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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 93.215 

Subparts P–R 

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Reserved

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Subpart S—Allocation of Com-

muter and Air Carrier IFR Op-
erations at High Density Traffic 
Airports 

S

OURCE

: Docket No. 24105, 50 FR 52195, Dec. 

20, 1985, unless otherwise noted. 

§ 93.211

Applicability. 

(a) This subpart prescribes rules ap-

plicable to the allocation and with-
drawal of IFR operational authority 
(takeoffs and landings) to individual 
air carriers and commuter operators at 
the High Density Traffic Airports iden-
tified in subpart K of this part except 
for Newark Airport. 

(b) This subpart also prescribes rules 

concerning the transfer of allocated 
IFR operational authority and the use 
of that authority once allocated. 

§ 93.213

Definitions and general provi-

sions. 

(a) For purposes of this subpart— 
(1) 

New entrant carrier means a com-

muter operator or air carrier which 
does not hold a slot at a particular air-
port and has never sold or given up a 
slot at that airport after December 16, 
1985. 

(2) 

Slot means the operational author-

ity to conduct one IFR landing or take-
off operation each day during a specific 
hour or 30 minute period at one of the 
High Density Traffic Airports, as speci-
fied in subpart K of this part. 

(3) 

Summer season means the period of 

time from the first Sunday in April 
until the last Sunday in October. 

(4) 

Winter season means the period of 

time from the last Sunday in October 
until the first Sunday in April. 

(5) 

Limited incumbent carrier means an 

air carrier or commuter operator that 
holds or operates fewer than 12 air car-
rier or commuter slots, in any com-
bination, at a particular airport, not 
including international slots, Essential 
Air Service Program slots, or slots be-
tween the hours of 2200 and 0659 at 
Washington National Airport or 
LaGuardia Airport. However, for the 
purposes of this paragraph (a)(5), the 
carrier is considered to hold the num-

ber of slots at that airport that the 
carrier has, since December 16, 1985: 

(i) Returned to the FAA; 
(ii) Had recalled by the FAA under 

§ 93.227(a); or 

(iii) Transferred to another party 

other than by trade for one or more 
slots at the same airport. 

(b) The definitions specified in sub-

part K of this part also apply to this 
subpart. 

(c) For purposes of this subpart, if an 

air carrier, commuter operator, or 
other person has more than a 50-per-
cent ownership or control of one or 
more other air carriers, commuter op-
erators, or other persons, they shall be 
considered to be a single air carrier, 
commuter operator, or person. In addi-
tion, if a single company has more 
than a 50-percent ownership or control 
of two or more air carriers and/or com-
muter operators or any combination 
thereof, those air carriers and/or com-
muter operators shall be considered to 
be a single operator. A single operator 
may be considered to be both an air 
carrier and commuter operator for pur-
poses of this subpart. 

[Doc. No. 24105, 50 FR 52195, Dec. 20, 1985, as 
amended by Amdt. 93–52, 51 FR 21717, June 
13, 1986; Amdt. 93–57, 54 FR 34906, Aug. 22, 
1989; 54 FR 37303, Sept. 8, 1989; Amdt. 93–65, 57 
FR 37314, Aug. 18, 1992] 

§ 93.215

Initial allocation of slots. 

(a) Each air carrier and commuter 

operator holding a permanent slot on 
December 16, 1985, as evidenced by the 
records of the air carrier and com-
muter operator scheduling committees, 
shall be allocated those slots subject to 
withdrawal under the provisions of this 
subpart. The Chief Counsel of the FAA 
shall be the final decisionmaker for 
initial allocation determinations. 

(b) Any permanent slot whose use on 

December 16, 1985 is divided among dif-
ferent operators, by day of the week, or 
otherwise, as evidenced by records of 
the scheduling committees, shall be al-
located in conformity with those 
records. The Chief Counsel of the FAA 
shall be the final decisionmaker for 
these determinations. 

(c) A carrier may permanently des-

ignate a slot it holds at Kennedy Inter-
national Airport as a seasonal slot, to 
be held by the carrier only during the 

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