Order 00-2-33

Astral Aviation, Inc. d/b/a Skyway Airlines

Skyway's proposed slides will not result in a net increase in the total number of operations at Reagan National during any day. Rather, it will result in a decrease of four operations in the 9:00 p.m. period and net increases of two operations each in the 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. periods. No other carrier's slot holdings will 6e affected. And, because Skyway will be merely changing the timing of the four operations, there will be no net increase in noise impact on the communities surrounding the airport. Thus, the proposal meets all of the statutory requirements described above, including the concern that MWAA raised, i.e., that grant of the application would not result in an increase of more than two slots in any given scheduled hour, either individually or cumulatively, at Reagan National. We noted in Order 94-9-49, and more recently affirmed in Order 99-11-4, that our authority to grant exemptions for slot slides at Reagan National is applicable only in limited circumstances to meet the specific needs of carriers holding a limited number of slots at that airport. Skyway currently holds only four Reagan National slots and operates none, and it has demonstrated a need for nonstop Washington-Grand Rapids service that it will implement through the slot slide authorized here. The exemptions will enable Skyway to inaugurate service between Reagan National and Grand Rapids and meet the increasing demand in that market. Thus, the applicability of our slot exemption authority is appropriate under the exceptional circumstances Skyway has presented.

By:  Bradley Mims

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