{"id":"AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-005","kind":"order","level":"federal","jurisdiction":"United States (Federal Aviation Administration; slot-controlled airports JFK, LGA, DCA)","state":"","metro":"","industry":"","agency":"AVIATION-SURFACE","eco":"","issuer":"Federal Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel","authority":"14 C.F.R. § 93.227(j) (waiver of minimum usage for highly unusual and unpredictable conditions beyond the carrier\u0027s control); the JFK and LGA Orders\u0027 usage requirement waiver provisions","instrument":"Notice, 85 Fed. Reg. 15018 (Mar. 16, 2020), Docket FAA-2020-0227","title":"Orders Limiting Operations at John F. Kennedy International Airport and New York LaGuardia Airport; High Density Traffic Airports Rule at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (limited waiver of the slot usage requirement, COVID-19)","dateIssued":"2020-03-16","effective":"2020-03-11 (\u0022Effective upon publication\u0022; relief made available for the period Mar. 1 - May 31, 2020)","end":"2020-05-31 (extended by 85 FR 21500 to Oct. 24, 2020)","startDate":"2020-03-11","endDate":"2020-05-31","quarters":["2020Q2"],"types":["TRAV","OTHER"],"addressees":["U.S. and foreign air carriers holding slots or operating authorizations at JFK, LGA and DCA","carriers at the IATA Level 2 airports ORD, EWR, LAX, SFO (schedule review)"],"clause":"\u0022This notice announces a limited waiver of the minimum usage requirement that applies to Operating Authorizations or \u0027slots\u0027 at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), New York LaGuardia Airport (LGA) and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), in light of the current impacts on air travel demand related to the outbreak of novel 2019 coronavirus.... The FAA will waive the minimum usage requirement as to any slot associated with a scheduled nonstop flight between JFK, LGA, or DCA, respectively, and other points that is canceled as a direct result of Coronavirus-related impacts.\u0022","enforcement":"Slot withdrawal for failure to meet the 80 percent minimum usage requirement (14 C.F.R. § 93.227(a); JFK and LGA Orders), waived for COVID-19 cancellations","functions":["OP airline schedules and capacity at the New York and Washington airports","CB passengers, airport concessionaires and ground-handling contractors dependent on flight volumes","SC air cargo belly capacity"],"notes":"The FAA\u0027s contemporaneous finding that COVID-19 was causing mass flight cancellations at the nation\u0027s busiest airports; the waiver permitted carriers to cancel schedules without losing slots, which is why schedules collapsed at JFK, LGA and DCA in March-May 2020.","sourceUrl":"https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2020-03-16/pdf/2020-05278.pdf","snapshot":"","fileExists":true,"fileBytes":230711,"grade":"primary","character":"","description":"","collection":"AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE","url":"/library/AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-005","exhibitUrl":"/exhibit/AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-005","citation":"Federal Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel, Notice, 85 Fed. Reg. 15018 (Mar. 16, 2020), Docket FAA-2020-0227 (Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-005)","stateName":"","related":[]}