BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

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 2010 U.S.-HANEDA COMBINATION ) Docket DOT-OST-2010-0018 

 SERVICES ALLOCATION PROCEEDINGS ) 

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ANSWER OF 

THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

Susan M. Baer 

Director 

Aviation Department 

The Port Authority of New York 

 and New Jersey 

225 Park Avenue South, 9th Floor 

New York, NY 10003 

Bradley Rubinstein 

Manager, Industry and Regulatory Relations 

Aviation Department 

The Port Authority of New York 

 and New Jersey 

225 Park Avenue South, 9th Floor 

New York, NY 10003 

Telephone: (212) 435-3741 

Email address: brubinst@panynj.gov

Carlene V. McIntyre 

Assistant General Counsel 

Arnold D. Kolikoff 

Attorney 

Law Department 

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey 

225 Park Avenue South, 14th Floor 

New York, New York 10003 

Telephone: (212) 435-3503 

Email address: cmcintyr@panynj.gov

DATED: March 1, 2010
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

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 2010 U.S.-HANEDA COMBINATION ) Docket DOT-OST-2010-0018 

 SERVICES ALLOCATION PROCEEDINGS ) 

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ANSWER OF 

THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY 

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (“the Port Authority”) supports the 

Department of Transportation on promptly instituting an expedited proceeding to allocate the 

four-roundtrip opportunities for service to Tokyo Haneda airport. The Port Authority strongly 

agrees with the applications by American Airlines to serve Haneda from John F. Kennedy 

International Airport (“JFK”) and Continental Airlines to serve Haneda from Newark Liberty 

International Airport (“EWR”). 

The Port Authority is a multi-modal transportation authority, serving the New York / 

New Jersey metropolitan area; the nation’s most populated and most affluent. The Port 

Authority operates the five airports serving the New York / New Jersey metropolitan area – JFK, 

EWR, LaGuardia, Stewart International and Teterboro airports. The Port Authority operates 

these airports as a system with the full understanding that significant segments of the passenger 

market have strong preferences for certain of these airports over another. As such, the 

applications by American Airlines and Continental Airlines to serve Haneda from JFK and EWR 
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are complimentary. Each carrier can serve those significant segments of the market, which have 

a strong preference for one of these international gateways over another. 

The applications of American Airlines and Continental Airlines to serve the New York / 

New Jersey metropolitan area are supported by the strength of the market. The passenger market 

is the second largest in the continental United States and the cargo market is equally impressive, 

with Japan being the second largest export market from New York. The cargo market continues 

to grow with exports increasing from New York to Japan by 26% and from New Jersey by 49% 

over a three year period. 

The New York / New Jersey metropolitan area boasts the nation’s highest total personal 

income, considerably higher than the next most affluent metropolitan area. In addition to the 

region’s affluence, the States of New York and New Jersey have the second largest Asian 

population in the United States and a large concentration of those with ties to Japan. 

In addition to the strength of the New York / New Jersey market, JFK and EWR as 

gateways for a large number of East Coast and Canadian cities potentially providing convenient 

access to Haneda from a large number of communities that would otherwise be denied service. 

JFK and EWR are two of the world’s most important global gateways with each airport serving 

more than 150 worldwide destinations. 

The New York / New Jersey metropolitan area has the strongest case for service to 

Haneda based upon the size and strength of its business community. New York and New Jersey 

boasts more Fortune 500 companies than any other state. These companies and their frequent 

business travelers need access to Haneda which provides unparalleled access to the Japanese 
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business community concentrated in downtown Tokyo and convenient connections to business 

centers throughout Japan. 

Additional New York/New Jersey-Tokyo service is required to meet the strong demand 

for transportation between the principal financial, commercial, fashion, and media centers of the 

U.S. and Japan, to satisfy the requirements of travelers visiting friends and relatives and to 

further expand the burgeoning volume of tourist traffic at New York/New Jersey, a leading 

center for business, visitor and tourist traffic. 

The New York / New Jersey metropolitan area has a long-established financial, business 

and cultural relationship with Japan. This relationship is manifested by long-established 

institutions in the New York / New Jersey metropolitan area and in Japan. Established in 1907, 

New York’s Japan Society has evolved into North America’s single major producer of highquality content on Japan providing access to information on Japan, offers opportunities to 

experience Japanese culture, and fosters sustained and open dialogue on issues important to the 

United States, Japan, and East Asia. In 1947 Chase established the first US bank in Tokyo. 

 Today, the Bank of America Merrill Lynch is one of Japan’s leading capital markets, advisory, 

and securities sales and trading companies. The headquarters for Mitsubishi UFJ Merrill Lynch 

as well as the Merrill Lynch Japan Securities Co., are located in Tokyo. Morgan Stanley has 

continued to be at the forefront of the development of Japan’s financial markets and has played a 

leading role in many of the most important and transformational transactions of the new 

millennium. 

The Japanese market is so important to IBM that the company’s only Executive Business 

Center in Asia is located in Tokyo. Merck has a major research site in Tsukuba, Japan, which is 
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easily accessible from Tokyo. In 1978, Johnson & Johnson, a New Jersey-based 

manufacturer of a wide range of health care goods, established a Japanese subsidiary named 

Johnson & Johnson K.K. 

The New York / New Jersey region and Japan share important relationships in the areas 

of fashion and media. Woodbury Commons, located in Orange County, NY, is a major 

attraction for Japanese visiting the region. This premier outlet center employs a staff of Japanese 

interpreters, a foreign currency exchange and foreign shipping services. Several of the specialty 

stores estimate that between 40-50% of their profit come from Japanese tourism. TV-Japan, 

a Japan Network Group started in the New York region in 1991 and has over 600,000 

subscribers. 

For these reasons, the Port Authority strongly supports the complimentary applications of 

American Airlines and Continental Airlines to serve the New York/New Jersey region with daily 

flights to Tokyo Haneda. 

 Respectfully submitted, 

THE PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY 

 __________________________________________ 

 Bradley Rubinstein 

 Manager, Industry and Regulatory Relations 

 Aviation Department 

 brubinst@panynj.gov

March 1, 2010 
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I certify that I have this date served the foregoing document on all parties submitting 

comments in this proceeding in accordance with the Department’s Rules of Practice. 

 __________________________________ 

 Bradley Rubinstein 

March 1, 2010
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