**BEFORE THE**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**WASHINGTON, D.C.**

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

: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT-OST-2007- : 0021 under 49 USC 40l09 for exemption and : frequency allocation (Chicago-Moscow) :

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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 and 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 75161 CARL B. NELSON KENJI C. HASHIMOTO Associate General Counsel Vice President – Strategic American Airlines, Inc. Alliances 1101 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

June 16, 2011**BEFORE THE**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**WASHINGTON, D.C.**

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

: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT-OST-2007- : 0021 under 49 USC 40l09 for exemption and : frequency allocation (Chicago-Moscow) :

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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

August 28, 2009, authorizing scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Chicago, Illinois

and Moscow, Russia.

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 August 28, 2011 absent this renewal

application, which is timely since it is submitted more than 60

days in advance of the expiration date.- 2 -

American is not currently serving the Chicago-Moscow

route, but may do so in the future depending on economic and

competitive conditions. We are therefore seeking renewal in

order to have the flexibility to re-enter the market if

circumstances warrant. Renewal is consistent with the U.S.-

Russia Air Transport Agreement, as amended, and with the public

interest.

Respectfully submitted,

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

June 16, 2011**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 thomas.bolling@coair.com dpdean@jamhoff.com bob.kneisley@wnco.com dkirstein@yklaw.com robert.land@jetblue.com jyoung@yklaw.com msinick@ssd.com willim.stallings@usdoj.gov cdonley@ssd.com dwight.moore@ustranscom.mil gbleopard@fedex.com john.allen@faa.gov david.heffernan@wilmerhale.com urskr@state.gov kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com recohn@hoganlovells.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 jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com benjamin.slocum@usairways.com gmurphy@crowell.com dan.weiss@coair.com russell.bailey@alpa.org rpommer@atlasair.com

________________________________ CARL B. NELSON

June 16, 2011