APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES , INC.

FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION ( Third Country Code

- Sharing Authority )

Communications with respect to this document shoul d 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.

Washi ngton, D

. C

. 200 36 (202) 326

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

December 22

, 20 1 41 B EFORE THE

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

_____________________________________ Application of ) )

AMERICAN AIRLINES , INC. ) ) Docket DOT

- OST

- 2009

- 0337 for renewal of an exemption ) pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 ) December 22 , 2014 ( Third Country Code

- Sharing Authority ) )

_____________________________________ )

APPLICATION OF AMERICAN A IRLINES, INC.

FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION ( Third Country Code

- Sharing Authority )

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and Subpart C of the Department’s Rules of

Practice (14 C.F.R. Part 302), American Airlines , Inc. (“ American Airlines ”) applies for

renewal of its exemption authority to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of

persons, property, and mail between points in the United States and points worldwide

on a third

- country code

- share basis pursuant to blanket code

- sharing statements of

authorizat ion previously approved by the Department

.

In support of this renewal application, American Airlines respectfully states as

follows:

1. American Airlines is a Delaware corporation with its principal office at

4333 Amon Carter Boulevard, Fort Worth, Texas 7615 5.

2. American Airlines is a citizen of the United States within the meaning of 49

U.S.C. § 40102(a)(15)(C) and is fit, willing, and able to provide the services

contemplated by this application. American Airlines holds various certificates of public

conveni ence and exemption authorities. ( See

, e.g. , DOT Order 2007

- 4

- 2, April 3, 2007,Application of American Airlines for Renewal of an Exemption (Third Country Code

- Sharing Authority)

2 Dockets OST

- 2000

- 8516 and OST

- 2005

- 22228 (Blan ket Open

- Skies Route Authority) ;

N otice of Action Taken, October 7, 201 4, Docket DOT

- OST

- 2014

- 0169 ( Dallas/Ft.

Worth, Texas

– Beij ing, People’s Republic of China )

. ) Pursuant to Rule 24 of the

Department’s Rules of Practice, American Airlines requests that the Department take

official notice of all information previously filed to establish its fitness.

3. By Notice of Action Taken ( Feb ruary 28 , 2013 ), the Department granted

American Airlines a two

- year exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41101 to engage in

scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between points in the

United States and points worldwide on a third

- count ry code

- share basis pursuant to

blanket code

- sharing statements of authorization previously approved by the

Department

. 1 (Docket DOT

- OST

- 2009

- 0337 )

.

4. Pursuant to 14 C.F.R. § 377.10, American Airlines intends to rely on the

Administrative Procedures Act, 5 U .S.C. § 558(c) implemented by Part 377, to continue

in effect its current exemption pending a final determination on this renewal application.

American Airlines’ current exemption

, as described herein, is effective through February

1 American Airlines’ foreign code

- share partners are : Air Berlin PLC & Co. Luftverkehrs KG; Air Pacific Limited d/b/a Fiji Airways; Air Tahiti Nui; British Airways, PLC; Cathay Pacific Airways, Limited; Etihad Airways PJSC; Finnair Oyj; Gulf Air Company; Hainan Airlines Co., Limited; Iberia, Líneas Aéreas de España, S.A; Japan Airlines International Co., Ltd.; Jet Airways (In dia) Ltd; Jetstar Airways Pty. Limited (Australia); Jetstar Japan Co., Ltd; Lan Airlines S.A.; Lan Argentina, S.A.; Aerolane, Lineas Aereas Nacionales Del Ecuador S.A. d/b/a Lan Ecuador; Lan Peru, S.A.; Malaysia Airlines System Berhad;; Qantas Airways Limi ted; Qatar Airways QCSC; Alia

– The Royal Jordanian Airlines; TAM Linhas Aereas

S.A. and WestJet.Application of American Airl ines for Renewal of an Exemption (Third Country Code

- Sharing Authority)

3 28 , 2015

. Accordingly , this renewal application is timely filed under the provisions of

Part 377.

W HEREFORE, American Airlines respectfully requests that the De partment

renew its exemption authority, as discussed herein

.

Respectfully submitted,

________ _______________ Ho ward 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

. 200 36 (2 02) 326

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

December 22 , 201 4CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that, on December 22

, 2014 , I caused to be served a copy of the foregoing Application of American Airlines , I nc. for Renewal of Exemption Authority , 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 Transportatio n) 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)
dan.weiss@united.com (United)

steve.morri ssey@united.com (United) gmurphy@crowell.com (Counsel for United)
sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com (Delta) rpommer@atlasair.com (Atlas)
anita.mosner@hklaw.com (Counsel for UPS) jennifer.nowak@ hklaw.com (Counsel for UPS)
cefelts@fedex.com (FedEx)

nsspar ks@fedex.com (FedEx) kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com (Polar)

_________________________

Abigail Donovan