GREATER ORLANDO 

AVIATION AUTHORITY 

August 25 , 2014 

The Honorable Anthony R. Fo xx 

Secre tary 

Department of Transpor tation 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. 

Washin gton, DC 20590 

RE: Reply of the Greater Orlando Aviation Authority 

NORWEGIAN AIR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 

Docket No . OST-2013 -0204 

Dear Secretary Foxx : 

The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority (the "Aviation Authority") has reviewed answers 

fil ed recently in this case . Having done so, we are of the even stronger view that 

the robust record i n this d ocket supports expeditious approval of t he above-referenced 

app lication. Continued delay that depriv es Central Florida travelers of a n ew 

competitive choice in air service , and t h e Orlando a rea touri sm-relate d econ omy of an 

impor.tant boost that will resu lt from more foreign visitors, is unwarranted. 

The answers of Norwegian Air International ("NAI") opponents add no new or compelling 

argument to the docket. However, NAI's answer included a very important, and 

persuasive, submission upon which the Department shou ld place great we i ght - the Joint 

Declar ation of John Byerly and Daniel Callej a, the respective de l egation Chairman who 

n egotiated t h e US-EU Open Skies agreement . At the core of this case is a d i spute over 

the meaning and intent of provisions i n that agreement . The Avi ati on Au thority 

considers there to b e no individua l s with more credibility and authori ty t o speak to 

the l etter and intent of the provisions in this agreement than Messrs.' Byerly and 

Calleja. Based on legal views of the Commission present ed in the Department's notice 

and supported by the Byerly-Calleja Joint Declaration, it is unequ ivocally clear NAI's 

application should be approved . 

The Aviation Authority again urges the Department to swif tly approve the pending 

application. Central Florida travelers, and the Orland o a r ea economy and tourismrelated jobs in our community, are relying on the Department to do so . 

Sincere ly, 

{)jj)p' f); ,~£,~ Phillip N. Brown, A.A.E. 

Executive Director 

Orlando International Airport One Jeff Fuqua Boulevard, Orlando, Florida 32827·4399 407·825·2001 orlandoairports.net 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I certify that I have, on this 26th day of August, 2014, served the foregoing reply by 

causing a copy to be sent by electronic mail to the addresses identified below: 

Josh Romanow 

Peter Nelson 

Counsel for Norwegian Air International 

Limited 

romanow@pillsburylaw.com 

peter.nelson@pillsburylaw.com 

Steve Morrissey 

Thomas Bolling 

United Airlines 

steve.morrissey@united.com 

thomas.bolling@united.com 

Dan Weiss 

Hershel Kamen 

United Airlines 

dan.weiss@united.com 

hershel.kamen@united.com 

Sascha Van der Bellen 

Delta Airlines 

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com 

Howard Kass 

U.S. Airways 

howard.kass@usairways.com 

Robert Wirick 

Francis Heil 

American Airlines, Inc. 

robert.wirick@aa.com 

francis.heil@aa.com 

Robert Land 

Senior Vice President of Government 

Affairs and Association General Counsel 

robert.land@jetblue.com 

Russell E. Pommer 

Associate General Counsel & Sr. Director 

Regulatory Affairs 

Atlas Air Inc. 

rpommer@atlasair.com 

Celine Canu 

Philip Von Schoppenthau 

European Cockpit Association 

cc@eurocockpit.be 

pvs@eurocockpit.be 

Malcom L. Benge 

Counsel for North American/World Airways 

Zuckert Scoutt & Rasenberger, L.L.P. 

mlbenge@zsrlaw.com 

John M. Allen 

Michael Whitaker 

Jesse Elliot 

Douglas Schwab 

Nicholas Tsokris 

Federal Aviation Administration 

john.allen@faa.gov 

michael.whitaker@faa.gov 

jesse.elliot@faa.gov 

douglas.schwab@faa.gov 

nicholas.tsokris@faa.gov 

john.chen@faa.gov 

Anita Mosner 

Jennifer Nowak 

Counsel for UPS 

Holland & Knight 

anita.mosner@hklaw.com 

jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com 
Nancy S. Sparks 

Bailey Leopard 

Federal Express Corporation 

nssparks@fedex.com 

gbleopard@fedex.com 

Russell Bailey 

Jonathan Cohen 

Air Line Pilots Association, International 

russell.bailey@alpa.org 

jonathan.cohen@alpa.org 

Edward Wytkind 

President, Transportation Trades 

Department, AFL-CIO 

edw@ttd.org 

Thomas S. Engle 

Kristin Westphal 

Department of State 

englets@state.gov 

westphalkl@state.gov 

cristinasa@state.gov 

Paul Gretch 

Robert Finamore 

Brian Hedberg 

Reese Davidson 

Esta Rosenberg 

Brett Kruger 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

paul.gretch@dot.gov 

robert.finamore@dot.gov 

brian.hedberg@dot.gov 

reese.davidson@dot.gov 

esta.rosenberg@dot.gov 

brett.kruger@dot.gov 

David Berg 

James Casey 

Keith Glatz 

Cecilia Bethke 

Airlines for America 

dberg@airlines.org 

jcasey@airlines.org 

kglatz@airlines.org 

ebethke@airlines.org 

Vegard Einan 

Vice President Parat 

vegard.einan@parat.com 

Chris Lytle 

Executive Director, Port of Oakland 

clytle@portoakland.com 

Kent G. George 

Director of Aviation 

Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International 

Airport 

kgeorge@broward.org 

Mark Richardson 

President, Southwest Airline Pilots’ 

Association 

mrichardson@swapa.org 

Eugene Alford 

Air Transport Services 

eugene.alford@trade.gov 

Matthew Baldwin 

Director, Aviation and International 

Transport Affairs 

European Commission 

matthew.baldwin@ec.eurpoa.eu 

Felix Leinemann 

First Secretary, Transport 

felix.leinemann@eeas.europa.eu 

David Batchelor 

Representative, Single European Sky ATM 

Research Joint Undertaking 

david.batchelor@sesarju.eu 

Ottar Ostnes 

Director General, Ministry of Transport and 

Communications 

ottar.ostnes@sd.dep.no 
Stephen Shur 

President, The Travel Technology 

Association 

sshur@traveltech.org 

John Hanlon 

Secretary General, European Low Fares 

Airline Association 

john.hanlon@ELFAA.com

John J. Fearon 

Director General of Civil Aviation 

johnfearon@dttas.ie 

Leo Varadkar 

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 

minister@dttas.ie 

Leo Schefer 

President, Washington Airports Task Force 

leo@washingtonairports.com 

Buddy Dyer 

Mayor, City of Orlando, Florida 

buddy.dyer@cityoforlando.net 

Teresa Jacobs 

Mayor, Orange County, Florida 

mayor@ocfl.net 

Phillip Brown 

Frank Kruppenbacher 

Greater Orlando Aviation Authority 

pbrown@goaa.org 

fkruppenbacher@goaa.org 

George Aguel 

President and CEO, Visit Orlando 

george.aguel@visitorlando.com 

Concerned Citizen for a Fair America 

ashburnxxx@gmail.com 

info@airlineinfo.com

Signed: Luis A. Olivero 

 Mgr. Govenrmental Relations