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''‘:'''c7i.;1,4 .,.'.. COUNTY OF HAWAII :•I =;.74 • STATE OF HAWAI I 7TH Gf•M�,i� RESOLUTION NO. 307 12 A RESOLUTION URGING THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION TO APPROVE THE APPLICATION OF HAWAIIAN AIRLINES FOR ALLOCATION OF A NONSTOP ROUTE BETWEEN HANEDA, JAPAN AND KONA, HAWAII. WHEREAS, four major airlines have filed an application with the United States Department of Transportation asking the Federal Government for permission to offer a nonstop route originating at Tokyo's Haneda Airport to four different points in the United States; and WHEREAS, Hawaiian Airlines, the largest airline in the State of Hawai`i, has applied for a nonstop route between Haneda and the Kona International Airport; and WHEREAS, Kona has more visitors who originate from Japan than the 12 existing markets that provide nonstop service to Tokyo, and has been without direct service from Japan since November 2010; and WHEREAS, Tokyo is Kona's largest international origin market, and Kona is the second largest destination market without nonstop service from Tokyo; and WHEREAS, Hawaiian Airlines' extensive neighbor island routes provide frequent connections to other islands within the archipelago, which creates expansion opportunities to other Hawai`i destinations; and WHEREAS, Hawaiian Airlines' A330-200 aircraft, with 294 seats, offers more capacity than the other three airlines applying to the U.S. Department of Transportation for allocation of a nonstop route originating at Haneda; and WHEREAS,there is an established demand for a nonstop service route between Haneda and Kona that will have positive economic impacts on Hawai`i Island, create an opportunity to restore lost service to Japan, and increase the potential for corresponding positive impacts to the State of Hawai`i and the U.S. economy; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII, that the United States Department of Transportation is urged to approve the application of Hawaiian Airlines for allocation of a nonstop route between Haneda, Japan and Kona, Hawai`i.