**BEFORE THE**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**WASHINGTON, D. C.**

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

:

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. :

and : DOT

- OST

- 2007

-

EL AL ISRAEL AI RLINES LTD. : 0095

:

for statements of authorization under l4 :

CFR Part 212 and for related exemptions :

un der 49 USC 40l09 (reciprocal codesharing) :

---------------------------------------------

**BLANKET CODESHARE NOTIFICATION OF** 

**AM ERICAN AIRLINES, I**  **NC. AND**  **EL AL ISRAEL AIRLINES LTD.**

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

**For El Al**  **: For American Airlines**  **:**

JOHN E. GILLICK VIRASB VAHIDI

Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger Senior Vice President

-

L. L.P. Marketing and Planning

888 Seventeenth Street, N.W. and Chief Commercial Officer

Suite 700 American Airlines, Inc.

Washington, D.C. 20006 P.O. Box 619616, MD 5628

(202) 973

- 7939 DFW Airport, Texas 75261

jegillick@zsrl aw.com

WILLIAM K. RIS, JR.

Senior Vice President

–

Government Affairs

American Airlines, Inc.

1101 17 th Street, N.W.

Suite 600

Washington, D.C. 20036- 2

-

KENJI C. HASHIMOTO

V ice President

– Strategic

Alliances

American Airlines, Inc.

P.O. Box 619616, MD 5635

DFW Airport, Texas 75261

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

CARL B. NELSON

Associate General Counsel

American Airlines, Inc.

1101 17 th Street, N.W.

American Airlines, Inc.

Washington, D.C. 20036

(202) 496

- 5647

carl.nelson@aa.com

December 8, 2011**BEFORE THE**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**WASHINGTON, D. C.**

---------------------------------------------

Joint Application of :

:

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. :

and : DOT

- OST

- 2007

-

EL AL ISRAEL AIRLINES LTD. : 0095

:

for statements of authorization under l4 :

CFR Part 212 and for related exemptions :

under 4 9 USC 40l09 (reciprocal codesharing) :

---------------------------------------------

**BLANKET CODESHARE NOTIFICATION OF** 

**AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. AND EL AL ISRAEL AIRLINES LTD.** 

Under the Department’s Notice in the Matter of Blanket

Notificati on of Codeshare Service to Open

- Skies Partners and

Points, February 9, 2009, American Airlines, Inc. (and its

affiliates American Eagle Airlines, Inc. and Executive Airlines,

Inc. d/b/a American Eagle) and El Al Israel Airlines Ltd. hereby

provide blanket notification of their intent to engage in

reciprocal codeshare services:

**►** Between points in the United States and points in the

Israel (on a nonstop basis and intermediate routings via open

skies points)- 2

-

► Between points in the United States

► Between po ints in the Israel

► Beyond Isra el to open skies points

► Beyond the United States to open skies points

American and El Al will notify the Department no later

than 30 days before commencing codeshare services to or from

non

- open skies countries. American and E l Al will conduct all

of their codeshare operations in compliance with 14 CFR Part

257.

The United States and Israel have entered into an open

skies agreement. See http://ostpxweb.dot.gov/aviation/

international/agreementsbeingapplied.htm . Because Israel is

currently in Category 2, codesharing between the two carriers is

limited to LY* on flights operated by American or American

Eagle. By filing this notification, American can expand display

of the LY* code on its flights , and El Al will be positioned to

display AA* on flights operated by El Al when Israel is restored

to Category 1.- 3

-

Respectfully submitted,

__________________________ JOHN E. GILLICK

Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenbe rger,

L.L.P

.

Counsel for El Al

___________________________ CARL B. NELSON

Associate General Couns el

American Airlines, Inc.

December 8, 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@j amhoff.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

December 8

, 2011