Order 971017 - Frontier Airlines, Inc. / ValuJet Airlines, Inc. / AirTran Airways, Inc. - Exemptions from High Density Rule, New York LaGuardia

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Frontier Airlines, Inc. / ValuJet Airlines, Inc. / AirTran Airways, Inc. (Exemptions from High Density Rule, New York LaGuardia)

Order 97-10-17 | OST-97-2230 | OST-97-2442 | OST-97-2557 | Issued and Served October 24, 1997

Order Granting and Denying Applications for Slot Exemptions at New York's LaGuardia Airport

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After considering applications for exemptions from 14 CFR Part 93, Subparts K and S. for slots at New York's LaGuardia Airport, the Department has decided to grant six slot exemptions to Frontier Airlines, Inc. ("Frontier"), for service in the Denver, CO-LaGuardia market; eleven slot exemptions to ValuJet Airlines, Inc. ("ValuJet"), for service in the Atlanta, GA-LaGuardia market; and four slot exemptions to AirTran Airways, Inc. ("AirTran") for service in the Knoxville. TN-LaGuardia market. We find that granting these exemptions is in the public interest and meets the statutory "exceptional circumstances. test. Grant of the exemptions is conditioned on their being used solely for the markets designated in the carriers' applications. The Department has also decided to deny the remainder of AirTran's application for eight slot exemptions for service between LaGuardia and four other points.

By: Charles Hunnicutt