BEFORE THE 

 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

 WASHINGTON, D. C. 

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Application of : 

 : 

 AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT-OST-2005- 

 : 23473 

under 49 USC 40109 for exemption authority : 

(blanket codeshare-only points for purposes : 

Of codesharing on China Eastern Airlines) : 

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APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. 

 FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION 

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 

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 10, 2010 
BEFORE THE 

 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

 WASHINGTON, D. C. 

--------------------------------------------- 

Application of : 

 : 

 AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT-OST-2005- 

 : 23473 

under 49 USC 40109 for exemption authority : 

(blanket codeshare-only points for purposes : 

Of codesharing on China Eastern Airlines) : 

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APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. 

 FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION 

 

 American Airlines, Inc., under 49 USC 40l09 and 14 

CFR Part 377, hereby applies for renewal of its exemption, 

initially issued by Notice of Action Taken in this docket on 

April 6, 2006 and last renewed on November 21, 2008, granting 

blanket exemption authority to serve codeshare only points in 

China or in third countries for purposes of codesharing (AA*) 

on flights operated by China Eastern Airlines, which holds a 

corresponding statement of authorization under 14 CFR Part 212 

issued in DOT-OST-2005-23471. 

 In filing this application, American invokes the 

automatic extension provisions of the Administrative Procedure 

Act, 5 USC 558(c), as implemented by l4 CFR Part 377. The 

current exemption, as amended, would expire on November 21, 

2010 absent this renewal application, which is timely since it 

is submitted more than 60 days in advance of the expiration 

date. 
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 Renewal is fully consistent with Article 5 of the 2004 

U.S.-China Protocol, and with the public interest, as we 

demonstrated in our initial application and as the Department 

found in the 2006 Notice of Action taken cited 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. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

 

 

 CARL B. NELSON 

 Associate General Counsel 

 American Airlines, Inc. 

September 10, 2010 

 
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 

mrosia@crowell.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 

dvaughan@kelleydrye.com byerlyjr@state.gov 

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com recohn@hhlaw.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 rpommer@atlasair.com 

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

sophy.chen@hklaw.com russell.bailey@alpa.org 

david.heffernan@wilmerhale.com esahr@eckertseamons.com 

 

 

 _______________________________ 

 CARL B. NELSON 

September 10, 2010