U.S. Department of 

Transportation 

Assistant Secretary 

Office of the Secretary 

of Transportation APR 0. 7 l:014 

Mr. Dan C. Quigley 

Interim President 

Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce 

475 14th Street 

Oakland, CA 94612 

Dear Mr. Quigley: 

1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. 

Washington, DC 20590 

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Thank you for your letter to Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx, supporting the 

application of Southwest Airlines (Southwest) for two within-perimeter slot exemptions at 

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). Southwest proposes to serve Kansas City 

International Airport with one nonstop round trip per day from DCA. Secretary Foxx asked that 

I respond to you on his behalf. 

We received Southwest's application on March 25, 2014. Other timely applications were 

received from JetBlue Airways, proposing one nonstop round trip to Jacksonville, Florida; from 

American Airlines, proposing one nonstop round trip to Islip, New York, and; from People 

Express Airlines, proposing one nonstop round trip on a seasonal basis to each Myrtle Beach, 

South Carolina (April-October) and West Palm Beach, Florida (October-April). 

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

However, I can assure you that all applications received by the U.S. Department of 

Transportation will be given due and careful consideration. 

The Department's action on this matter is being administered through a public docket, which 

allows all interested parties the opportunity to comment. Following our normal practice, I am 

placing a copy of your letter and this response in docket number DOT-OST-2000-7182. 

I appreciate your interest in this matter. 

Sincerely yours, 

Susan L. Kurland 

Assistant Secretary for 

Aviation and International Affairs 
ND 

March 21, 2014 

METROPOLITAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 

Serving the Business Community Since 1905 

The Honorable Anthony Foxx 

Secretary of Transportation 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. 

Washington, DC 20590 

Re: Within-Perimeter Slot Exemptions at Washington National Airport (DCA) 

Docket No: DOT-OST-2000-7182 

Dear Secretary Foxx: 

On behalf of the~ Oakland MetropoHtan~Gbamberof Commerce,Jw.rite to express strong 

support of Southwest Airlines' (Southwest's) application for a pair of slot exemptions at Ronald 

Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). With these two "within-perimeter" slot exemptions, 

Southwest proposes to continue operating a daily nonstop flight between DCA and Kansas City 

International Airport (MCI) and add same-plane through-service to/from Oakland International 

Airport (OAK) beginning in January 2015. 

Southwest has been a major part of the Oakland community since 1989. For the past 25 

years, both Southwest and OAK have grown and prospered. OAK is the second-largest airport 

in the nine-county San Francisco Bay Area, which has a population of 7 million people. 

Expansion of service from OAK drives business growth and visitor growth for the Bay Area and 

especially for Oakland and the East Bay. 

Today, Southwest continues to be the largest airline operating at OAK, with 97 daily 

departures to 18 cities, including Kansas City. However, despite OAK's growth over the years, it 

has no direct flights to DCA because of DCA's 1250-mile perimeter rule. In fact, OAK is the 

largest airport in the United States without direct service to/from DCA As a result, current travel 

options between OAK and DCA are limited, inconvenient, and relatively expensive. 

Southwest's proposal would provide a convenient travel option between OAK and the 

Washington DC region, as well as stimulate air traffic in an underserved airline market. For 

these reasons, I respectfully request the Department of Transportation to grant a pair of slot 

exemptions to Southwest so it can begin same-plane DCA-MCI-OAK air service. 

Thank you in advance for your consideration of this request. 

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