**BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**  **WASHINGTON, D. C.**

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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 - Planning Government Affairs American Airlines, Inc. American Airlines, Inc. P.O. Box 619616, MD 5634 1101 17 th Street, N.W. DFW Airport, Texas 75161 Washington, D.C. 20036

KENJI HASHIMOTO CARL B. NELSON, JR. Vice President – Strategic Associate General Counsel Alliances American Airlines, Inc. American Airlines, Inc. 1101 17 th 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 American Airlines, Inc. P.O. Box 619616, MD 5635 DFW Airport, Texas 75261 (817) 963-0394 robert.wirick@aa.com

April 30, 2010**BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**  **WASHINGTON, D. C.**

--------------------------------------------- Application of : : AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT-OST-2006- : 24194 under 49 USC 40109 for an exemption : (points in Argentina for codesharing : on Lan Airlines) :

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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 authority, most recently renewed by Notice of Action Taken in this docket on July 7, 2008, authorizing scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between the United States, on the one hand, and Bariloche, Cordoba, Mendoza, and Rosario, Argentina, on the other. American uses this authority to engage in codeshare services on Lan Airlines (AA* on flights operated by Lan between Chile and Argentina). 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 July 7, 2010, 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.- 2 -

Grant of this renewal application is consistent with the U.S.-Argentina Air Transport Agreement, as amended, and with the public interest, as the Department found in its initial award to American in this docket (Notice of Action Taken, August 29, 2006). In response to the Department’s letter of June 1, 1995to participants in the Civil Reserve Air Fleet Program, American states that its codeshare arrangement with Lan Airlines has no impact on American’s CRAF commitments. Respectfully submitted,

CARL B. NELSON, JR. Associate General Counsel American Airlines, Inc. April 30, 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 mrosia@crowell.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 jim.ballough@faa.gov dvaughan@kelleydrye.com byerlyjr@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

_______________________________ CARL B. NELSON, JR.

April 30, 2010