**BEFORE THE**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**WASHINGTON, D. C.**

--------------------------------------------- Application of :

:

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT

- OST

- 2011

-

: 0086

for allocation of 3 weekly combination :

frequencies for additional U.S.

- Brazil :

service :

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**APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. FOR**

**ALLOCATION OF 3 WEEKLY COMBINATION**  **FREQUENCIES**

**FOR ADDITIO NAL U.S.** 

**- BRAZIL SERVICE** 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

VIRASB VAHIDI WILLIAM K. RIS, JR.

Senior Vice President

- Senior Vice President

- Marketing and Planning Government Affairs

and Chief Commercial Officer American Airlines, Inc.

American Airlin es, Inc. 1101 17 th Street, N.W.

P.O. Box 619616, MD 5634 Washington, D.C. 20036

DFW Airport, Texas 75161

CARL B. NELSON

KENJI C. HASHIMOTO Associate General Counsel

Vice President

– Strategic American Airlines, Inc.

Alliances 110 1 17 th Street, N.W.

American Airlines, Inc. Washington, D.C. 20036

P.O. Box 619616, MD 5635 (202) 496

- 5647

DFW Airport, Texas 75261 carl.nelson@aa.com

ROBERT A. WIRICK

Director, Regulatory Affairs

American Airlines, Inc.

P.O. Box 619616 , MD 5635

DFW Airport, Texas 75261

(817) 963

- 0394

robert.wirick@aa.com

January 25 , 2012

NOTICE: American will poll the carrier parties named on the

attached for non

- objections and advise the Depart

-

ment of the results**B EFORE THE** 

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**WASHINGTON, D. C.**

--------------------------------------------- Application of :

:

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT

- OST

- 2011

-

: 0086

for allocation of 3 weekly combination :

fre quencies for additional U.S.

- Brazil :

service :

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

**APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. FOR**

**ALLOCATION OF 3 WEEKLY COMBINATION FREQUENCIES** 

**FOR ADDITIONAL U.S.**

**- BRAZIL SERVICE** 

American Airlines, Inc. hereby applies for allocation of

3 weekly combination U.S.

- Brazil frequencies in order to

operate daily nonst op service between Miami and Manaus , Brazil

starting June 1 5 , 2012.

By Notice of Action Taken in this docket on May 6, 2011,

the Department allocated 19 of 28 incremental frequencies

effective October 1, 2011 under the U.S.

- Braz il Memorandum of

Consultation s dated March 18, 2011. American received 10

frequencies, including 4 for Miami

- Manaus service with a

proposed start date o f June 14 , 2012, and Delta Air Lines

received 9. Accordingly, 9 frequencies remain available for

allocation.

Under the MOC, 28 additional U.S.

- Brazil frequenci es

become effec tive each October 1 in 2012, 20 13, and 2014, in

transition to full open skies on October 1, 2015.- 2

-

Amer ican plans to use 160 seat B737

- 800 aircraft

( 16 C/ 144 Y) on the Miami

- Manaus route. Illustrative date is

attached to our application filed i n this docket on April 21,

2011. American holds exempti on authority t o serve between the

U.S. and numerous points in Brazil, including Manaus. See

Notice of Action Taken, DOT

- OST

- 1996

- 1353, May 20, 2011.

The Department’s policy is to grant limited

- entry

authority to carriers with firm service plans. See , for

exampl e, Notice of Action Taken, DOT

- OST

- 2007

- 28057, June 29,

2007. American has firm plans to operate the Ma naus flights

described herein. Our request for allocation of 3 additional

weekly combination frequencies is consistent with the March 18

,

2011 MOC and with the public interest, and should b e granted on

an expedited basis. To that end, we will poll the carrier

parties named on the attached service list for non

- objections

and advise the Department of the results.

Respectfully submitted,

___________________________ CARL B. NELSON

Associate General Counsel

American Airlines, Inc.

January 25 , 2012**CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE**

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

email on the following person s:

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com dan.weiss@united.com

scott.mcclain@delta.com steve.morrissey@united.com

sametta.c.barnett@delta.com jonathan.linde@united.com

r bkeiner@crowell.com jyoung@yklaw.com

david.heffernan@wilmerhale.com dk irstein@yklaw.com

willim.stallings@usdoj.gov lhalloway@crowell.com

dwight.moore@ustranscom.mil gmurphy@crowell.com

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

howard.kass@usairways.com urskr@state.gov

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com howard.k ass@usairways.com

anita.mosner@hklaw.com benjamin.sloculm@usairways.com

________________________________ CARL B. NELSON

January 25 , 2012