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

--------------------------------------------- 2010 U.S.-Haneda Combination Services : Allocation Proceeding :

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**ANSWER OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. TO MOTION OF DELTA AIR LINES, INC.**  **FOR FLEXIBILILTY TO CHANGE GATEWAYS**
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 75261 CARL B. NELSON ROBERT A. WIRICK Associate General Counsel Managing Director, Regulatory American Airlines, Inc. and International Affairs 1101 17 th 

### 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 (817) 963-0394 robert.wirick@aa.com

July 31, 2012

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

--------------------------------------------- 2010 U.S.-Haneda Combination Services : Allocation Proceeding :

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**ANSWER OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. TO MOTION OF DELTA AIR LINES, INC.**  **FOR FLEXIBILILTY TO CHANGE GATEWAYS**
American Airlines, Inc. hereby answers the motion filed on July 30, 2012 by Delta Air Lines, Inc., seeking flexibility to operate the Detroit-Haneda slots awarded by Order 2010-7-2, July 1, 2010, from the Seattle gateway instead. American has no objection to Delta’s request provided that all carriers holding Haneda slots are granted equivalent relief. In 2004, the Department reached that result regarding Brazil frequencies. See Order 2004-6-25, June 28, 2004, p. 5(“We have decided to grant [Delta’s] request [to remove citypair restrictions] and to afford the same flexibility to all four designated combination carriers for U.S.-Brazil service”). If Delta is granted flexibility to move its Haneda slots to another gateway, the other U.S. carriers operating to Haneda should be permitted to change gateways as well as market conditions warrant.

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