U.S. Department Assistant Secretary 

of Transportation 

Office of the Secretary 

of Transportation APR 07.2014 

Mr. Ces Butner 

President, Board of Port Commissioners 

Port of Oakland 

530 Water Street 

P.O. Box 2064 

Oakland, CA 94604-2064 

Dear Mr. Butner: 

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1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE 

Washington, DC 20590 

Thank you for your letter to Secretary of Transportation Anthony F oxx, supporting the 

application of Southwest Airlines (Southwest) for two within-perimeter slot exemptions at 

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). Southwest proposes to serve Kansas City 

International Airport with one nonstop round trip per day from DCA. Secretary Foxx asked that 

I respond to you on his behalf. 

We received Southwest's application on March 25, 2014. Other timely applications were 

received from JetBlue Airways, proposing one nonstop round trip to Jacksonville, Florida; from 

American Airlines, proposing one nonstop round trip to Islip, New York, and; from People 

Express Airlines, proposing one nonstop round trip on a seasonal basis to each Myrtle Beach, 

South Carolina (April-October) and West Palm Beach, Florida (October-April). 

As the matter is still pending, I cannot comment on the merits of the points raised in your letter. 

However, I can assure you that all applications received by the U.S. Department of 

Transportation will be given due and careful consideration. 

The Department's action on this matter is being administered through a public docket, which 

allows all interested parties the opportunity to comment. Following our normal practice, I am 

placing a copy ofyour letter and this response in docket number DOT-OST-2000-7182. 

I appreciate your interest in this matter. 

Sincerely yours, 

Susan L. Kurland 

Assistant Secretary for 

Aviation and International Affairs 
March 21, 2014 

The Honorable Anthony Foxx 

Secretary of Transportation 

PORT OF OAKLAND 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. 

Washington, DC 20590 

Re: Within-Perimeter Slot Exemptions at Washington National Airport (DCA) 

Docket No: DOT-OST-2000-7182 

Dear Secretary Foxx: 

On behalf of the Board of Port Commissioners, for the Port of Oakland, I write in strong support of 

Southwest Airlines' (Southwest's) application for a pair of slot exemptions at Ronald Reagan 

Washington National Airport (DCA). With these two "within-perimeter" slot exemptions, Southwest 

proposes to continue operating a daily nonstop flight between DCA and Kansas City International 

Airport (MCI) and add same plane through-service to/from Oakland International Airport (OAK) 

beginning in January 2015. 

Southwest has been a major part of the Oakland community since 1989. For the past 25 years, both 

Southwest and OAK have grown and prospered. Today, OAK the 33rd largest airport in the United 

States and Southwest is the largest airline operating at OAK with 97 daily departures to 18 cities, 

including Kansas City. However, despite OAK's growth over the years, it has no direct flights to DCA 

because DCA's 1250-mile perimeter rule. In fact, OAK is the largest airport in the United States 

without direct service to/from DCA. As a result, current travel options between OAK and DCA are 

limited, inconvenient and relatively expensive. 

Southwest's proposal would provide a convenient travel option between OAK and the Nation's 

Capital, as well as stimulate air traffic in an underserved airline market. For this reasons, I respectfully 

request the Department of Transportation to grant a pair of slot exemptions to Southwest so it can 

begin same plane DCA-MCI-OAK air service. 

Thank you in advance for your consideration of this request. 

Respectfully, 

Ces Butner, President 

Board of Port Commissioners 

530 Water Street 11 Jack London Square 11 P.O. Box 2064 11 Oakland/ California 94604-2064 

S 10-14-0027'-ilO"l c 0) 627-1100 11 Facsimile: (51 0) 627-1826 11 Web Page: www.portofoakland.com