	           UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

      DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

             OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

                  WASHINGTON, D.C.



						Served:  October 2, 2003

NOTICE

Docket OST-2002-12193

By Notice of Action Taken, dated September 4, 2003, we granted the
request of American Airlines that its South Africa third-country
codeshare designation be changed from service provided by Swiss
International Air Lines Ltd. d/b/a Swiss to service provided by British
Airways.  At the time of its request, American anticipated that its
South Africa code-share service with Swiss would be ending October 6,
2003.

By letter dated October 1, 2003, American informed the Department that
the proposed October 6, 2003 change-over date from Swiss to British
Airways has been deferred and that American wishes to continue its
current service to South Africa with Swiss until a new change-over date
has been established.  American requests that the Department stay the
effective date of the Notice of Action Taken until December 3, 2003. 
American further states that it will notify the Department when American
has established the new change-over date and then it will request that
the stay be lifted so that it will then be able to implement service
with British Airways.  American also states that it will not hold out
codeshare service to South Africa with both Swiss and British Airways at
the same time.

In view of the circumstances presented, we stay the effective date of
the Notice of Action Taken dated September 4, 2003, in Docket
OST-2002-12193, until December 3, 2003.

By:

						PAUL L. GRETCH

			Director, Office of International Aviation

(SEAL)

Dated:  October 2, 2003

An electronic version of this notice 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 

 We have used here the company’s full correct name.

