UNITED STATES OF AMERICA  

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION  

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY  

WASHINGTON, D.C.  

Joint Application of American Airlines, Inc. 

and Delta Air Transport, NV d/b/a SN Brussels Airlines 

for Approval of and Antitrust Immunity for an Alliance Agreement

under 49 U.S.C. §§ 41308 and 41309 (Docket OST-2003-16530)



NOTICE ESTABLISHING PROCEDURAL DATES  

On November 13, 2003, American Airlines, Inc. (“American”) and its
affiliates, and Delta Air Transport, NV d/b/a SN Brussels Airlines
(“SN Brussels”) filed jointly for approval of and antitrust immunity
for an Alliance Agreement, together with exhibits.  On November 17 and
December 10, American and SN Brussels jointly filed motions under 14
C.F.R. 302.12 (Rule 12) seeking confidential treatment.  The parties
maintain that these documents are proprietary, commercially sensitive,
and confidential in nature, qualifying them to be withheld from public
disclosure.  They have asked that access to this material be limited to
counsel and outside experts for interested parties.  

We have finished our initial review.  We find that the application is
now substantially complete.  We will require that answers to the
application be filed no later than 21 calendar days from the issue date
of this Notice, and that replies be filed no later than 7 business days
after the last day for filing an answer.  



We shall serve this Notice on all persons on the service list for this
docket.  

By:

KARAN K. BHATIA  

Assistant Secretary 

for Aviation and International Affairs  

Date: December 23, 2003

An electronic version of this document is available on the World Wide
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 	Specifically, TWA Airlines LLC, American Eagle Airlines, Inc., and
Executive Airlines d/b/a American Eagle.  

	See Exhibit JA-1.  

	Both the November 17 and December 10 motions are unopposed.

	See Motions at 1.  We will rule on the merits of these motions by
subsequent order.  By Notice dated November 25, 2003, we granted
immediate interim access to all documents covered by the earlier filed
motion, and to any subsequent materials that may be filed confidentially
in this proceeding, to counsel and outside experts for interested
parties, upon affidavit, consistent with conditions agreed to by the
Joint Applicants and imposed by the Department in similar recent cases. 
At the same time, we suspended the procedural schedule of this case,
pending a determination of completeness.  

	We reserve the right to require the filing of additional information
deemed relevant to the proceeding at any time.  

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Served: December 23, 2003

