THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON , D
. C. 20590

T h e Honorable Kenny Marchant U.S
. Hou se of Representatives Wa s hin gton, DC 205 15 Dear Congressman Marchant: June 20, 2014

Thank yo u fo r yo ur letter regard in g the app li cation ofNorweg i a n Air Internationa l Limited (NAI) for a uthority to conduct U.S. se rvice s. Given that a numb e r of inte res t ed partie s h ave filed re s ponsive pleading s to NA I 's app li cat ion a nd this m atte r is c un e ntl y p e ndin g befo re the Department , I am s ur e you understand that I ca nn ot comme nt o n the merit s ofNA I ' s app li cat i on. I ass ure you , howev e r , th at we wi ll give fu ll a nd carefu l considerati on to a ll of the p l eadi ng s filed on the record b efo re we reach a d e t e rmination in thi s matter. As i s our standard practice , I am p lacing a cop y of yo ur letter and my respo n se in Docket DOT -OST-20 1 3-0204 , as a contact outside th e record of t hi s ca se. You may tr ack the progre ss of thi s case and v i ew the publicl y ava il ab le do cu ment s fi led in th e docket by access in g the Federa l Docket Management System at www.regu lations
. gov and search in g fo r Docket DOT-OST-20 13-0204
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I am writin g to yo u r eg ardin g No r weg ia n A ir Inte rn at i o nal Limite d 's (NA T ) p e ndin g applic a ti o n fo r a n exe mption and f o r

e ig n a ir ca rri e r p ermit. Durin g th e co ur se of th e D e p artm e nt of T ra n s p o rt a ti o n ' s ( DOT ) eva lu a ti o n of th ese pendin g appli c ati o n s, I wo uld apprec i a te yo ur r ev i ew to e n s ure th ey co mpl y w ith t he US

- EU Op e n Ski es A gree me nt a nd i s in th e b es t publi c inte re st. I wo u ld fu rth e r ap p re ci a t e yo ur r espo n ses to t h e foll ow in g qu es ti o n s r egardin g NA I and th e US-EU Ope n Sk i es Agree m e nt. I h ave h ea rd f ro m co n sti tu e nts in m y Co ng ress i o n a l d i s t ric t w h o a re c o n ce rn e d t h at NAI's p e ndin g app li cati o n m ay po t e nti all y v i o l a te th e U S- EU Op e n S kies Ag ree m e nt. I s tro n g ly s uppo rt r o bu s t a irlin e co m pe titi o n an d new c hoi ces fo r th e trave lin g public , bu t thi s s ho uld b e d o ne in a m at m er th a t is co n sis t e nt w ith es ta bli s h e d inte rn ati o nal obli gati o n s . D o yo u h av e a pro p ose d sc he dul e fo r rev i ew in g NAI's applic ati o n and w he n D OT wo uld b e ex p ec te d to re nd e r its dec i s i o n s? 

### It i s m y und e r s ta ndin g th at NA I h as pl a n s to hir e so m e o f i t s fli g ht c r ews fro m T h a il an d and Sin gapo re , w hi c h s ho uld no t b e a ll owed u nde r th e US-EU O p e n S ki es Ag r ee m e nt. If DOT was to co n s id er app rov i ng NAI ' s app li catio n , th e n i t wo uld see m th at yo u we re h o ldin g t hi s fo r e ig n ai rlin e to a diffe r e nt s tat1d ar d th an US air can i e r s . Wo uld yo u agree w ith t hi s assess m e nt si n ce US a irlin es a r e re quire d to hi re U S pil o t s? T h a nk yo u fo r yo ur r ev iew of thi s l ette r a nd I l oo k fo r wa rd t o rece iv in g yo ur r ep ly. Sh o uld yo u h ave a ny qu es ti o n s r egardin g thi s co rres p o nde nc e , pl ease fee l fr ee to co nt ac t me, o r my Leg i s l at ive D irec to r , Sco tt C unnin g h am , at 202
. 225.6605 o r scott.c unningham@mai l
. house. gov .



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