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OST-00-7172

Shuttle America Corporation

Hanscom Field is a nonhub airport. It was without commercial service until September 1999, when Shuttle America launched four daily nonstop flights to Trenton, New Jersey. The market area includes the booming high-tech corridor along Route 128 and a growing residential population in excess of one million people. Since then, the market has grown to ten daily departures with nonstops to Trenton, Buffalo and direct service to Greensboro, North Carolina. Service to New York's LaGuardia Airport is the number one requested market from existing Shuttle America customers, whose access to Boston's Logan airport has been made difficult, expensive and time-consuming by growing traffic congestion, constricted parking and legendary "Big Dig" delays in conjunction with highway/airport construction.

Shuttle America projects that the slot exemptions would provide service for 150 passengers per day each way which would amount to approximately 45,000 passengers annually, given weekend service reductions. For Hanscom Field, these flights are the first nonstops to LaGuardia and provide convenient access to the New York market, a valuable service to the traveling public.

Counsel:  Shuttle America, Stephan Lachter, 202.862.4321

Shuttle America Corporation

Hanscom Field is a nonhub airport. It was without commercial service until September 1999, when Shuttle America launched four daily nonstop flights to Trenton, NJ. The market area includes the booming high-tech corridor along Route 128 and a growing residential population in excess of one million people. Since then, the market has grown to ten daily departures with nonstops to Trenton, Buffalo, New York and Greensboro, North Carolina. Service to New York's LaGuardia Airport is the number one requested market from existing Shuttle America customers, whose access to Boston's Logan airport has been made difficult, expensive and time-consuming by growing traffic congestion, constricted parking and legendary "Big Dig" delays in conjunction with the highway/airport construction.

Shuttle America requests 14 slot exemptions for the following arrival and departure times for services between Hanscom Field and LaGuardia Airport.

07:00, 07:00, 08:00, 10:00, 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 12:00, 13:00, 15:00, 16:00, 17:00, 21:00, 21:00

Shuttle America projects that the slot exemptions would provide service for 150 passengers per day each way which would amount to approximately 45,000 passengers annually, given weekend service reductions. For Hanscom Field, these flights are the first nonstops to LaGuardia and provide convenient access to the New York market, a valuable services to the traveling public.

Counsel:  Shuttle American, Barry Lutin, 860.386.4200

OST-00-7182

September 29, 2003

Answer of Midwest Airlines

Midwest has participated in many DOT proceedings in which slots were allocated on the basis of a carrier selection type proceeding. Its interest in this Docket is to insure that the terms under which slots are awarded are enforced and that the process by which slots are allocated is fair to all parties No unfairness can said to be caused USAirways were the two DCA slots to be made available for reallocation since it was under this explicit condition that th slots were awarded in the first place. Therefore, Midwest opposes the USAirways application and urges that it be denied.

The burden is on USAirways to continue to serve Wilmington. USAirways' attempt to shift the burden to the DOT is unfortunate.

Counsel: Silverberg Goldman, Robert Silverberg, 202-944-3300, rsilverberg@sgbdc.com

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