{"id":89678,"date":"2024-04-12T21:00:26","date_gmt":"2024-04-12T21:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/12\/airlines-ask-faa-to-extend-new-york-slot-waivers-through-october-2025-the-points-guy\/"},"modified":"2024-04-12T21:00:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-12T21:00:26","slug":"airlines-ask-faa-to-extend-new-york-slot-waivers-through-october-2025-the-points-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/04\/12\/airlines-ask-faa-to-extend-new-york-slot-waivers-through-october-2025-the-points-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"Airlines ask FAA to extend New York slot waivers through October 2025 – The Points Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Airlines want permission to operate fewer flights to New York without penalty through most of 2025; they’re citing a continued shortage of air traffic controllers that carriers don’t expect will sufficiently improve within the next 18 months.<\/p>\n

Last week, Airlines for America \u2014 a lobbying group for the largest U.S. carriers \u2014 requested that the Federal Aviation Administration extend its relaxed scheduling rules for airlines in New York through at least October 2025, according to a letter viewed by TPG.<\/p>\n

The FAA is reviewing the request, a spokesperson told TPG Friday.<\/p>\n

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New York and DC ‘slot’ rules<\/h2>\n

Last spring, the FAA first allowed airlines to reduce capacity<\/a> \u2014 without penalty \u2014 in the New York region at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), LaGuardia Airport (LGA) and Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR).<\/p>\n

Slots rules, explained: The little-understood government rule that allows airlines to dominate certain airports<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

This added flexibility takes some of the bite out of use-it-or-lose-it rules<\/a> around the “slots” the FAA employs at JFK and LaGuardia. Essentially, one slot coveys the right for an airline to operate one takeoff or one landing. Current rules mandate airlines use their slots for a certain amount of the year at those airports, or they risk forfeiting them<\/a>. This is meant to prevent airlines from hoarding slots they don’t intend to use as a way of keeping rival airlines out.<\/p>\n

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