A vast majority of US airports aren't slot restricted, in the sense that the limitations to airlines launching service are the demand, available gate space, etc. Then there are a few US airports which are slot restricted, like LaGuardia, Washington Reagan, etc. These are airports where the demand greatly outweighs the supply. Slot restrictions are…
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I think it will help United. In a way, I bet in the future EWR will become the Star Alliance airport of New York City within the next 10 years or so.
@Prudens C. They likely have to use JFK because EWR can't handle the A380 due to tighter taxiways and gate space.
@ Joey - What non-UA international Star Alliance flights depart from EWR? I think it's pretty limited right now which creates a weird situation for me -- I have to fly to LGA or EWR and then transfer to JFK as only JetBlue flies Houston-JFK directly.
So...colour me confused. How is allowing more than 81 flights per hour going to fix on-time performance? Admittedly, getting more non-United flights will probably do it.
BUT I was under the impression that 81 operations/hour was pretty much the operational limit for EWR.