Document ID: DOT-OST-2004-16945-0048
Agency: dot
Document Type: Notice
Title: Notice of Action Taken re: American Airlines, Inc.
Posted Date: 2006-03-22T05:00Z

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

		        DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

			  OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

			          WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation on March 22, 2006

NOTICE OF ACTION TAKEN -- DOCKET OST-2004-16945

This serves as notice to the public of the action described below, taken
by the Department official indicated (no additional confirming order
will be issued in this matter).

Application of AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. (AMERICAN), filed 2/23/06 for:

XX  Renewal of exemption under 49 U.S.C. 40109 to provide the following
service:

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 operated between
the Mexican gateway points and other points within Mexico on services
operated by Compania Mexicana de Aviacion, S.A. de C.V. (Mexicana) or
its affiliate, Aerocaribe d/b/a Click Mexicana.

Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail
between the following city-pair markets: Chicago-Guadalajara;
Chicago-Morelia; Chicago-Zacatecas; Denver-Mexico City; Los
Angeles-Guadalajara; Los Angeles-Mazatlan; Los Angeles-Mexico City; Los
Angeles-Cancun; Los Angeles-Leon; Los Angeles-Morelia; Los
Angeles-Zacatecas; Oakland-Guadalajara; Oakland-Leon; Oakland-Zacatecas;
Portland-Guadalajara; New York/Newark-Mexico City; Las
Vegas-Guadalajara; Las Vegas-Mexico City; Las Vegas-San Jose del Cabo;
San Antonio-Mexico City; San Francisco-Guadalajara; San Francisco-Mexico
City; San Francisco-Morelia; San Jose-Guadalajara; San Jose-Morelia;
Sacramento-Guadalajara; Sacramento-Morelia; Sacramento-San Jose del
Cabo; and Washington/Baltimore-Mexico City, and to integrate this
authority with all existing certificate and exemption authority held by
American and its affiliates.  American intends to operate these services
pursuant to a code-share arrangement with Mexicana, whereby the “AA”
designator code will be placed on flights operated by Mexicana in these
markets.

Applicant rep: Carl B. Nelson, Jr. (202) 496-5647   DOT Analyst: Thuy H.
Cooper (202) 366-5423

  							

D I S P O S I T I O N

XX  Granted in part (subject to conditions, see below)

XX  Dismissed in part (request for route integration authority)

The above action was effective when taken: March 22, 2006 through March
22, 2008, or until 90 days after final Department action on American’s
corresponding application for a certificate of public convenience and
necessity in Docket OST-2000-8516, whichever occurs earlier.

Action taken by:   Paul L. Gretch, Director	

		      Office of International Aviation

XX  The authority granted is consistent with the aviation agreement
between the United States and Mexico.

Except to the extent exempted or waived, this authority is subject to
the terms, conditions, and limitations indicated: 	 

	XX   American and its affiliates’ certificates of public convenience
and necessity

	XX   Standard exemption conditions (attached)

Conditions:   The U.S.-Mexico exemption authority granted is subject to
the dormancy notice requirements set forth in condition 7 of Appendix A
of Order 88-10-2.  The exemption authority granted to American and its
affiliates is limited to services provided on a code-share basis only.

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On the basis of data officially noticeable under Rule 24(g) of the
Department's regulations, we found American (and its affiliates)
qualified to provide the exemption services authorized.

Under authority assigned by the Department in its regulations, 14 CFR
Part 385, we found that (1) our action was consistent with Department
policy; (2) grant of the authority was consistent with the public
interest; and (3) grant of the authority would not constitute a major
regulatory action under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975. 
To the extent not granted or dismissed, we denied all requests in the
referenced Docket.  We may amend, modify, or revoke the authority
granted in this Notice at any time without hearing at our discretion.

Persons entitled to petition the Department for review of the action set
forth in this Notice under the Department’s regulations, 14 CFR
§385.30, may file their petitions within seven (7) days after the date
of issuance of this Notice.  This action was effective when taken, and
the filing of a petition for review will not alter such effectiveness.

An electronic version of this document is available on the World Wide
Web at:

  HYPERLINK "http://dms.dot.gov//reports/reports_aviation.asp" 
http://dms.dot.gov//reports/reports_aviation.asp 

APPENDIX 

U.S. Carrier Exemption Conditions

In the conduct of the operations authorized, the U.S. carrier
applicant(s) shall:

(1)  Hold at all times effective operating authority from the government
of each country served;

(2)  Comply with applicable requirements concerning oversales contained
in 14 CFR 250 (for scheduled operations, if authorized);

(3)  Comply with the requirements for reporting data contained in 14 CFR
241;

(4)  Comply with requirements for minimum insurance coverage, and for
certifying that coverage to the Department, contained in 14 CFR 205;

(5)  Except as specifically exempted or otherwise provided for in a
Department Order, comply with the requirements of 14 CFR 203, concerning
waiver of Warsaw Convention liability limits and defenses;

(6)  Comply with all applicable requirements of the Federal Aviation
Administration and with all applicable U.S. Government requirements
concerning security, including, but not limited to, 49 CFR Part 1544. 
To assure compliance with all applicable U.S. Government requirements
concerning security, the holder shall, before commencing any new service
(including charter flights) to or from a foreign airport, contact its
International Principal Security Inspector (IPSI) to advise the IPSI of
its plans and to find out whether the Transportation Security
Administration has determined that security is adequate to allow such
airport(s) to be served; and

(7)  Comply with such other reasonable terms, conditions, and
limitations required by the public interest as may be prescribed by the
Department of Transportation, with all applicable orders and regulations
of other U.S. agencies and courts, and with all applicable laws of the
United States.

The authority granted shall be effective only during the period when the
holder is in compliance with the conditions imposed above.

										  05/2004

 American is also applying on behalf of its affiliates, American Eagle
Airlines, Inc., and Executive Airlines, Inc. d/b/a American Eagle.

 American states that it is not seeking renewal of its authority for
Chicago-Durango, Chicago-San Luis Potosi, San Antonio-Guadalajara,
Dallas/Ft. Worth-Morelia, and Dallas/Ft. Worth-Zacatecas, as Mexicana no
longer serves these routes.

 American's application here for exemption authority also references a
pending American application for corresponding certificate authority. 
See Docket OST-2000-8516.  We will handle its certificate request
separately.

 The carrier’s request for route integration authority has been
superseded by Order 2006-1-1, where the Department awarded the carrier a
blanket route integration certificate.