Frontier Airlines has submitted a motion to the United States Department of Transportation (DOT) to supplement its objection regarding the recent allocation of five slot pairs at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. The DOT's order, issued in October, granted these slots to Alaska Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines, and United Airlines.
In its filing on November 26, Frontier noted that the DOT had pointed out omissions in its application concerning aircraft type and flight start dates for routes from Washington-National to San Juan Luis Munoz Marin International Airport. Despite this, Frontier contends that these details were not pivotal to the DOT's decision on their eligibility for a slot exemption.
Frontier emphasized that it operates only Airbus A320 family aircraft and highlighted the merits of its proposed route from Washington-National to San Juan. The airline claimed that its application "best satisfied the policy considerations" relevant to operating conditions at the airport.