[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 111 (Thursday, June 10, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32988-32989]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13904]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
[Docket No. FAA-2010-0109]
Notice on Waiver of the Terms of the Order Limiting Scheduled
Operations at LaGuardia Airport
ACTION: Extension of Time for Delta Airlines and US Airways to Notify
the FAA of Intent to Proceed with Slot Transfer Transaction.
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SUMMARY: This action extends the deadline to July 2, 2010, for Delta
and US Airways to notify the FAA whether they intend to proceed with
the slot transfer transaction subject to the Waiver of the Terms of the
Order Limiting Scheduled Operations at LaGuardia Airport.
If you wish to review the background documents or comments received
in this proceeding, you may go to http://www.regulations.gov at any
time and follow the online instructions for accessing the electronic
docket. You may also go to the U.S. Department of Transportation's
Docket Operations in Room W12-140 on the ground floor of the West
Building at 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE., Washington, DC between 9 a.m.
and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
DATES: Delta and US Airways must notify the FAA in writing by July 2,
2010, as to whether they intend to proceed with the slot transfer
transaction as described in the Notice issued May 4, 2010. The waiver
is effective upon Delta and US Airways satisfying the conditions
required by that Notice, as amended by this extension of time.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rebecca MacPherson, Assistant Chief
Counsel for Regulations, by telephone at (202) 267-3073 or by
electronic mail at [email protected]; or Jonathan Moss, Deputy
Assistant General Counsel for Operations, by telephone at (202) 366-
4710 or by electronic mail at [email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
On May 4, 2010, Ray LaHood, Secretary of the Department of
Transportation (DOT) and J. Randolph Babbitt, FAA Administrator,
granted, subject to conditions, a joint waiver request of Delta Air
Lines and US Airways from the prohibitions on purchasing operating
authorizations (``slots'' or ``slot interests'') at LaGuardia Airport
(LGA). Notice on Petition for Waiver of the Terms of the Order Limiting
Scheduled Operations at LaGuardia Airport, 75 Federal Register 26,322
(May 11, 2010) (hereinafter, the ``Waiver'').
The Waiver permits the carriers to consummate a transaction in
which Delta would transfer 42 pairs of slot interests to US Airways at
Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), international route
authorities to Sao Paulo and Tokyo; and terminal space at the Marine
Air Terminal at LaGuardia Airport (LGA). US Airways would transfer 125
pairs of slot interests to Delta at LGA, and lease an additional 15
pairs of LGA slot interests with a purchase option, together with
terminal space in LGA's Terminal C. The grant is subject to the
conditions that the carriers dispose of 14 pairs of slot interests at
DCA and 24 pairs of slot interests at LGA to eligible new entrant and
limited incumbent carriers pursuant to certain procedures and achieve a
mutually satisfactory agreement regarding gates and associated
facilities with any such purchaser.
The Waiver also requires Delta and US Airways to notify the FAA, in
writing, within 30 days, whether they intend to proceed with the slot
transfer transaction. If they intend to consummate the slot transfer
transaction subject to the waiver, their notice must provide the
following information for the divested slots:
(1) Operating Authorization number (LGA) or slot number (DCA) and
time;
(2) Frequency;
(3) Effective Date(s);
(4) Other pertinent information, if applicable; and
(5) Carrier's authorized representative.\1\
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\1\ 75 FR 26,322 at 26,337 (May 11, 2010).
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On June 3, 2010, Delta and US Airways jointly filed a letter
requesting an extension of the deadline until July 2, 2010. The FAA
finds that granting this extension of time would not adversely affect
the public interest.
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Accordingly, the FAA grants this request for extension, and Delta
and US Airways must notify, in writing, the FAA whether they intend to
proceed with the slot transfer transaction by July 2, 2010.
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 4, 2010.
David Grizzle,
Acting Deputy Administrator, Federal Aviation Administration.
Susan Kurland.
Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs.
[FR Doc. 2010-13904 Filed 6-9-10; 8:45 am]
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