**BEFORE THE**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**WASHINGTON, D. C.**

--------------------------------------------- Application of :
: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT-OST-1998- : 3622 under 49 USC 40l09 for an exemption (Los : Angeles/San Francisco-Beijing/Shanghai; : Codesharing with China Eastern Airlines : Corporation Limited) :

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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 - Marketing and Planning & Government Affairs Chief Commercial Officer American Airlines, Inc. American Airlines, Inc. 1101 17 th Street, N.W. P.O. Box 619616, MD 5634 Washington, D.C. 20036 DFW Airport, Texas 75261

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 Affairs American Airlines, Inc. P.O. Box 619616, MD 5635 DFW Airport, Texas 75261 (817) 963-0394 robert.wirick@aa.com

December 8, 2010**BEFORE THE**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**WASHINGTON, D. C.**

--------------------------------------------- Application of :
: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT-OST-1998- : 3622 under 49 USC 40l09 for an exemption (Los : Angeles/San Francisco-Beijing/Shanghai; : codesharing with China Eastern Airlines : Corporation Limited) :

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

American Airlines, Inc., under 49 USC 40l09 and l4 CFR
Part 377, hereby applies for renewal of its exemption, most
recently renewed by Notice of Action Taken in this docket on
February 13, 2009, authorizing scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Los Angeles and
San Francisco, California, on the one hand, and Beijing and
Shanghai, China, on the other. This authority is used for a
codeshare arrangement between American and China Eastern
Airlines Corporation Limited (AA* on MU), approved by Notice of
Action Taken (undocketed) on May 8, 1998 for an indefinite

term.- 2 -

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 would expire on February 13, 2011 absent this renewal
application, which is timely under l4 CFR 377.l0(c) since it is
filed more than 60 days in advance of the expiration date.
Grant of American’s renewal application is consistent
with the Air Transport Agreement between the United States and
China, as amended, and with the public interest, as the
Department has found in previous renewals of the subject
authority.

In response to the Department’s letter of June 1, l995
to participants in the Civil Reserve Air Fleet Program,
American states that the codeshare arrangement at issue here
will have no impact on American’s CRAF commitments.
In response to the Department’s Notice of August 23,
2005 on streamlining regulatory procedures (DOT-OST-2005-
22228), American has requested corresponding Los Angeles/San
Francisco-Beijing/Shanghai certificate authority. See
Supplement to Application for Renewal of Route 602, August 26,
2005, Attachment 2 (DOT-OST-2000-85l6). We urge expedited
approval of that application to avoid the need for successive
renewals in exemption dockets.- 3 -

Respectfully submitted,

___________________________ CARL B. NELSON Associate General Counsel American Airlines, Inc.

December 8, 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 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 dvaughan@kelleydrye.com urskr@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

December 8, 2010