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In October, I wrote about Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, and United Airlines tentatively being awarded beyond-perimeter slots at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). For context, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved a bill that will allow five beyond-perimeter slots to be added. Each accommodate a flight that breaches the past 1,250-mile limitation of the airport. Now, these have been finalized by the Department of Transportation (DOT) and awarded to the five carriers.
Two slot exemptions at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) were awarded to each airline. They may now operate the following nonstop routes:
- Alaska Airlines: San Diego International Airport (SAN)
- American Airlines: San Antonio International Airport (SAT)
- Delta Air Lines: Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)
- Southwest Airlines: Las Vegas Harry Reid International Airport (LAS)
- United Airlines: San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
All of the airlines are expected to launch these flights within 90 days of being awarded the slots unless they have requested and gotten written approval from the DOT. Frontier, JetBlue, and Spirit Airlines all applied for slots and were denied.
Anthony’s Take: After the October tentative awards it looked like these were locked in and now they have been formally approved.
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