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

--------------------------------------------- Application of : : AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT-OST-l996- : 1353 under 49 USC 40l09 for exemption : (broad U.S.-Brazil authority) :

--------------------------------------------- **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 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.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.**

--------------------------------------------- Application of : : AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT-OST-l996- : 1353 under 49 USC 40l09 for exemption : (broad U.S.-Brazil authority) :

--------------------------------------------- **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.- 2 -

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