BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D. C. 

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Application of : 

 : 

 AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT-OST-2000- 

 : 6824 

under 49 USC 40l09 for exemption (U.S.- : 

Hong Kong and beyond; codesharing with : 

Cathay Pacific) : 

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APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. 

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITY 

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 

April 6, 2011 
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D. C. 

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Application of : 

 : 

 AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT-OST-2000- 

 : 6824 

under 49 USC 40l09 for exemption (U.S.- : 

Hong Kong and beyond; codesharing with : 

Cathay Pacific) : 

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APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. 

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITY 

 American Airlines, Inc. under 49 USC 40l09, hereby 

applies for renewal of its exemption, most recently renewed by 

Notice of Action Taken in this docket on June 4, 2011, authorizing scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, 

and mail between the United States and Hong Kong, either nonstop 

or via intermediate points, and beyond Hong Kong to thirdcountry points. 

 American uses this authority to conduct codesharing 

services with Cathay Pacific Airways, Ltd. (AA* on CX). Cathay 

Pacific separately holds a statement of authorization under 14 

CFR Part 212 granted in this docket on January 8, 2003. 

 

 
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 Renewal of the requested authority is in the public 

interest. The services in issue are fully consistent with the 

October 19, 2003 Memorandum of Understanding between the United 

States and the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the 

People’s Republic of China, and with the Statement of United 

States International Air Transportation Policy, 60 Fed. Reg. 

21841, 21842-43, May 3, 1995. 

 In response to the Department’s letter of June 1, 1995 to 

participants in the Civil Reserve Air Fleet Program, American 

states that its codesharing arrangement with Cathay Pacific has 

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 certificate authority. See 

Supplement to Application for Renewal of Route 602, August 26, 

2005 (DOT-OST-2000-8516). We urge expedited approval of that 

application to avoid the need for successive exemption renewals. 

 For the foregoing reasons, the Department should renew 

American’s U.S.-Hong Kong exemption authority for a period of at 

least two years. 

 
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 Respectfully submitted, 

 

 _____________________________ 

 CARL B. NELSON 

 Associate General Counsel 

 American Airlines, Inc. 

April 6, 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 

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 

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 

                

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CARL B. NELSON   

April 6, 2011