**BEFORE THE**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**WASHINGTON, D. C.**

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

:

:

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT

- OST

- 2013

-

:

:

under 49 USC 40l09 for an exemption :

( Miami

- Cozumel, Mexico) :

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**APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.**

**FOR AN**  **EXEMPTION (MIAMI**

**- COZUMEL, MEXICO)** 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

VIR ASB VAHIDI WILLIAM K. RIS, JR.

Senior Vice President

- Senior Vice President

- Marketing and Planning Government & Regulatory

and Chief Commercial Officer Affairs

American Airlines, Inc. American Airlines, Inc. P.O.

Box 619616, MD 5634 1101 17 th Street, N.W.

DFW Airport, Texas 75161 Washington, D.C. 20036

ROBERT A. WIRICK FRANCIS C. HEIL

Managing Director, Regulatory Senior Attorney

and International Affairs American Airlines, Inc.

American Airlines, Inc. 1101 17 th Street, N.W.

P. O. Box 619616, MD 5635 Washington, D.C. 20036

DFW Airport, Texas 75261 ( 202) 496

- 5642

(817) 963

- 0394 francis.heil@aa.com

robert.wirick@aa.com

August 1 4 , 2013**BEFORE THE**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**WASHINGTON, D. C.**

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

:

:

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT

- OST

- 2013

-

:

:

under 49 USC 40l09 for an exemption :

( Miami

- Cozumel, Mexico) :

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**APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.**

**FOR AN**  **EXEMPTION (MIAMI**

**- COZUMEL, MEXICO)** 

American Airlines, Inc., under 49 USC 40l09

, hereby

appli es for an exemption authorizing scheduled foreign air

transportation of persons, property

, and mail between Miami,

Florida and Cozumel, Mexico on a seasonal basis.

American proposes to begin daily Miami

- Cozumel nonstop

service on November 21, 2013 using 150

- seat Boe ing 737

- 800

aircraft (16F/134Y). Illustrative schedules and other data are

attached.

Under the U.S.

- Mexico Air Transport Agreement, as amended,

up to three U.S. carriers may serve the Miami

- Cozumel route. No

U.S. carrier presently operates nonstop servi ce in this market.American requests expedited approval of this application.

We will poll the carrier parties named on the attached service

list for non

- objections and advise the Department of the results.

Respectfully submitted,

Francis C. Heil

Senior Attorney

American Airlines, Inc.

August 1 4 , 20 13

Pg. 2Exhibit 1

Source: AA Network Planning 

### American's Proposed

Miami-Cozumel Seasonal Service

2 4567 Frequency 2 4567

737-800 Equipment 737-800

11:20 Miami (MIA) 16:20

12:20 Cozumel (CZM) 13:35

2:00 Total Elapsed Time 1:45

Service for the Winter 2013 season will operate

from November 21, 2013 - January 7 , 2014

All times localExhibit 2

Source: AA Network Planning Aircraft 737-800

Departures 72

Segment Miles 562

Plane Miles 40,464

ASMs (000) 6,070

Fuel Burn (gals./hour) 881

Fuel Consumption (000 gals.) 174

Seating Configuration

First Class 16

Economy Class 134

Total 150 

### Miami-Cozumel Seasonal Service American's Proposed

Seasonal Operating Statistics**CERTIFICATE OF**  **SERVICE**

I hereby certify that I have this day served the foregoing

document by email on th e following persons:

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

sametta.c.barnett@delta.com

karine.faden@united.com

steve.morrissey@united.com

john.allen@faa.gov

urskr@state.gov

benjamin.slocum@usairways.com

howard.kass@usairways.com

thomas

. bolling @united.com

efaberman@wileyrein.com (Counsel for Frontier)

dwight.moore@ustranscom.mil

jhill@dlalaw.com (Counsel for JetBlue)

dan.weiss@united.com

william.stallings@usdoj.gov

cdonley@ssd.com (Counsel for Alas ka)

jyoung@yklaw.com (Counsel for Spirit)

msinick@ssd.com (Counsel for Alaska)

dkirstein@yklaw.com (Counsel for Spirit)

robert.land@jetblue.com

mlbenge@zsrlaw.com (Cou nsel for Virgin America)

Francis C. Heil

August 1 4

, 2013