Slot Regulation

The Worldwide Airport Slot Board (WASB) has called on airport slot regulators to adopt a new set of principles rather than a carte blanche waiver on the 80/20 slot rule. The 80/20 rule means that airlines have to use their slots 80% of the time of face losing them but [read more]

Airlines look set to get a temporary exemption from having to utilise 80% of their slots in order to keep them. Secretay of State for Transport Grant Shapps MP recently wrote to Airport Coordination Limited (ACL) asking them to reconsider the rules on slot utilisation during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. [read more]