[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 143 (Monday, July 27, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44415-44416]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-18336]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration


Notice of Submission Deadline To Amend Slot Records for LaGuardia 
Airport

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Department of 
Transportation.

ACTION: Notice of submission deadline.

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SUMMARY: Under this notice, the FAA announces the submission deadline 
of August 5, 2015, for requests to amend slot records (adjust slot 
times and arrival/departure designations) at New York LaGuardia Airport 
(LGA).

DATES: Adjustment requests must be submitted no later than August 5, 
2015.

ADDRESSES: Adjustment requests may be submitted by mail to the Slot 
Administration Office, AGC-200, Office of the Chief Counsel, 800 
Independence Ave. SW., Washington, DC 20591 or by email to: [email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Pfingstler, System Operations

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Services, Air Traffic Organization, Federal Aviation Administration, 
600 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591; telephone number: 
202-267-6462; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Scheduled operations at LGA currently are 
limited by FAA Order until a final Slot Management and Transparency 
Rule for LaGuardia Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport, and 
Newark Liberty International Airport (RIN 2120-AJ89) becomes effective 
but not later than October 29, 2016.\1\ The LGA Order permits the 
leasing or trading of slots through the expiration date of the Order, 
but this mechanism limits a carrier's ability to permanently adjust its 
slot base through trades with another carrier, as is common at Ronald 
Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). Additionally, the LGA Order 
permanently allocates slots, unlike the EWR and JFK Orders, which 
allocate available slots and permit slot retimings on a seasonal basis, 
through a transparent process generally following the International Air 
Transport Association (IATA) Worldwide Slot Guidelines (WSG).\2\
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    \1\ Operating Limitations at New York LaGuardia Airport, 71 FR 
77854 (Dec. 27, 2006) as amended by 79 FR 17222 (Mar. 27, 2014).
    \2\ See 79 FR 16857 (Mar. 26, 2014) (EWR Order); 79 FR 16854 
(Mar. 26, 2014) (JFK Order).
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    The FAA previously announced a submission deadline for requests to 
amend LGA slot records (adjust slot times and arrival/departure 
designations) and evaluated those requests in anticipation of the 
Winter 2014 and Summer 2015 IATA scheduling seasons.\3\ The FAA has 
received favorable feedback from carriers and interested parties on the 
adjustment process and believes continuing this process at LGA could 
facilitate slot adjustments in a fair and transparent manner in future 
scheduling seasons.
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    \3\ 79 FR 44088 (Jul. 29, 2014); 79 FR 75611 (Dec. 18, 2014).
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    To evaluate LGA slot adjustments for the upcoming Winter 2015 IATA 
scheduling season, the FAA is establishing a deadline of August 5, 
2015, for carriers to request retiming and changes to the arrival/
departure designation of currently-held slots. Carriers should provide 
slot information in sufficient detail including, at a minimum, the 
operating carrier, slot number, the current and requested slot arrival 
or departure times, frequency, and effective dates. Consistent with 
past practice, the FAA will evaluate requests in light of the overall 
operational impact at LGA and whether the requests improve or have a 
neutral effect on operational performance. The FAA will consider both 
short-term adjustments and adjustments through the expiration of the 
LGA Order. In addition, if the FAA receives conflicting requests for 
retiming, the FAA will give priority to new entrants and limited 
incumbents, consistent with the LGA Order and FAA practice. The terms 
of the LGA Order prevent the FAA from allocating new slots in hours at 
or above the slot limit.
    The FAA will evaluate requests received by August 5, 2015, and 
intends to respond to the requests no later than August 12, 2015. The 
FAA cannot guarantee that all requests to adjust slot holdings will be 
confirmed. Requests received after August 5, 2015, will be evaluated 
after timely requests in the order they are received. As permitted 
under paragraph A.5 of the LGA Order, carriers are encouraged to engage 
in slot trades, when possible, to achieve desired timings.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 21, 2015.
Daniel Smiley,
Acting Vice President, System Operations Services.
[FR Doc. 2015-18336 Filed 7-24-15; 8:45 am]
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