LB Airport Gives Two Flight Slots To Southwest Airlines, Puts Delta and JetBlue On Wait List, As American Airlines Gives Up Two Of Its Five Slots

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(March 16, 2017, 3:25 p.m.) -- LB Airport is offering Southwest Airlines two flight slots, and will put Delta Airlines and JetBlue on a waiting list, as American Airlines has indicated it will reduce its LB Airport flights and is returning two of their five permanent slots. Southwest was offered the two permanent slots "because of their status as a "new entrant carrier" at LGB, a City release states.

[City of LB March 16 release text] Last month, American Airlines advised the Airport that it was reducing service at LGB and elected to return two of their five permanent air carrier flight slots effective February 16, 2017. In accordance with City Council Resolution C-28465, these two permanent flight slots have been offered to Southwest Airlines because of their status as a "new entrant carrier" at the Airport.
Delta Air Lines, Inc. and JetBlue Airways also expressed interest in obtaining the two available flight slots and will be placed on a waiting list of incumbent air carriers requesting additional capacity at LGB should additional air carrier flight slots become available. As specified in the Resolution, a lottery will be conducted to determine each carrier’s position on the waiting list and they will be advised of flight slot(s) if, or when, they become available for allocation.

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So, under LB's Airport ordinance in terms of LGB's current major commercial carriers (out of the current 41 permanent + 9 supplemental = 50 allocatable flight slots for large aircraft over 75,000 pounds: