BEFORE THE

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRAN S PORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON D

. C

.

________________________________ _____ _____ )

Application of )

)

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. )

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. )

JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP. )

PEOPLE EXPRESS AIRLINES, INC. ) DOCKET: OST

- 2000

- 7182

)

For exemptions from 14 C.F.R. Part 93, Subparts K )

and S, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 41718(b) )

)

For service at Ronald Reagan Washington )

National Airport (within

- perimeter slot exemptions ) )

_____________________________________ _____ )

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.

PROPOSED FLIGHT SCHEDULE FOR DCA

- MCI SERVICE

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

Ron Ricks Robert W. Kneisley

Executive Vice President

- Associate General Counsel

Chief Legal & Regulatory Officer Leslie C. Abbott

Mark Shaw Senior Attorney

Vice President General Counsel & SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.

Corporate Secretary 919 18th Street, N.W., Suite 600

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. Washington, D.C. 20006

2702 Love Field Drive bob.kneisley@wnco.com

Dallas, TX 75235

- 1611 leslie.abbott@wnco.com

(202) 263

- 6284

December 29 , 20141 BEFORE THE

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRAN S PORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON D

. C

.

________________________________ _____ _____ )

Application of )

)

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO. )

AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. )

JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP. )

PEOPLE EXPRESS AIRLINES, INC. ) DOCKET: OST

- 2000

- 7182

)

For exemptions from 14 C.F.R. Part 93, Subparts K )

and S, pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 41718(b) )

)

For service at Ronald Reagan Washington )

National Airport (within

- perimeter slot exemptions) )

_____________________________________ _____ )

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO.

PROPOSED FLIGHT SCHEDULE FOR DCA

- MCI SERVICE

Southwest Airlines Co. (“Southwest” or “the Company”) is currently operating

service between Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (“DCA”) and Kansas City

International Airport (“MCI”) under pendent lite exemption authority. 1 Pursuant to the

Department’s Order 2014

- 12

- 10 permanently allocating the slot exemptions to

Southwest for this service

, the Company hereby states its intention to continue its daily

nonstop DCA

- MCI service at the current flight times :

MCI

- DCA Arrival: 1400 hour

DCA

- MCI Departure: 1500 hour

Southwest will continue to use single

- aisle Boeing 737 aircraft that is Stage III

noise compliant. The Company has worked closely with the FAA Slot Administration

Office in determining its flight schedule, and believes that it is compatible with the hourly

1 See Order 2014

- 1

- 16 issued January 27, 2014 in this docket.2

limit on DCA slot exemptions. Accordingly, Southwest requests that the Department

permanently assign it the foregoing operating times as soon as possible to faci litate the

continuation of its current DCA

- MCI service.

Respectfully submitted,

__________________________ Leslie C. Abbot t3 C ERTIFICATE OF SERVIC E

I hereby certify that on December 29 , 201 4, a copy of the foregoing was served

via e

- mail on the following persons:

howard.kass@aa.com (American Airlines)

robert.wirick@aa.com (American Airlines)

robert.land@jetblue.com (JetBlue Airways)

jhill@cooley.com (JetBlue Airways)

perkmann@cooley.com (JetBlue Airways)

shawn.voyles@flypex.com (People Express)

michael.morisi@flypex.com (People Express)

susan.kurland@dot.gov

kevin.schlemmer@dot.gov

bob.goldner@dot.gov

todd.homan@dot.gov

peter.irvine@dot.gov

brian.ctr.meehan@faa.gov

Mark D. VanLoh, A.A.E.

Director of Aviation

Kansas City International Airport

Mark.VanLoh@kcmo.org

John E. Potter

President and Chief Executive Officer

Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority

John.potter@mwaa.com

info@airlineinfo.com

/ Maren Matal /

___________________ Maren Matal