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


### Application of AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. DOT-OST-2010­ under 49 USC 40109 for allocation of 11 weekly U.S.-Brazil combination frequencies

APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. FOR ALLOCATION OF 11 WEEKLY U.S.-BRAZIL COMBINATION FREQUENCIES (NEW YORK JFK-RIO DE JANEIRO AND MIAMI-BRASILIA)


### Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: VIRASB VAHIDI WILLIAM K. RIS, JR. Senior Vice President

- Senior President

- Planning Government Affairs American Ai ines, Inc. American Airlines, Inc. P.O. Box 619616, MD 5634 1101 17th Street, N.W. DFW Airport, Texas 75161 Washington, D.C. 20036 KENJI C. HASHIMOTO CARL B. NELSON, JR. Vice President Strategic Ass e General Counsel Alliances American Airl , Inc. American rlines, Inc. 1101 17th Street, N.W. P.O. Box 619616, MD 5635 Washington, D.C. 20036 DFW rport, Texas 7 61 (202) 496-5647 carl.nelson@aa.com ROBERT A. WIRICK Director, Regulatory American ines, Inc. P.O. Box 619616, MD 5635 DFW Airport, Texas 7 61 (817) 963 0394 robert.wirick@aa.com April 8, 2010

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


### Application of AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. DOT-OST-2010­ under 49 USC 40109 for allocation of 11 weekly U.S.-Brazil combination frequencies

APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. FOR ALLOCATION OF 11 WEEKLY U.S.-BRAZIL COMBINATION FREQUENCIES (NEW YORK JFK-RIO DE JANEIRO AND MIAMI-BRASILIA)



### American Airlines, Inc., in response to the Department's Notice of March 24, 2010 inviting applications, hereby applies allocation of 11 weekly U.S.-Brazil combination frequencies in order to institute ly nonstop service between New York JFK and Rio de Janeiro 

### and four-days-a-week nonstop service between Miami and Brasilia 

### ive October 

### I, 2010. Ame can proposes to round JFK-Rio de Janeiro 

### ce using 219-seat B763 aircraft (28F/191Y). Southbound, f ghts will depart JFK at 2125 and arrive in GIG at 0835 

### (+ 1). Northbound, they will depart GIG at 2045 and arrive JFK at 0605 (+ 1). See Exhibit AA-I0l. American has 50 B763 aircraft in its fleet all of which comply with FAR 36. American hol New York-Rio de Janeiro certi cate authority on Route 389, segment 4, 

### most recently renewed by Order 2001-5-26, May 24, 2001 (timely renewal appl pending)

.

### 2 ­

American proposes to operate year-round MiamiBrasilia 

### nonstop service four a week using 182-seat B757 rcraft (16C/166Y). Southbound, the flights will depart MIA
on Wednesdays, Fridays, , and Sundays at 2310 and arrive in BSB at 0740 (+ 

### 1). Northbound, they will depart BSB
on Thursdays, Saturdays, Sundays, and Mondays at 0940 and arrive in MIA at 1620. See t AA-I02. American has 18 57-L aircraft in its fleet all of which comply with FAR 36. Ame can holds Miami-Brasilia exempt authority by Notice of Action Taken, DOT-OST-1996-1353, y 7, 2009. The New York-Rio de Janeiro 

### market currently has no nonstop U.S. carrier service. The y nonstop flights are by Brazilian carrier TAM, a member of Star, four days
a week. New York-Rio de Janeiro, with more than 60,000 passenr bookings in 2009, is the largest U.S.-Rio de Janeiro market without nonstop U.S. flag service. In a previous Brazil proce ng in 2000, the Department sel American for JFKGIG autho ty based on the fact that New York was the largest 0&0 

### mar to Rio de Janeiro and would se be without nonst s ceo See Order 2000-10-6, Oct r 6, 

### 2000, p. 

### 7 

### n. 12.

### 3 ­



### Behind New York JFK, American will offer convenient on-line roundtrip connections to a number of major U.S. cities, including Boston, Washington, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, and Raleigh/Durham (Exhibit AA-I03)

. American recently entered into a codeshare alliance with Gol, Brazil's largest carrier (DOT-OST-2010-0009). American will offer AA* service on Gol beyond Rio de Janeiro to other cities in Brazil. American's Miami-Brasilia flights will provide the only nonstop U.S. carrier service to Brasilia from Miami, the largest U.S. gateway to Brazil and indeed to all of South America. Behind Miami, American will offer convenient on-line roundtrip connections to more than 40 cities, including Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, Newark, Orlando, Philadelphia, Raleigh/ Durham, San Francisco, San Juan, St. Louis, and Tampa (Exhibit AA-I04). Gol has a strong presence at Brasilia, and American will provide AA* service on Gol beyond Brasilia to other cities in Brazil. For the foregoing reasons, the Department should promptly grant American's application for 11 weekly U.S.-Brazil combination frequencies, which American will use for year-round New York JFK-Rio de Janeiro and Miami-Brasilia nonstop service effective October I, 2010.

### - 4 ­
Respectfully submitt

CARL B. NELSON, JR. Assoc e General Counsel Arne can Airlines, Inc. April 8, 2010

### ExhibitAA
- 101 Page 1of2


## AMERICAN AIRLINES NewYork(JFK) - RiodeJanerio(GIG) Service



## AA973 Flight Number 

## AA974 8767-300 Equipment 

## 8767-300 Daily Frequency Daily 

## 2125 NewYork (JFK) 

## 0605 +1 

# I A 

# I I I I v 

# I 0835 +1 Rio deJanerio(GIG) 

## 2045

10:10 ElapsedTime 

## 10:20

Source: AmericanAirlines Capacity PlanningExhibitAA
- 101 Page2 of2


### AMERICANAIRLINES NewYork(JFK)- Rio de Janerio(GIG) Service Annual OperatingStatistics (Daily)

Aircraft B767 Departures 730 Segment Miles 4,786 Plane Miles 3,493,780 ASMs 765,137,820 Fuel Burn (Gallons/Hour) 1,640 Fuel Consumption (000 Gallons) 12,152
Seating Configuration Business Class 28 EconomyClass 191 Total 219

AIRCRAFTAVAILABILITY
-Americanwill useaircraft currently in itsfleet. American operates 50 Boeing 767s (219seats). FUELAVAILABILITY
- American anticipates nodifficulty in obtainingfuel from itsexisting suppliers atNewYorkand Rio deJanerio. Source: American Airlines Capacity Planning

### ExhibitAA
- 102 Page 1of2


## AMERICAN AIRLINES Miami(MIA) - Brasilia(BSB) Service



# AA947 Flight Number 

# AA948

8757 Equipment 

# 8757 3567 Frequency 

# 1467

2310 Miami (MIA) 

# 1620 

# I 1\ 

# I I I I v 

# I 0740 + 

# 1 Brasilia (BSB) 

# 0940 7:30 ElapsedTime 

# 7:40

Source: American Airlines Capacity PlanningExhibitAA
- 102 Page2 of2


### AMERICAN AIRLINES Miami (MIA) - Brasilia (BSB)Service

Annual OperatingStatistics 

### (4/7)

Aircraft B757 Departures 416 Segment Miles 3,598 Plane Miles 1,496,768 ASMs 272,411,776 Fuel Burn (Gallons/Hour) 1,200 Fuel Consumption (000 Gallons) 3,669


### SeatingConfiguration Business Class 16 Economy Class 166 Total 182

AIRCRAFTAVAILABILITY

-Americanwill use aircraftcurrently in itsfleet. American operates 18 Boeing 757Ls. FUELAVAILABILITY

-American anticipates no difficultyin obtaining fuel from itsexisting supplierat Miami or in arrangingforfuel atBrasilia. Source: AmericanAirlinesCapacity Planning

### ExhibitAA- 103 

### Page 1of 1 

### AMERICAN AIRLINES NewYork (JFK) - Rio deJanerio(GIG) Service CONNECTIONSATJFK SOUTHBOUNDCONNECTIONS NORTHBOUND CONNECTIONS ROUNDTRIPCONNECTIONS AUA Aruba AUA Aruba AUA Aruba BGI Barbados BGI Barbados BGI Barbados BOS' Boston BOS' Boston BOS* Boston CCS Caracas CVG Cincinnati CVG Cincinnati CVG Cincinnati DCA· Washington (Reagan) DCN Washington (Reagan) DCA* Washington (Reagan) FLL 11 Fort Lauderdale FLL 11 Fort Lauderdale FLL 11 Fort Lauderdale IND 11 Indianapolis INDll Indianapolis IND 11 Indianapolis LAX LosAngeles LAX LosAngeles LAX Los Angeles LHR London(Heathrow) LHR London(Heathrow) LHR London(Heathrow) MBJ Montego BayJamaica MCO Orlando NRT Tokyo(Narita) ORF 11 Norfolk ORF Norfolk ORF 11 Norfolk PAP Pt. Au Prince PAP PI. Au Prince PAP Pt. Au Prince PLS ProvidencialesTurks& Caicos Is. PLS ProvidencialesTurks& Caicos Is. PLS ProvidencialesTurks & Caicos Is. PUJ Punta Cana PUJ Punta Cana PUJ Punta Cana RDU* RaleighlDurham RDU* Raleigh/Durham RDU· RaleighlDurham SDa Santo Domingo SDa Santo Domingo SDa Santo Domingo SEA Seattle SFO San Francisco SFO San Francisco SFO San Francisco SJU San Juan SJU SanJuan SJU SanJuan SKB St. Kitts Leeward Is. SKB St. Kitts Leeward Is. SKB St. Kitts Leeward Is. STI Santiago, Dominican Rep. STI Santiago, Dominican Rep. STI Santiago, Dominican Rep. STL St. Louis STT St. Thomas STT St. Thomas STT St. Thomas SXM St. Maarten SXM St. Maarten SXM St. Maarten UVF St. Lucia UVF St. Lucia UVF St. Lucia YHZ Halifax YUL* Montreal YUL* Montreal YUL· Montreal YYZ Toronto 

### 11 BasedonAA's expansion in JFK OperatedbyAmerican Eagle Source: OAG Y2010asof March 2010ExhibitAA-104 Page 1of3 

## AMERICANAIRLINES Miami (MIA)- Brasilia(BSB)Service CONNECTIONSAT MIA
SOUTHBOUNDCONNECTIONS NORTHBOUNDCONNECTIONS ROUNDTRIP CONNECTIONS ANU Antigua ATL Atlanta ATL Atlanta ATL Atlanta AUA Aruba AUA Aruba AUA Aruba BDL Hartford BGI Barbados BGI Barbados BGI Barbados BHM· Birmingham BNA** Nashville BNA** Nashville BNA** Nashville BOS Boston BOS Boston BOS Boston BWI Baltimore BWI Baltimore BWI Baltimore BZE Belize City COG Paris CHS* Charleston, South Carolina CHS· Charleston, South Carolina CHS* Charleston, South Carolina CLT* Charlotte CLT* Charlotte CLT* Charlotte CMH Columbus CUN Cancun CUN Cancun CUN Cancun CUR Curacao CVG* Cincinnati CVG* Cincinnati CVG* Cincinnati DCA Washington (Reagan) DCA Washington (Reagan) DCA Washington (Reagan) DEN Denver DEN Denver DEN Denver DFW Dallas/Ft.Worth DFW Dallas/Ft.Worth DFW Dallas/Ft. Worth DTW Detroit EGE Vail/Eagle EWR Newark EWR Newark EWR Newark GCM Grand Cayman Is. GCM Grand Cayman Is. GCM Grand Cayman Is. GSO· Greensboro GUA Guatemala City GUA Guatemala City



### • OperatedbyAmerican Eagle Operatedbyboth Mainline JetandAmerican Eagle

Source: OAG Y2010 as of March2010ExhibitAA-104 Page2of3 

## AMERICAN AIRLINES Miami (MIA) - Brasilia (BSB)Service CONNECTIONSAT MIA
SOUTHBOUNDCONNECTIONS NORTHBOUNDCONNECTIONS ROUNDTRIP CONNECTIONS lAD Washington(Dulles) lAD Washington(Dulles) lAD Washington(Dulles) IAH Houston(G.Bush) IND* Indianapolis JAX* Jacksonville JFK NewYork(Kennedy) JFK NewYork(Kennedy) JFK NewYork(Kennedy) KIN Kingston KIN Kingston KIN Kingston LAS LasVegas LAS LasVegas LAS LasVegas LAX LosAngeles LAX Los Angeles LAX Los Angeles LGA NewYork(LaGuardia) LGA NewYork(LaGuardia) LGA NewYork(LaGuardia) LHR London(Heathrow) LlR Liberia LRM Casa De Campo MAD Madrid MBJ Montego Bay MBJ Montego Bay MBJ Montego Bay MCO Orlando MCO Orlando MCO Orlando MEX MexicoCity MEX Mexico City MEX Mexico City MGA Managua MGA Managua MGA Managua MSP Minneapolis MSY NewOrleans ORO Chicago ORO Chicago ORO Chicago ORF* Norfolk ORF* Norfolk ORF* Norfolk PAP Pt. Au Prince PHL Philadelphia PHL Philadelphia PHL Philadelphia PLS Providenciales Turks & Caicos Is. PIT* Pittsburgh PNS* Pensacola POP Puerto Plata POS PortofSpain POS Port ofSpain POS PortofSpain PTY Panama City PTY Panama City PTY Panama City PUJ Punta Cana PUJ Punta Cana PUJ Punta Cana * OperatedbyAmerican Eagle Source: OAGY2010 as ofMarch 2010ExhibitAA-104 Page3of3 

## AMERICANAIRLINES Miami (MIA) - Brasilia (BSB)Service CONNECTIONSAT MIA
SOUTHBOUND CONNECTIONS NORTHBOUND CONNECTIONS ROUNDTRIP CONNECTIONS RDU Raleigh/Durham RDU**Ra~~~Du~am** RDU**Ra~~~Du~am** RIC* Richmond RSW* Ft. Myers SAL San Salvador SAL San Salvador SAL San Salvador SAP San Pedro Sula SAP San Pedro Sula SAP San Pedro Sula SDa Santo Domingo SDa Santo Domingo SDa Santo Domingo SFO San Francisco SFO San Francisco SFO San Francisco SJO San Jose, Costa Rica SJO San Jose, Costa Rica SJO San Jose, Costa Rica SJU San Juan SJU SanJuan SJU San Juan SKB St. Kitts STI Santiago, Dominican Rep. STI Santiago, Dominican Rep. STI Santiago, Dominican Rep. STL St. Louis STL SI. Louis STL SI. Louis STT St. Thomas STT SI. Thomas STT SI. Thomas STX St. Croix STX SI. Croix STX SI. Croix SXM St. Maarten SXM SI. Maarten SXM SI. Maarten TLH Tallahassee TPA Tampa TPA Tampa TPA Tampa TUL Tulsa TYS* Knoxville UVF St. Lucia YUL Montreal YUL Montreal YUL Montreal YYZ Toronto YYZ Toronto YYZ Toronto OperatedbyAmerican Eagle

Source: OAGY2010 as ofMarch 2010CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
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