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OST-99-4979

Eastwind Airlines, Inc

OST-99-4979	January 8, 1999	Application for an Exemption	LGA - DCA & LGA - BOS	HTML
		Exhibit 1:  Proposed Eastwind Service Schedules
		Exhibit 2:  Existing Service Schedules (Delta/US Airways)
		Exhibit 3:  Comparative Fare Information
		Exhibit 4:  Market Share Information
		Service List

Eastwind's application meets every requirement established by law and every criterion established by the Department for the grant of an exemption from the High Density Rules. Accordingly. Eastwind respectfully requests slots to permit five round trip operations at LaGuardia. less than one percent of the take-off and landing slots available at that airport. If granted, the Department's provision of these rights would greatly enhance competition in one of the highest volume, highest fare markets in the U.S where no price competition currently exists. Granting the exemption would have no adverse effect on LaGuardia -- the award would largely result in the substitution of Eastwind's operations for the already authorized backup operations of the existing shuttles - and no new environmental impact statement would be required. For thesereasons, Eastwind respectfully requests that its exemption application be granted.

Counsel:  Salisbury & Ryan LLP, Patrick Salisbury, 212.977.4660

Eastwind Airlines, Inc.

OST-99-4979

January 21, 1999

Motion for Leave to File an Answer and Answer of The Office of The Queens Borough President, City of New York Scanned Version

High Density Rule - New York LaGuardia & Washington National

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Eastwind also completely fails to demonstrate that there is no real competition for service between LaGuardia and Boston and Washington, D.C. and that this lack of competition accounts for comparatively high fares. First, Eastwind provides no hard evidence for its anecdotal assertion that there are separate markets for each of the New York City-area airports. Indeed, in the past, other airlines seeking slots certainly have made the opposite assertion for the purpose of serving the New York City-Boston market. In fact, service to alternative airports is an important federal goal and is one of the stated public interest factors which the Department must review before granting a slot exemption. There are over 200 non-stop flights every day between New York City and Boston on 6 airlines. Similarly, there are over 200 flights between New York City and Washington (over 100 to National and over 100 to Dulles) on 6 airlines. There is no reason to believe that an additional 10 flights to each of these cities will have any impact whatsoever on the market.

Counsel:  Queens, Michael Rogovin, 718-286-2888

Eastwind Airlines, Inc.

OST-99-4979

January 25, 1999 Docketed January 27, 1999

Re:  Correction to Answer of Queens Borough President

High Density Rule - New York LaGuardia and Washington National

Enclosed please find a corrected page 7 and additional copies of pages 13 and 27 which were inadvertently omitted from some of the copies of the Queens Borough Predient's Motion for Leave to File and Answer.

Counsel:  Queens, Michael Rogovin, 718-286-3000

Eastwind Airlines, Inc.

OST-99-4979

February 1, 1999

Motion for Leave to File an Answer in Support of The Air Carrier Association of America

High Density Rule - New York LaGuardia and Washington National

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There are approximately 210 commuter slots at LaGuardia. Of those commuter slots, American is buying Business Express which operates 82 slots (39% of total) while its alliance partner USAirways operates 42 commuter slots (20% of total), giving the AA/US alliance 60% of total commuter slots. The Delta and United marketing alliance operates most of the remainder of the slots including 6 held by Air Canada.  Despite this broad authority and mandate to promote competition and entry, the Department has taken very limited actions to promote competition at high density airports, granting a few slot exemptions. Today, the large carriers and their affiliates and partners control 98% of the slots at high density airports. As previously noted, it has been 13 years since the Department provided new entrants with permanent slots.

Delta operates its shuttle with the slots granted to New York Air. If Secretary Goldschmidt had not decided to allow badly needed new entry by New York Air back in 1980, Delta would not likely be in the shuttle business today and would probably be complaining about the need for increased competition in that lucrative market.

Counsel:  ACAA, Edward Faberman, 202-778-4442

Eastwind Airlines, Inc

OST-99-4979

Dated March 1, 1999 Docketed March 17, 1999

Letter in Opposition of The Assembly State of New York Albany

Slots - Exemption - New York LaGuardia Airport-Boston; New York LaGuardia-Ronald Reagan Washington National

By:  Denis J. Butler

Establishment of Slot Exemptions Proceedings 

By:  Bradley Mims

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