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I. The Traveling Public Will Substantially Benefit by Delta’s Seattle

- Haneda Service
. Delta’s application makes the case for the award of a Haneda slot pair to provide

a nonstop Seattle

- Haneda ser vice. Among the other facts relied upon by Delta to establish the merits of its application, Delta correctly indicated the following key points :

• Seattle, with 114,000 annual Tokyo passengers, is the largest U.S.

- Tokyo O&D market without service to Haneda

. Exhibit DL

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• Seattle ’s demographic and business metrics indicate the need for nonstop Haneda service and the inherent strength of Seattle ’s community support for the new service. Exhibit s DL

- 206 , SEA

- 201

- 202

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• Other West Coast gateways, Los Angele s and San Francisco, each have one or more flights to Haneda but these services require circuitous routings compared to the more direct routings for those traveling from Seattle. In addition, o ther quadrants of the continental U.S. would enjoy more direct service connect ing over Seattle than existing W est C oast gateways , optimizing the convenience of Haneda’s close

- in location

. Exhibit s DL

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• In addition to Delta’s own network of flights, its codeshare partner Alaska Air l ines operates its extensive hub at Seattle, and will allow for the offering of one

- stop connecting service from over 40 cities in the U.S. and Canada

. Exhibit s DL

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• An award to Delta will not only enhance West Coast inter

- gateway competiti on but will ensure competitive balance between the two immunized Japan alliances (American/JAL and United/ANA) and Delta, that lacks a Japan air carrier partner. Exhibit s DL

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. II. Seattle and the Entire Pacific Northwest Region Will Support D elta’s New Service
. There is a well

- documented and historic community of interest between Seattle and the Pacific Northwest region and Japan. Seattle has developed into a major terminus for those traveling between the United States and Japan. Two

- way t rade between the State of Washington and Japan surpassed $24 billion in 2011. Recently, when overall

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economic activity declined or was flat, Washington state

- of

- origin exports have consistently grown : 2009

- 2010 up 10.08%, 2010

- 2011 up 5.43%; and most rece ntly for

the five months end ing May 2012 , exports were up an impressive 50.54%

. Exports
account for 20% of Seattle ’ s “GDP” and 4% of all U.S. exports originate in Seattle ’s Metropolitan Statistical Area

. Exhibit DL

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. According to the study by Washing ton Council on International Trade and the Trade Development Alliance of Greater Seattle,

close to 40% of jobs in Washington State are tied to international trade

. Washington’s export per capita is more than twice that of the U.S. average state

. Exhibit SEA

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. The State of Washington is home to many international firms with substantial interests in Japan, including Boeing, Microsoft, Starbucks, Bill and Melinda Gate s Foundation, Costco and the U.S. headquarters for major Japanese companies such as

Ni ntendo and Toray Composites , and various aerospace suppliers. Exhibit SEA

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. Many corporate expressions of endorsement being filed in the Docket compliment the

comments of Washington State Governor , Christine Gregoire , and the entire Washington Congres sional Delegation supporting the public interest merits of the Delta request to operate the Seattle

- Haneda route. Exhibit SEA

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. Seattle’s total airport passenger growth has been stronger than that of any other major West Coast airport in recent years , and Seattle has gained more long

- haul international services to Asia and Europe than its peers in the past five years. Total on

board passengers to/from Asia grew almost 50% from 2006 to 2011. Exhibit s SEA

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205

. Seattle has supported nonstop Seattle

- Tokyo service for almost 50 years and
generates strong traffic that easily support s 16 nonstop inter

- continental long

- haul

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# Port of Seattle Exhibits
- September 2012

Seattle

- Tacoma International Airport

# Index of Exhibits

Exhibit SEA

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– Seattle and Washington State’s Economy 

# Exhibit SEA

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– International Companies in Washington State Exhibit SEA

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– West Coast Passenger Traffic Comparison Exhibit SEA

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– Seattle’s International Service Growth Exhibit SEA

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– Seattle

- Asia On

- board Passenger Growth Exhibit SEA

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– Seattle’s Nonstop Intercontinental Services Exhibit SEA

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– Seattle: the Closest West Coast Gateway to Asia Exhibit SEA

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– Seattle Passengers by Carrier Exhibit SEA

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– Connecting Services on Delta and Alaska Airlines Exhibit SEA

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– Seattle: No. 1 On

- Time Airport Exhibit SEA

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– FlightStats 2011 Airport Performance Summary Exhibit SEA

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– West Coast Alliance Comparison 

# Exhibit SEA

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– Letter of Support from Washington State

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# Seattle and Washington State’s Economy

• 2011 State P opulation: 6,830,038

• 2011 State GDP (US$ millions): $385,083

• The Seattle metro area is the fourth largest export market in the nation.

• Washington State is the fifth largest exporter among US states, with per 

## capita exports more than double the national average.

Source: US Dept. of Commerce; US Census Bureau

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## Seattle and Washington State’s Economy 

# International Companies in Washington State

# West Coast Passenger Traffic Comparison

Seattle’s growth is strongest from CY2000.

Sources : ACI

- NA and Airport Data 

## North American Ranking Airport 2011 Passengers Change from

CY 2000 3 Los Angeles 61,862,052
- 6.9%
7 San Francisco 40,810,141
- 0.6% 16 Seattle 32,467,007 +14.3% 32 Portland 13,675,924 0.0% 

# Seattle has grown most among the major West Coast airports since CY2000. Docket DOT
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# Seattle’s International Service Growth

Seattle added more flights than other gateways on the West Coast in the past five years

Weekly Asia/Europe Flights
Intercontinental Gateway Summer

2007 Summer

2012 Change

2007
- 2011 % Change

2007
- 2012
Los Angeles 333 360 +27 +8.1% San Francisco 222 244 +22 +9.9% Vancouver 183 169
- 21
- 7.7% 

# Seattle 73 110 +29 +50.7%

Includes Asia and Europe; does not include Australia, New Zealand, or Oceania. Source: OAG, Summer 2007 and June 2012 

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## Asia and Europe Frequencies for West Coast Gateways

## Annual Scheduled Service Passengers by Carrier 

# Seattle
- Asia Onboard Passengers Nearly 50% increase from 2006 to 2011

Source: Port of Seattle data and USDOT Database T100, not including Newark and Houston through

- passengers on BR and CI

638,905 690,849 739,103 684,047 882,835 948,136 

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Tokyo 

### Seattle 

# Seattle’s Nonstop Intercontinental Services

Frankfurt

Beijing Reykjavik

Delta Air Lines international service International service on other carrier Seasonal international service Osaka Seoul

Taipei London

Dubai 

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# Seattle: the Closest West Coast Gateway to Asia Docket DOT

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## Elapsed trip time to/from Haneda:

Westbound Eastbound Seattle: 10:30 9:00 San Francisco: 11:00 9:35 

## Los Angeles: 11:50 10:25

# Seattle Passengers By Carrier

Seattle is Alaska Airlines’ Hub

Source: Port of Seattle, as reported by airlines. 

## 49.9% Alaska Air Group 16.5% Star Alliance 12.4% SkyTeam 9.8% Southwest 4.8% one world Docket DOT
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## 32,823,220 Total in CY 2011

# Seattle’s Connecting Services on Delta and Alaska

Does not include service to Hawaii Source : OAG Schedules Database, August 2012 

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# Seattle: No. 1 On
- Time Airport

Flightstats On

- time Performance Service Awards

The FlightStats On

- time Performance Service (OPS) Awards recognize airlines and airports around the world that deliver the highest percentage of flights to their arrival gates within 15 minutes of the scheduled arrival time.

To determine the finalists and winners, FlightStats examines flight status and arrival data aggregated from global sources including civil aviation authorities, airlines, airports, and major airline reservation systems.

FlightStats is pleased to be able to recognize operational excellence on the part of airlines and airports around the globe and help call attention to those airlines and airports that stand above the rest. The company has been tracking air travel on

- time performance since 2004.

http://opsawards.flightstats.com/index.html



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# FlightStats 2011 Airport Performance Summary International Major Category

Rank Code City sample_size on time on time % 1 SEA Seattle, WA, US 152,553 130,738 86.28% 2 VIE Vienna, AT 103,024 85,700 84.02% 3 DTW Detroit, MI, US 223,254 178,707 81.64% 4 YVR Vancouver, BC, CA 105,359 85,370 81.54% 5 AMS Amsterdam, NL 158,867 128,221 81.29% 6 BRU Brussels, BE 88,516 71,090 81.23% 7 DUS Dusseldorf, DE 82,277 65,926 81.03% 8 CLT Charlotte, NC, US 256,687 201,841 80.20% 9 ATL Atlanta, GA, US 459,805 360,339 79.64% 10 MCO Orlando, FL, US 145,616 114,768 79.55% 11 IAH Houston, TX, US 264,975 208,128 79.50% 12 SYD Sydney, AU 115,538 89,738 79.40% 13 IAD Washington, DC, US 146,172 112,125 78.50% 14 MUC Munich, DE 170,920 131,567 77.81% 15 MEL Melbourne, AU 97,019 72,953 76.90% 16 SFO San Francisco, CA, US 188,690 141,329 76.07% 17 BCN Barcelona, SP, ES 119,518 90,179 75.88% 18 ZRH Zurich, CH 90,622 68,113 75.83% 19 LHR London, EN, GB 210,341 158,393 75.81% 20 FRA Frankfurt, DE 196,559 147,371 75.67% 21 DEL Delhi, IN 90,941 68,089 75.60% 22 LAX Los Angels , CA, US 279,806 208,850 75.39% 23 YUL Montreal, QC, CA 96,684 71,085 74.94% 24 FLL Fort Lauderdale, FL, US 102,468 76,085 74.93% 25 BOS Boston, MA, US 179,964 129,752 74.75%
Source: FlightStats

- http ://opsawards.flightstats.com/index.html 

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# West Coast Alliance Comparison

West Coast Airports

– Weekly Pacific Frequencies Summer 2012

Pacific Gateway SkyTeam Star one world Other Total


# Los Angeles 45 58 42 56 201 San 

# Francisco 14 77 21 26 138
Vancouver 12 42 21 32 107 Seattle 26 14 0 19 59 

# Total 97 191 84 133

Includes Asia; does not include Australia, New Zealand, or Oceania

. Source: OAG, June 2012 

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