New slots awarded at Reagan

During a conference on April 1, Norman Y. Mineta, Department of Transportation secretary, revealed the companies that were awarded the 22 new slots exemptions at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA).
Last December, President Bush signed into law landmark aviation legislation called Vision 100, so-named for the Centennial of Flight that created new takeoff and landing rights at DCA.
These rights–or slot exemptions–are for “within-perimeter” service to cities within 1,250 miles of Washington, D.C., and “beyond-perimeter,” for nonstop service to the large hub-and-spoke networks that lie beyond the 1,250-mile perimeter. One slot permits one takeoff or landing. A single roundtrip flight requires two slots.
Of the 13 carriers that requested slots, nine were awarded the exemptions.
The following were awarded daily, nonstop service for within-perimeter flights:
-AirTran Airways, one round-trip to Atlanta;
-Comair, one round-trip to either Jackson, Mississippi; or Lexington, Kentucky;
-Midwest Airlines, one round-trip to Kansas City;
-Spirit Airlines, one round-trip to Detroit; and
-US Airways, one round-trip to either Asheville, N.C.; Wilmington, N.C.; or Chattanooga, Tenn.

The following were awarded beyond-perimeter flights:
-Alaska Airlines, one round-trip to Seattle and one round-trip to Los Angeles;
-America West Airlines, one round-trip to Phoenix, Ariz.;
-Frontier Airlines, two round-trip flights to Denver; and
-United Air Lines, one round-trip to Denver.