Order 98-10-28 - High Density Rule, O'Hare

Order 98-10-28

Great Lakes Aviation, Inc. / Atlantic Coast Airlines, Inc. / Sioux Falls, South Dakota and Fargo, North Dakota

Order 98-10-28 OST-96-1911	Issued October 26, 1998 Served October 30, 1998	Order Approving Transfer of 10 O'Hare Slot Exemptions from Great Lakes to Atlantic Coast Airlines	High Density Rule, O'Hare
		Appendix A: Slots to be Transferred

By this order, the Department is approving the joint applications of Great Lakes Aviation and Atlantic Coast Airlines (ACA) to transfer 10 slot exemptions at Chicago O'Hare Airport (six for service to Fargo and four for Sioux Falls) from Great Lakes to ACA, effective on or about December 15. Pursuant to this authorization, Great Lakes' current service of three nonstop round trips a day in the Fargo-O'Hare market will be upgraded from its 30-seat Brasilias to ACA's 50-seat regional jets. In the Sioux Falls-O'Hare market, Great Lakes currently operates four nonstop round trips a day with 30-seat Brasilias. It will, for now, continue to operate two of those round trips in conjunction with Huron, and the other two will be replaced by 50-seat regional jet services by ACA.

By: Charles Hunnicutt