BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

____________________________________________

 )

Answer of )

 )

PORT OF SEATTLE ) Docket DOT-OST-2010-0018

in support of )

Application of Delta Air Lines Inc. ) 

2010 US-Haneda Combination Services )

Allocation Proceeding )

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ANSWER OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE 

IN SUPPORT OF 

APPLICATION OF DELTA AIR LINES INC.

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to:

Mark Reis

Managing Director

Seattle - Tacoma International Airport

Kazue Ishiwata

Senior Manager Air Service Development

Seattle-Tacoma International Airport 

Port of Seattle

P.O. Box 68727

Seattle, WA 98168

(206) 787-4698 (tel)

(206) 439-7782(fax)

ishiwata.k@portseattle.org

Isabel R. Safora

Deputy General Counsel

Port of Seattle 

Legal Department

P. O. Box 1209

Seattle, WA 98111

(206) 787-3216 (tel)

(206) 787-3205 (fax)

safora.i@portseattle.org

March 1, 2010
BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

____________________________________________

 )

Answer of )

 )

PORT OF SEATTLE ) Docket DOT-OST-2010-0018

in support of )

Application of Delta Air Lines Inc. ) 

2010 US-Haneda Combination Services )

Allocation Proceeding )

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ANSWER OF THE PORT OF SEATTLE 

IN SUPPORT OF 

APPLICATION OF DELTA AIR LINES INC.

2010 US-HANEDA COMBINATION SERVICES ALLOCATION

I. Introduction

The Port of Seattle, as the owner-operator of Seattle-Tacoma International Airport 

(“Seattle”), respectfully submits this Answer to the application of Delta Air Lines Inc. 

(“Delta”) for a slot allocation to engage in daily service between Tokyo’s Haneda 

International Airport (Haneda), and Seattle, Washington. 

Seattle needs and deserves nonstop service to Haneda. Seattle has a long and 

distinguished history as a gateway to Asia, and Seattle is particularly pleased that Delta 

has made the growth and development of international service at Seattle a centerpiece of 

its West Coast strategy. Haneda is highly preferred by time-sensitive Tokyo passengers. 

Accordingly, it is vital to Seattle as a gateway, and to Delta as our largest international
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service provider, to have access to this critical airport serving downtown Tokyo. 

Authorizing Haneda service will also benefit our hometown hub carrier, Alaska Airlines, 

which provides an extensive feed network fueling the growth of international service. 

Seattle will be competing for Tokyo passengers up and down the west coast and should 

not be placed at a competitive disadvantage.

II. Allocation to Delta of a Seattle-Haneda Route Would Greatly Benefit the 

Traveling Public of the Pacific Northwest Region 

Seattle has embraced exceptionally strong trade and business ties with Japan ever 

since the city enthusiastically welcomed and celebrated the arrival of the Japanese 

steamship Miike Maru in August 1896, which first set anchor in Seattle’s harbor amid the 

yells of thousands of people on the docks and the blowing of every steam whistle for five 

miles along the waterfront to signify Nippon Yusen Kaisha’s choice of Seattle as its 

Pacific Coast terminus. Today, Seattle is the Pacific Northwest’s hub for travelers to and 

from Asia, anchored by Alaska Airlines and its affiliate Horizon Air. 

The State of Washington is home to many international corporations with 

significant, consistent and rapidly growing business in Japan, such as Boeing, Microsoft, 

Starbucks, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Costco, and the US headquarters for 

major Japanese corporations such as Nintendo and various aerospace industry suppliers. 

The two-way trade between Washington and Japan surpassed $11.4 billion in 2009. 

Washington state-of-origin exports to Japan totaled nearly $5.6 billion in 2009. Between 

2001 and 2009, exports other than aerospace grew 20%. 2008 was a banner year for 

Washington state-Japan trade, with $8.9 billion in Washington state-of-origin 
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commodities going to Japan, the highest on record, and a 165% increase over 2001 

levels.

Given these strong communities of interest, Seattle is committed to supporting 

business travelers seeking convenient non-stop routes to Asia. Seattle-Tokyo nonstop has 

been served successfully and uninterruptedly since October, 1963. Delta’s commitment 

to provide efficient and convenient routes to business travelers and to the region is 

demonstrated with its new Seattle-Beijing and Seattle-Osaka nonstop services that are set 

to commence this summer, together with Delta’s existing Seattle-Narita and SeattleAmsterdam routes plus the Seattle-Paris route by its Joint Venture partner Air France. 

Delta has made major investments and contributed greatly to the region with over 1,400 

employees, an aircraft maintenance hangar and cargo facilities at the airport, as well as a 

reservation center. In addition, Delta has committed to build a new Sky Club to 

accommodate its growing number of premium passengers. Allocation of a SeattleHaneda route to Delta would maximize the benefits to the Pacific Northwest economy 

and its traveling public, and complement Delta’s west coast strategy.

Seattle is also a popular destination among the Japanese visitors due to its 

historical, cultural and business relationships. Seattle and Washington State have been 

working for many years to cultivate the inbound travel market and enhance the success of

the current nonstop Tokyo services. 

Regional support and enthusiasm for Delta’s proposed Seattle-Haneda route is 

evident in the letters submitted in support of the application, including one by 

Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire. Copies of the letters are submitted as
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Exhibit SEA-101 to this Answer. Expeditious approval of Delta’s application will allow 

Seattle to begin the work to promote the new Seattle-Haneda service for the benefit of the 

traveling public and our region.

III. Seattle is the Pacific Northwest’s Closest Gateway to Asia and Merits New 

Service to Tokyo Haneda.

Seattle is the Pacific Northwest Region’s gateway to Asia. Seattle draws traffic 

from an even larger Western region with Alaska/Horizon connections to Alaska, Oregon, 

Idaho, Montana, as well as Delta’s Salt Lake City hub. Exhibit SEA-102 - Seattle’s 

Connecting Markets. These cities are best served by the Seattle gateway because of 

substantial circuity for connections via other gateways.

Despite serving as the primary and closest United States mainland gateway to 

Asia, Seattle remains under-served to Asia, as indicated by the frequency comparison to 

Los Angeles, San Francisco and Vancouver. Exhibit SEA-103 - West Coast Airports 

Pacific Gateway Weekly Frequencies by Alliance. Seattle’s local market has been 

healthy and its total enplanements in recent years show stronger growth than that of these 

peer airports. Exhibit SEA-104 - West Coast Airports CY2009 Enplanements and 

Percentage Change vs. CY2000.

Seattle’s geographic location closest to Japan means that its time-sensitive 

business travelers would not connect through Los Angeles or San Francisco to go to 

Haneda, which requires back-tracking and negates the convenience of Haneda’s close-in 

location. Instead, they would continue flying nonstop to and from Narita, despite its less
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convenient Tokyo location. Exhibit SEA-105 - West Coast Elapsed Trip Times to Tokyo. 

Granting Delta’s application to operate nonstop service from Seattle to Haneda 

will serve to connect cities in the Pacific Northwest and other Western states that are not 

currently served to Japan. Doing so will further the trade and cultural ties that have long 

been an integral part of our Western region. 

IV. Potential Traffic Leakage to Nearby Vancouver, Canada, Could Undermine 

Seattle’s Role as the Pacific Northwest Gateway. 

Seattle is a significantly larger city than its close Canadian neighbor of 

Vancouver, British Columbia, measured in terms of population and economy. Exhibit 

SEA-106 - Seattle and Vancouver Population and Economy. Yet Vancouver enjoys more 

than twice as many nonstop services to Asia as previously indicated by Exhibit SEA-103. 

With high-frequency, 45-minute flights between Seattle and Vancouver and many 

travelers within driving distance, Vancouver draws Seattle passengers to and from many 

cities in Asia, aided also by US pre-clearance facilitation at its airport. 

In addition to the new US-Haneda services authorized for both sides in the 2009 

MOU, Japan and Canada also have agreed to allocate two Haneda routes to each country. 

Currently Japan Airlines and Air Canada each operate daily nonstop Vancouver-TokyoNarita services, and are expected later this year either to move those flights to Haneda or 

start additional daily nonstop Haneda flights. These carriers are members of oneworld 

and Star Alliance respectively, adding to the US-Haneda slot allocations available to 

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Index of Exhibits

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INDEX OF EXHIBITS

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EXHIBIT NO. TITLE

SEA-101 Letters in Support of Delta Air Lines’ application for Seattle-Haneda 

Allocation (14 pages) 

SEA-102 Seattle’s Connecting Markets (2 pages)

SEA-103 West Coast Airports Pacific Gateway Weekly Frequencies by Alliance 

SEA-104 West Coast Airports CY2009 Enplanements and Percentage Change vs. 

CY2000 

SEA-105 West Coast Elapsed Trip Times to Tokyo (3 pages)

SEA-106 Seattle and Vancouver Population and Economy 

SEA-107 Seattle and Washington Supplemental Information (16 pages)
Answer of the Port of Seattle

Exhibit SEA - 101

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Answer of the Port of Seattle

List of Letters in Support of Delta Air Lines

Seattle-Haneda Application

 Washington State Governor Christine Gregoire 

 City of Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn 

 Seattle City Council

 King County Executive Dow Constantine 

 Trade Development Alliance of Greater Seattle

William B. Stafford, President 

 Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce

Phil Bussey, President & CEO

 Downtown Seattle Association

Kate Joncas, President

 Seattle’s Convention and Visitors Bureau 

President, Tom Norwalk 

 Puget Sound Business Travel Association 

Chair, Jane Bankester 

 Japan America Society of State of Washington 

Chair, Dennis Yamashita 





February 24, 2010 

The Honorable Ray LaHood 

United States Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE 

Washington, DC 20590 

Dear Secretary LaHood: 

On behalf of Trade Development Alliance of Greater Seattle, I am writing to express our 

strong support for the application of Delta Air Lines for new nonstop service between 

Seattle and Haneda. 

Approval of Delta’s new service would be a major benefit for our region, where many 

corporations have strong trade and market presence with Japan. In fact, Japan has been 

one of our region’s largest international business partners for decades. Japan is our thirdlargest trading partner, third-largest export market and second-largest trading partner 

through our ports. Japan is also Washington state’s largest source of international tourists 

and students and third-largest source of foreign direct investment. In other words, the 

large ties and interactions between the Pacific Northwest and Japan create demand for 

increased capacity to Tokyo. Our business travelers look forward to the convenience of 

flying into Tokyo’s downtown Haneda Airport. 

Our largest companies all rely on international customers for their success—70 percent of 

Boeing’s customers are international, 60 percent of Microsoft’s and half of PACCAR’s. 

Starbucks has stores throughout Japan. Asia is a crucial market for these and the myriad 

of companies in our region, both small and large, engaged internationally. 

Seattle is a proven and successful gateway to Asia. This summer Delta is adding new 

service to Beijing, China and Osaka, Japan, building SEA-TAC into an important West 

Coast gateway. The addition of Haneda as a destination is a natural fit that would clearly 

benefit our business travelers. 

Thank you for consideration of this request. 

Best regards, 

William B. Stafford 

President 

1301 - 5th Avenue Mr. William B. Stafford 

Suite 2500 President 

Seattle, WA 98101 USA 

Phone: 206-389-7301 

Fax: 206-624-5689 

www.seattletradealliance.com 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

Ms. Diane Aboulafia-D’Jaen 

Public Affairs Consultant 

Mr. David Allen 

McKinstry Company 

Ms. Nancy Anderson 

Microsoft Corporation 

The Honorable Bill Baarsma 

Mayor of Tacoma 

Ms. Maggie Brown 

APCO Worldwide 

Mr. Phil Bussey 

Greater Seattle Chamber of Commerce 

Mr. Dennis Clark 

Fairmont Olympic Hotel 

Mr. Gregory Dalzell 

Wells Fargo Bank 

Mr. Dan Dixon 

Swedish Health Services 

The Honorable Jan Drago 

Seattle City Council 

Mr. Timothy Farrell 

Port of Tacoma 

Mr. Paul Griffin 

Amalgamated Transit 

Union Local 587 

The Honorable Lloyd Hara 

Port of Seattle Commission 

Mr. Paul Isaki 

Port of Seattle 

Mr. Doug Kemper 

The Honorable Conrad Lee 

Bellevue City Council 

The Honorable Pat McCarthy 

Pierce County Executive 

The Honorable Richard McIver 

Seattle City Council 

Mr. John Mohr 

Port of Everett 

The Honorable Greg Nickels 

Mayor of Seattle 

The Honorable Julia Patterson 

Metropolitan King County Council 

Ms. Sally Poliak 

Nyhus Communications LLC 

The Honorable Aaron Reardon 

Snohomish County Executive 

Mr. Stan Savage 

The Commerce Bank 

The Honorable Raymond Stephanson 

Mayor of Everett 

Mr. David K.Y. Tang 

K & L Gates LLP 

The Honorable Gael Tarleton 

Port of Seattle Commission 

Mr. Thomas Taylor 

US Bank 

The Honorable Kurt Triplett 

King County Executive 

Mr. Herman Uscategui 

Starbucks Coffee Company 

The Honorable Pete von Reichbauer 

Metropolitan King County Council 

Mr. Daniel Waggoner 

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP 

Mr. Georges Yates 

Perkins Coie LLP 

Mr. Tay Yoshitani 

Port of Seattle 

CHAIR 

Mr. Scott Jackson 

PATH 

VICE CHAIR 

Mr. Robert Marcovitch 

K2 Sports 

TREASURER 

The Honorable Dave Gossett 

Snohomish County Council 

SECRETARY 

The Honorable Clare Petrich 

Port of Tacoma Commission 

PAST CHAIR 

Ms. Laura Peterson 

The Boeing Company 







Seattle’s Connecting Markets

The Gateway for the Pacific Northwest

Atlanta

Anchorage

Los Angeles

LAX, BUR, LGB, ONT, SNA

Boston

San Diego

Orlando

Miami

Juneau

Ketchikan

New York

JFK

Cincinnati

Detroit

San Francisco

SFO, OAK, SJC

Las Vegas

Phoenix

Vancouver

Fairbanks

Palm Springs

Monterey

Santa Rosa

Redding

Sitka

Edmonton

Calgary

Minneapolis

Chicago

Dallas

Salt Lake City

Denver

Memphis

Seattle

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Exhibit SEA-102 Page 1 of 2

Fresno

Reno

Sacramento

Portland

Source: Application of Delta Air Lines, Exhibits DL-108 through DL-111
Lewiston

Eugene

Redmond

Walla Walla

Pasco

Yakima Pullman

Portland

Medford

Boise

Helena

Bozeman

Bellingham

Seattle Wenatchee Missoula

Spokane

Kalispell

Great Falls

Edmonton

Kelowna

Vancouver

Victoria

Calgary

Billings

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The Gateway for the Pacific Northwest

Source: Application of Delta Air Lines, Exhibits DL-108 through DL-111
Source: OAG Schedules Database, August 2010

Does not include Australia or New Zealand.

West Coast Airports Weekly Frequencies

West Coast Airports 

Pacific Gateway Weekly Frequencies by Alliance

Pacific Gateway oneworld 

Frequency

Star Alliance 

Frequency

SkyTeam 

Frequency Others Total

Los Angeles 31 54 46 51 182

San Francisco 21 81 14 26 142

Vancouver 21 94 5 23 94

SEATTLE 0 12 24 9 45

Portland 0 0 7 0 7

Total 73 192 96 109 470

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Exhibit SEA-103
Seattle has sustained strong growth in the past decade. 

4

Sources: ACI-NA and Airport Data

West Coast Airports 

CY2009 Enplanements and Percentage Change vs. CY2000

N. America 

Ranking Airport CY 2009 Passengers

% Change vs 

2000

3 Los Angeles 56,520,843 -16.0%

10 San Francisco 37,224,250 -7.6%

18 Seattle 31,227,512 +9.9%

29 Vancouver 16,177,438 +0.9%

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Exhibit SEA-104
Seattle-Haneda Elapsed Trip Times in Winter

Westbound Eastbound

Proposed by Delta, Nonstop 10:50 9:00

Proposed by United, via SFO 15:29 13:03

Proposed by American, via LAX 16:58 13:59

Seattle-Haneda Elapsed Trip Times in Summer

Westbound Eastbound

Proposed by Delta, Nonstop 10:35 9:35

Proposed by United, via SFO 15:13 13:03

Proposed by American, via LAX 14:50 15:10

West Coast Elapsed Trip Times 

to Tokyo (Page 1 of 3)

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West Coast Elapsed Exhibit SEA-105 Page 2 of 3 Trip Times 

to Tokyo (Page 2 of 3)

Source: Great Circle Mapper www.gcmap.com 
Source: Great Circle Mapper www.gcmap.com 

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West Coast Elapsed Trip Times Exhibit SEA-105 Page 3 of 3

to Tokyo (Page 3 of 3)
Sources: U.S. Department of Commerce, Statistics Canada, Airport data.

SEA YVR

2008 State / Province Population 6,549,000 4,382,000

2008 State / Province GDP (US$ Millions) $322,778 $195,827 

2009 Air Cargo (Metric Tons) 269,337 198,422

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Exhibit SEA-106 Seattle and Vancouver

Population and Economy
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2010 US-Haneda Combination Services 

Allocation Proceeding

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Exhibit SEA-107 (Total 16 Pages)

Seattle and Washington State

Supplemental Information 

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Exhibit SEA-107 Page 1 of 16
Seattle is a Center for Global Corporations with 

International Travel Needs

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Exhibit SEA-107 Page 2 of 16
Source: Puget Sound Business Journal, 2010 Book of Lists.

Washington State’s Largest Companies

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Exhibit SEA-107 Page 3 of 16

Company Name

2008 

Revenues

Worldwide 

Employees Description of Business

($Millions)

Costco Wholesale Corp. 72,483 137,000 Membership Warehouse Retailing

The Boeing Company 60,900 162,191 Commercial and Defense Aircraft and Systems

Microsoft Corporation 60,420 91,000 Software Products and Services

Amazon.com Inc. 19,166 18,700 Online Retailing Pioneer

Paccar Inc. 14,972 18,700 Heavy Duty Trucks

Starbucks Coffee Company 10,383 176,000 Trendy Coffee Bar Chain

Nordstrom Inc. 8,272 51,000 Upscale Department Store Chain

Weyerhaeuser Company 8,018 19,843 Forest Products

Expeditors International 5,634 12,580 Major International Freight Forwarder

Providence Health Services 5,500 51,727 Giant Hospital, Physician and Home Care Network

Alaska Air Group 3,663 14,143 Major Airline Holding Company

Puget Energy Inc. 3,358 2,800 Electric Utility

Expedia, Inc. 2,937 8,050 Growing On-Line Travel Agency

Swedish Medical Center 2,274 4,213 Cancer and Cardiac Care and Research

Darigold Inc. 2,200 1,327 Dairy and Other Food Products

Itron Inc. 1,910 8,700 Wireless Device Manufacturing

Avista Corporation 1,677 2,127 Electric Utility

Tacoma General Allenmore Hospital 1,646 Specialized Acute Health Care

Plum Creek Timber 1,614 233 Forest Products

Esterline Technologies Corporation 1,483 9,699 Aerospace and Defense Manufacturing

Symetra Financial 1,451 1,150 Insurance and Retirement Plans

REI (Recreational Equipment Inc.) 1,435 10,170 Trendy Outdoor Apparel

TrueBlue Inc. 1,384 2,900 Temporary Employment Services

Virginia Mason Medical Center 1,264 n/a Comprehensive Health Services

Harborview Medical Center 1,210 n/a Specialized Acute Health Care

University of Washington Medical Center 1,134 n/a Research Hospital; Bone and Joint Specialty
Washington State’s Largest Companies 

(Cont’d)

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Source: Puget Sound Business Journal, 2010 Book of Lists.

Company Name

2008 

Revenues

Worldwide 

Employees Description of Business

($Millions)

PetroCard Systems Inc. 1,097 187 Fuel Dealers

Eddie Bauer Holdings Inc. 1,023 1,086 Trendy Outdoor Apparel

Howard S. Wright Cos. 936 1,247 Expert Design and Construction Services

URM Stores Inc. 933 2,800 Wholesale and Retail Grocer

Coinstar Inc. 912 1,700 Electronic Services

Intermec 891 1,070 Data Automation Systems

Seattle Children's Hospital 868 n/a Specialized Acute Health Care

Avenade 864 8,800 Global Technology Solutions

Haggen Inc. 844 4,000 Supermarkets

Sterling Financial Corp. 787 2,481 Bank Holding Company

Emeritus Corp. 769 18,671 Assisted Living for Seniors

F5 Networks Inc. 650 1,709 Networking Products

Washington Federal Inc 641 1,095 Real Estate Financing Specialist

Savers Inc. 631 11,616 International Discount Retail Chain

RealNetworks Inc. 605 1,774 Internet Software Developer

American Seafoods Group 600 2,266 Fishing and International Seafood Distribution

Milliman Inc. 585 2,000 Nationwide Actuarial Consulting

Sellen Construction 570 720 General Contractor

Interstate Distributor Co. 565 3,041 Trucking and Intermodal Logistics

Windermere Real Estate 553 1,300 Residential and Commercial Brokerage

Lease Crutcher Lewis 523 550 General Contractor

GLY Construction Inc. 517 574 Construction Services

Potlatch Corporation 440 990 Paper and Paper Products

Northwest Pipe Co. 440 1,217 Manufacturer

Perkins Coie LLP 424 897 International Law Firm
Seattle’s Leading Employers

High-Tech Manufacturing, Software, Medical Care, e-Retail

Source: Puget Sound Business Journal, 2010 Book of Lists.

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Exhibit SEA-107 Page 5 of 16

Company Name

Washington 

Employees

Worldwide 

Employees Description of Business

The Boeing Company 76,417 162,191 Commercial and Defense Aircraft and Systems

U.S. Army - Fort Lewis 42,429 42,429 U.S. Military

Microsoft Corporation 41,800 91,000 Software Products and Services

University of Washington 24,603 24,603 Major Educational and Research Institution

Navy Region Northwest 23,961 23,961 US Navy's Largest Fleet Headquarters

Providence Health Services 18,747 51,727 Giant Hospital, Physician and Home Care Network

Walmart Stores 17,939 n/a World's Largest Retailer

Fred Meyer Stores 12,500 30,000 Retailer - Groceries and General Merchandise

Group Health Cooperative 8,859 8,859 Health Care Provider

MultiCare Health System 8,600 8,699 Hospitals & Urgent Care Clinics

Costco Wholesale Corp. 7,966 137,000 Membership Warehouse Retailing

Alaska Air Group 6,143 14,143 Major Airline Holding Company

Nordstrom Inc. 5,160 51,000 Upscale Department Store Chain

Swedish Medical Center 4,213 4,213 Cancer and Cardiac Care and Research

Haggen Inc. 3,800 4,000 Supermarkets

URM Stores Inc. 1,800 2,800 Wholesale and Retail Grocer

The Bartell Drug Co. 1,705 1,705 Drugstore Chain

REI (Recreational Equipment Inc.) 1,605 10,170 Trendy Outdoor Apparel

McKinstry Co. 1,410 1,652 Construction Energy Services

American Seafoods Group 1,266 2,266 Fishing and International Seafood Distribution

Savers Inc. 1,218 11,616 International Discount Retail Chain

Perkins Coie LLP 897 897 International Law Firm
Washington State’s Jobs

Predominantly in Strong, Growing Service Sectors and High-Tech 

Industries

Other Services

19%

Information and 

Professional & 

Business 

Services

15%

Health Services 

& Private 

Education

12%

Trade, Transport 

& Utilities

18%

Manufacturing

10%

Government

19%

Construction, 

Natural 

Resources & 

Mining

7%

Source: Employment Security Department and the Washington Research Council.

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2.85 3.41 4.13 4.87 5.91 6.18 6.25 6.36 6.45 6.55 1.77

2.09

2.63

2.84

3.43 3.58 3.62 3.68 3.74 3.79

1.60

2.13

2.74

3.29

4.06 4.16 4.20 4.24 4.31 4.38

0.00

3.00

6.00

9.00

12.00

15.00

1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 State/Province Population (Millions)

Washington Oregon British Columbia

Population Growth

Washington Leads the Pacific Northwest

Sources: US Census Bureau and Statistics Canada

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$178.3 $195.8 $214.4 $222.0 $225.8 $231.5 $240.0 $253.2 $272.7 $289.1 $310.3 $322.8

0 

50 

100 

150 

200 

250 

300 

350 

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

GDP (US$ Billions)

Washington

Washington State 

Steady Economic Growth

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Exhibit SEA-107 Page 8 of 16
17

0

5,000,000

10,000,000

15,000,000

20,000,000

25,000,000

30,000,000

35,000,000

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Annual Passengers

International Domestic

Total Air Passenger Traffic

31.2 Million in 2009

Source: Port of Seattle, Reports from Air Carriers

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Exhibit SEA-107 Page 9 of 16
18

0

500,000

1,000,000

1,500,000

2,000,000

2,500,000

3,000,000

1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Annual Passengers

International Air Passenger Traffic

2.6 Million in 2009

Source: Port of Seattle, Reports from Air Carriers

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Exhibit SEA-107 Page 10 of 16
Alaska & 

Horizon 

Airlines

48.1%

Delta 

12.4%

Other SkyTeam

0.7%

Continental

4.3%

United 

8.0%

US Airways 

3.2%

Other Star American 1.6%

4.3%

Other oneworld

0.7%

Southwest

8.9%

Other

7.8%

Seattle Enplanements

by Carrier Share CY2009

SkyTeam Total 13.1%

4,100,000 Passengers

Source: Port of Seattle, reports by airlines, 2009.

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Exhibit SEA-107 Page 11 of 16
Puerto

Vallarta

Taipei

San Jose 

del Cabo

Toronto Amsterdam Paris

Tokyo

Seattle

Seattle’s International Services 

London

Heathrow Calgary

Mexico 

City

Frankfurt

Beijing*

Cancun

Mazatlan

Reykjavik

SkyTeam routes

Star Alliance route

oneworld route

Other

* Scheduled to inaugurate on June 4, 2010

** Scheduled to inaugurate on June 7, 2010

Dotted lines to Mexico indicate seasonal service.

Osaka**

Seoul

Victoria

Edmonton

Kelowna

Vancouver

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