The phrase "auction plan" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a strategy or outline for conducting an auction, whether for items, services, or fundraising purposes.
Example: "Before we proceed with the charity event, we need to finalize our auction plan to ensure everything runs smoothly."
Alternatives: "bidding strategy" or "auction strategy".
But the Treasury's auction plan will make that difficult.
In order to take place, the auction plan would have to go through the city's uniform land-use review procedure.
JetBlue is now a major tenant at Kennedy Airport — and even opposed the F.A.A.'s slot auction plan — and will soon be the largest airline at Logan International Airport in Boston, expanding as other airlines have cut back.
In 2011, Mr. Wheeler wrote admiringly on his personal blog, Mobile Musings, about the lobbying agility of the National Association of Broadcasters, which had worked to scuttle what looked like a sure-to-pass auction plan then before Congress.
Senator Charles E. Schumer, Democrat of New York, who has predicted that auctioning off slots would raise costs for airlines that would be passed along to passengers, said the auction plan was a "harebrained scheme".
In a statement posted on its Web site, the Port Authority said the auction plan "would result in higher costs for airlines, increased ticket prices for airline passengers, and fewer flights to small communities".
But some television station owners are wary of the auction plans.
The F.D.I.C. has hired Deutsche Bank to act as an adviser on merger and auction plans.
And this year, Disney's Go Network abandoned its own auction plans and decided to offer links to eBay instead.
The 10-day auction, planned for Feb. 26 to March 7, will not be the first on eBay by a fashion designer.
The airlines had asked the F.A.A.'s Office of Dispute Resolution for Acquisition to halt the auction planned for Wednesday for two slots at Newark's airport.
