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Order 98-4-22

Applications of ACCESSAIR HOLDINGS, INC. / AMERICAN TRANS AIR, INC. / AMERICA WEST AIRLINES, INC. / COLGAN AIR, INC. / SPIRIT AIRLINES, INC. / PAN AMERICAN WORLD AIRWAYS, INC. and CARNIVAL AIRLINES, INC. / THE PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES OF BLOOMINGTON-NORMAL, IL; MOLINE-QUAD CITIES, IL; TOLEDO, OH; AND AKRON/CANTON, OH

ORDER GRANTING AND DENYING APPLICATIONS FOR SLOT EXEMPTIONS AT NEW YORK'S LAGUARDIA AND JOHN F. KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORTS

After considering applications for exemptions from 14 CFR Part 93, Subparts K and S, for slots at New York's LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy (JFK) Airports, the Department has decided to grant five slot exemptions to American Trans Air, Inc. (ATA) for nonstop service in the Chicago (Midway)-LaGuardia market; and four slot exemptions to Spirit Airlines, Inc. (Spirit) for nonstop service in the Melbourne, Florida-LaGuardia market. We find that granting these exemptions is in the public interest and meets the statutory "exceptional circumstances" test. Grant of these exemptions is conditioned on their being used solely for nonstop service in the city-pair markets designated in the carriers' applications. The Department has also decided to deny the remainder of ATA’s and Spirit's applications as well as the applications of AccessAir Holdings, Inc., America West Airlines, Inc., Colgan Air, Inc., and the joint application of Pan American World Airways, Inc. and Carnival Air Lines, Inc. Further, we deny the petition for reconsideration of AirTran Airways' application filed by the People and Businesses of Bloomington-Normal, IL; Moline-Quad Cities, IL; Toledo, OH; and Akron-Canton, OH. In reaching our decision on all of these requests we were committed, among other guidelines, to avoiding significant congestion and environmental problems. Primarily for these reasons, we are granting only a limited number of exemptions.

By: Charles Hunnicutt

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