Things in the Sky

I’m not saying I would have predicted Southwest’s LGA announcement, but it did teach me to keep up with my e-mail. From AAAE’s newsletter that came out a few days prior to the announcement:

DOT said that it would permit an airline purchaser of bankrupt ATA to retain the carrier’s allocation of 14 slots at New York LaGuardia.

In a recent Federal Register notice, DOT said that ATA’s slots have been operated by Delta and AirTran under lease agreements.

In the event of the sale of ATA’s assets as part of its bankruptcy proceeding, FAA said, “If the acquiring entity is an air carrier, the FAA will allocate the 14 LaGuardia slots to that entity. The acquiring carrier need not currently have a presence at the airport.”

Silly me…