BEFORE THE 

 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

 WASHINGTON, D. C. 

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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 17th 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 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 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. 

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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. 

 
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 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. 
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 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