U.S. Department 

of Transportation 

Office of the Secretary 

of T ronsportation 

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: 

Assistant Secretary 

MAR 21 2014 

1200 New Jarsey Avenue, SE 

Washington, DC 20590 

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 consideration to all of the pleadings filed on the record 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 -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.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 at ion and International Affairs 
U.S. Department 

of Transportation 

Office of the Secretory 

of Transportation 

Mr. Frank Kruppenbacher 

Chairman 

Greater Orlando Aviation Authority 

Orlando International Airport 

One Jeff Fuqua Boulevard 

Orlando, Florida 32827-4399 

Dear Mr. Kruppenbacher: 

Assistant Secretary 

MAR 21 2014 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE 

Washington, DC 20590 

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 standard 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 

Assistant Secretary for 

Aviation and International Affairs 
01 / 13/ 14 15:30 FAX 

January 1:: 2014 

·rhe Honora l)le Ar.thcny R. ?oxx 

Secret:ary 

Department of •rranspc.rtation 

1.200 New J -.:rsey Avenue, S. E . 

Washington DC 2059( 

Re: NORi•EGIAN AIR I NTERNATIONAl, :OTMITED 

Docl Q.L_No. OS'l'- 2013-02_Qi 

Dear Sec~et a::::-y Foxx: 

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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: of 2011. 

One of GOAl, 's pr ncipa~ missions is to increase int ernational flights options at 

Orlando Internat ional Airport (MCO). Doing so is g ood for au:::- passenger and cargo 

customers s it: expan :ls competi~iv~ ch oice by iDproving cravel convenience. I t: also 

is very im{i.;JrLan:: to t.he Central !'lorida econ omy whose number one industry is tourism 

worlh ove r $52 bi lli o. dollars aru1·.:a::.ly. Inte rnational air service at Orlando 

!nternatior,3.1. ls an eJ:gine that ho<!.Lps drive signlfica:1.t econ omic activity in Ce::1tral 

Florida whi _e creatin•J and supp orting r.ens of thousands of jobs. \·Je ] oak forward to 

welcom:ing K-:Jrwegian A.•. r Shuttle's m~w nonstop flights to MCO ::his summer. GOAA knows 

Norwegian !> i.r Shuttle ' s new l1CO service will be great news f o:: the Ce::1tral Florida 

economy, op~ning up a :r..:. that we haVE! to o ffer 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 aircraft:, and Norwegian 

has a cont:.r, ct: wiLh Bc.,'!.i ng to provid e regular maintenance on them . Norwegian Jl.ir 

Shuttle places to err.plc-y 150 flight attendants and crew in Florida and, we hope, the 

success of '.'he Orlandc service will cause Florida crew h.i ring's t o increase beyond 

that. l;le b .,rther underscand t hat all crew, irrespective of nationality, 1-lil 1 be fully 

subject to ': urop ean and US safecy and compecency oversight and regulat.ion. We also 

understand . bat a ll cn~w based in Florida will be fully subject to and e ntitled to the 

prot ections of U. S. Fe1eral and State of Florida employment and labor laws and 

regulations. 

Secretary Fc-•x.x, our passengers and Cen tral Florida look forward to benefitti ng from 

new Norwegian Air Shutcle service t o Or lando. We are confident that new service will 

be successf,, l and hopeful it will grow over the years. T~~ you for considering our 

views in su~port of No wegian Air International Limited's pending application. 

Sincerely, 

Phi.:. lip N . El,·own 

Executive Di~ector 

510-140113-021 

Frank K::::-uppenbacher 

Chairman 
01 / 13/ 14 15: 29 FAX 

Fax 

To: Office of the DOT Secretary Foxx 

Greater Orlando 

Aviation Authority 

From: Phil Brown 

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Fax: 202.366._. 7.=.. 20.:..;;2:,__ _ ______ P_a...::g~e_s : -.=..2 _ _ _ _____ _ 

Date: January 13, 2014 

Re: MCO Support of Norwegian 

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Commems: 

Following-:please find and include on Docket No. OST-2013-0204, the comments and support 

of Norw&£lian Air International Limited's application from the Greater Orlando Aviation 

Authority{Orlando International Airpc11t 

Thank yo;, I. 

SfFJY· ~ ri Jaramillo - vjaramillo@goaa.org 

Dl. r of Marketing 

Orlando International Airport 

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