Article: Air Transport Association Files Lawsuit Against Federal Aviation Administration

Article: Germany: ATA sues FAA to Stop Newark Slot Auction Plan.
TendersInfo;  August 18, 2008 ;     288 words ......the governments plan to auction slots at Newark Liberty International...FAA from carrying out the auction plan, which it claims is...weeks ago released the auction notice to carriers, requesting...arrival and daily departure slot initially was allocated...perplexing because the announced ...

Article: ATA Files Lawsuit Against Federal Aviation Administration
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 11, 2008 ;     481 words ......to its decision to auction slots. "FAA's claim that...management authority to auction slots is intellectually...states that the FAA slot auction is, in effect, a final...precedes formal rules to auction slots at Newark and other...amp; Answers on ATA Slot ...

Article: GAO: Slot Auctions Illegal.
Air Safety Week;  October 6, 2008 ;     700+ words ......forward with the Newark auction or any other auction, and if the FAA were...It delayed the first slot auction involving Newark International...delayed the initial slot auction planned for early September...Newark's airport. The slot auction would have led to ...

Article: Slot Auctions Illegal.
Regional Aviation News;  October 6, 2008 ;     356 words ......Accountability Office (GAO) that slot auctions are illegal and...it goes through with its slot auction at Newark. The GAO said FAA has no legal authority to auction slots at any airport. Continental...proceeds with its planned auction at Newark. The GAO review...its risky and ...

Article: Federal Court Stays Slot Auction.
Regional Aviation News;  December 15, 2008 ;     332 words ......Court of Appeals yesterday that precludes the January slot auction planned by the Department of Transportation to auction slots at the New York area airports. The ruling came after Air...on the heels of an FAA Washington meeting outlining the slot auction. The FAA web site included ...

Article: RAA Supports ATA Suit.(Regional Airline Association)(Air Transport Association of America Inc.)(airspace auction lawsuit)
Regional Aviation News;  August 18, 2008 ;     517 words ......District of Columbia, states that the FAA slot auction is, in effect, a final rule that should...is perplexing because the announced slot auction precedes formal rules to auction slots at Newark and other airports. Sadly...its property management authority to auction ...

Article: Lawyers Gain More Work.
Air Safety Week;  August 18, 2008 ;     640 words ......also vowed to block the auction plan, in the courts or...area airspace. Additional slot auctions would follow at...ATA said the action to auction slots are unlawful and outside...management authority to auction slots is intellectually dishonest...Columbia, states that the FAA ...

Article: NEW JERSEY'S HOUSE DELEGATION UNITES IN OPPOSITION TO PROPOSED DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AUCTION AT NEWARK LIBERTY AIRPORT
US Fed News Service, Including US State News;  August 10, 2008 ;     700+ words ......ansportation's misguided intention to auction slots at Newark Liberty International...announcement that you intend to auction slots at Newark Liberty International...reduced as a function of the slot auction. If anything, an additional...begin the process of a slot ...

Article: Air Transport Association welcomes GAO statement on slot auctions.
Airline Industry Information;  October 1, 2008 ;     124 words ......Government Accountability Office (GAO) regarding the plans to auction slots at New York's John F. Kennedy and Newark Liberty airports...Administration (FAA) does not have the legal authority to auction slots. Such auctions may be in violation of the Antideficiency...

Article: Airport Slot Auction on Hold.
Air Safety Week;  September 8, 2008 ;     389 words ......Aviation Administration (FAA) delayed a slot auction planned for early September at Newark...for two slots at Newark's airport. The slot auction would have led to others at Newark and...attorney and believe that it shows that the slot auction faces a host of serious legal ...

Article: United States: Airline trade group sues FAA over airport auction slot plan.
TendersInfo;  August 12, 2008 ;     241 words ......Monday it is suing the Federal Aviation Administration over its plan to auction slots at airports. FAAs claim that it can use its property management authority to auction slots is intellectually dishonest and a disturbing end run around Congress...

Article: Airport slot auction blocked
The Record (Bergen County, NJ);  December 9, 2008 ;     276 words ...Airport slot auction blocked -- Port Authority praises court ruling By TOM...Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit says the slot auction cannot be held until a federal court rules on objections...Kennedy, La Guardia and Newark airports. Peters' decision to auction slots followed ...

Article: What a Difference a Day Makes.
Air Safety Week;  December 15, 2008 ;     446 words ......Administration (FAA) revealed its rules for the slot auction. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District...There is an excellent chance that the slot auction will never see the light of day inasmuch...area democratic lawmakers oppose the slot auction and the Obama administration will ...

Article: Appropriations Ruling: Federal Aviation Administration--Authority to Auction Airport Arrival and Departure Slots and to Retain and Use Auction Proceeds.
General Accounting Office Reports & Testimony;  December 1, 2008 ;     453 words ......that is not yet complete and if the rule is adopted, it may auction slots at Newark, LaGuardia, and JFK starting on January 12, 2009...staff, this opinion addresses whether FAA has authority to auction slots and if it does, whether it may retain and use funds obtained...