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Ms. Susan Kurland 

Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

400 y"'Street SW 

Washington, D.C. 20590 

Dear Ms. Kurland, 

1 am writing in support of the Fort Wayne-Allen County Airport Authority's application for 

the Small Community Air Service Development Program [Docket OST-2010-0124). The 

Authority is taking a novel and unique approach toward encouraging competitive activity 

and cost reduction among passenger air service providers at the Fort Wayne International 

Airport (FWA). 

Please give this application every possible consideration. The geography of the Fort Wayne 

market presenits a difficult challenge for passenger service development at FWA. We are 

surroundecj by large hub airports that provide direct service to a number of destinations as 

well as medium-sized airports that have the advantage of greater competition that helps to 

keep ticket prices lower in their markets. 

Traditionally airports have sought to bring in low-cost carriers or sell their passenger 

service providers on additional destinations. Both of these tactics have met with limited 

success in this market. As the airline industry continues to consolidate, the opportunities 

to "sell" the airlines on expanding their air service to smaller airports are increasingly 

difficult. The Authority's solution to this problem is unique and is a credit to their focus on 

developing appropriate market research and identifying creative; applications for the air 

service development challenge. 

I would like to express my strong support for this application and again urge you to give it 

every possible consideration. Thank you. 

Sincerely, 

Patrick S, Sullivan 

Hylant Group, Inc. 

Executive Vice President 
THE ALLIANCE 

FORT WAYNE-ALLEN COUNTY 

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE 

111 West Wayne Street 

Fort Wayne, Indiana 46802 

Office: 260.426.5568 

Fax: 260.426.0837 

theallianceonline.com 

August 26, 2010 

Ms. Susan Kurland 

Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

400 7"^ St., SW 

Washington, D.C. 20590 

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Dear Ms. Kurland: 

I am writing in support of the Fort Wayne-Allen County Airport Authority's application for the 

Small Community Air Service Development Program (Docket OST-2010-0124). The Authority 

is taking a novel and unique approach toward encouraging competitive activity and cost 

reduction among passenger air service providers at the Fort Wayne International Airport (FWA). 

Please give this application every possible consideration. The geography of the Fort Wayne 

market presents a difficult challenge for passenger service development at FWA. We are 

surrounded by large hub airports that provide direct service to a number of destinations as well as 

medium-sized airports that have the advantage of greater competition that helps to keep ticket 

prices lower in their markets. 

Traditionally airports have sought to bring in low-cost carriers or sell their passenger service 

providers on additional destinations. Both of these tactics have met with limited success in this 

market. As the airline industry continues to consolidate, the opportimities to "sell" the airlines 

on expanding their air service to smaller airports are increasingly difficult. The Authority's 

solution to this problem is unique and is a credit to their focus on developing appropriate market 

research and identifying creative applications for the air service development challenge. 

I would like to express my strong support for this application and again urge you to give it every 

possible consideration. Thank you. 

Sincerely, 

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Andi Udris, President 

Fort Wayne-Allen County Economic Development Alliance