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### U.S. Department ofTrcmsporte2tion O.ffioe of the Secretary ofTransportation


### TheHonorable Ana HernandezLuna State Representative, District 143 Texas House ofRepresentatives PO Box2910 Austin, TX 78768-2910 DearMs. Luna: Ass.istant Secretary


### January 18, 2013 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590

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### Thankyou for your letterto Secretary ofTransportation RayLaHood, supporting the application ofSouthwestAirlines (Southwest) for two within-perimeter slot exemptions at Ronald Reagan WashingtonNational Airport (DCA). Southwestproposes to serve Houston's William P. Hobby Airportwith one nonstop round trip perday from DCA. Secretary LaHood askedthatI respond to you on his behalf. We received Southwest's application onDecember 5, 2012. Othertimely applications were received from JetBlue Airways, proposing one nonstop round trip to JacksonvilleInternational Airport, Florida, and from 

## US Airways, proposing one nonstop round Uip to Will Rogers World AirportinOklahomaCity. As the matter is still pending, I cannot commenton the merits ofthe points raised in your letter. However, I can assure youthat all applications receivedby the

## U.S. Department of Transportation will be given due and careful consideration. The Department'saction on this matter is being administeredthrough apublic docket, which**~mows** 

### all interested parties the opportunity to comment. Followingour normalpractice, I am placing a copy ofyour letter and this response in docket number DOT-OST-2000-7182. I appreciate your interest in this matter. Sincerely yours,

Susan L. 

### Kurland Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs

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# ANA HERNANDEZ LUNA

December 13, 2012 The Hanorable Raymond H. LaHood Secretary ofTransportation U.S. Department ofTransportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. Washington, DC 

### 20590 Re: Docket No. DOT-OST-2000-7182 Dear Secretary LaHood: 

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## 143 Dll'I'TRICT ()FTJCt;: i 233 MERCilnY DRlVE lit ll:STON, TX 77029 (7J3) o75Cl\596 F,\x: (713-) 6'75-i\599

I write to express my support 

### of Southwest Airlines' (Southwest's} application to begin 

### daily nonstop service between Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport {DCA} and Houston Hobby Airport (Hobby). Southwest has been an important part of the Greater Houston community for over 40 years. Southwest continues to grow in Houston, and now operates over 140 daily departures at Hobby to over three dozen cities throughout the United States. As the State Representative for part of Houston's East End as well as eastern Harrls County, 

### I can attestto the benefit 

### that Southwest has broughtto 

### the regional community. DCA is one of the few major airports not served directly by Southwest from Hobby. In fact, 

## no airline flies directly between DCA and Hobby. It is long overdue for Houston's downtown airport and Washington, DC's downtown airport 

### to be linked with daily nonstop air service. Through new DCA-Houston service, Southwest proposes to attract tens-ofthousand ofnewpassengers and generate millions ofdollars ofconsumer benefits annually in 

### the DCA-Houston market. For these reasons, I respectfully ask the Department of Transportation to approve Southwest's application. As one of the largest and fastest growing cities in the United States, Greater Houston is deserving of more options and access to/from the nation's Capital. Thank you for your consideration ofthis request. Kind regards,



### Ana Hernandez Luna State Representative District 143