US-Argentina Combination Service

OST-2007-28766

Served July 18, 2007

Notice

By this Notice, we invite interested U.S. carriers to file and/or to supplement already-filed applications for newly available U.S.-Argentina combination air transportation opportunities pursuant to the Protocol to the Agreement between the United States and the Argentine Republic that entered into force on July 3, 2007. The 2007 Amendment increases the number of frequencies available to U.S. carriers and the number of points that may be served in Argentina.

Pursuant to the 2007 Amendment, the number of weekly frequencies for combination carriers of each country will double, from 56 to 112, in three stages. In the first stage, effective immediately, the United States may allocate twenty-one additional frequencies for a total of seventy-seven weekly frequencies. In the second stage (effective March 21,2008) the United States may allocate twenty-one additional frequencies for a total of ninety-eight weekly frequencies. In the third stage (effective March 21, 2009), the United States may allocate fourteen additional frequencies for a total of one hundred and twelve weekly frequencies.

U.S. carriers use all currently-allocated frequencies to serve Buenos Aires. Pursuant to the 2007 Amendment, the United States may select up to a total of four points in Argentina for combination service. We will re-select Buenos Aires as one of the four points for combination service in order to allow for continuation of services already operated by designated carriers.

In addition, the United States may now select a total of ten points in Argentina for code-share-only service. Under the 2007 Amendment, the United States preserved its right to select five points that may be served on a code-share-only basis with a carrier of any country (including Argentina) and gained the right to serve an additional five points on a code-share-only basis with a carrier of Argentina.

All applications should include, at a minimum, the following information: (a) the market(s) to be served, including the full single-plane routing for the service and, if the carrier plans to display the code of another carrier on its flights in the market, the name of that carrier; (b) the number of frequencies requested by market, including whether the frequencies would be used on a year-round or seasonal basis (for seasonal service the inclusive dates of service should be provided); (c) type of aircraft to be used, including seating configuration (first, business, economy); and (d) the proposed startup date(s) for the services proposed.

By: Paul Gretch

July 30, 2007

Supplement of American to Application for Exemption and Allocation of Frequencies

American Airlines, Inc., in response to the Department's Notice of July 18, 2007, hereby supplements its application filed OST-2007-27816 on April 3, 2007 seeking an exemption and frequency allocation to serve the Chicago-Buenos Aires market. The Department has consolidated American's application into the new docket .

The market to be served is Chicago-Buenos Aires. Service will be provided on a nonstop basis. The number of frequencies requested is seven per week to provide Chicago-Buenos Aires daily nonstop service year-round. American will use 219-seat B767-300ER aircraft

Counsel: American, Carl Nelson, 202-496-5647, carl.nelson@aa.com

July 31, 2007

Correction of American

In the Supplement filed on July 30, 2007 by American Airlines in the captioned docket, paragraph 5 on page 2 should be changed to read as follows:

"5. In response to the request for codeshare information in the Notice, p. 2 n. 2, American states that it currently provides codeshare-only service (AA* on flights operated by Lan Airlines via Santiago, Chile) to three points in Argentina - Cordoba, Mendoza, and Rosario. An implementation date for the fourth authorized point - Bariloche - has not yet been determined."

Counsel: American, Carl Nelson, 202-496-5647, carl.nelson@aa.com

Filed April 30, 2007 | Supplemented July 30, 2007 | Issued August 21, 2007

Notice of Action Taken (American)

Scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between Chicago, Illinois, and Buenos Aires, Argentina. American states that it will use the frequencies to begin daily nonstop combination service in the Chicago-Buenos Aires market, commencing no later than December 13, 2007.

American originally filed its application for Chicago-Buenos Aires frequencies in Docket OST-2007-27816, in anticipation of new rights becoming available for U.S. air carriers. Subsequently, by Notice dated July 18, 2007, we invited applications for, among other things, newly available U.S.-Argentina combination frequencies. We noted that American had already filed an application for certain of the frequencies and that we would consolidate its application, and any other applications filed for the newly available frequencies, in Docket OST-2007-28766. Thus, we will take action to grant American’s request in the docket established for the subject frequencies by the July 18 Notice.

By: Paul Gretch