Originally Posted by
dragon
The Transportation Department said Tuesday it has tentatively allowed the transaction to proceed as long as the airlines sell some of their slot interests to carriers with no or limited service at the two airports.
I guess the $$$ question is what your definition of "some" is. Could this mean US Air will have to sell some of their DCA slots (which they're getting from us) since the sticking point was reportedly JB wanting access to DCA. Is there much interest out there for LGA slots?
http://www.regulations.gov/search/Re....html#docketDetail?R=FAA-2010-0109
20 pairs at LGA and 14 at DCA will have to be divested. Apparently a majority of those slots are for peak arrival periods (shocker!). Anyone with a crystal ball care to speculate on what Delta plans to do with the slots, as far as aircraft type, new destinations, etc.??