§41716 Interim slot rules at New York airports

Summary

Under section 41714(i), the Secretary of Transportation must grant exemptions from the slot rules at LaGuardia and JFK so an airline can fly nonstop to a small hub or nonhub airport with planes that have fewer than 71 seats. An airline can get an exemption if it was not flying that route in the week of November 1, 1999; if it will fly more flights than it did that week; or if it replaces turboprops it flew that week with regional jets. New or limited incumbent airlines can get up to 20 such slot exemptions at an airport. The Secretary may allow up to 4 extra exemptions at LaGuardia for an incumbent that had 20 to 28 slots there on October 1, 2004. Exemptions are only for Stage 3 aircraft. An airline that was serving a small or smaller airport on or before the date this subsection was enacted cannot stop that service before July 1, 2003 unless it gave written notice before October 1, 1999, or filed a notice after September 30, 1999 under section 41719 and the Secretary finds it had excessive losses, including substantial losses in any three quarters in the year before the filing.