& • 1 1 r*' ~ ^' ' U.S . Departmen t o f Ajsi-.rjn t Secre-r.ir^- ^ • < L. : 1,'l i lO:' , . l,''0 0 Nev . Jerse yAv e . S E Transportatio n .v..n,ng,an . D C .-059 0 Offic e o f ttie Secretar y•• • ' > ' '^'' : P i - 'a 3 o f Transportatio n 

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### 201 0 Mr . Robert

F . Selig , A.A.E . Executiv e Directo r Capital Regio n Airport

Authorit y 410 0 Capital Cit y Boulevar d Lansing , M I 4890 6 Dea r Mr . Selig : Thank you for you r lette r o f Octobe r 5 t o Secretar y LaHoo dsupportin g Su nCountry Airline s t o serv e Lansing , Michigan , i nth e ongoin g slot-exemptio nproceedin g a t Ronal d Reagan Washingto n Nationa l Airport (DCA) . Th e Secretary ha s aske dtha t 1 respon dto you r lette r directly . A s you know , th e U.S . Departmen t of Transportatio ncommence daproceedin g o n Augus t 3 0 t o reallocat e tw o DC A slo t exemption s that

ar e currentl y bein g use dby Republi c Airline , Inc . (Republic) . Republi c ha s bee nusin g thes e tw o slo t exemption s for DC A - Kansa s City service . Thes e slo t exemption s may b e use dt o serv e an y mediu m hu b o r smalle r airport withi n th e 1,250-mil e perimete r o f DCA . W e hav e receive datota l o f fiv e proposals , briefl y outline dbelow :

• Su n Countr y t o serv e Lansin g with129 - o r 162-seat aircraft ; • Republi c Airline , Inc. , brande da s Frontie r Airlines , t o continu e t o serv e Kansa s City , Missouri , with99-sea t regiona l je t

aircraft ; • Southwes t

Airline s Co. , t o serv e Kansa s City utilizin g 137-seat aircraft ; • U S Airways , Inc. , t o serv e Pensacola , Florida , utilizin g 76 - o r 86-seat regiona l je t aircraft , dependin g o n th e season ; an d • Air Tran Airways , Inc. , t o serv e eithe r Fort Myer s or Sarasota , Florida , utilizin g either 117 - o r 137-sea t aircraft . A s th e slo t

exemptio n proceedin g i s competitiv e an di s currentl y unde r revie w by th e Department , I amsur e yo u understan dthat I caiino t commen t

o nth e merit s o f

th e proposals . I assur e you , however , that th e Departmen t

wil l full y conside r

al l o f th e proposals , an dmak e it s awar dbase do nth e selectio ncriteri adetaile di nth e governin g statutes .Mr . Robert F . Selig , A.A.E . Pag e 2 A s i s ou r normal practice , I a

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thi s proceeding . I appreciat e you r interes t i n obtainin g acces s t o th e Nation' s capital . I f I ca nprovid e further infonnatio n o r

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### Octobers , 201 0 Th e Honorabl e Raymon d L . LaHoo d Secretar yo f Transportatio n Unite d State s Departmen t of Transportatio n 120 0 NewJerse yAvenu e S E Washington , D C 2059 0 Re : Su n Countr

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yLaHood : Th e Capita l Regio n Airport Authoritysupport s an d request s approva l o f th e Su n Countr yApplicatio n reference d above . Non-sto p servic e t o Washingto n D C i s i n grea t deman d I n th e Greate rLansin g Region . Thi s servic e woul d replac e th e successfu l Independenc e Ai rservic e tha t wa s los t i n 200 5 du e t o th e airlin e bankruptcies . Sinc e then , Lansin g ha s remaine d on e o f th e fe wstat e capital s withou t non-sto p servic e t o Washington . Additionally , Lansing , M l ai rservice , has suffere d greatl ya s a resul t o f airlin e bankruptcie s an d airlin e mergers i n recen t years . Th e attache d fiv e yea rsummar y demonstrate s tha t th e Delt a - Northwes t t>ankruptc yan d merge rresulte d i n a declin e o f 3,45 6 flight s (-59.6% ) fro m 200 4 t o 2009 . Not e tha t thi s declin e i n airlin e flight s als o resulte d i n a significan t declin e of 348,94 8 tota l passengers (-59.1% ) processe d throug h th e Capita l Regio n Internationa l Airport durin g th e sam e period . Accordingly , th e ne wSu n Countr yservic e wil l begi n t o fil l th e voi d i n airiin e servic e fo rMid-Michigan . You rapprova l of th e Su n Countr yslo t applicatio n wil l b e greatl y appreciated . 

### Sincerely , Rober t F . Selig , AA E Executiv e Directo r

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