**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** 

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 17 th 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 17 th 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.- 2 -

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