BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________ ) Application of ) ) HAWAIIAN AIRLINES, INC. ) Docket OST-2007-29103 ) for renewal of exemption pursuant to ) 49 U.S.C. § 40109 ) (U.S.-Philippines) ) __________________________________________)

APPLICATION OF HAWAIIAN AIRLINES, INC. FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION
Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to:
Mark B. Dunkerley Jonathan B. Hill President & CEO J. Parker Erkmann Benjamin M. Berlin Dow Lohnes PLLC Hoyt Zia 1200 New Hampshire Ave., NW Senior VP, General Counsel & Suite 800 Corporate Secretary Washington, D.C. 20036-6802 202-776-2000 jhill@dowlohnes.com perkmann@dowlohnes.com Dan Burruss bberlin@dowlohnes.com Senior Director, Asia/Pacific Business Development Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. P.O. Box 30008 Honolulu, HI 96820 Counsel for Hawaiian Airlines, Inc.

May 2, 2013BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________ ) Application of ) ) HAWAIIAN AIRLINES, INC. ) Docket OST-2007-29103 ) for renewal of exemption pursuant to ) 49 U.S.C. § 40109 ) (U.S.-Philippines) ) __________________________________________)

APPLICATION OF HAWAIIAN AIRLINES, INC. FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and Subpart C of the Department’s Procedural Rules, 14 C.F.R. § 302.301 et seq. , Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. (“Hawaiian”) applies for renewal of its exemption initially granted Se ptember 28, 2007 authorizing it to engage in scheduled foreign air trans portation of persons, property, and mail between the United States and the Philippines. See NOAT, Docket OST 2007-29103 (Sept. 28, 2007); NOAT, Docket OST 2007-29103 (Aug. 19, 2009) (renewal of exemption); NOAT, Docket OST 2007-29103 (July 11, 2011) (renewal of exemption). 1 The Air Transport Agreement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Repub lic of the Philippines (“Air Transport Agreement”) provides for the designation of three U.S. carriers on Route 2. Currently, three U.S. carriers, Hawaiian, Delta, and C ontinental Micronesia, are operating on Route

1 Hawaiian herewith invokes the provisions of 5 U.S. C. § 558(c) to continue operations under its existing authority until final action has been taken on this request for renewal of its exemption.2 2. Hawaiian, a certificated U.S. carrier with operating authority to other foreign destinations, requests that the Depart ment of Transportation (“DOT” or the “Department”) renew the present exemption to allow Hawaiian to continue to operate in the U.S.-Philippines market on Route 2. In support of this application, Hawaiian states as follows:
1. Hawaiian was founded in 1929 and serves over thirty domestic and international destinations (including codeshare destinations) in the continental United States and the Pacific region. It specializ es in air transportation among the Hawaiian Islands and bringing visitors to Hawaii from points in the United States, South Pacific, Asia, and Australia.
2. Hawaiian provides regular service to the South P acific and provides daily service to Hawaii from more cities than any other airline. Hawaiian seeks a renewal of this exemption to enable it to continue to provide scheduled fore ign air transportation from the United States to the Philippines.
3. Specifically, Hawaiian requests the following renewal authority as presently granted pursuant to the NOAT: Scheduled foreign air transportatio n of persons, property, and mail between the United States via intermediate points to the Philippines and beyond.
4. The Air Transport Agreement, which entered into force on September 16, 1982, expressly authorizes three U.S. carriers to serve these points in Annex I. Paragraph (1)(a) to Article 3 of the Air Transport Agr eement provides that “each Party shall have the right: (a) to designate up to three airlin es to perform scheduled combination service on Route 2 of Annex I.” Hawaiian requests that its present authority to serve the3 requested markets pursuant to Paragraph 1(a) of Article 3 of the Ai r Transport Agreement be renewed.
5. Hawaiian has offered this scheduled air service between Honolulu, Hawaii and Manila, Philippines since April 2008 usi ng Boeing 767 aircraft and has integrated A330 into its fleet. Hawaiian has operated w ith four or greater frequencies per week.
6. Hawaiian’s current authority expires on July 11, 2013. Although Hawaiian plans to discontinue service to the Philippines effective August 1, 2013, Hawaiian requests a full two-y ear renewal of its exemption in order to maintain the regulatory flexibility to provide service to the Philippines should demand and market conditions so dictate.
7. The Department has repeatedly found Hawaiian fit, willing, and able to provide scheduled foreign air transpor tation of persons, property, and mail. 2 Hawaiian holds Certificates of Public Convenien ce and Necessity to provide foreign air transportation of persons, prope rty, and mail on various routes to the South Pacific and Australia. There have been no material ch anges within the compa ny that would affect those prior fitness findings.
8. Hawaiian will continue to abide by all of the conditions and limitations the Department attaches to exemption authorities.

2 Hawaiian requests that the Department take official notice of the financial information that Hawaiian provides to the Department on a regular basis.