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BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Joint Application of

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

and

AEROVÍAS DE INTEGRACIÓN REGIONAL,

AIRES S.A. d/b/a LAN COLOMBIA

under l4 CFR Part 2l2 for statements of

authorization (blanket codesharing) and

under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 for related

exemption authority

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Docket DOT-OST-2012-____

JOINT APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. AND

AEROVÍAS DE INTEGRACIÓN REGIONAL, AIRES S.A. d/b/a LAN COLOMBIA

FOR STATEMENTS OF AUTHORIZATION AND RELATED EXEMPTION AUTHORITY

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

ERIKA ZARANTE

Legal Director

LAN Colombia

Calle 100 # 7 - 33

Torre 1 Piso 17

Bogota D.C., Colombia

Tel. (57-1) 5113000 Ext. 71615

JEFFREY N. SHANE

PATRICK R. RIZZI

Hogan Lovells US LLP

Columbia Square

555 Thirteenth Street, NW

Washington, DC 20004

(202) 637-6851/5659 (direct)

(202) 637-5910 (fax)

jeff.shane@hoganlovells.com

patrick.rizzi@hoganlovells.com

Counsel for

Aerovías de Integración Regional,

AIRES S.A. d/b/a LAN Colombia

December 17, 2012

VIRASB VAHIDI

Senior Vice President -

Marketing and Planning

and Chief Commercial Officer

American Airlines, Inc.

P.O. Box 619616, MD 5634

DFW Airport, Texas 75161

ROBERT A. WIRICK

Managing Director, Regulatory

and International Affairs

American Airlines, Inc.

P.O. Box 619616, MD 5635

DFW Airport, Texas 75161

WILLIAM K. RIS, JR.

Senior Vice President -

Government Affairs

American Airlines, Inc.

1101 17th Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20036

FRANCIS C. HEIL

Senior Attorney

American Airlines, Inc.

1101 17th Street, N.W.

Washington, D.C. 20036

(202) 496-5642

francis.heil@aa.com
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BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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Joint Application of

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

and

AEROVÍAS DE INTEGRACIÓN REGIONAL,

AIRES S.A. d/b/a LAN COLOMBIA

under l4 CFR Part 2l2 for statements of

authorization (blanket codesharing) and

under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 for related

exemption authority

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Docket DOT-OST-2012-____

December 17, 2012

JOINT APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. AND

AEROVÍAS DE INTEGRACIÓN REGIONAL, AIRES S.A. d/b/a LAN COLOMBIA

FOR STATEMENTS OF AUTHORIZATION AND RELATED EXEMPTION AUTHORITY

American Airlines, Inc. (“American”) (and affiliates

American Eagle Airlines, Inc. and Executive Airlines, Inc. d/b/a

American Eagle (together, “American Eagle”)) and Aerovías de

Integración Regional, AIRES S.A. d/b/a LAN Colombia

(“LAN Colombia”) hereby jointly apply under l4 CFR Part 2l2 for

blanket statements of authorization of indefinite duration and

under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 for related exemption authority in order

to engage in reciprocal codeshare services under the 2010 U.S.-

Colombia Air Transport Agreement being provisionally applied

(“U.S.-Colombia Open Skies Agreement”).

The Joint Applicants propose to implement codeshare services

in early 2013 and request that the Department process this Joint
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Application on an expedited basis.1 A list of the contemplated

codeshare markets is provided in Annex B of the attached

codeshare agreement.

Specifically, American and LAN Colombia are seeking the

following authority:

(A) American requests a blanket statement of authorization to

display LAN Colombia’s 4C* or LA*2 designator code in

conjunction with foreign air transportation of persons,

property, and mail on flights operated by American or

American Eagle between (l) points in the United States;

(2) points in the United States and points in Colombia

(either nonstop or via intermediate points in third

countries); (3) points in the United States and points in

third countries; and (4) points in Colombia and points in

third countries.

(B) LAN Colombia requests a blanket statement of authorization

to display American's AA* designator code in conjunction

with foreign air transportation of persons, property, and

mail on flights operated by LAN Colombia between (l) points

in Colombia; (2) points in Colombia and points in the

United States (either nonstop or via intermediate points in

third countries); (3) points in Colombia and points in

third countries; and (4) points in the United States and

points in third countries.

American and LAN Colombia request that the blanket

statements of authorization be granted for an indefinite period,

consistent with Department precedent in other codeshare dockets.

1 The Joint Applicants also request a waiver of the 45-day advance filing

requirement set forth in 14 C.F.R. § 212.10(d)(2).

2 LAN Colombia has been authorized to use the LAN trade name and LA*

designator code by Notice of Action Taken, dated October 25, 2011 (Docket

DOT-OST-2005-21121), renewal application timely filed.
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American presently holds certificate authority between named

U.S. points and Barranquilla, Bogota, and Cali, Colombia (Route

389) and between Miami and Medellin (Route 804). The U.S. and

Colombia entered into an Open Skies Agreement that becomes fully

effective January 1, 2013. Because Colombia is not yet listed as

an Open Skies country on the DOT website,3 American cannot yet

rely on DOT Order 2007-4-2 for U.S.-Colombia Open Skies

authority. Accordingly, American hereby requests exemption

authority as necessary to provide the codeshare services proposed

in this Joint Application.

LAN Colombia currently holds a foreign air carrier permit

issued by DOT Order 2009-6-14 authorizing Bogota/Cartagena/

Barranquilla-New York service and an exemption last renewed by

Notice of Action Taken, dated October 25, 2011 (Docket DOT-OST2008-0390), renewal application timely filed, authorizing

Bogota/Cali/Cartagena/Barranquilla-Ft. Lauderdale service (with

New York coterminalization rights) and Bogota-Miami service. On

December 12, 2012, LAN Colombia filed in Docket DOT-OST-2008-0390

an application for amended exemption authority to permit it to

engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons,

property, and mail from points behind Colombia via Colombia and

intermediate points to any point or points in the United States

and beyond. Such additional exemption authority would allow,

3 www.dot.gov/policy/aviation-policy/open-skies-agreements-being-applied.
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inter alia, LAN Colombia to place its 4C* or LA* code on

American/American Eagle flights to points not authorized under

LAN Colombia’s existing permit and exemption authority to the

full extent authorized under the U.S.-Colombia Open Skies

Agreement and to the full extent requested herein.

The blanket codeshare statements of authorization requested

herein are fully consistent with the U.S.-Colombia Open Skies

Agreement, which is being provisionally applied pending entry

into force and which comes fully into effect on January 1, 2013,

upon the expiry of transitional provisions set forth in the Annex

thereto. The Joint Application is also consistent with the

public interest. See Statement of United States International

Air Transportation Policy, 60 Fed. Reg. 21841, May 3, 1995. See

also Statement of Secretary Ray LaHood announcing Colombia as the

United States’ 100th open skies partner, DOT Press Release, dated

November 12, 2010 (“Travelers, shippers, airlines and economies

all over the world have benefited from the competitive pricing

and more convenient service that Open Skies have made

possible.”).

Blanket codeshare authority should be granted to American

and LAN Colombia so they can offer the full range of services

permitted under the U.S.-Colombia Open Skies Agreement. The

services contemplated by American and LAN Colombia will provide a

greater range of consumer benefits and enhance the seamless
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travel experience of U.S. and Colombian passengers and other

consumers seeking convenient air transportation within the

Americas and beyond.

Pursuant to the Department’s Notice in the Matter of Blanket

Notification of Codeshare Service to Open Skies Partners and

Points, dated February 9, 2009, American and LAN Colombia hereby

provide blanket notification of their intent to engage in

reciprocal codeshare services, as follows:

► between any point or points in the United States and any

point or points in Colombia (on a nonstop basis and

intermediate routings via Open Skies points);

► between points in the United States;

► between points in Colombia;

► beyond Colombia to any Open Skies point or points; and

► beyond the United States to any Open Skies point or

points.

The initial codeshare points proposed by the Joint

Applicants are set forth in Annex B of the attached codeshare

agreement, including service beyond Colombia to Sao Paulo,

Brazil, as a codeshare point on flights operated by LAN Colombia

beyond American’s Colombia gateways. American and LAN Colombia

will notify the Department no later than 30 days before

commencing codeshare services to or from points in other non-Open

Skies countries.
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The Joint Applicants will also conduct all of their

codeshare operations in compliance with 14 CFR Part 257 and other

consumer protection regulations.

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 will have no

impact on American's CRAF commitments.

On December 14, 2012, American’s compliance statement on

LAN Colombia’s IOSA codeshare safety audit was presented to and

approved by the Federal Aviation Administration. The FAA has

rated Colombia a Category 1 country.

American and LAN Colombia request expedited approval of this

Joint Application so that the initial phase of AA/4C and 4C/AA

codeshare services may be implemented in early 2013. The

carriers will poll the U.S. carriers listed on the attached

service list and will promptly notify the Department of the

results.

Respectfully submitted,

Jeffrey N. Shane Francis C. Heil

Patrick R. Rizzi Senior Attorney

Hogan Lovells US LLP American Airlines, Inc.

Counsel for

Aerovías de Integración Regional,

AIRES S.A. d/b/a LAN Colombia December 17, 2012
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing Joint

Application of American Airlines, Inc. and Aerovías de

Integración Regional, AIRES S.A. d/b/a LAN Colombia for

statements of authorization and related exemption authority has

been served this 17th day of December, 2012, upon the following

addressees:

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

sametta.c.barnett@delta.com

jhill@dowlohnes.com

perkmann@dowlohnes.com

jyoung@yklaw.com

dkirstein@yklaw.com

dan.weiss@united.com

steve.morrissey@united.com

jonathan.linde@united.com

howard_kass@usairways.com

rsilverberg@sgbdc.com

JCanny@amerijet.com

jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com

rpommer@atlasair.com

john@mietuslaw.com

kelli.bryan@evergreenairlines.com

anbird@fedex.com

marshall.sinick@squiresanders.com

matwood@cozen.com

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com

agoerlich@ggh-airlaw.com

anita.mosner@hklaw.com

mlbenge@zsrlaw.com

urskr@state.gov

john.allen@faa.gov

william.stallings@usdoj.gov

dwight.moore@ustranscom.mil

Jonathan Echmalian