WASHINGTON, DC - Asosiasi Pengangkutan Udara Amerika (ATA), asosiasi perdagangan industri kanggo maskapai penerbangan utama AS, dina iki ngetokake pratelan ing ngisor iki kanggo nanggepi pratelan Departemen Perhubungan (DOT) yen lelang bakal nyebabake kompetisi luwih akeh lan tarif murah. ing bandara sing dikontrol slot:

"DOT dina iki nyoba nyoto liyane kanggo ndhukung kepinginan unwavering kanggo meksa untested, Highly-kontrovèrsial, lelang slot ing bandara New York-area. Ora ana pungkasan, nanging klaim imajinatif wiwit kaya mbuwang spageti ing tembok kanggo ndeleng apa sing tetep.

"Iku misale jek minangka yen DOT wis mbalikke mesthi saka pratelan ngeramaken sadurungé sing lelang slot bakal nyuda rame. DOT saiki nyatakake yen New York dudu pasar sing kompetitif, lelang perlu kanggo nambah kompetisi lan tarif murah. Ayo langsung nyetel rekor: New York minangka pasar paling kompetitif ing Amerika Serikat, kanthi meh 80 maskapai sing nglayani bandara JFK, La Guardia, lan Newark. Dadi angel mbayangno kenapa New York bakal entuk manfaat saka kompetisi sing luwih akeh - malah nganggep yen lelang bakal narik operator sing saiki ora nglayani bandara New York.

"DOT mbandhingake tarif ing kuartal kaping pindho 2007 karo tarif ing kuartal kaping pindho 2008 kanggo nduduhake yen tarif rata-rata mundhak 8 persen. Amarga rega tong minyak sajrone wektu sing padha mundhak meh 100 persen - saka udakara $ 65 tong dadi $ 124 saben tong - pitakonan sing luwih cocog yaiku kenapa tiket pesawat mundhak sithik. Otoritas Pelabuhan New York lan New Jersey, sing banget nentang lelang, ngira yen tarif bisa mundhak nganti 12 persen lan nganti 30 pasar cilik lan menengah bisa kelangan layanan menyang New York miturut lelang DOT ilegal. skema.

"Argumentasi paling anyar iki kanthi sedhih negesake kekarepan Departemen Transportasi kanggo muter roda kanggo nutupi kegagalan kanggo ngetrapake langkah-langkah desain ulang operasional lan ruang udara sing wis kabukten sing bakal nambah kapasitas lan nyuda wektu tundha penerbangan ing wilayah New York. Lelang ora nambah kapasitas utawa menehi penumpang luwih akeh pilihan, lan ora ngasilake tarif sing luwih murah.

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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, who vehemently opposes auctions, estimates that fares could increase by as much as 12 percent and that as many as 30 small- and medium-sized markets could lose service to New York under the illegal DOT auction scheme.
The Air Transport Association of America (ATA), the industry trade association for the leading US airlines, today issued the following statement in response to the Department of Transportation (DOT) claim that auctions will lead to more competition and lower fares at slot-controlled airports.
“The DOT compares fares in the second quarter of 2007 to fares in the second quarter of 2008 to demonstrate that average fares increased 8 percent.