Counter to commence serving Airport as a new entrant airline or to expand service as an existing airline at Airport, Authority shall use the following priorities in attempting to accommodate such request:
A. “First in Time”.The Authority will process requests in the order they are received.
B. Existing Gates and Common Use Ticket Counters. Authority shall take into
account the existing use of Gates and Common Use Ticket Counters and assignments currently assigned to an airline.
C. Airline Leased Premises. Authority shall take into account the Airline Leased
Premises currently used by an airline.
D. Terminal Location. Authority shall attempt to assign Gates and Common Use
Ticket Counters to an airline in the same Terminal or CUPPS-Equipped Terminal location, if feasible, provided it is in the best interests of the Authority and other users.
E. International Gates and Common Use Ticket Counters. For the assignment of
international Gates or Common Use Ticket Counters as identified by Authority, the Authority shall accommodate a request of an airline considering the following criteria:
1. Will the airline be operating its Scheduled Operation international flight
utilizing a Group V aircraft?
2. Will the airline be operating a non-stop international Scheduled
Operation?
3. Will the airline be operating an international Scheduled Operation?
4. What is the size of the aircraft to be operated by airline and the size of the
aircraft already assigned to adjacent gates or Common Use Ticket Counter?
5. Will the airline be operating a Domestic Flight Scheduled Operation?
F. Commuter Terminal. It is the policy of the Authority that an airline when
aircraft without a built-in air-stair), on a flight of 100 nautical miles or less, must operate such aircraft from the Commuter Terminal as shown on “Exhibit A”. Gate assignments and operations at the Commuter Terminal are subject to additional rules below and as delineated in “Exhibit M,” a copy of which is attached hereto and by this reference made a part hereof:
1. The Commuter Terminal utilization requirement is not subject to the Daily
Average Utilization stated above for Terminal 1 and 2.
2. The Commuter Terminal Daily Average Utilization shall be 170 departing
seats on Scheduled Operations per parking position adjacent to a Gate.
3. Although Gates are assigned in the Commuter Terminal, it is understood
and agreed by Airline that the carriers operating there will accommodate each other in the actual use of the Gates depending on conditions.
4. The Commuter Terminal Policy is subject to change at Authority’s option.
G. Loss of Gate or Common Use Ticket Counter Use Rights. An airline, if assigned
a First Priority Use or Second Priority Use right at a Preferential Use Gate, Preferential Common Use Ticket Counter, Authority-Controlled Gate or Common Use Ticket Counter at Airport, shall immediately inform the Authority upon determining to terminate a Scheduled Operation at Airport.
1. Expiration of Requests. Authority shall use its best efforts to respond to
an airline’s written request for the assignment of a Gate or Common Use Ticket Counter for a Scheduled Operation. An airline’s written request for the assignment of a Gate for a Scheduled Operation shall automatically expire after a period of one hundred and twenty (120) days. At the conclusion of the one hundred twenty (120)-day period, should the airline continue to want the Gate or Common Use Ticket Counter assignment, airline shall resubmit a new request. If the new request is the same request as the original, the new request shall retain the submission date of the original request.
2. Incomplete Request. The Authority has no obligation to process an
incomplete request. A complete request shall include the name of airline, type of aircraft, desired time of day and day of week for the Scheduled Operation, the city and airports to be served, estimated time needed at the Gate or Common Use Ticket Counter, and the name of any Affiliate carriers at Airport.
3. Right to Void Request. The Authority reserves the right to void the
request of an airline if it files such request in bad faith or without the intention to conduct the requested Scheduled Operation. Before taking such action, the Authority will provide an opportunity to the airline to prove the request was made in good faith and is proper.
4. Terminations. The termination of a Scheduled Operation at an assigned
Gate or Common Use Ticket Counter by an airline shall open a Second Priority Use Gate or Common Use Ticket Counter assignment to
provisions of this Policy. If the airline holds a Second Priority Use Gate or Common Use Ticket Counter assignment, it shall not have the automatic right to substitute another Scheduled Operation for the terminated one without the consent of the Authority. If the airline holds a First Priority Use Gate or Common Use Ticket Counter assignment at a Preferential Use Gate or Preferential Common Use Ticket Counter, it shall have the right to replace the terminated Scheduled Operation with another within thirty (30) days. If no replacement is made by the airline as the First Priority Use Gate or Common Use Ticket Counter user, then the Authority may assign a Second Priority Use Gate or Common Use Ticket Counter use at such gate to another airline.
5. Schedule Changes. Airline shall notify the Authority in writing of any
change to a Scheduled Operation at Airport at least thirty (30) days in advance.
Section 5.06 – Revisions to Gate or Common Use Ticket Counter Assignment or