THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATiON 

WASHINGTON, DC 20590 

The Honorable Terri A. Sewell 

U.S. House: of Representatives 

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 of 40 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 of air service development projects that can be funded. 

On June 30, the Departmen~t issued an order setting a deadline of July 3 i for applications. As 

these grant requests are pending before the Department, I cannot comment on the merits of any 

particularproposal. 1 assure 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 of your lettet· and this response in Docket 

DOT ·OST -2014-011 3 as a. contact outside the record of this matter, 1 appreciate your interest in 

this progt·am. 
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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 of the 

application submitted by the re~resentatives from the Montgomery Regional Airport (KMGM) in., 

reference to the Small Community Air Service Development Grant Program administered through the US 

Department of Transportation. 

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 of over 

70%.o.fthe flying passengers within the airport's capture area. That is, over 70% ofthe airline passengers 

that sbould be flying out of Montgomery Regional Airport are utilizing other airports, usually Atlanta or 

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The Ah:pqr:t i~. seeking this $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 of the Central AJaban:ia.River ;Re,giqn. 

lam proud to offer my ilJ.Il support for this application and. tharik yqu in advance for your conside!'aJ:io:tA~ 

Please contact my office ifior a.member of my staff may be offlll'ther assistance at(205) 254-1960~ · . 

Sincerely, 

TERRI A. SEWELL 

Member of Congress 

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