J. Parker Erkmann

T: +1 202 776 2036

perkmann@cooley.com

BY REGULATIONS.GOV

1299 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW, SUITE 700, WASHINGTON, DC 20004-2400 T: (202) 842-7800 F: (202) 842-7899 WWW.COOLEY.COM

Feburary 9, 2015

Docket Operations and Media Management

U.S. Department of Transportation

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE

West Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140

Washington, D.C. 20590

RE: Additional Support for Application of Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.’s to Serve Kona 

International Airport (Docket DOT-OST-2010-0018)

Attached as Exhibit 1 please find the unanimously-approved resolution (No. 4615) of the 

County Council of the County of Hawai’i urging the United States Department of Transportation 

to approve the application of Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. (“Hawaiian”) for the allocation of a nonstop 

route between Kona International Airport (“Kona”) and Tokyo’s Haneda Airport (“Haneda”). 

In addition, Hawaiian also has received an additional 20+ letters from citizens and 

business leaders expressing their support for Hawaiian’s proposed Kona-Haneda service. An 

example of those letters is attached as Exhibit 2. 

Should you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to let me know. 

Sincerely,

J. Parker Erkmann

Counsel for Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.

JPE:ec

Enclosures
EXHIBIT 1


EXHIBIT 2
Date

Friends of Hawaiian Airlines Hawaiian Airlines HI 96820-0008 

DOT-OST-2010-0018 Friends of Hawaiian Airlines, 

The Honorable Anthony Foxx 

Secretary of Transportation 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Ave., S.E. 

Washington, D.C. 20590 

I am writing to strongly support Hawaiian Airlines' application to provide daily nonstop service 

between Tokyo International Airport at Haneda and Kona International Airport on Hawai'i Island. 

This route would provide significant public interest benefit to the economy of Hawai'i and, by 

extension, the economy of the United States. The Hawai'i Tourism Authority estimates daily 

service using a 294-seat A330 aircraft will bring nearly 92,000 visitors to Kona every year, 

supporting a total of 1,638 jobs. Hawaiian Airlines calculates that 39,000 of those visitors will be 

additional visitors to the state, generating 1,151 new jobs, $65 million in new direct spending 

and $117 million in totally new sales. 

The Japanese people have a great affection for Hawai'i, and Kona in particular. Providing a 

nonstop option to Hawai'i Island would be commercially successful and a wonderful use of this 

slot pair. 

Hawaiian Airlines' application has clear and compelling public benefits and we urge you to 

approve it. 

Sincerely,
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing Letters of Support for the Application of 

Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. was served this 9th day of February 2015 via email transmission or U.S. 

mail on the following:

Jeremy.Ross@alaskaair.com

dheffernan@cozen.com

abigail.donovan@aa.com

francis.heil@aa.com

howard.kass@aa.com

robert.wirick@aa.com

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

chris.walker@delta.com

dan.weiss@united.com

Thomas.bolling@united.com

steve.morrissey@united.com

gmurphy@crowell.com

englets@state.gov

finstonma@state.gov 

urskr@state.gov

cristinasa@state.gov

info@airlineinfo.com

charles.hunnicutt@thompsonhine.com

patricia.snyder@thompsonhine.com

seth.waxman@wilmerhale.com

sseiden@crowell.com

robert.finamore@dot.gov

brett.kruger@dot.gov

paul.gretch@dot.gov

todd.homan@dot.gov

brian.hedberg@dot.gov

peter.irvine@dot.gov

john.s.duncan@faa.gov

glindsey@lawa.org

ejames@jamhoff.com

ishiwata.k@portseattle.org

safora.i@portseattle.org

Mike.Donatelli@alpa.org

Ambassador Kenichiro Sasae

Embassy of Japan

2520 Massachusetts Ave., NW

Washington, DC 20008

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Erin Combs

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