FAA Filings for April 10, 2003

FAA Docket Filings for April 10, 2003

Last Updated 04/10/03 09:06 PM

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Slot Exemptions at DCA - Comments of AirTran

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Rules and Regulations:

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AirTran Airways, Inc. / ComAir, Inc.

FAA-03-14563
FAA-03-14827

April 9, 2003

Comments of AirTran Airways

Microsoft Word

Slot Exemptions at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

While Comair pretends to be interested in serving Savannah and Lexington, that service is apparently not a high priority for the Delta/Comair team. As the second largest slot holder at DCA, Delta has ample slots in its control to support Savannah and Lexington service. Instead of utilizing slots to serve these small markets, Delta apparently believes that it is more important to increase frequencies by both it and Comair in its existing monopoly markets. When Delta completed last year’s “behind closed door” slot transaction with its alliance partner, Northwest Airlines, it could have utilized the slots it obtained to serve Savannah and Lexington but it decided that it was more important to expand current service to 18 daily roundtrips in the DCA-ATL market and 9 roundtrips in the DCA-CVG market its real priority.

Counsel: AirTran and Ungaretti Harris, Edward Faberman, 202-639-7501

AirTran Petition from Feb 20th | Word File

ComAir Petition from March 27th | ComAir Comments

Lexington, KY Airport Letter in Support of ComAir

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