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THE GOVERNMENT WANTS ALL AIRLINES EXCEPT AMERICAN AND JETBLUE TO REDUCE NEW YORK
FLYING THIS SUMMER

by Gary Leff on April 27, 2023

The FAA’s Air Traffic Organization is severely understaffed with controllers.
New York TRACON is less than 60% staffed with fully-trained controllers. And the
government is asking airlines to reduce their summer schedules out of New York
airports.

To do this the government is relaxing rules on use of takeoff and landing slots
at New York JFK, LaGuardia and Washington National. Normally airlines have to
‘use ’em or lose ’em’ at an 80% level. The government has granted an effective
property right to incumbent airlines to fly in and out of congested airports.
These were given for free, and keep out competitors. And all they normally ask
in return for this subsidy is that they actually fly the flights.

While all airlines are shaking their heads yes and complimenting the FAA on
their foresight, they can’t all cut flights equally.



 * American Airlines and JetBlue entered into an agreement with the government
   to get their Northeast Alliance approved
   
   
   
   
   
   

 * It required them to increase capacity in New York, or lose slots.
   
   
   
   

 * The government is currently suing to stop the Northeast Alliance, despite
   approving it.
   
   
   
   

 * And if American and JetBlue take up the government on its offer to reduce New
   York flying, they.. run afoul of their agreement. If they take advantage of
   the slot waiver and reduce capacity in New York, they lose slots.

Already larger planes are replacing smaller ones in the New York market across
American and JetBlue in order to grow capacity (since they’re slot-restricted,
they can’t simply grow flights). They can upgauge somewhat more. But
contributing to the government’s requested reduction in flight service isn’t
something they can do without running afoul of the government’s requested
increase in flight service.

We’re still waiting for a court ruling in the federal government’s anti-trust
suit against the American Airlines-JetBlue alliance, which lets the numbers
three and four airlines in New York compete against United and Delta.

However the DOJ has already at a minimum undermined the rule of law – the
federal government approved the deal, there were no new facts, and then they
sued to stop it. The only difference was the Administration – who was in charge.
Relying on the whims or vagaries of who is in office for what businesses or
citizens are permitted to do is precisely what our legal order is designed to
prevent.

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ABOUT GARY LEFF

Gary Leff is one of the foremost experts in the field of miles, points, and
frequent business travel - a topic he has covered since 2002. Co-founder of
frequent flyer community InsideFlyer.com, emcee of the Freddie Awards, and named
one of the "World's Top Travel Experts" by Conde' Nast Traveler (2010-Present)
Gary has been a guest on most major news media, profiled in several top print
publications, and published broadly on the topic of consumer loyalty. More About
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 1. Richard says:
    April 27, 2023 at 9:20 am
    
    “The FAA’s Air Traffic Organization is severely understaffed with
    controllers. New York TRACON is less than 60% staffed with fully-trained
    controllers. And the government is asking airlines to reduce their summer
    schedules out of New York airports.”
    
    As a very ordinary traveler who likes to get to the East coast annually to
    visit family, all this means is higher fares…UGH!!!

    
 2. Minos says:
    April 27, 2023 at 9:32 am
    
    Bring in military controllers

    
 3. Brian L. says:
    April 27, 2023 at 9:52 am
    
    “However the DOJ has already at a minimum undermined the rule of law”
    
    The DOJ has been doing that quite a bit under this administration.

    
 4. BlameAA says:
    April 27, 2023 at 9:55 am
    
    “The government is currently suing to stop the Northeast Alliance, despite
    approving it.” lol…these stories write themelves.

    
 5. Don says:
    April 27, 2023 at 10:52 am
    
    I’ve been affected by this on TWO flights into JFK (June and August) where I
    am connecting from DL to KE (Term 4 to Term 1). I originally booked it with
    a 4 hour connection (to be safe). DL canceled that flight (and my good
    seats) and gave me a choice of a 1.5 hour connection or a 6.5 hour
    connection. I had to choose the 6.5 hour connection and pray that I can
    convince the SkyClub (or Centurion Club) people that I am connecting even
    though it is on 2 separate record locators (first one award ticket to JFK,
    connecting to a revenue ticket in Biz to BKK). It sucks!

    




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