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Fa x(6711646-882 3 www.guamairport.co m Februar y 18,201 0 Th e Honorabl e Ray LaHoo dS10-100304-05 2 Secretary Unite dState s Departmen t o f Transportatio n 120 0 Ne w Jerse y Avenue , S E Washington , D.C . 2059 0 Subject : Haned aCombinatio n Service s Allocatio n Proceedin g DOT-OST-2010-001 8 Dear Secretary LaHood : Th e A.B . Wo n Pat

Internationa l Airport

Authority , Guam(GIAA ) hereb y submit s thi s lette r i n support

o f th e February 17 , 201 0 applicatio n o f Continenta l Micronesi a(CO ) t o provid e dail y nonsto p servic e betwee n Gua man dToky o Haned aAirport . W e humbl y urg e yo u t o selec t C O t o provid e servic e from Haneda , Japa n t o Guam . Sinc e 1968 , C O ha s bee n an integra l part o f th e Guamcommunity . CO' s commitmen t t o developin g ou r islan deconom y i s eviden t i n it s Pacifi c Hu b operations , whic hserve s a s th e gatewa y t o Micronesi aan d ou r neighborin g islan dcommunities , providin g connectivit y t o 2 2 internationa l destination s alon g with non-sto p direc t

servic e t o Honolulu , Hawaii . On e o f Guam' s larges t

employers , C O provide s employmen t

opportunitie s fo r

mor e than 1,200 Guamresidents . I n addition , C O i s th e larges t signatory airlin e for

GIAA , accountin g fo r

mor e tha n 40-50 % o f

th e enplanemen t

passenge r

activit y whic hequate s t o approximatel y 700,00 0 passenger s pe r year . Moreover , CO , whic hi s on e o f onl y tw o U.S . fla g carrier s servin g th e Guammarket , ha s hel p develope dou r islan deconom y an dit s thrivin g touris mindustry . C O remain s focuse do n th e Gua mmarke t a s eviden t

in th e carrier' s reicen

t addition o f

flight s t o Fij i an d resumptio n o f

it s Hon g Kon g service . Th e addition o f th e Haneda , Japa n servic e wil l further supplemen t th e airline' s growth , providin g mor e employmen t opportunitie s an dadditiona l economi c benefit s for th e resident s o f

Guam . Guam' s touris mdrive n econom y i s heavil y dependen t o n passenge r

traffi c from point s acros s th e Asia n region , particularl y Japan , whic hi s Guam' s larges t touris t market . Haned a Airport i s ideall y situate dfo r

th e Japanes e touris t

wh o live s i n centra l an dsouthern/wester n Toky o makin g it

amor e convenien t

embarkatio n poin t

t o ou r island , connectin g Guam' s touris man dtrad e industry withTokyo' s central/downtow n airport . Give n th e above , w e respectfull y urg e yo u t o favorabl y conside r CO' s applicatio n fo r

schedule dai r servic e to/fro mHaned aa s i t wil l definitel y b e aboos t t o Guam' s trave l marketin g efforts . Moreover , a s th e onl y carrie r

operatin g ahu b o n Guam , C O i s th e right choic e fo r

ne w Haned aservic e a s othe r islan d communitie s i n th e Mariana s suc ha s th e CNM I an dou r neighborin g Micronesia n island s wil l als o benefi t fromthi s one-sto p connectio n at th e A.B . Wo n Pat

GuamInternationa l Airport . Sincerely , Marti^j . Gerbe r Chairma n o f

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