U.S. De partment of Transportation Office of the Secretary of T ro nsporta tion



### Mr. Phillip N. Brown A.A.E. Executive Director Greater Orlando Aviation Authority Orlando International Airport One Jeff Fuqua Boulevard Orlando, Florida 32827-4399 Dear Mr. Brown: Ass i sta n t S ecre tary 

## MAR 21 2014 1200 New Jarsey Avenue , SE Washington, DC 2 0590



### Thank you for your letter to Secretary Foxx regarding the application of Norwegian Air International Limited (NAI) for authority to conduct U.S. services, cosigned by Mr. Frank Kruppenbacher. I am responding on behalf of the Secretary. 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. [assure you, however, that we will give full and careful cons id eration to a ll of the pleadings filed o n the r eco rd 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

-20 13-0 204, 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. A similar letter is being sent to Mr. Kruppenbachcr. I hope this information is helpful.

510- 140113-021 

### Sincerely yours,

Susan 

## L. Kurland Assistant Secretary for A vi ation and International AffairsU.S. De partment of Transportation 

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### Mr. Frank Kruppenbacher Chairman Greater Orlando Aviation Authority Orlando International Airport One Jeff Fuqua Boul evard Orlando , Florida 32827-4399 Dear Mr. Kruppenbacher: Ass i sta nt S ecre tary 

# MAR 21 2014 1200 N ew J e rsey Avenu e, SE Washington , DC 20 5 90



### Thank you for your letter to Secretary Foxx regarding the application of Norwegian Air International Limited (NAI) for authority to conduct U.S. services, cosigned by Mr. Phillip N. Brown. I am responding on behalf of the Secretary. 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 s t andard 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.rcgulations.gov and searching for Docket DOT-OST-2013-0204. A similar letter is being sent to Mr. 

### Brown. I hope this information is helpful.



### 510-140113-021 Sincerely yours,

# ~ Susan L. Kurland Ass istant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs01 / 13 / 14 1 5:30 

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GREATER ORLANDO AVIATION AUTHORITY Orlando :nlernational**Airpo~t** One Jeff Fuqua Boulevard Orlando, Florida 32827-4399

The Greate ;· Orla:1do Aviat Lon Authority (GOAA) supports Norwegian Air International Limited's c · pplication**i~** t: he above

- referenced docket for authority to previae foreign scheduled
... nd charter air transportat:ion to the full extent permitted under the U.S.- BU

- Iceland · Norway ope : skies Air**Tr~nspor t**  Agreement: o f 20 11. One of GOAl , 's**pr ncipa~**  missions is to increase in t ernational flights options at Orlando Interna t ional Airport (MC O ). Doi n g so is g ood for au:::- passenger and cargo customers**s** it: expan :ls**co mp** **eti~iv~** c h oice by iDproving cravel convenience. I t: also is ve ry im{i .;JrLan:: to t. he Central !' lori da econ omy whose number one indu st ry is tourism worlh ov e r $52 bi lli o. dollars aru1·.:a::.ly. Inte rnationa l air service at Orlando !nternatior,3.1. ls an eJ:gine that ho<!.Lps drive signlfica:1.t eco n omic activity in Ce::1tral Florida whi

_ e creatin•J and supp orting r.ens of thousands of jobs. \· Je ] oak fo rward to welcom:ing K-:Jrwegian A.•. r Shuttle's**m~w** non stop flights to MCO ::his summer. GOAA knows Norwegian !> i.r S huttl e ' s new l1CO service will be great news f o:: the Ce::1tral Florida economy,**op~ning** up a :r..:. that we haV E! to o ffe r t o the large null\bers of new customers who are**emP, ~·** **lwered** to t : ravel to the Uni ted Sta:.es by the introduction of :ow-cost carrier air service. Such innovative, pro-consumer, pro-compet:.itive service is exactly wha. che UnitE:d Scates intended co achieve .i n concluding t h e open skies agreemen: w .'. th Europe. GOAA also i •, pleased tha t: Norwegian Air**Shutt~e** is committed to the highest safety standard. t operates state-of-art, new Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircra ft:, and N orwegian has a cont:.r, ct: wiLh Bc
.,'!.i ng to pro vi d e regular maintenance on them
. Norweg ian Jl.ir Shuttle place s to err.plc

- y 150 flight attendants and crew in Florida and, we hope, the success of '.' he Orl andc service will cause Florida crew h.i ring's t o increas e beyond that. l;le b .,rther u nderscand t hat all crew, irrespective of nationality, 1-lil 1 be fu lly subj ect to ': urop ean and US safecy and compecency oversight and regulat.ion. We also understa nd
. bat a ll**cn ~w**  based in Florida will be fully subject to and e ntitled to the pro t ections of U
. S. Fe1eral and State of Florida employment and labor laws and regula tio ns . Secretary F c-•x .x, our passengers and Cen tral Florida look forward to benefitt i ng from new Norwegian Air Shutcle service t o O r lando. We are confident that new service will be succ es sf, , l and hopeful it will grow over the years.**T~~** you for considering our views in**su~port** of**No wegian**  Air Internati o nal Limited's pending application. Sincerely,

Phi .:. lip N

. El,· own Executive**Di~ecto r**  

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