Under the terms of the settlement:
? The new American will divest 52 slot pairs at DCA and 17 slot pairs at New York LaGuardia Airport (LGA), as well as certain gates and related facilities to support service at those airports.
o Included are eight DCA slot pairs that American currently leases to JetBlue and five LGA slot pairs that American leases to Southwest.
o As a result, we expect the settlement to result in the new American operating 44 fewer DCA daily departures than the 290 that American and US Airways currently operate.
o At LGA, we will operate 12 fewer daily departures than the approximately 175 we collectively operate today.
? Also divest two gates and related support facilities at each of Boston Logan International Airport, Chicago O?Hare International Airport, Dallas Love Field, Los Angeles International Airport, and Miami International Airport.
To ensure much of the service to small- and medium-sized markets from DCA is maintained, the new American has agreed with the DOT to use all of its DCA commuter slot pairs for service to these communities (DCA designates slots for either ?commuter? or ?mainline? use. Seventy-four of our slots are allocated to commuter slots, which mean they must be operated by aircraft with 76 seats or less). In addition, in the agreement with the state Attorneys General, the new American has agreed to maintain its hubs at CLT, DFW, JFK, LAX, MIA, ORD, PHL and PHX consistent with historical operations for a period of three years. With limited exceptions, for a period of five years the new American will continue to provide daily scheduled service from one or more of its hubs to each airport in each of the states involved in the original lawsuit that has scheduled daily service from either American or US Airways.
