Spirit Airlines will get valuable takeoff and landing times that Southwest Airlines is abandoning at busy Newark Liberty International Airport
Federal officials limit takeoff and landing rights at big airports in New York and Washington in an attempt to avoid gridlock near New York City.
The U.S. Transportation Department said Tuesday that Spirit “is most likely to provide the lowest fares to the most consumers” at the airport in Newark, New Jersey. with Frontier Airlines to buy Spirit — also tried to get the 16 available slots, and Alaska Airlines applied for four of them. Southwest acquired the takeoff and landing rights at the congested airport in 2010, after the Justice Department required United Airlines to give them as a condition of buying Continental Airlines. United is still the dominant airline at Newark. Stay informed about local news and weather. Get the NBC 4 New York app for
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