Thu, Feb 11, 2010
Says Plan As Presented Will Have Negative Impacts On
Consumers
Delta Air Lines and US Airways issued a statement Tuesday in
response to the U.S. DOT’s proposed rulemaking on the
airlines’ previously announced slot swap at New York’s
LaGuardia and Washington’s Reagan-National airports. The
companies say the proposed rules would negatively impact non-stop
service to many cities served by both airlines.
In its decision, DOT said it would require the airlines to
divest 20 of the 125 slot pairs involved at New York-LaGuardia and
14 of the 42 slot pairs at Washington-National.
“Delta and US Airways are disappointed in the
DOT’s decision that, if implemented, would negatively impact
the consumer and economic benefits created by the proposed
transaction by divesting 16 percent of the transaction at New
York’s LaGuardia Airport and 33 percent of the transaction at
Washington-National," the airlines said. "Chief among those
benefits is the ability for both airlines to maintain and add new
nonstop service between two of America’s top business markets
and small- and medium-sized communities across the United
States."
“Our goal remains to increase access for customers in
small communities to LaGuardia and Washington-Reagan National
airports," the statement continues. "We appreciate the thousands of
employees, customers and elected and community leaders who have
voiced their support for our transaction. However, we expect that
if this order is implemented as proposed the transaction will not
go forward and significant consumer benefits will never be
realized. Both airlines will review the DOT’s proposed
rulemaking to determine our next steps.”
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