### THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATiON WASHINGTON, DC 20590



### The Honorable Terri A. Sewell U.S. House: ofRepresentatives Washington, DC 20515


### Dear Congresswoman Sewell: September 2014

Thankyou for your letter supporting the applicatiot.l submitted by Montgomery Regional Airport 

### fOl:' a grant under the U.S. Department ofTra:nsportation's Small Community Air Service Development.Program.
The S.mall.Community Air Service Development Program was established to help smaller communities address air service**deficiencie~,** 

### particularly issues related .to high airfares rutd insufficient service. 

### Under the statute, the Department may make a**ma~imum** 

### of40 grant awards each year,..although no more than four may be to communities in the same**State~** 

### To provide communities with latitude in developing s.olutions to their air service deficiencies, the statute provides flexibility in the types ofair service development projects that can be funded.
On 

### June 30, 

### the**Departmen~t** 

### issued an order setting a 

### deadline ofJuly 3 i 

### for applications. As these grant requests are pending before the Department, I 

### cannot comment on the merits ofany particularproposal. 

### 1assure you. however. that 

### the Department 

### will give 

### full and fair consideration to all prop.osals that have been properly filed.
As is our standard practice, I am placing a copy ofyour lettet· and this response in Docket DOT

### ·OST-2014-011 

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## as a. contact outside the record of

### this matter, 

### 1appreciate your interest in this progt·am.COMMITTEE ON FINANCIAL. SERVICES HOUSE PERMANENT · SE:LE:CT COMMtTTE:E ON INTEL.!-JGENCE

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## TERRl A. SEWELL CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ALABAMA, DISTR1CT 7 CHIEF .DEPUIY WHIP

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### U.S. Department ofTranspofult:ion 

### 12;00 New**J~f$¢Y** Ave.,SE**W~shit1gton,** DC 20590 

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Dear Secretary Foxx:
On behalf of the. Sevep.th Congl'essional District of Alabama, I write to extep.d my full support ofthe application submitted by the**re~resentatives** from the Montgomery Regional Airport (KMGM) in., reference to the 

### Small CommunityAirService Development Grant Program administered throughthe US Department ofTransportation.
Alabama's Capital City airport enjoys air carrier and General Aviation traffic as well supporting an F-16 Air G.uardUnit (18i11 TFW) and an Army Guard Aviation Support Facility (AASF#l). Funding**~qugh** this**~t:Qgrai:n** will allow Montgomery Regional Airport to improve air service to the Central Alabama River ';Region

.. A recent study by Sixel Airport Consulting revealed that KMGM suffers a loss ofover 70%.o.fthe flying passengers within the airport's capture area. That is, over 70% ofthe airline passengers that sbould be flying out ofMontgomery Regional Airport are utilizing other airports, usually Atlanta or 

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### $200,000 gl'ant to fuml marketmg**initlati\~a** ,that 

### .will allevi?-te *e lqss 

### of bu$iriess by demonstrating to the air .carder passengers in the atea the many advru1tages of utiliziM:. Montgomery Regiop.al Airport. In addition to these efforts, the Airport Authority partnered with the Montgomery Area Chamber of Commerce and added a full-time Development team to their staff. This**~:~~ll~~~·,,,I!~GilE1tu\J(a1rpc>rt~lia~;~fijlicn** tdOffedts passengers and the citizens ofthe CentralAJaban:ia.River ;Re,giqn.
lam proud to offer my 

### ilJ.Il support for this application and. tharikyqu in advance for your**conside!'aJ:io:tA~** Please contact my office ifior a.member ofmy staffmay be offlll'ther assistance at(205)**254-1960~** · . Sincerely,

TERRI A. SEWELL Member ofCongress

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