OST-00-7118 - Delta Air Lines - High Density Rule - Beyond Perimeter Slot Exemptions - Washington National

OST-00-7118

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

OST-00-7118	March 22, 2000	Application for Exemptions Scanned Copy	High Density Rule - Beyond Perimeter Slot Exemptions - Washington National - Salt Lake City
		Exhibit DL-101: Proposed Service
		Exhibit DL-102: Delta's SLC Size and Scope
		Exhibit DL-103: Excerpts form Congressional Record
		Exhibit DL-200: Service Benefits
		Exhibit DL-201: Cities Provided Service
		Exhibit DL-202: Cities with First One-Stop Service to DCA
		Exhibit DL-203: Competitive One-Stop Service
		Exhibit DL-204: Improved Time Cities
		Service List

Delta proposes to operate twice daily nonstop roundtrip service between Salt Lake City and National Airport with Boeing 757 Stage-3 aircraft equipped with 183 seats. Eastbound, Delta will offer two flights daily departing from Salt Lake City -- one in the morning at 10:15 a.m., with a late afternoon arrival at DCA at 4:18 p.m., and a second flight departing SLC at 2:20 p.m., arriving at DCA 8:20 p.m. Westbound, Delta will offer an early morning departure from DCA at 7:35 a.m., arriving at SLC at 10:03 a.m., and a late afternoon departure from DCA at 6:15 p.m., arriving at SLC at 8:58 p.m. These flights are spaced throughout the day to provide the most convenient arrival and departure times both for business and leisure passengers, and importantly, to maximize connections at Salt Lake City to dozens of small and medium sized communities in the western United States.

While Delta would prefer to operate more than two daily flights between SLC and DCA, with only 12 exemptions available under the AIR 21 Act, the Department should not allocate a disproportionate number of slots (i.e. more than four) to one airline. Delta has therefore presented a measured proposal that will provide a balanced service pattern of two daily roundtrip flights, enabling Delta to maximize service convenience both in the large local SLC-DCA city-pair, as well as to scores of communities connecting at Delta’s extensive Salt Lake City hub.

Counsel: Shaw Pittman, Robert Cohn, 202.663.8060

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

OST-00-7118	April 5, 2000	Answer of The Utah and Salt lake City Parties Scanned Copy	High Density Rule - Beyond Perimeter Slot Exemptions - Washington National - Salt
		Service List

The AIR-21 legislation passed by Congress on March 15, 2000 became formally enacted into law on April 5, 2000, and, therefore, the time deadlines for submission of DCA slot applications and answers to such applications established in AIR-21 have just now begun to run. The Utah and Salt Lake City Parties intend to submit a more comprehensive Consolidated Answer to all applications for beyond-perimeter slots at Reagan National after all applicants for such authority have filed their applications with the Department.

Counsel: Shaw Pittman, Nathaniel Breed, 202.663.8078

Delta Air Lines, Inc.

OST-00-7118	April 7, 2000	Motion for Leave to File and Answer of American Airlines	High Density Rule - Beyond Perimeter Slot Exemptions - Washington National
		Service List

Counsel: American, Carl Nelson, 202.496.5647, carl_nelson@amrcorp.com