BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. Joint Application of ABC AEROLINEAS, S.A. de C.V., d/b/a INTERJET and AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. for a Statement of Authorization under 14 C.F.R. § 212 and for an Exemption under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 (codesharing) Docket No. DOT-OST-2014-

JOINT APPLICATION OF ABC AEROLINEAS, S.A. de C.V., d/b/a INTERJET and AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC.

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: Moffett B. Roller ROLLER & BAUER, PLLC 45005 Aviation Drive; Suite 200 Dulles, VA 20166 Phone: (202) 331-3300 Fax: (202) 331-3322 Email: mroller@rollerbauer.com Attorneys for ABC Aerolineas, S.A. de C.V., d/b/a Interjet Howard Kass Vice President – Regulatory Affairs Robert A. Wirick Managing Director, Regulatory & Int’l Affairs Abigail Donovan Director, Congressional and Federal Affairs American Airlines, Inc. 1101 17th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 326-5153 howard.kass@aa.com robert.wirick@aa.com abigail.donovan@aa.com

December 18, 2014 Notice: Answer to this Application are due January 2, 2015. American Airlines and Interjet are, however, requesting expedited consideration of this Application. The applicants will poll the U.S. carrier representatives served with this Application and notify the Department promptly of the results of the poll.BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. Joint Application of ABC AEROLINEAS, S.A. de C.V., d/b/a INTERJET and AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. for a Statement of Authorization under 14 C.F.R. § 212 and for an Exemption under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 (codesharing) Docket No. DOT-OST-2014-

JOINT APPLICATION OF ABC AEROLINEAS, S.A. DE C.V., D/B/A INTERJET, and AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. ABC Aerolineas, S.A. de C.V., d/b/a Interjet (“Interjet”), and American Airlines, Inc. (“American”) 1 (jointly, “the Applicants”), hereby apply for a statement of authorization under 14 C.F.R. Part 212 and exemption authority under 49 U.S.C. § 40109, as necessary, to implement the codesharing arrangement setforth in the attached Codeshare Agreement. Under the codesharing arrangement between the Applicants, Interjet will display the AA* designator code of American on flights operated between the authorized Mexican gateways of American and points in Mexico served by Interjet. In support of this Joint Application, the Applicants submit the following: 1. Interjet requests a statement of authorization under Part 212 of the Department’s Regulations to display American’s AA* designator code on all flights operated by Interjet within Mexico beyond American’s Mexican gateways. Interjet currently holds the underlying authority to operate the codeshare service

1 As used herein, the term “American” includes American Airline’s affiliate Envoy Air, Inc., formerly known as American Eagle Airlines, Inc.J OINT A PPLICATION OF ABC A EROLINEAS , S.A. DE C.V., Page 2 D/B/ A I NTERJET , AND A MERICAN A IRLINES , I NC

. in question pursuant to its foreign air carrier permit. (See Order 2008-10-30, October 30, 2008, Docket DOT-OST-2008-0191) 2. American requests exemption authority to the extent necessary to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between points in the United States and points within Mexico beyond American’s authorized Mexican gateway points for transborder services, for the purpose of blind-sector code-sharing services between the Mexican gateway points and other points within Mexico on services operated by Interjet. American Airlines is a citizen of the United States within the meaning of 49 U.S.C. § 40102(a)(15)(C) and is fit, willing, and able to provide the services contemplated by this application. American Airlines holds various certificates of public convenience and exemption authorities. ( See, e.g. , DOT Order 2007-4-2, April 3, 2007, Dockets OST-2000-8516 and OST-2005-22228 (Blanket Open-Skies Route Authority); Notice of Action Taken, October 7, 2014, Docket DOT-OST-2014- 0169 (Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas – Beijing, People’s Republic of China).) Pursuant to Rule 24 of the Department’s Rules of Practice, American Airlines requests that the Department take official notice of all information previously filed to establish its fitness. The Applicants hereby provide notice of the initial codeshare routes to be served by American and Interjet as set forth in Annex B to the Codeshare Agreement attached as Exhibit 1.J OINT A PPLICATION OF ABC A EROLINEAS , S.A. DE C.V., Page 3 D/B/ A I NTERJET , AND A MERICAN A IRLINES , I NC

. 3. The authority sought by the joint applicants is fully consistent with the current Air Transport Agreement (ATA) between the United States and Mexico, as amended. Annex III, which was added to the ATA In February of 1999, specifically authorizes bilateral codeshare services: (1) In operating or holding out the authorized services on the agreed routes, any designated airline of one Party may enter into cooperative marketing arrangements with an airline or airlines of either Party, or of a third country, provided that all airlines in such arrangements: (1) hold the appropriate authority; and (2) meet the requirements normally applied in such arrangements." 2 In addition, the new, provisional ATA negotiated in November of 2014 that is pending ratification by the Governments of the United States and Mexico retains authority for codesharing arrangements such as the one in question between the Applicants. Specifically, Article 8(7) of the new ATA provides that “any airline of one Party may enter into cooperative marketing arrangements such as blocked-space, code-sharing, or leasing arrangements, with (a) an airline or airlines of either Party; . . . provided that all participants in such arrangements (i) hold the appropriate authority and (ii) meet the requirements normally applied to such arrangements.” 4. The requested authority is also consistent with the public interest. The codesharing services between the Applicants will facilitate more efficient utilization of capacity in the marketplace and will significantly increase the routing

2 Aviation relations between the United States and Mexico are governed by the Air Transport Agreement between Mexico and the United States, signed at Mexico City on August 15, 1960, effective January 17, 1961, TIAS 4675; as amended on February 15, 1999. TIAS 00-119.J OINT A PPLICATION OF ABC A EROLINEAS , S.A. DE C.V., Page 4 D/B/ A I NTERJET , AND A MERICAN A IRLINES , I NC

. options available to the traveling public. The public benefits offered by codeshare arrangements between U.S. and foreign carriers are well recognized. ( See Statement of U.S. International Air Transportation Policy, 60 F.R. 21841, 21842, May 3, 1995.) 5. The Applicants agree to accept the conditions normally applicable to codeshare authority such as requested herein. This includes the requirement to notify the Department within thirty (30) days in advance of any new codeshare operation and to notify the Department of any codeshare operation the carriers have agreed to discontinue. The Applicants request that that the exemption be granted for a period of at least two (2) years and that the statement of authorization be granted for an indefinite period. Finally, American states that the codesharing arrangement at issue will have no impact on American's CRAF commitments. 6. American conducted a codeshare safety audit of Interjet on September 22-26, 2014, and has submitted the results of its audit to the FAA. A copy of the Compliance Statement of American Airlines, dated November 20, 2014, is attached as Exhibit 2. 7. This Application raises no environmental or energy issues. Approval of the Application will not result in a near term increase in fuel consumption of ten million gallons or more. 8. The Applicants are requesting expedited action by the Department on this Application so that they can provide the many public benefits of thisJ OINT A PPLICATION OF ABC A EROLINEAS , S.A. DE C.V., Page 5 D/B/ A I NTERJET , AND A MERICAN A IRLINES , I NC

. service at the earliest date possible following issuance of the necessary authority to Interjet and to American. WHEREFORE, on the basis of the foregoing, Interjet and American jointly request the Department to grant expedited approval to this Joint Application (a) for a Statement of Authorization for Interjet to display the AA* code on flights operated by Interjet between the Mexican gateway points of American and other points in Mexico; and (b) for an exemption, to the extent necessary, for American to market codeshare service to points in Mexico beyond its Mexican gateways. 3 Respectfully submitted,

______________________ Moffett B. Roller ROLLER & BAUER, PLLC Attorneys for ABC Aerolineas, S.A. de C.V., d/b/a Interjet ______________________ Howard Kass Vice-President – Regulatory Affairs American Airlines, Inc.

December 18, 2014

3 To the extent necessary, Interjet also requests a waiver of the 45-day advance filing period specified in Part 212 of the Department's regulations.EXHIBIT 1CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that on this 18th day of December, 2014, I served a copy of the foregoing Joint Application of ABC Aerolineas, S.A. de C.V., d/b/a Interjet, and American Airlines by email upon the parties listed below.

________________ Moffett B. Roller

Daniel A. Weiss United Air Lines dan.weiss@united.com Sascha Van der Bellen Delta Air Lines sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com Robert Kneisley Leslie Abbott Southwest Airways bob.kneisley@wnco.com leslie.abbott@wnco.com Marshall S. Sinick Edward Sauer Alaska Airlines msinisck@ssd.com esauer@ssd.com Joanne W. Young Spirit Airlines jyoung@yklaw.com Jonathan Hill Parker Erkmann JetBlue jhill@cooley.com perkmann@cooley.com Nancy Sparks Baily Leopard Federal Express nssparks@fedex.com gbleopard@fedex.com Anita Mosner UPS anita.mosner@hklaw.com Stephen Cristina US State Department cristinasa@state.gov John Duncan FAA Flight Standards john.s.duncan@faa.gov