Ser v ed: May 17, 2013



### 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, and

US Air w ays, I n c ., 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 3

- 5

- 6 ( May 7 , 201 3 ) , 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 Houston’s William P. Hobby airport (HOU)

. 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 , we a re a ss i g ni n g slot t i mes in t he 1 5 00 hour 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 3

- 5

- 6 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 r riv 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 FAA Slot Administration Office prior to initiating

service.

W e ac knowl e d g e t h a t a c a r r 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 purp 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 3

- 5

- 6. 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 stated in Order 201 3

- 5

- 6

, Southwest must commence the service no later than August 5

, 2013

. 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 3

- 5

- 6 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

-

W e shall 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.

, 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 )

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