Home | OST Filings by Number | OST Orders and Notices | OST Filings by Carrier
OST Filings by Proceeding | OST Filings by Day | Office of Intl Aviation Filings by Carrier | Office of Intl Filings by Day

OST-00-7187

Midwest Express Airlines, Inc.

Counsel;  Silverberg Goldman, Robert Silverberg, 202.944.3300

The Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (Slot Exemptions)

By this order, the Department grants the following requests for slot exemptions at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (hereafter DCA), to be operated with Stage 3 aircraft: (1) American Trans Air, Inc., four slot exemptions to provide nonstop service to Chicago-Midway Airport (MDW); (2) Midway Airlines Corporation, two slot exemptions to provide nonstop service to Raleigh/Durham International Airport (RDU); (3) Midwest Express Airlines, Inc., two slot exemptions to provide nonstop service to Des Moines International Airport (DSM); and (4) Spirit Airlines, Inc., two slot exemptions to provide nonstop service to either Melbourne or Myrtle Beach, and two slot exemptions to provide nonstop service to any of the airports in Florida and South Carolina that it proposed.

By:  Bradley Mims

The Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (Slot Exemptions)

On July 5, 2000, the Department issued, Orders 2000-7-1 and 1000-7-2,- which granted a total of 24 slot exemptions at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), to the above listed air carriers. The Department also directed that no later than July 14 these air carriers should file proposed flight schedules and the effective date for operations authorized by the orders in the appropriate docket. The Department also noted that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) would assign slot exemption numbers, effective dates, and operating times consistent with statutory limitations, but that the Department would make the final determination of slot time assignments. The affected air carriers have now filed their proposed flight schedules, and in several instances we have noted scheduling conflicts where several carriers have requested slot exemptions for the same one-hour period. Since 49 U.S.C. § 41718(c)(2) does not allow us to assign more than two slot exemptions per one hour period, we are unable to accommodate all of the carrier slot exemption time requests. By this notice we are assigning slot times as indicated by Orders 2000-7-1 and 2000-7-2, as summarized in the attachment. In making these determinations, we were required to balance the FAA's operational needs with those of the air carriers, while complying with the statutory requirements of AIR-21. The attachment to this notice indicates only the hourly period during which the slot exemption must be operated, not the exact times. Additional consultation on exact times, frequency, and effective dates will be required between the air carriers and the FAA's Slot Administration Office.

By:  Bradley Mims

The Wendell H. Ford Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (Slot Exemptions)

By:  Dennis DeVany 

By:  Dennis DeVany 

By:  Dennis DeVany 

By:  Dennis DeVany 

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport - Establishment of Slot Proceeding

The Department will now consider, using the criteria set forth in 49 U.S.C. § 41718(b), applications from air carriers using Stage 3 aircraft for the six slot exemptions formerly granted to Midway and Spirit, to provide nonstop service to DCA from airports that were designated as medium or smaller airports within the 1,250­mile perimeter established for civil operations at DCA under 49 U.S.C. § 49109. Applications should be filed in Docket OST 2000-7182.

Section 41718(c)(3) requires that all 12 inside-perimeter slot exemptions be for air transportation to medium hub airports and smaller and that at least four of the 12 slot exemptions be for air transportation to small hub airports and nonhub airports. Since American Trans Air currently uses four slot exemptions for service to Chicago's Midway Airport, a medium hub airport, and Midwest Express uses two slot exemptions for service to Des Moines, a small hub airport, at least two of the slot exemptions to be distributed here must be for service to a small hub or nonhub airport. The other four may be to a medium hub, a small hub, or a nonhub airport.

As a final matter, we note that Midway's currently allocated slot times for its nonstop DCA-Raleigh/Durham service are in the 1800 and 1900 hour periods. Spirit's currently allocated slot times for its DCA service are in the 0900, 1000, 1400, and 1500 hour periods. Since 49 U.S.C. § 41718(c)(2) does not allow us to assign more than two slot exemptions per one hour period, and most one hour periods were fully subscribed by the Department's Notice dated August 2, 2000, we may not be able to accommodate carrier requests for alternative slot exemption times.

Completed applications must be submitted by December 20, 2002 and comments with respect to any timely filed request for slot exemptions must be filed by January 6, 2003

By:  Read C. Van de Waters

Home | OST Filings by Number | OST Orders and Notices | OST Filings by Carrier
OST Filings by Proceeding | OST Filings by Day | Office of Intl Aviation Filings by Carrier | Office of Intl Filings by Day