§ 93.166 - Assignment of new or returned slots.

(a) This section describes the process by which the FAA assigns new slots, as well as slots returned to the FAA pursuant to the provisions of § 93.170. These slots will be assigned by the FAA to requesting carriers for the summer and winter scheduling seasons.

(b) Requests for the new slots or returned slots or both must be submitted to the Federal Aviation Administration, Slot Administration Office, AGC-200, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591 (Facsimile: [phone]; e-mail: [e-mail]), by the deadline as published by the FAA in a Federal Register notice for each summer and winter scheduling season. The requesting carrier must submit its entire schedule at JFK and Newark for the particular season, noting which requests are in addition to, or changes from, the previous corresponding season at the respective airports.

(c) Before assigning new or returned slots under this section, the FAA will first accommodate carrier requests to retime slots for operational reasons or to bring the flight time closer to the time originally requested by the applicant carrier in previous corresponding seasons, as reflected in FAA records.

(d) After accommodating carrier requests for retiming of slots, the FAA will assign 50% of the new slots and returned slots to new entrants, unless requests by new entrants constitute fewer than 50% of available slots.

(e) With the remaining available slots, if all requests for slots under this section cannot be accommodated, the FAA will give priority to requests to introduce year-round service or to extend an existing operation to a year-round operation.

(f) Thereafter, the FAA will assign slots considering all relevant factors including:

(1) The effective period of operation;

(2) The extent and regularity of intended use of a slot;

(3) Schedule constraints of carriers requesting slots.