BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D. C.

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

:

AMERICAN AIRL INES, INC. : DOT

- OST

- l997

-

: 2302

under 49 USC 40l09 for renewal of : exemption (Miami

- Santa Cruz/La Paz, :

Bolivia) :

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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 A irlines, 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, In c.

P.O. Box 619616, MD 5635

DFW Airport, Texas 75261

(817) 963

- 0394

robert.wirick@aa.com

August 1, 2011BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D. C.

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

:

AMERICAN AIRL INES, INC. : DOT

- OST

- l997

-

: 2302

under 49 USC 40l09 for renewal of : exemption (Miami

- Santa Cruz/La Paz, :

Bolivia) :

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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, her eby applies for renewal of its exemption, most

recently renewed by Notice of Action Taken in this docket on

October 8

, 2009, authorizing scheduled foreign air transpor ta

tion of persons, property, and mail between Miami, Florida and

Santa Cruz and La Pa z, Bolivia.

In filing this application, American invokes the auto

matic extension provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act,

5 USC 558(c), as implemented by l4 CFR Part 377. The current

exemption w ould expire on October 8

, 2011 absent this renewa l

application. This application is timely under Section

377.l0(c) since it is filed more than 60 days in advance of the

expiration date.- 2

-

American instituted serv ice between Miam i and La Paz,

which stops in Santa Cruz in the northbound direction, in l99l.

American's flights provide significant benefits to pas sengers

and shippers requir ing service between Miami and Bolivia, a s

well as to customers f rom behind cities receiv ing convenient

on

- line connections via American's Miami hub.

Am erican's s ervice constitutes "activity of a contin

uing nature" under l4 CFR Part 377. Illustrative data is

attached to American's rene wal appli cation filed on May l2,

l995, which we incorp orate herein by refer ence.

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 for its U.S.

- Bolivia exemption authority. See

application for amended certificate of public conv enience and

necessity, August 26, 2005 (DOT

- OST

- 2000

- 85l6). We urge

expedited approval of that application to avoid the need for

successive renewals in exemption dockets.

Respectfully submitted,

____________________________ CARL B. NELSO N

Associate General Counsel

American Airlines, Inc.

August 1, 2011CERTIFICATE 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@j amhoff.com

bob.kneisley@wnco.com dkirstein@yklaw.com

robert.land@jetblue.com jyoung@yklaw.com

msinick@ssd.com willi a m.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

August 1

, 2011