THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20590 

The Honorable David P. Joyce 

U.S. House of Representatives 

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 of the pleadings filed on the record before we reach a 

determination in this matter. 

As is our standard practice, I am placing a copy of your letter and my response in Docket 

DOT-OST-2013-0204, as a contact outside the record of this case. You may track the progress 

of this case and view the publicly available documents filed in the docket by accessing the 

Federal Docket Management System at www.regulations.gov and searching for Docket 

DOT-OST-20 13-0204. 

I hope this information is helpful. 

Sincerely, 

Anthony R. Foxx 
DAVID P. JOYCE 

M E MBER O F C ONGR ESS 

I 4 TH DISTR ICT OF OHIO 

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES 

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

WASHINGTON , D .C. 

The Honorable Anthony Foxx 

Secretary 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE 

Washington, DC 20590 

Dear Secretary Foxx: 

February 20, 2014 

COMMITTEE O N 

APPROPRIATIO 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 of aircrew 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 of the current EUU.S. Air Transport Agreement. 

I appreciate your attention to this matter. 

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WASHINGTON, D C 205 1!5 

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Sincerely, 

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Member of Congress 

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