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u.S, Department of 

transportation 

Office of 'the Secretory 

of Transportation 

Ms .• Anne Daniells 

President/Owner 

Torrey Pines Transportation 

10637 Roselle Street, Suite B 

San Diego, CA 92.121 

Dear Ms. Daniells: · 

April u. 2012 

Fil? ? C! O'l 

1:100 New Jetsey Ave • S E 

Washmglon. DC 20590 

Thank you for your letter to Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, supporting the application 

of Alaska Airlines, Inc .• for two beyond-perimeter slot exemptions at Ronald Reagan 

W8$hington National Airport (DCA) to .serve San Diego International Airport with one round 

trip per day from DCA. Se.cre.tary LaHood asked .that I respond to your letter. 

Under authority granted in_ the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of2012, the 

U.S. Department of Transportation will be awarding to new entrant or limited incumbent 

carriers a total of eight slot exemptions at DCA. which would support four daily round trips. 

We received Alaska's application, which also proposes one daily round trip to Portland. Oregont 

on March 12. Other timely applications were received from Air Canada, proposing one round 

trip to Vancouver, British Col umbra; Frontier Airlines, one round trip to Colorado Springs and 

'beyond to San Diego; J.etBlue Airlin~s, one round trip to San Juan, Puerto Rico, and one· round 

trip to Austin, T~xa$; Southwest Airlines, one round trip to Austin and San Diego beyond; Sun 

Country Airlines, one round trip to Las Vegas~ and Virgin America~ Inc •• two round trips to San 

Francisco. 

As the matter is sti11 pending, I cannot comment on the merits of the points raised in your letter. 

However, I can 8$sure you tbat ell applications the Department received will be given full and 

fair consideration and will be evaluated against the selection criteria specified in the statute. 
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The Department's action on this matteds being administered through a public docket, Which 

allows all interested parties the opportunity to comment. F'ollowing our non:nal practice, I am 

placing a copy of your letter and this response in docket number DOT .. 2012 .. 0029. 

I appreciate your interest in this matter. 

Sincerely yours, 

Susan L. Kurland 

Assistant Secretary for 

Aviation and International Affairs 
TORREY PINES 

TRANSPC)RTATlON 

15 March 2012 

The H<>norable Ray LaHood 

U.S. Department. of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Ave, SE. 

Washington, DC 20590 

Re: Alaska Airlines' application for SAN-DCA, Docket No. DOT-OST-2012-0029. 

Dear Secretary LaHood: 

Torrey'PinesTransportation, Inc. fully supports the application of Alaska Airlines for air service between San Die~o 

and Washington Reagan National Airport (DCA). San Diego is the largest region without announced senticeto DCA 

even though we have some of the largest government contractors in the Southern California area. This is proven by 

the fact the this regiOn has the LARGEST US PASSENGER MARKET to DCA without the benefit of non-stop 

service. 

We are a large city whose travelers pay more than any other west coast city to get to DCA .. With oAiy a few SAN;; 

DCA slots available, shouldn'tthis be considered? 

We are a regional transportation company who tries to service its clients in DC as much as possible. Non-stop air 

service to DCA would be helpful to the same clients as Alaska, but also would benefit Washington, DC's business 

base. 

Other San Diego-based and Washington-based businesses that are engaged in health science, telecommunications, 

and national defense that need quick and convenient access to Reagan National Airport. Torrey Pines 

Transportation joins with the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, the San Diego Regional Economic 

Development Corporation, the World Trade Center San Diego, and the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce 

in support of Alaska Airlines' application for San Diego - Washington Reagan National slots. 

Thank you for e opportunity to comment on the above referenced docket. 

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~iells President/Owner 

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