U.S. Department Assistant Secretary of Transportation Office ofthe Secretary ofTransportation 

## APR 07.2014

Mr. Ces Butner President, BoardofPort Commissioners Port ofOakland 530 Water Street P.O. Box 2064 Oakland, CA 94604-2064 DearMr. Butner: 

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1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590



### Thankyoufor your letterto Secretary ofTransportation Anthony Foxx, supportingthe application ofSouthwestAirlines (Southwest) for two within-perimeter slot exemptions at Ronald ReaganWashingtonNational Airport (DCA). Southwestproposes to serve Kansas City International Airport with one nonstop roundtrip per day from DCA. Secretary Foxx askedthat I respond to you onhis behalf. Wereceived Southwest's application onMarch25, 2014. Othertimely applications were received from JetBlue Airways, proposing one nonstop round trip to Jacksonville, Florida; from American Airlines, proposing onenonstop roundtrip 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 WestPalmBeach, Florida (October-April). As the matteris still pending, I cannot comment onthe merits ofthe points raised in your letter. However, I can assure youthat all applications receivedbythe U.S. Department of Transportation will be given due and careful consideration. TheDepartment's action onthis matter is being administered through a public docket, which allows all interestedpartiesthe opportunity to comment. Following our normal practice, I am placing a copy ofyourletter and this response indocket number DOT-OST-2000-7182. I appreciate your interestinthis matter. Sincerely yours,

Susan L. Kurland Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International AffairsMarch 21, 2014
The Honorable Anthony Foxx Secretary ofTransportation 

# PORT OF OAKLAND

U.S. Department ofTransportation 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 ofthe Board of Port Commissioners, for the Port of Oakland, I write in strong support of SouthwestAirlines' (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 ofthe 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 ofTransportation 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 ofthis 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 

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