American Airlines Amends its Dallas/Fort Worth-China Application

American Airlines asked the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to approve a modification of its application for authority to serve the Dallas/Fort Worth- Beijing, China, market. American is applying to operate the U.S. to China segment as a through flight from Dallas/Fort Worth to Chicago and then Beijing.

The return flight will be operated nonstop from Beijing to Dallas/Fort Worth as originally proposed. American will fly nonstop in both directions as soon as it is able to do so.

The modification is necessary because the Dallas/Fort Worth to Beijing segment is longer than allowed under the collective bargaining contract between American and its pilots union. The return segment falls within the contract time limits because of prevailing tailwinds. This proposal allows American to operate the service within the existing terms of its labor contracts.

If DOT does not award the route to American with the authority to operate on a through-service basis, American will resubmit an application for China authority in the next DOT proceeding.