ACAA Asks FAA for National Airport Slot Lottery.Business Editors WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 20, 2000 The Air Carrier Association of America (ACAA ACAA American Coal Ash Association (Washington, DC) ACAA Air Carrier Access Act of 1986 ACAA Amazigh Cultural Association in America ACAA Air Carrier Association of America ACAA Automatic Chemical Agent Alarm ) is calling on the Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control (FAA) to use lottery lottery, scheme for distributing prizes by lot or other method of chance selection to persons who have paid for the opportunity to win. The term is not applicable when lots are drawn without payment by the interested parties to determine some matter, e.g. procedures in its regulations to allocate To reserve a resource such as memory or disk. See memory allocation. slots to new entrants at Reagan Washington National Airport. In a petition filed today, the ACAA urged the FAA to use its authority to withdraw all temporarily allocated slots and redistribute re·dis·trib·ute tr.v. re·dis·trib·ut·ed, re·dis·trib·ut·ing, re·dis·trib·utes To distribute again in a different way; reallocate. them so that new entrants would be able to operate at this important airport. "For over 15 years, there has been no new entry at National," stated ACAA Executive Director Edward Faberman. "As a result, fares are significantly higher at National than at other airports, such as BWI BWI abbr. British West Indies and Dulles, where new entrants offer competition." These slots do not belong to the airlines, but belong to the federal government. Although the FAA and the Department are supposed to allocate available slots at National, no lotteries United Kingdom
The petition notes that although the Aviation Investment and Reform Act for the 21st Century (AIR-21) has provided new competitive opportunities, it has had a minimal effect on opening up National, where it only allowed a total of 12 new roundtrips. Unfortunately, many new entrants were not able to obtain slot exemptions and hence, many markets have been precluded from experiencing the benefits of competition. "At a time when concentration is increasing and fares are rising, it essential that the Department take action to open all markets to new entrants. " Faberman stated. "It is time for all new entrants to have access to National and to allow them to bring competitive services to passengers and communities throughout the country." This is the first step in making that a reality. Faberman emphasized that this petition would not increase operations at National. |
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