Ser v ed: January 20 , 2015



### UN I T E D S T A T E S OF AM E R I CA

D E P AR T M E N T OF T RANS P OR T A TI O N

O FF I CE OF T HE S E CR E T ARY

WASHI N G T ON, D

. C.

Ap p l i c a t io n s o f S o u t h w e st A irli n e s Co.,

JetBlue Airways Corporation, US Air w ays,

I n c ., and People Express Airlines, Inc.

F or e x e m p tions f

r o m 1 4 C. F

. R. P a r t 93, Subp a r ts K a n d S

, P u r s u a n t t o 49 U.S.C. § 41718( b ),

Sp ec ial r u les f

or Rona l d R e agan Was h i n g t on Na t io n al Airport ( w ith i n

- p er im e ter slot

e x e m p tion s )

Do c k e t D O T

- O ST

- 2000

- 7182

NOTICE

B y O r d e r 20 1 4

- 12

- 10 ( December 15, 2014 ) , t h e D e p a rtme n t r e a l l o c a ted two “ wit h i n

p e rimet e r ” slot e x e mp t ions a t R on a ld R e a g a n W a shin g ton N a t i on a l Airpo r t ( D CA) to

Southwest Airlines Co. (Southwest) f or a d a i l y nonstop r o undtrip t o Kansas City

International Airport ( MCI ) . The D e p a rtme n t also di r ec ted Southwest to file in Do c k e t

DOT

- OST

- 2000

- 7182 , no lat e r th a n ten busin e ss d a y s a ft e r the s e rvi c e d a te of t he Order, the

air carrier’s p r opo s e d fli g ht sch e du l e and e f f e c t i ve d a te of op e r a t i ons a uthori z e d b y the

Ord e r.

B y th i s not i ce

, the Department is a ss i g ni n g slot t i mes in t he 1400 and 1 5 00 hour s f or the two

e x e mp t ions a w a rd e d b y O r d e r 20 1 4

- 12

- 10 to Southwest . The a ss i g n e d s lot e x e mp t ion t i m e s

ind i c a te the hou r l y p e rio d during wh i c h the slot e x e mp t io n s must be op e r a ted, but not t he

pr e c ise d e p a rtu r e a nd a rriv a l t i mes. Additional consultation related to the exac t operational

times and effective date may be r equired between the air carrier and the F ederal A viation

A dministration (FAA) Slot Administration Office prior to initiating service.

The Department ac knowl e d g e s t h a t a c a rr ier m a y wish to pr o p o se c h a n g e s t h a t m a y be

n ece ss a r y to op t i m i z e the slot e x e mp t ion t i m e s l i sted a bov e . A c a rr i e r m a y s ee k a uth o ri z a t i on

f r om t he F AA S lot Admin i str a t i on O f fi c e to tempo ra ri l y e x c h a n g e a ss i g n e d slot e x e mp t ion

t i m e s with other slo t s or slot e x e mp t ions in a di f fer e nt hour f

or t h e pur p ose of c ondu c t i n g

op e r a t i ons a uthori z e d b y O r d e r 201 4

- 12

- 10

. I n ac t i ng on su c h r e qu e st s , the F AA will e mp l o y

stand a r d pr a c t i ce s in c onjunction wi t h a ppl i c a ble statuto r y a nd re g ulat o r y r e quir e m e nts for the

u t i l i z a t i on of slot t i mes b e tw ee n a nd a mo n g ind i vidual a ir c a rr ie r s.

As provided in Order 201 4

- 12

- 10

, Southwest must commence service under that Order no

later than March 15, 2015

. R e g a rdl e ss of subs e q u e nt slot t i me e x c h a n g e s, the slot t i mes

a ss i g n e d b y th i s notice will be fi x e d. F u r the r mor e , if a n y of the s e rvi c e g r a n t e d b y O rd e r

20 1 4

- 12

- 10 is s uspe n d e d, the D e p a rtme n t wi l l wi t hdraw the slot e x e mp t ions b a s e d on their

f i x e d slot t i m e s.2

The Department will se r ve a c o p y o f th i s not i c e on S outhw e st A i rlines Co., JetBlue

Airways Corporation, US Air w a y s, I n c.

, People Express Airlines, Inc., the Fed e ra l

Aviation Adm i nis t r a t i o n S lot Admin i s tr a t i on Of f ic e

, a nd the Met r opol i tan W a shin g ton

Airpo r ts Authori t y

.

B y :

S USAN L. K U R LA N D

Assistant S ec r e ta r y for A viation

a nd I nte r n a t i on a l Af

f a irs

(SE A L )

An e l e c t ron i c v e r

s i on o f t h i s do c u m e n t wil l be a va i l a b l e on t h e W or l d W i de W eb a t :

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