BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D. C.

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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 ADDITIONAL 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 Airlines, Inc. 1101 17th 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 1101 17th 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
BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D. C.

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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 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 nonstop service between Miami and Manaus, Brazil

starting June 15, 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.-Brazil Memorandum of 

Consultations dated March 18, 2011. American received 10 

frequencies, including 4 for Miami-Manaus service with a 

proposed start date of June 14, 2012, and Delta Air Lines 

received 9. Accordingly, 9 frequencies remain available for 

allocation. 

 Under the MOC, 28 additional U.S.-Brazil frequencies 

become effective each October 1 in 2012, 2013, and 2014, in 

transition to full open skies on October 1, 2015.
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 American plans to use 160 seat B737-800 aircraft 

(16C/144Y) on the Miami-Manaus route. Illustrative date is 

attached to our application filed in this docket on April 21, 

2011. American holds exemption authority to 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 

example, Notice of Action Taken, DOT-OST-2007-28057, June 29, 

2007. American has firm plans to operate the Manaus 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 be 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 persons:

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 rbkeiner@crowell.com jyoung@yklaw.com

david.heffernan@wilmerhale.com dkirstein@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.kass@usairways.com 

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

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CARL B. NELSON

January 25, 2012