**BEFORE THE**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**WASHINGTON, D. C.**

--------------------------------------------- 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 17 th 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.**

--------------------------------------------- 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.- 2 –

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 threefrom pool (1). That will leave nine 2011 unallocated frequencies in pool (1) available for other applicants.- 3 –

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.- 4 –

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