The FAA's primary constraint is runway capacity, but the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, the airport's operator, also will continue to review proposed schedules for gates, facility, customs. immigration, or similar roundside constraints. The FAA and the Port Authority recognize that separate coordination process for runway slots and gate and tenninal slots is a burden for carriers and, therefore, the process is under review in order to facilitate cohimunication and reduce the administrative workload. LATA will he consulted regarding "best practices" in use at other coordinated airports.

The FAA plans to finalize summer 2008 schedules with carriers within the next few weeks. Even if the FAA were to be fully successful in reaching agreement on schedule plans under Level 2 for summer 2008. the FAA now believes that an IATA Level 3 Coordinated Airport designation is warranted to ensure there is no exceedance of the level of operations the FAA will allow for summer 2008. The Level 3 status also 'ill set carrier expectations for future coordination needs and for the need to schedule new operations during periods when the airport has the available capacity.