## SlO-1003'15-01 3 COMTROLNO . 

## n n N E W JERSE Y GENERA L ASSEMBL Y DEPUT Y SPEAKE R JOH N S . WISNIEWSK I ASSEMBLYMAN , 19T H DISTRIC T PAR T O F MIDDLESE X 314 5 BORDENTOW N AVENU E

SUIT E B PARLIN , N J 08859-116 4 (732 ) 316-188 5 FA X (732 ) 316-189 0 Email : AsmWisniewski@njleg.or g Marc h 3 , 201 0 Th e Honorabl e Ray LaHood , Secretary Unite dState s Departmen t o f Transportatio n 1200 Ne w Jerse y Avenue , S E Washington , D.C . 2059 0 COMMITTEE S CHAIRMAN , TRANSPORTATION , PUBLI C WORK S AN D INDEPENDEN T AUTHORITIE S APPROPRIATION S FINANCIA L INSTITUTION S AN D INSURANC E COMMISSION S CHAIRMAN , FIR E SAFET Y COMMISSIO N STAT E HOUS E COMMISSIO N

Re : Haned aCombinatio n Service s Allocatio n Proceedin g DOT-OST-2010-001 8 Dea r Secretary LaHood : I support th e Continental Airline s applicatio n t o provid e dail y nonsto p servic e betwee n Ne w York/Newark

an dToky o Haned aairport . Ne w ai r servic e t o Haneda , whic h i s schedule dt o begi n late r

thi s year , i s mad e possibl e b y th e wid e rangin g ope n skie s agreement wit h Japan achieve dby you r

Department . I applau dyou r effort s o n th e histori c ope n skie s agreemen t an d no w urg e yo u t o selec t Continental t o provid e servic e connectin g th e U.S.' s financial an d commercia l cente r

a t Ne w York/Newark

wit h Tokyo' s central/downtow n airport . Continental' s Liberty - Haned aservic e woul dprovid e acritica l link betwee n tw o o f

th e world' s larges t

economie s an dwil l hel p boos t trad e an dcommerc e acros s th e Ne w York/Newark regio n an dsecondaril y acros s th e entir e northeastern regio n o f th e U.S . Liberty airport i s surrounde dby th e larges t populatio n per

squar e mil e i

n th e country , whic h include s million s o f Asian Americans . Additionally , recen t studie s sho w tha t

for every fligh t

adde dby Continental i

n th e Ne w York/Newark

region , th e local econom y benefit s a s employmen t i s sustained , regiona l income s ar e enhance dan dtrad e expands . A s Continental operate s th e larges t hu b i n th e regio n tha t

connect s Ne w York/Newar k an dmuc h o f

th e U.S . t o th e world . Continenta l i s th e righ t choic e for

ne w Haned aservic e a s communitie s acros s th e entir e eastern U.S . wil l gai n acces s t o Haned avi aconnection s a t Liberty . Additionally , Continenta l Airline s ha s se t itsel f apart a s astron g airlin e wit

h acommitmen t

t o safet > an dexcellenc e for

customers . N o doub t

thi s shoul db e take n int o accoun t whe n awardin g an y rout e t o Haneda .

Printe do n Recycle dPaper

### Continenta l Airline s i s committe dt o servin g th e Asia n regio n an dt o thi s nonsto p Toky o

Haned aservice . Th e Ne w York/Newark economy , th e U.S . consumer s i n th e regio n an do n th e U.S . eas t coast , an dth e airline' s thousand s o f employee s wil l benefi t

fromContinental' s propose d service , workin g togethe r t o mak e Libert y Internationa l Airpor t - Haned aservic e areal success . U.S . I urg e yo u t o awar dToky o Haned aright s t o Continenta l Airline s an dm y regio n o f

th e



# < D S . Wisniewski mWyman , District4 9