Spirit Airlines and Frontier Airlines have appealed to the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) the preliminary decision not to allocate them additional takeoff and landing times (slots) at Washington National Airport (DCA).
The slots were instead allocated to larger airlines such as Alaska Airlines, American, Delta, Southwest and United Airlines. The DOT has put this information and the allocation of five daily slot pairs for the DCA out to tender. The slot allocation should promote competition and non-stop connections to underserved cities.
Spirit and Frontier had applied for routes to San Jose and San Juan, but the DOT decided they did not meet the requirements of a limited incumbent carrier. Spirit and the San Jose Airport argue that the DOT’s decision restricts competition and violates the purpose of the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024, Section 502. According to Spirit, the offering in the DCA is predominantly controlled by the large US airlines, which already operate 90 percent of the slots there.
Frontier raised legal concerns, pointing out that Alaska Airlines already has sufficient access to the DCA through its partnership with American Airlines. A decision from the DOT on the appeals is pending tonight.
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