THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C. 20590

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The Honorable Aaron Schock U.S. House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515

Dear Congressman Schock:

Thank you for your letter supporting the application of JetBlue Airways for beyond-perimeter slot exemptions at Ronald Reagan Washingtou National Airport (DCA). JetBlue's application proposes to serve Luis Mufioz Marin Airport in Puerto Rico with one round trip per day from DCA.

Under authority granted iu the FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012, the U.S. Department ofTransportation will be awarding to new entrant or limited incumbent carriers a total of eight slot exemptions at DCA, which would support four daily round trips.

We received JetBlue's application, which also proposes one daily round trip to**Austin~ Te~as,**  on March 

### 12. Other timely applications were received from Air Canada, proposing one round trip to Vancouver, British Columbia; Alaska Airlines, one round tdp to Portland, Orego11,. and
one round trip to San Diego; Frontier Airlines, one round trip to Colorado Springs and beyond to San Diego; Southwest Airlines, one round trip to Austin and San Diego beyond; Sun Country Airlines, one round trip to Las Vegas: and Virgin America, Inc., two round trips to San Francisco.

As the matter is still pending, I cannot comment on the merits of the points raised in your letter. However, I can assure you that all applications the Department received will be given full and fair consideration and will be evaluated against the selection criteria specified in the statute.

The Department's action on this matter is being administered through a public docket, which allows all interested parties the opportunity to com.ment. Following our normal practice, 1 am placing a copy of your lette.r and nse in docket number DOT -2012 9.**AA~S'CHOCK** "'**~;1i~~R!Cf,IWN!'.!IS**

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