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The Honorable Charles E. Grassley 


. " United States Senate 


".'. Wasitington,DC 20510 


. DeaiSenatorGrassley: 

Thankyou for your letter ofApril 29, addressed to the Department's Office ofGovernmental 

Affairs, on behalfof your constituent Arnold Honkamp supporting the application for antitrust 

immunity filed by American Airlines and Japan Airlines. 

As you may know, the applicants-members ofthe oneworld Alliance-are seeking antitrust 

immunity to closely coordinate flights between the United States and Asia. According to the 

application, the alliance partners plan to launch a joint venture for conveyance oftranspacific 

traffic .. 

The application is administered in a public docket, which ensures that interested parties have the 

opportunity to comment. The U.S. Department ofTranspo11ation (DOT) will evaluate the 

application according to rigorous statutory standards;beghming with a review ofthe record to 

detennine if it is substantially complete. Decisiol)son the application are made in consultation 

Withthe U.S. Department ofJustice's Antitrust Division following a thorough analysis of 

competitive factors. As this matter is now pending, I hope you understand that I cannot 

comment on the merits of the application. lean aS,sure you, however, that DOT will give full 

and fair consideration to ~application as well as any comments filed in the docket. 

Asjs our l10nnal practice, I am placing acopy of your letter and this response in Docket 

DOT-OST-2010-0059 as a contact outside the record in this matter. I appreciate your interest in 

this proceeding. . . . . 

S incerel y. yours, 

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Susan L. Kurland 


Assistant Secretary 


for Aviation and International Affairs 

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Ms, ·HeidehShahmoradi 

Department of Transportation. 

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DearI\1s. Shahmoradi: 

Enclosedplease find a communicationfi"omAnloldHonkampofDubuque, Iowaregarding his 

support for the application foranti-trustimmul1ity and proposed joint business agreementtiled 

by American Ajrlines and Japan Airlines. 

I would appreciate any assistance yOlJ could provide pertaining to this matter. Please nlark your 

return correspondence to t1w attention of Ben Hammes when responding to 111Y offic~. 

TIlank you for your attention to my request 

Sincerely, 

Charles E. Gt'assley 

United States Senator 

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Enclosure 

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HO~KROEGER & CO, P.e. 

CPAs &Business Consultants d 	o(~oTf' 

March 5, 2010 

The Honorable Raymond H. LaHood 

Secretary 

U.S. Department of Transportation 


1200 New Jersey Ave. SE 


Washington, D.C. 20590 


Docket DOT-OST -201 O~ 

Dear Mr. Secretary: 

Thank you for the opportunity to express our company's support for the application for anti-trust 

immunity and proposed jOint business agreement filed by American Airlines and Japan Airlines. 

American is the only airline serving our growing community (IBM adding 1,300 jobs to our 

community): they do an excellent job, and it is vital to us and our business community that 

American remain competitive with other alliances. 

After a thorough review, we encourage the Department of Transportation to approve this 

application as it would enable these onewortd alliance airlines to work closely together to deliver 

highly competitive air transportation services. Approval for AAlJAL alliance will have a positive 

impact on air travel by offering customers more service, scheduling and pricing options and will 

help to ensure that customers continue to benefit from the competition afforded by three 

cpmpetitive air alliances. 

"'fe urge you to quickly'approve this application . 

. Sincerely, 

HONKAMP KR\jEGER & CO., P.C~ 

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Arnold N. Hont. CPA 


Managing Partner 


ANH/jb 

cc: 	 Senator Chuck Grass/ey 

Senator Tom Harkin 

Representative Bruce Braley 

Bob Grierson, Dubuque Airport Manager 

Dale Morris, Managing Director, American Airlines 

2345 JFKRf1ad . I P.O. Box 699 I Dubuque, IA 520041 563.556.0123 1 rOLL FREE 888.556.0123 I FAX 563.556.8762 I www.honkamp~com 

Your artner in success.