### INDEX OF LETTERS OF SUPPORT SET 1 of 2

1. Governor of the State of Hawaii 2. United States Congressional De legation for State of Hawaii 3. Hawaii State Senate Delegation 4. Chair of the Hawaii State Senate Comm ittee on Transportation, International and Intergovernmental Affairs 5. Speaker of the Hawaii State House of Representatives
6. Chair of the Hawaii State House of Representatives Committee on Tourism, Culture and International Affairs
7. Mayor of the County of Hawaii 8. Mayor of the City and County of Honolulu 9. Hawaii Chamber of Commerce 10. Hawaii Visitors & Convention Bureau 11. Hawaii Convention Center 12. President and CEO of the Hawaii Tourism Authority 13. Vice President of Brand Management of the Hawaii Tourism Authority 14. Mayor of the City of San Jose 15. Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport 16. Sacramento Convention & Visitors Bureau 17. Oakland Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce 18. Hawaii Hotel & Lodging Association 19. Kauai Visitors Bureau 20. Maui Visitors Bureau 21. Maui Hotel & Lodging Association 22. Oahu Visitors Bureau 23. Waikiki Improvement Association 24. Hawaii Business Roundtable 25. Enterprise Honolulu, The Oahu Economic Development Board 26. First Hawaiian Bank 27. Central Pacific Bank 28. Hawaii Medical Service Association 29. The Queen’s Health Systems 30. James Campbell Company LLC 31. The MacNaughton Group 32. Aon Risk Services, Inc. of Hawaii 33. Castle & Cooke 34. JAIMS 35. Island Movers, Inc. 36. Hawaiian Electric Company, Inc. 37. Retail Merchants of Hawaii 38. C.S. Wo & Sons, Ltd. 39. DFS Group Docket OST-2010-0018

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STATE CAPITOL HONOLULU, HAWAII 96813



### March 

### 3,2010

Secretary Ray 

### LaHood
U.S. Department 

### of Transportation

1200 

### New Jersey 

### Ave, SE Washington, 

### D.C. 20590

Dear Secretary 

### LaHood:



### Re: Application of Hawaiian 

### Airlines in the 2010 U.S.-Haneda 

### Combination Services 

### Allocation
Proceedins. DOT-OST-2O1 0-00 1 8



## As the Chair 

# of the Hawaii S".ru,J Committee 

## on Transportation, 

### International and Intergovernmental 

### Affairs, 

### I write to recommend 

### Hawaiian 

### Airlines be awarded the 

### authority to 

### initiate daily non-stop 

### flight service between 

### Honolulu and Haneda 

### Airport in Tokyo, Japan. 

### In
the course 

### of my Committee's oversight authority 

### of airlines 

### in Hawaii, 

## I have 

### found Hawaiian 

### Airlines to be 

### prompt, efficient, reliable, and dedicated 

### in providing 

### air seryices. 

## I have also 

### found 

### Mark Dunkerley, President 

### and 

### Chief Executive 

### Officer 

## of Hawaiian 

### Airlines, 

### to be
sincere and honest 

### in his testimony on issues 

### facing Hawaii, including his 

### testimony in the wake 

## of the demise 

## of Aloha Airlines 

## in 2008, 

### which was 

### very helpful 

## to the Committee in understanding the economics 

### of airline carriers.



### As you know, Hawaiian 

### Airlines is the only local airline 

### with the 

### capability 

### of flying nonstop
between Japan and 

### Hawaii. Japan 

### is a 

### critical tourism market 

### for Hawaii and 

### Hawaii is the most 

### preferred 

### travel destination 

### for the Japanese. 

### The importance 

### of increased 

### tourism 

### to Hawaii

cannot be 

### overstated. Tourism is the mainstay 

### of Hawaii's economy, and 

### Hawaiian 

### Airlines is a 

### major transporter 

### of tourists to and 

### from Hawaii as 

### well as between the 

### Islands. The impact 

### of a 

### Hawaiian 

### Airlines direct route between 

### Honolulu and Haneda 

### will be a 

### much needed economic


### stimulus 

### to Hawaii in terms of 

### job creation, enhanced 

### tax revenues, and 

### the compound 

### effect 

### of transportation services 

### upon 

### the 

### economy. This new service 

## will also be an important step 

### in creating 

### new economic and 

### cultural opportunities 

### for this State, and 

### I might also add 

### that since
about 

### one-third of Hawaii's population is 

### of Japanese ancestry, awarding the direct route between 

### Honolulu and Haneda 

### Airport to Hawaiian 

### Airlines is the sensible and 

### logical choice.Secretarv Rav LaHood 

### iutut.tt 

### 3,2010 Page2

Please 

### give Hawaiian 

### Airlines every consideration 

### in awarding 

### it the route between Haneda and 

### Honolulu.



# Sincerely, ^

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Chair, Senate 

### Committee on Transportation, 

### International, and 

### Intergovemmental 

### AffairsKaua‘i Visitors Bureau • 4334 Rice Street, Suite 101 • Lihu‘e, Hawai‘i, USA 96766 Telephone: (808) 245-3971 • Facsimile: (808) 246-9235 • E-mail: kauai@hvcb.org • www.kauaidiscovery.com 

### March 2, 2010

Secretary Ray LaHood U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Ave, SE Washington, DC 20590

RE: Application of Hawaiian Airlines in the 2010 U.S.-Haneda Combination Services Allocation Proceeding, DOT-OST-2010-0018

Dear Secretary LaHood:

As the Executive Director of the Kaua‘i Visitors Bureau (KVB), I represent an organization charged with mark eting the Island of Kaua‘i.

KVB has 225 members, which includes a variety of hotels, condominiums, vacation rentals, retail shops, and activity providers (boat tours, air tours, kayak, hiking, zipline, ATV, surfing, etc.). We promote tourism utilizing consum er and travel trade print advertising, radio, television spots, with an emphasis on public relatio ns, to name just a few elements. One of our consistently reliable partners for prom otions has been Hawaiian Airlines.

I am writing to express my strong support for Hawaiian’s application to provide flights between Honolulu and Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. Hawaiian’s proposed daily service from Haneda is an exciting prospect that will make travel to Hawai‘i more convenient and accessible for Japanese tourists visiting Hawai‘i and bring some much-needed competition that will benefit all travelers flying this route.

Tourism is far and away Hawai‘i’s most important industry and visitors coming from Japan are crucial to its success and the overall economic well being of the state of Hawai‘i. If Hawaiian is allowed to offer flights from Japan , the economic benefits will extend to Hawai‘i businesses on all islands and help create ne w jobs for residents statewide.

Accordingly, I believe the awarding of Ha neda route rights to Hawaiian by the Department of Transportation is in the public’s b est interest and that the application submitted by Hawaiian should be granted.

Sincerely,

Susan A. Kanoho Executive Director Kaua‘i Visitors Bureau1727-B Wili Pa Loop • Wailuku, HI 96793 • 808/244-8625 • 808/244-3094 fax • info@mauihla.org 

### February 26, 2010

Secretary Ray LaHood US Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Ave., SE Washington, DC 20590

RE: Application of Hawaiian Air lines in the 2010 U.S. – Haneda Combination Services Allocation Proceeding, DOT-OST-2010-0018

Dear Secretary LaHood,

I represent the Maui Hotel & Lodging Associ ation (MHLA). MHLA is comprised of over 120 accommodation properties and businesses on Maui; a nd collectively, our membership employs over 10,000 residents. MHLA is the legisl ative arm of the Visitor Industry.

MHLA strongly supports Hawaiian Ai rlines’ application for author ity to serve Tokyo’s Haneda Airport. For many years, visitors from Japan have been an integral part of the visitor industry in Hawaii. These valued visitors positively impact our businesses - as Japanese travelers are amongst the highest spending visitors in Hawaii. Hawaiian Airlines’ proposed new daily service from Haneda will provide a convenient way to access to our island paradi se, thus making travel even more desirable to the highly treasured Japanese consumer.

The economic impact of allowing this service woul d be substantial to our visitor industry based economy. Tourism is the economic engine of Hawaii; and the majority of our businesses in Hawaii rely upon visitor revenues to surviv e. The approval of this applica tion would be a significant boost to our struggling economy.

MHLA strongly urges you to gran t Hawaiian Airlines’ application.

Sincerely,

Carol Reimann Executive Director

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