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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 behalfofyour constituent Arnold Honkamp supporting the application for antitrust immunity filed by American Airlines and Japan Airlines. As you may know, the applicants-membersofthe 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 ajoint 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 ofthe 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, 

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### am placing acopy ofyour 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.
. . . . Sincerely.yours, ,0

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Susan L. Kurland Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs

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### April 29, 2010 Ms, ·HeidehShahmoradi Department ofTransportation. 12()() 

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### Washington, DC 20590 DearI\1s. Shahmoradi: Enclosedplease 

### find a communicationfi"omAnloldHonkampofDubuque, Iowaregarding 

### his support for the application foranti-trustimmul1ity and proposedjointbusiness agreementtiled by 

### American 

### Ajrlines andJapan

### Airlines. 

### I would appreciate any assistance yOlJ 

### could provide pertaining to this 

### matter. Please nlark 

### your return correspondence to t1w 

### attention ofBen 

### Hammes when responding to 

### 111Y**offic~.** 

### TIlankyou for 

### your attentionto 

### my request 

### Sincerely,

Charles E. 

### Gt'assley United States Senator CEG/bh 

### Enclosure



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March 5, 2010
The Honorable Raymond H. LaHood Secretary U.S. Department ofTransportation 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

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.Sincerely, HONKAMP KR\jEGER & 

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