THE SECRETARYOFTRANSPORTATION,. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20590 I

The Honorable Bill Posey U.S. House ofRepresentatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Congressman Posey: April16, 2012 ,I /'i , " "· [) '· I ·: t.

Thank you for your letter supporting the application ofJetBiue Airways for beyond-perimeter slot exemptions at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA).**JetBlue~s** application proposes to 

### serve Luis Munoz Marin Airport, Puerto Rico, with o.tie round trip per day from DCA. Under authority granted in the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of20I2, the U.S. Department ofTransportatiotl will be awarding to new entrant or lb:nited incumbent carriers a total ofeight slot exemptions at DCA, which would·support four daily round trips. We received JetBlue's application, which also proposes one daily round trip to**Austin~** Texas, on March 12. Othertimely applications were received from Air Canada, proposing one round trip to Vancouver, British Columbia; Alaska Airlines, one round trip to Portland, Oregon. and one round trip to San Diego; FrontierAirlines, one round trip to Colorado Springs and beyond to San Diego; Southwest Airlines, one round trip to Austin and San Diego beyond; Sun Country Airlines, one round trip to Las Vegas; and Virgin America, Inc., two round trips to San Francisco, As the matter is still pending, Icannotcomment on the merits ofthe points raised inyour letter. However, I can assure you that all app.lications the Departmentreceived will be given 

### full and fair consideration and will be eval.uated againstthe selection criteria specified in the statute. The Department's action on this matter is bei allows all interested parties the opportunity placing acopy ofyour letterand this I appreciate your interest in this hlistered through a public docket, which ment. Following our normal practice, I.am docket number**DOT•2012~0029.**!Via r. L 1. LiJ I L L: 4Lr'!VI

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### Ray LaHood Secretary 

### U.S. Department ofTransp011ation 1200 New Jersey Avenue 

### SE Washington, 

### DC 20590 March 21, 2012



### RE: JetBlue Airways DCA-SJU Application, DocketDOT-OST-2012-0029 Dear Secretary LaHood: 

### No. 0383 P. 

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I am writing to share my supp011 ofthe application by JetBlue Airways to provide new service to San Juan, Puetto Rico under the recently authol'ized exemptions at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The addition ofdaily**non~stop** service 

### from Reagan National Airport will enhance competition 

### and consumer options 

### in

### the Washington D.C. metropolitan area 

### and in

.Pue11o Rico and the 

### U.S. Virgin Islands. Direct service between these 

### two capital cities will strengthen business ties, enhance economic growth and facilitate government-toMgovemmentpontacts betweenthe two cities. In addition. tourists visiting Puerto Rico would benefitby the convenient and cost"effective coMections between the mainland and the island. Moreover. the U.S. Virgin Island will also benefitfi:om this additional service to and from Washington. ThroughJetBlue's codeshare agreementwith Cape Air, passengers will connect seamlessly to the city ofMayague.z and the Island ofVieques from San Juan.

. . JetBlue is alow fare airJine serving Puerto Rico and one ofSanJuan's largest carriers. JetBlue currently serves 

### San Juan 

### with nonstop flights fi:om JFK, Boston_, Fo11 Lauderdale, Orlando, Tampa) Jacksonville, Santo Domingo and St. Maarten. JetBlue's strong presence in the region ensures 

### it will be 

### able to sustainably operate this new route and offerpassengers 

### abroaderrange ofchoices. Irespectfully urge you to give serious consideration ofthe DCA-SJU route application from JetBlue. 

# Sin#fl 1Posey
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