**BEFORE THE**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**WASHINGTON, D. C.**

--------------------------------------------- Application of :
: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT-OST-2000- : 8101 under 49 USC 40l09 for an exemption : (Chicago-Cancun) :

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**APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION (CHICAGO-CANCUN)** 

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

February 11, 2011**BEFORE THE**

**DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION**

**WASHINGTON, D. C.**

--------------------------------------------- Application of :
: AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. : DOT-OST-2000- : 8101 under 49 USC 40l09 for an exemption : (Chicago-Cancun) :

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**APPLICATION OF AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION (CHICAGO-CANCUN)** 

American Airlines, Inc., under 49 USC 40l09 and l4 CFR

Part 377, hereby applies for renewal of its exemption, most

recently renewed by Notice of Action Taken in this docket on

April 17, 2009, authorizing scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Chicago, Illinois

and Cancun, Mexico.

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. The current

exemption would expire on April 17, 2011 absent this renewal

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

filed more than 60 days in advance of the expiration date.- 2 -

American operates daily nonstop service between Chicago

and Cancun using l88-seat B757 aircraft (22C/l66Y). American's

service is an "activity of a continuing nature" under 5 USC

558(c).
Grant of American's renewal application is consistent

with the U.S.-Mexico Air Transport Agreement, as amended, and

with the public interest.

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 Chicago-Cancun route. See Supplement to

Application for Renewal of Route 602, August 26, 2005 (DOT-OST2000-85l6). 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.

February 11, 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 dvaughan@kelleydrye.com urskr@state.gov kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com recohn@hhlaw.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 rpommer@atlasair.com benjamin.slocum@usairways.com gmurphy@crowell.com sophy.chen@hklaw.com russell.bailey@alpa.org david.heffernan@wilmerhale.com esahr@eckertseamons.com

________________________________ CARL B. NELSON

February 11, 2011