## GREATER ORLANDO
AVIATION AUTHORITY

August 25

, 2014

The H onorable Anthony R. F o xx Secre tar y Department of Transpo r tation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. Washi n gton, DC 20590

RE: Reply of the Greater Orla nd o Aviation Authority NORWE GIAN AIR INTERNA TIONAL LIMITED Docket N o

. OST-2013 -020 4

Dear Secretary Foxx :

The Greater Orlando Aviati on Authority (the "Aviation Authority") has reviewed answers fi l ed recently in th is case

. Having done so, we are of the even stronger view tha t the robust record i n this d ocket suppo rt s expeditious approval of t he above-re ferenced

ap p lication. Cont inued delay that depri v es Central Flor ida travelers of a n ew competitive choice in air service

, and t h e Orlando a rea tour i sm-relat e d eco n omy of an impor

. tant boo st that wil l res u lt from mo re foreign visitors, is unwarranted.

The an swers of Norwegian A ir International ("NAI") opponents add no new or compelling argument to the docket. However, NAI's an swer included a very important, and persuasive, submission upon whic h the Department sho u ld place great we i ght

- the Joint Decla r ation of Jo hn Byerly and D aniel Calle j a, the respective de l egation Chairma n wh o

n ego tia ted t h e US-EU Ope n S ki es agree m ent

. At the core of this case is a d i spute over the meaning and intent of provisions i n that agreement

. The Av i at i on A u thority considers there to b e no in dividu a l s with m ore credi bilit y and author i ty t o speak to th e l etter and inte nt of the provisions in this agree m ent than Messrs.' Byerly and Calleja. Based on legal views of the Commission presen t ed in the Departm e nt's notice
and supported by the Byerly-Calleja Jo in t Declaration, it is uneq u ivocally clear NAI's application should be approve d

.

The Aviation Authority again urges th e D epartment to swi f tly approve the pending application. Central Florida travelers

, and the Orlan d o a r ea economy and tou rism

related jobs in our community, are relying on the Department to do so

.

Si ncer e ly, 

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**f); ,~£,~**  Phillip N. Brown, A.A.E. Execut ive D irector



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## 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