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Airlines and Airports Stress Need to Align EC Proposal on Airport Slot Relief in Summer 2021
Airlines and Airports Stress Need to Align EC Proposal on Airport Slot Relief in Summer 2021
Brussels/Geneva - Europe’s airlines[1] and airports are highly concerned by the European Commission’s (EC) proposal to amend the airport slot regulation. The proposal does not sufficiently address the extent of the continuing crisis in air transport, the likely state of recovery in Summer 2021 and the required level of airport slot relief measures that would best support aviation’s recovery from the COVID-19 crisis.
Airports, airlines and slot coordinators negotiated a worldwide recommendation for relief measures in the Worldwide Airport Slot Board (WASB).[2] The Commission proposal, which was developed in parallel to these negotiations, differs significantly from the WASB recommendation.
By Cirium2020-12-16T18:24:00+00:00
Airlines will only need to use 40% of their airport slots over the summer season in order to retain them, under temporarily relaxed rules proposed today by the European Commission.
The European Union’s airport slot rules normally require airlines to use 80% of their allocated slots at capacity-constrained airports to avoid losing them, although these rules were suspended over summer 2020 and the current winter season.
Source: Fraport
Last month, the Worldwide Airport Slot Board, comprising international airports body ACI World, IATA and the Worldwide Airport Coordinators Group, called for an extended relaxation of airport “use it or lose it” slot rules for the 2021 summer season.