Document ID: DOT-OST-2000-7182-0584-0002
Agency: dot
Document Type: Notice
Title: AirTran Airways, Inc. Notification to US Airways
Posted Date: 2003-08-20T04:00Z

BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________

Applications of					)

							)

	CORPORATE AIRLINES, INC.		)

	OZARK AIRLINES, INC.			)

	   d/b/a GREAT PLAINS AIRLINES	)

	AMERICAN TRANS AIR, INC.		)

	MIDWEST EXPRESS AIRLINES, INC.	)		Docket OST-2000-7182

	AIRTRAN AIRWAYS, INC.		)

	US AIRWAYS, INC.				)

							)

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

Subparts K and S, pursuant to 49 U.S.C.		)

§ 41718(b), Special Rules for Ronald Reagan	)

Washington National Airport (within-perimeter	)

Slot exemptions)					)

__________________________________________)

AIRTRAN AIRWAYS, INC. NOTIFICATION TO US AIRWAYS

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to:

Richard P. Magurno					Edward P. Faberman

Senior Vice President & General Counsel 		Ungaretti & Harris

AirTran Airways					1500 K Street NW, Suite 250

9955 AirTran Boulevard				Washington, DC 20005-1714

Orlando, FL 32827					Tel:  202-639-7501

							Fax: 202-639-7505

Kevin P. Healy

Vice President-Planning				Counsel for AirTran Airways

AirTran Airways, Inc.

9955 AirTran Boulevard

Orlando, FL 32827

August 20, 2003

BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________

Applications of					)

							)

	CORPORATE AIRLINES, INC.		)

	OZARK AIRLINES, INC.			)

	   d/b/a GREAT PLAINS AIRLINES	)

	AMERICAN TRANS AIR, INC.		)

	MIDWEST EXPRESS AIRLINES, INC.	)		Docket OST-2000-7182

	AIRTRAN AIRWAYS, INC.		)

	US AIRWAYS, INC.				)

							)

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

Subparts K and S, pursuant to 49 U.S.C.		)

§ 41718(b), Special Rules for Ronald Reagan	)

Washington National Airport (within-perimeter	)

Slot exemptions)					)

__________________________________________)

AIRTRAN AIRWAYS, INC. NOTIFICATION TO US AIRWAYS

	AirTran Airways, Inc. (“AirTran”) hereby notifies US Airways, Inc.
that it will initiate service with the four (4) Ronald Reagan Washington
National Airport (“DCA”) slots allocated to it under the Department
of Transportation (“DOT”) Order 2003-1-16.  

	On July 2, 2003, DOT issued Order 2003-7-5 granting US Airways’
request to temporarily operate proposed DCA service authorized by Order
2003-1-16 to AirTran.  In Order 2003-7-5, DOT stated:

5.  In order to inaugurate the operations authorized by Order 2003-1-16
prior to October 26, 2003, AirTran Airways must provide at least 30
days’ written advance notice in this docket of the date it will
inaugurate its authorized DCA operations.

On August 19, 2003, AirTran announced that it would launch one (1) daily
nonstop flight between DCA and Ft. Lauderdale and one (1) daily nonstop
flight between DCA and Fort Myers.  Service begins in both markets on
October 23, 2003.  All of AirTran’s flights to/from DCA will operate
using new Boeing 717 aircraft, the most modern, quiet and
environmentally friendly aircraft flying today.  Slots awarded to
AirTran under 2003-6-14 were for the following slot times:  1400, 1500,
1800 and 1900.

Consistent with paragraph (5) of Order 2003-7-5, effective October 23,
2003, this serves as AirTran’s notice to the Docket and to US Airways
that AirTran will utilize the four (4) slots temporarily provided to US
Airways.  Therefore, on October 22, 2003, US Airways must cease its use
of those four (4) slots.

					Respectfully submitted,

						

Edward P. Faberman

						UNGARETTI & HARRIS

						1500 K Street, N.W., Suite 250

						Washington, D.C. 20005-1714

						Tel:	202-639-7501

						Fax:	202-639-7505

						

						Counsel for AirTran Airways

August 20, 2003

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a copy of the AirTran Airways, Inc. Notification
to US Airways was served on August 20, 2003 to the following listed
below.

						__________________________________

						Sonia S. Pak

The Honorable Mark R. Warner

Governor 

Commonwealth of Virginia

State Capitol, 3rd Floor

Richmond, VA 23219

Christopher Brown

Airport Manager

Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

Washington, DC 20001

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