Applications and Petitions: None Answers and Replies: LaGuardia Congestion Management - Comments of Univ. Cal. Irvine Department of Economics Operating Limitations at Newark - Supplemental Comments of Porter Airlines Orders and Notices: Winter 2008/2009 Scheduling Season - JFK/Newark and O'Hare Submission Deadlines Rules and Regulations: None Grant of Petitions: None

	New York LaGuardia Airport Congestion Management Rule FAA-2006-25709 May 2008 Slot-Based Approaches to Airport Congestion Management - Comments of University of California, Irvine Department of Economics By: Jan Brueckner, jkbrueck@uci.edu Index Operating Limitations at Newark Liberty International Airport FAA-2008-0221 May 5, 2008 Additional Comments of Porter Airlines - Bookmarked In essence, the Proposed Order, if finalized, would force Porter, but not its competitors, to cancel four of its fourteen daily flights in the Newark-Toronto market, constituting 29 percent of its total service and four of the six flights for which there is the greatest demand by the traveling public. The FAA can eliminate this serious adverse impact on the traveling public and Porter in the Final Order by (1) allocating to Porter the Operating Authorizations proposed to be given to Eos Airlines, Inc. (a carrier which ceased all operations on April 27, 2008) and (2) revising Porter's current proposed allocation of a 21:00 arrival and 21:30 departure to a 20:00 or 20:30 arrival and a 21:00 departure. Counsel: Zuckert Scoutt, John Gillick, 202-973-7939, jegillick@zsrlaw.com Porter's Comments from April 1st Porter's Comments from May 1st Index Winter 2008/2009 Scheduling Season FAA-2008-0549 On File at Federal Register May 5, 2008 Notice of Submission Deadline - JFK and Newark As Published in Federal Register May 8, 2008 Under this notice, the FAA announces May 15, 2008 as the deadline for submitting schedule information for JFK Airport and Newark Liberty Airport for the Winter 2008/2009 scheduling season. The FAA previously designated the airports as Level 3, Coordinated Airports under the International Air Transport Association Worldwide Scheduling Guidelines. The FAA deadline coincides with the submission deadline established by lATA for the Winter 2008/2009 Schedules Conference. The FAA requests schedule information for JFK and EWR for planned flights from 6:00 a.m. through 10:59 p.m., Eastern Time, or 1100 UTC through 0359 UTC. The FAA adopted an Order limiting scheduled operations at JFK effective March 30, 2008. The FAA also has proposed operating limitation at EWR beginning June 1, 2008, although a formal order has not yet been adopted by the FAA. As noted above, however, the FAA has already designated both EWR and JFK to be lATA Level 3, Coordinated Airports, and schedule information for the winter season should be submitted by the deadline. The FAA's adopted Order for JFK and the proposed Order for EWR contemplate the allocation of new capacity by an auction. The details of an auction are under development and are not expected to be in place prior to the beginning of the winter scheduling season. As noted in the proposed and adopted orders, any Operating Authorizations for winter 2008/2009 beyond historic levels or the level approved by the FAA in the orders' appendices would be assigned without historical precedence for the following scheduling season. The FAA is requesting complete schedule submissions from carriers that detail changes from their currently approved schedules. This information may include flight numbers, airport origin and departure information, proposed arrival and departure times, frequency, equipment type, effective dates, type of flight (passenger, cargo, charter, etc.) and other relevant information. Carriers may also indicate there are no changes from the approved summer schedules. The FAA expects only a limited number of Operating Authorizations will be available for the winter scheduling season for new operations or retimed flights during peak hours. By: Rebecca Macpherson FAA-2008-0547 On File at Federal Register May 5, 2008 Notice of Submission Deadline - Chicago O'Hare As Published in Federal Register May 8, 2008 The FAA announces a May 15, 2008 deadline for submitting requests for domestic and international scheduled arrivals at Chicago O'Hare Airport for the Winter 2008/2009 scheduling season beginning October 26, 2008. The deadline coincides with the submission deadline established by the International Air Transport Association for the Winter 2008/2009 Schedules Conference. The FAA currently limits arrivals at ORD from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., Central Time, Monday through Friday, and 12 p.m. to 9 p.m., Central Time, on Sunday, based primarily on runway capacity limits. The FAA's restrictions at ORD in Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 93, Subpart B, are the equivalent of a Level 3 Fully Coordinated Airport as used in lATA Worldwide Scheduling Guidelines. Separate schedule facilitation is done at the airport level for international passenger flights operating at TerminalS. In addition to tiling schedules for FAA runway capacity review, carriers should also file TerminalS schedules, if appropriate, at the address indicated in the lATA Worldwide Scheduling Guidelines, Annex 3. Carriers would obtain separate approval for FAA runway slots and Terminal 5 operations, as appropriate. The FAA rules limiting flights at ORD will sunset on October 24, 2008, under the terms of the rule effective October 29, 2006. This sunset provision was based on an expected increase in capacity when the first new runway opens under the O'Hare Modernization Program (aMP). Runway 9L127R is currently planned to be commissioned in November 2008. This will provide additional capacity at O'Hare for arriving and departing aircraft under various weather and runway configurations. Capacity projections estimate over 50,000 annual operations, or an average of about 8-10 total operations per hour, may be accommodated. However, additional operations must be reasonably distributed to avoid significant delay consequences. Terminal and gate availability are also expected to be constraints during certain periods. The FAA is seeking information in order to review projected schedules and to assist the agency in determining whether scheduling limits may continue to be applied at ORD until further runway capacity is realized under Phase II of the aMP. The form of the scheduling limitations, if needed, has not been determined Options include 1) remove FAA scheduling limitations by letting the rule expire; 2) continue the airport's designation as lATA Level 3 and utilize the IATA Worldwide Scheduling Guidelines, with appropriate local rules, to review planned operations and resolve oversubscribed hours that would result in unacceptable delays; and 3) increase the scheduling limits to recognize additional runway capacity and modify the expiration date of the current rule. Any proposal to modify or extend the rule would be in a separate rulemaking process. By: Rebecca Macpherson Index