[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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