### The City of



# OKLAHOMA CITY

Department of Airports

7100 Terminal Drive, Box 937, Oklahoma City, OK 73159

- 0937 • 405/316

- 3200 December 19, 2012

The Honorable Ray LaHood

Secretary of Transportation

U.S. Department of Transportation

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE

Washington, DC 20590

Re: Application of US Airways to Serve Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport from Oklahoma

City; Docket No. OST

- 2000

- 7182

Dear Secretary LaHood:

Attached please find letters from the following government officials, civic leaders, and business leaders

in support of US Airways’ application to provide service from Ronald Reagan Washington National

Airport to Oklahoma City’s Will Rogers World Airport. I urge you to strongly consider these

endorsements, as they reflect the overall sentiment of our business community and other local

stakeholders.

 Mark Kranenburg, Director of Airports, City of Oklahoma City Department of Airports

 Oklahoma U.S. Congressional Delegation

 Mary Fallin, Governor, State of Oklahoma

 Senator Brian Bingman, President Pro Tempore, Oklahoma State Senate

 Representative T.W. Shannon, Speaker

- elect, Oklahoma House of Representatives

 Mick Cornett, Mayor of the City of Oklahoma City

 Larry McAtee, Councilman, Ward 3, City of Oklahoma City; Trustee, Oklahoma City Airport Trust

 Gary Marrs, Councilman, Ward 1, Cit y of Oklahoma City; Surrogate Trustee, Oklahoma City

Airport Trust

 Brad Henry, Former Governor of the State of Oklahoma

 David L. Boren, President, University of Oklahoma; Former Governor of the State of Oklahoma;

Former Oklahoma U.S. Senator

 David Walters, President, Walters Power International; Former Governor of the State of

Oklahoma

 James D. Couch, City Manager , City of Oklahoma City; Trustee

, Oklahoma City Airport Trust

 Kirk Humphreys, Chairman, The Humphreys Company; Vice Chairman, Oklahoma City Airpo rt

Trust; Former Ma yor of Oklahoma City

 Terry Salmon, President, Computer System Designers; Trustee, Oklahoma City Airport Trust

 Roy Williams, President, Greater Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce

 J. Larry Nichols, Executive Chairman, Devon Energy Corporat ion

# Oklahoma State Senate

Senator Brian Bingman

President Pro Tempore

District 12 State Capitol Building

Creek & Okfuskee County 2300 N. Lincoln Blvd., Room 422

Oklahoma City, OK 73105

Office: (405) 521

- 5528

Fax : (405) 521

- 5578

Bingman@oksenate.gov



### December 12, 2012

The Honorable Ray LaHood

Secretary of T ransportation

U. S. Department of Transportation

1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E.

Washington, D.C. 20590

Dear Secretary LaHood,

The prospec t of adding daily non stop air service from Oklahoma City to Ronald Reagan Nati onal

Airport via U.S. Airways

, as wel l as additional service to Charlo tte

, is a significant and exciting

development I wholeheartedly support.

Oklahoma City ’ s vibrant economy is spurring impressive growth and dev elopment in key sec tors

including aerospace, defense and energy

. Currently, no airline serving Oklahoma City offers non

- stop

s ervice to Washington D.C. (DCA). The addition of such a service would greatly benefit the needs of

Oklahoma City ’ s business and leisure consumers.

Gi ven its size and vibrancy, I ’ m surprised OKC / DCA service is not already established

, particularly

considering it is the largest city within 1,250 miles of DCA without nonstop service

. Therefore, I

respectfully request that the Department of Transportation a ward the slot exemptions at issue

, and allow

nonstop air access between Oklahoma City and the n ation ’ s C apita l.

Thank you for your consideration.

Sincerely,

Brian Bingman

President P ro

- Tempore

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