### THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON , D
.C

. 20590

The Honorable David P. Joyce U.S. House ofRepresentatives Washington, DC 20515 Dear Congressman Joyce: April 03, 2014

Thank you for your letter regarding the application ofNorwegian Air International Limited (NAI) for authority to conduct U.S. services. Given that a number of interested parties have filed responsive pleadings to NAI's application and this matter is currently pending before the Department, I am sure you understand that I cannot comment on the merits ofNAI's application. I assure you, however, that we will give full and careful consideration to all ofthe pleadings filed on the record before we reach a determination in this matter. As is our standard practice, I am placing a copy ofyour letter and my response in Docket DOT-OST-2013-0204, as a contact outside the record ofthi s case. You may track the progress ofthis case and view the publicly avai lable documents fi led in the docket by accessing the Federal Docket Management System at www.regulations .gov and sea rching for Docket DOT-OST-20 13-0204. I hope this information is helpful. Sincerely,

Anthony R. FoxxDAVID P. JOYCE M E M BER O F C ONG R ESS I 4 TH DI ST R ICT OF OHIO CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WASHINGTON , D
. C.

The Honorable Anthony Foxx Secretary U
.S. Department ofTransportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590 Dear Secretary Foxx: February 20, 2014 COMMITT E E O N APPROPRIATI O NS

I write to express my concern regarding Norwegian Air International Limited (NAI)'s application to operate into the U.S. as a foreign air carrier. The NAI application, should it be accepted, will put U.S. airlines and their employees at a competitive disadvantage. NAI's application provides scant information, but it appears to be in the same corporate family with another carrier, a rapidly-growing low-cost airline, Norwegian Air Shuttle (NAS). NAS has stated that to conduct its new long-haul operations it will seek to register its aircraft and receive an air operator' s certificate from a European Union country whose labor laws will allow outsourcing ofaircrew beyond the EU. NAS/NAI has chosen Ireland and stated that it plans to operate this Irish subsidiary-registered aircraft to fly from Norway and other EU points to the United States
. These flights will be operated by outsourced lower-wage aircrew, based in Southeast Asia, under individual employment contracts governed by Singapore law. This business model would pJ.It U.S. carriers who have to compete against it at a disadvantage, and it appears thatjt is designed to undermine fair wages and working conditions. Approval ofNAI's application for authority would be inconsistent with the Congressionallyestablished public interest as set forth in the aviation statutes and runs afoul ofthe current EUU.S. Air Transport Agreement. I appreciate your attention to this matter.

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