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

--------------------------------------------- Joint Application of : : AIR CANADA : THE AUSTRIAN GROUP : BRITISH MIDLAND AIRWAYS LTD. : DOT-OST-2008- CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC. : 0234 DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA AG : POLSKIE LINIE LOTNICZE LOT S.A. : SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES SYSTEM : SWISS INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES LTD. : TAP AIR PORTGUAL and : UNITED AIR LINES, INC. : : to amend Order 2007-2-16 under 49 USC : 41308 and 41309 so as to approve and : confer antitrust immunity :

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**MOTION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. FOR 14-DAY EXTENSION OF TIME TO ANSWER STAR CARRIERS’ JOINT MOTION** 

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 75161 CARL B. NELSON KENJI C. HASHIMOTO Associate General Counsel Vice President – Strategic American Airlines, Inc. Alliances 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.comROBERT 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

April 28, 2011**BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**  **WASHINGTON, D. C.**

--------------------------------------------- Joint Application of : : AIR CANADA : THE AUSTRIAN GROUP : BRITISH MIDLAND AIRWAYS LTD. : DOT-OST-2008- CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC. : 0234 DEUTSCHE LUFTHANSA AG : POLSKIE LINIE LOTNICZE LOT S.A. : SCANDINAVIAN AIRLINES SYSTEM : SWISS INTERNATIONAL AIRLINES LTD. : TAP AIR PORTGUAL and : UNITED AIR LINES, INC. : : to amend Order 2007-2-16 under 49 USC : 41308 and 41309 so as to approve and : confer antitrust immunity :

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**MOTION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. FOR 14-DAY EXTENSION OF TIME TO ANSWER STAR CARRIERS’ JOINT MOTION** 

American Airlines, Inc. hereby moves for a 14-day extension of time, from May 2, 2011 to May 16, 2011, to answer the joint motion filed by the Star carriers on April 21, 2011 to include Brussels Airlines within the scope of the Star antitrust immunity granted by Order 2007-2-16, February 10, 2007. American has not yet decided whether to take a position on the joint motion, and needs more time to consider both the merits of the request and the novel procedure that the Star carriers are using to expand their ATI to add another partner.- 2 -

By styling their request a joint motion rather than an application, the Star carriers appear to be disregarding theapplicable procedural regulation, 14 CFR Part 303, and attempting to avoid the evidentiary submissions that the application process requires. As stated in Section 303.03, a person seeking approval of a transaction under Section 412 (recodified at 49 USC 41309) “must” file an application “that conforms to the requirements set forth” in Part 303. Section 303.04 states that “unless specifically exempted by these regulations or by an order of the Assistant Secretary, a person filing an application pursuant to 303.03 of this part shall prepare and file the application in the manner specified in this section.” The Star carriers acknowledge that Brussels Airlines is at present “not majority owned” by Lufthansa (p. 3), but cite an EC decision finding that Lufthansa has control of SN Airholding SA/NA, Brussels Airlines’ parent company (id .). The Star carriers also point out that three other Lufthansa affiliates, Austrian, British Midland, and Swiss, are included within the scope of Star ATI. Those three affiliates, however, were added under the application process, not by motion. Moreover, the EC’s finding on Lufthansa and SN Airholding does not determine the Department’s procedures for reviewing ATI requests.- 3 -

American needs additional time to study the novel issue of pursuing ATI by motion rather than by the application process set out in 14 CFR Part 303 and developed through DOT case law. We also note that had the Star carriers followed the application procedures established by Part 303, the answer period would havebeen at least 21 days rather than the seven working days provided for answers to motions. See Section 303.41(a). We accordingly request that the answer date for the joint motion be extended to May 16, 2011. Respectfully submitted,

_____________________________ CARL B. NELSON Associate General Counsel American Airlines, Inc.

April 28, 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 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 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

April 28, 2011