BEFORE THE 

 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

 WASHINGTON, D. C. 

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Application of : 

 : 

 AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT-OST-2011- 

 : 0086 

for allocation of 10 weekly combination : 

frequencies for additional U.S.-Brazil : 

service : 

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Application of : 

 : 

 DELTA AIR LINES, INC. : DOT-OST-2011- 

 : 0085 

for allocation of 9 weekly combination : 

frequencies for additional U.S.-Brazil : 

service : 

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JOINT MOTION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. 

AND DELTA AIR LINES, INC. FOR A FINAL 

ORDER ALLOCATING U.S.-BRAZIL FREQUENCIES

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

For Delta Air Lines: For American Airlines:

ALEXANDER VAN DER BELLEN CARL B. NELSON, JR. 

Managing Director – Government Associate General Counsel 

Affairs & Associate General American Airlines, Inc. 

Counsel 1101 17th Street, N.W. 

Delta Air Lines, Inc. Suite 600 

1212 New York Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 

Washington, D.C. 20005 (202) 496-5647 

(202 842-4184 carl.nelson@aa.com 

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com 

April 28, 2011 
BEFORE THE 

 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

 WASHINGTON, D. C. 

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Application of : 

 : 

 AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT-OST-2011- 

 : 0086 

for allocation of 10 weekly combination : 

frequencies for additional U.S.-Brazil : 

service : 

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Application of : 

 : 

 DELTA AIR LINES, INC. : DOT-OST-2011- 

 : 0085 

for allocation of 9 weekly combination : 

frequencies for additional U.S.-Brazil : 

service : 

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JOINT MOTION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. 

AND DELTA AIR LINES, INC. FOR A FINAL 

ORDER ALLOCATING U.S.-BRAZIL FREQUENCIES

 American Airlines, Inc. and Delta Air Lines, Inc. hereby 

jointly move that the Department issue a final order allocating 

10 U.S.-Brazil weekly combination frequencies to American and 9 

to Delta. 

 In its application on April 21, 2011, American applied 

for 10 of the frequencies that become effective on October 1, 

2011 in order to increase its Miami-Brasilia service from 4 

times a week to daily, to increase its Miami-Belo Horizonte 

service from 4 times a week to daily, and to launch new service 

4 times a week between Miami and Manaus. 
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 In its application on April 21, 2011, Delta applied for 

9 of the frequencies that become effective on October 1, 2011 

in order to increase its Detroit-Sao Paulo service from 5 times 

a week to daily (Delta would swap two newly awarded Rio de 

Janeiro-eligible frequencies for existing Sao Paulo-eligible 

frequencies it is now using for Rio) and to launch new daily 

service between Atlanta and Manaus. 

 Under the March 18, 2011 Memorandum of Consultations 

between the United States and Brazil, U.S. carriers are 

authorized, effective October 1, 2011, to operate (1) an 

additional 14 frequencies to any point or points in Brazil, 

except Sao Paulo Terminal, and (2) an additional 14 frequencies 

to any point or points in Brazil, except Rio de Janeiro and Sao 

Paulo Terminal. We will refer to these frequencies as pool (1) 

and pool (2). 

 Here, American and Delta have requested a total of 19 

weekly frequencies. No other applications have been submitted 

by combination carriers. There are 28 available frequencies 

for 2011, more than enough to satisfy both carriers. 

 We propose that American receive eight frequencies from 

pool (2) identified above, and two from pool (1). We propose 

that Delta receive six frequencies from pool (2), and three 

from pool (1). That will leave nine 2011 unallocated frequencies in pool (1) available for other applicants. 
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 American and Delta request that the Department award the 

frequencies with flexibility for use in any eligible U.S.-

Brazil city-pair market where the applicants hold underlying 

authority. Since 2004, the Department has followed a policy of 

allowing carriers flexibility to use Brazil frequencies to 

serve any eligible city-pair route: “We . . . grant the . . . 

U.S. carriers designated for combination services in the U.S.-

Brazil markets flexibility to use their allocated frequencies 

in markets where the carriers hold requisite underlying 

authority” (Order 2004-6-25, June 22, 2004). The Department 

has also made recent similar awards of northern/regional Brazil 

frequencies with flexibility for their use in any eligible 

market (Notice of Action Taken, DOT-OST-2008-0227 and -0228, 

August 8, 2008). 

 Since the frequencies at issue here are part of an open 

skies transitional agreement, American and Delta believe it is 

particularly appropriate for the Department to allow the same 

flexibility for carriers to respond to the needs of the 

marketplace and best serve their customers. 

 

 
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Respectfully submitted, 

 _____________________________ _________________________ 

ALEXANDER VAN DER BELLEN CARL B. NELSON 

Managing Director – Government Associate General Counsel 

Affairs & Associate General American Airlines, Inc. 

Counsel 

Delta Air Lines, Inc. 

April 28, 2011 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that I have this day served the foregoing document by 

email on the following persons: 

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com jhill@dlalaw.com 

scott.mcclain@delta.com bill@mietuslaw.com 

sametta.c.barnett@delta.com mgoldman@sgbdc.com 

kquinn@pillsburywinthrop.com rsilverberg@sgbdc.com 

bkeiner@crowell.com dhainbach@ggh-airlaw.com 

esahr@eckertseamons.com mcmillin@woa.com 

bruce.rabinovitz@wilmerhale.com eskraft@jamhoff.com 

jeffrey.manley@united.com dpdean@jamhoff.com 

bob.kneisley@wnco.com dkirstein@yklaw.com 

robert.land@jetblue.com jyoung@yklaw.com 

msinick@ssd.com donna.kooperstein@usdoj.gov 

cdonley@ssd.com dwight.moore@ustranscom.mil 

gbleopard@fedex.com john.allen@faa.gov 

david.heffernan@wilmerhale.com urskr@state.gov 

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com recohn@hoganlovells.com 

jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com cjsimpson@zsrlaw.com 

lhalloway@crowell.com pmurphy@lopmurphy.com 

efaberman@wileyrein.com lachter@starpower.net 

mroller@rollerbauer.com anita.mosner@hklaw.com 

howard.kass@usairways.com jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com 

benjamin.slocum@usairways.com gmurphy@crowell.com 

dan.weiss@coair.com russell.bailey@alpa.org 

rpommer@atlasair.com thomas.bolling@coair.com 

 ________________________________ 

 CARL B. NELSON 

April 28, 2011