Federal Aviation Administration, DOT

Section 93.221

the week and time of the day of the desired slots and the period of time the
slots are to be used. Each request shall
identify whether the slot is requested
under paragraph (a)(5), (6), or (8) and
identify any changes from the previous
year if requested under both paragraphs. The request must be accompanied by a certified statement signed
by an officer of the operator indicating
that the operator has or has contracted
for aircraft capable of being utilized in
using the slots requested and that the
operator has bona fide plans to use the
requested slots for operations described
in paragraph (a).
[Doc. No. 24105, 51 FR 21717, June 13, 1986, as
amended by Amdt. 93-61, 55 FR 53243, Dec. 27,
1990; 56 FR 1059, Jan. 10, 1991; Amdt. 93-78, 64
FR 53565, Oct. 1, 1999]

Section 93.218 Slots for transborder service
to and from Canada.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in
this subpart, international slots identified by U.S. carriers for international
operations in December 1985 and the
equivalent number of international
slots held as of February 24, 1998, will
be domestic slots. The Chief Counsel of
the FAA shall be the final decisionmaker for these determinations.
(b) Canadian carriers shall have a
guaranteed base level of slots of 42
slots at LaGuardia, 36 slots at O-Hare
for the Sumner season, and 32 slots at
O-Hare in the Winter season.
(c) Any modification to the slot base
by the Government of Canada or the
Canadian carriers that results in a decrease of the guaranteed base in paragraph (b) of this section shall permanently modify the base number of
slots.
[Doc. No. FAA-1999-4971, 64 FR 53565, Oct. 1,
1999]

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Section 93.219 Allocation of slots for essential
air service operations and applicable limitations.
Whenever the Office of the Secretary
of Transportation determines that
slots are needed for operations to or
from a High Density Traffic Airport
under the Department of Transportation-s Essential Air Service (EAS)
Program, those slots shall be provided
to the designated air carrier or com-

muter operator subject to the following
limitations:
(a) Slots obtained under this section
may not be bought, sold, leased or otherwise transferred, except that such
slots may be traded for other slots on a
one-for-one basis at the same airport.
(b) Any slot obtained under this section must be returned to the FAA if it
will not be used for EAS purposes for
more than a 2-week period. A slot returned under this paragraph may be reallocated to the operator which returned it upon request to the FAA office specified in Section 93.221(a)(1) if that slot
has not been reallocated to an operator
to provide substitute essential air service.
(c) Slots shall be allocated for EAS
purposes in a time period within 90
minutes of the time period requested.
(d) The Department will not honor
requests for slots for EAS purposes to a
point if the requesting carrier has previously traded away or sold slots it had
used or obtained for use in providing
essential air service to that point.
(e) Slots obtained under Civil Aeronautics Board Order No. 84-11-40 shall
be considered to have been obtained
under this section.
Section 93.221 Transfer of slots.
(a) Except as otherwise provided in
this subpart, effective April 1, 1986,
slots may be bought, sold or leased for
any consideration and any time period
and they may be traded in any combination for slots at the same airport
or any other high density traffic airport. Transfers, including leases, shall
comply with the following conditions:
(1) Requests for confirmation must be
submitted in writing to Slot Administration Office, AGC-230, Office of the
Chief Counsel, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Ave.,
SW., Washington, DC 20591, in a format
to be prescribed by the Administrator.
Requests will provide the names of the
transferor and recipient; business address and telephone number of the persons representing the transferor and
recipient; whether the slot is to be used
for an arrival or departure; the date
the slot was acquired by the transferor;
the section of this subpart under which
the slot was allocated to the transferor; whether the slot has been used

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