U.S. Department 

of Transportation 

Office of the Secretary 

of Transportation 

Mr. George Agnel 

President & CEO 

Visit Orlando 

The Official Tourism Association 

6277 Sea Harbor Drive, Suite 400 

Orlando, Florida 32821 -8043 

Dear Mr. Agnel: 

Assistant Secretary 

MAR 2 1 2014 

1200 Now Jarsey Avenue, SE 

Washington. DC 20590 

Thank you for your letter to Secretary Foxx regarding the application of Norwegian Air 

International Limited (NAI) for authority to conduct U.S. services. I am responding on behalf of 

the Secretary. 

Given that a number of interested parties have tiled responsive pleadings to NAI's application 

and this matter is currently pending before the Department, I am sure you understand that I 

cannot comment on the merits of NAI's application. 1 assure you, however, that we will give full 

and careful consideration to all of the pleadings tiled on the record before we reach a 

determination in this matter. 

As is our standard practice, I am placing a copy of your letter and my response in Docket 

DOT-OST-2013-0204, as a contact outside the record of this case. You may track the progress 

of this case and view the publicly available documents filed in the docket by accessing the 

Federal Docket Management System at www.regulations.gov and searching for Docket 

DOT -OST -2013-0204. 

I hope this information is helpful. 

s 10-140129-012 

Sincerely yours, 

Susan L. Kurland 

Assistant Secretary for 

Aviation and International Affairs 
George Aguel 

President & CEO 

January 24, 2014 

\!tsitOrlando 

The Honorable Anthony R. Foxx 

Secretary 

Department ofTransportation 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. 

Washington, DC 20590 

Re: NORWEGIAN AIR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 

Docket No. OST-20 13-0204 

Dear Secretary Foxx: 

We are writing in support of Norwegian Air International Limited's application in the above-referenced 

docket for authority to provide scheduled low-cost international air service to Orlando International 

Airport. 

Central Florida's number one industry is tourism, worth more than $52 billion dollars annually. Tourism 

and expanded international air service go hand-in-hand. Simply put, expanded international air service at 

Orlando International is an economic engine that drives significant tourism-related activity in Central 

Florida while creating and supporting more than 380,000 jobs. Increased international flight options at 

Orlando International Airport not only benefit our tourism-oriented economy, they also benefit passengers 

and shippers by expanding competitive choice. 

For these reasons, we are looking forward to welcoming new Norwegian Air Shuttle service to Orlando 

International this summer. This service will be great news for the Central Florida economy, opening up 

all that we have to offer to the large numbers of new customers who are empowered to travel to the 

United States by the introduction of low-cost carrier air service. The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority 

estimates it will produce $36 million in annual economic benefits for our local community. As the 

service succeeds and expands, those economic benefits no doubt will increase impressively. 

Secretary Foxx, we are counting on you to permit the Central Florida tourism-driven economy to benefit 

from new Norwegian Air Shuttle service to Orlando. We look forward to welcoming the economic 

benefits and new jobs it will support. We are confident that new service will be successful and hopeful it 

will grow over the years. Thank you for considering our views in support of Norwegian Air International 

Limited's pending application. 

c: Phil Brown, GOAA 

Vicki Jaramillo, GOAA 

6277 Sea Harbor Drive. Suite 400, Orlando, FL 32821-8043 · 407-363-5849 · Fax 407-370-5022 

s 10-140129-012 e-mail: george.aguel@visitorlando.com · VisitOrlando.com 
he 

... : ~;~ 9' 4 -~ < .. ;;t 4¥.'"· . • ~ 

- -, <':"!. ~-- • " ~ ~.. . - - -.,.. ! "; ., ;( ·,.-·, :. . "" ;-•. ..• ... 

::rlando ('' .. ··· · { · _, .,. · ;': 

\ 

l 

(, 

,

< 

. 

, .. 

Harbor Drive, Suite 400 

do, FL 32821-8043 

,• 

... 

- .~i_. 

-;.-::.: 

~.# :.-. ... 

The Honorable Anthony R. Foxx 

Secretary 

Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. 

Washington, DC 20590 

. 

'1 

) ~· .... ,·. 

, ... 

- .. _ .. ___ . ........:..-

' . ' 

. <~-: .. ¥.• .. .:~~ · ;t·~ 

•,, 1 r 

• ~ ll . : .. <~!_. . • . 

. :. - ,' \ ~ ~ . 

·-~ .~n.~ 

~:-.. ..: •:-; :....- ·- ~ I ~).·~\ _,.._ ~ - -._~ 

~ .. l~·: · . . 

":'. •,..="'ow 

... ·-i ~ ... ';e._..._ .. 

./ 

-~ ~ 

;. ~ ., 

tr; 

A 

~ ' 

~ t. ':l_; 

t' ""' 

~ 

. , 

l 

~ 

.. 

~ ,.~ 

~;·· 

{ 

·.5 

::-~.:!,; .... : .. ' 

#.:<> ..rr-· 

:.c.'.;.;--. 

... ... : 

"-.,!"'" 

,.,•"",; 

\, ., 

\ 

•. 

~~-

....:.~~ 

--~~~-- ,.;;~ .,.. _..r.·.~·· 

·-~~· . 

j 
1). 

From (407) 363-5818 

MAGGIE MATOS 

VISrt Orlando 

6277 Sea Harbor Dnve 

Surte 400 

Orl•ndo, FL 32821 

SHIP TO (202) 36&-2332 

-- .... ~-· 

.C r , 

Ql) 

The Honorable Anthony R. Foxx 

Department ofT ransportatio n 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE 

Washinaton 

~ .1 

, ( .. ' "' ...... 

GND 

Prepaid 

~ .. 

' 

/ 

-r 

.... 

o"<:> ~ot> ~'"-

"''~ ' - v 

~:> o<> "~.,.. ' . -<;o-.: i <...a.~ ~~ ,.,.. ,.) (\(\";J~ 

\ I,) ~ I" ,v '"-'' .,_~\;. ,.oo "''~, '-'~ )"-' ·,::F· v"-~ '~0,o'~"- ~~~, ,~ ~\. ~~~~ ~~ 

~~ ."Q~ 'j..r;j .\~~<;-<- ' <t'V;_,•/' _,o. 

·<t·.\'> ..,.,,, ,, ' ,,,,, ~<"'' 

(9612019) 0431993 15139064 

019 1 of 

1 

~-<#":--___ ..., _ 

_;. ...;... 

~ :~a ~i; '•' : :. 

/ oc-un - , 

~ ,

'-

~ ..., -c'-

, 

'-.=r' 

,~, ~' , C/) 

, co 

::J 

'- co '-

c::l. 

co , :: 

6- .. 

' ' .. 

'--c'- c:: 

3 '-CD'- c:: ~, en 

....... 

'-ffi'-

(I) 

co 

' CD ' Q) 

'-8'' ::::b 

Q) 

'- en '- "'0 ,m, c:::r 

co 

' :-,, ~ 

0 

' ' ..., 

co 

' -c' 

(I) 

=r 

'~ " -a· 

"'0 

.. 

' (I)' 

:r 

' ffi' ca 

'.CD '- ' g' 

~' ,. ~' " 

~ 

... ~ .....