BEFORE THE 

 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

 WASHINGTON, D. C. 

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Application of : 

 : 

 AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT-OST-l996-

 : 1353 

under 49 USC 40l09 for exemption : 

(broad U.S.-Brazil authority) : 

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APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. 

 FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION 

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 

KENJI C. HASHIMOTO Associate General Counsel 

Vice President – Strategic American Airlines, Inc. 

Alliances 1101 17th 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 

 

ROBERT 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 

May 3, 2011 
BEFORE THE 

 DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D. C. 

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Application of : 

 : 

 AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT-OST-l996-

 : 1353 

under 49 USC 40l09 for exemption : 

(broad U.S.-Brazil authority) : 

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APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. 

 FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION 

 American Airlines, Inc., under 49 USC 40l09, hereby 

applies for renewal of the captioned exemption authorizing 

scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and 

mail between the United States and named points in Brazil. 

 American’s exemption, most recently renewed by Notice 

of Action Taken on July 8, 2009, authorizes service between 

points in the United States, via intermediate points, and 

Belem, Belo Horizonte, Brasilia, Manaus, Porto Alegre, Recife, 

Rio de Janeiro, Salvador, and Sao Paulo, Brazil, and beyond 

Brazil to Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Absent 

this renewal application, such authority would expire on July 

8, 2011. 

 In filing this application, American invokes the 

automatic extension provisions of the Administrative Procedure 

Act, 5 USC 558(c), as implemented by l4 CFR Part 377. This 

application is timely under l4 CFR 377.l0(c) since it is filed 

more than 60 days in advance of the expiration date. 
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 The U.S.-Brazil authority described above is fully 

consistent with the U.S.-Brazil Air Transport Agreement, as 

amended, and with the public interest, as the Department has 

previously found in the captioned docket. 

 In response to the Department's notice of August 23, 

2005 on streamlining regulatory procedures (DOT-OST-2005-

22228), American has requested corresponding certificate 

authority for the above-referenced U.S.-Brazil routes. See 

Supplement to Application for Renewal of Route 602, August 26, 

2005 (DOT-OST-2000-85l6). We urge expedited approval of that 

application to avoid the need for successive renewals in 

exemption dockets. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

 

 

 ____________________________ 

 CARL B. NELSON 

 Associate General Counsel 

 American Airlines, Inc. 

May 3, 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 thomas.bolling@coair.com 

 

 ________________________________ 

 CARL B. NELSON 

May 3, 2011