BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D. C.

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ESTABLISHMENT OF SLOT EXEMPTION PROCEEDINGS : DOT-OST-2012-

AT RONALD REAGAN WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT : 0029 

PURSUANT TO 49 USC 41718 :

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NOTICE OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

OF BEYOND-PERIMETER SERVICE (DCA-LAX)

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

Associate General Counsel 

American Airlines, Inc.

1101 17th Street, N.W. 

Washington, D.C. 20036

(202) 496-5647

carl.nelson@aa.com

February 28, 2012
BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D. C.

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ESTABLISHMENT OF SLOT EXEMPTION PROCEEDINGS : DOT-OST-2012-

AT RONALD REAGAN WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT : 0029 

PURSUANT TO 49 USC 41718 :

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NOTICE OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

OF BEYOND-PERIMETER SERVICE (DCA-LAX)

 American Airlines, Inc., under Order 2012-2-21, February 

24, 2012, hereby gives notice that it intends to operate one 

daily nonstop roundtrip flight between Ronald Reagan Washington 

National Airport and Los Angeles International Airport beginning 

June 14, 2012. American will use 188-seat B757 aircraft (22C/

166) on this route. We propose to depart DCA at 1710 and to 

arrive in LAX at 1940, and to depart LAX at 0800 and to arrive

in DCA at 1600. 

 The flight number for DCA-LAX will be AA245, and the 

flight number for LAX-DCA will be AA240.

 American is returning two slots we now use on the DCA-DFW 

route: Slot ID 1328 (AA1441 departing DCA at 1050 to DFW), and 

Slot ID 1393 (AA1362, arriving in DCA at 1000 from DFW).
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DFW is a large within-perimeter hub as defined by the FAA. 

The two DCA-DFW flights identified above will be canceled prior 

to implementation of nonstop DCA-LAX service. 

As provided in Order 2012-2-21, American will contact the 

FAA Slot Administration Office for approval.

Respectfully submitted,

_______________________________

CARL B. NELSON

Associate General Counsel

American Airlines, Inc.

February 28, 2012
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 steve.morrissey@united.com

sametta.c.barnett@delta.com mgoldman@sgbdc.com

kquinn@pillsburywinthrop.com rsilverberg@sgbdc.com

rbkeiner@crowell.com dhainbach@ggh-airlaw.com

esahr@eckertseamons.com mcmillin@woa.com

bruce.rabinovitz@wilmerhale.com eskraft@jamhoff.com

jonathan.linde@united.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@united.com russell.bailey@alpa.org

rpommer@atlasair.com brian.ctr.meehan@faa.gov

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CARL B. NELSON

February 28, 2012