Slot Allocation Guidelines
Posted : admin On 4/13/2022Among the host of guidelines surrounding airport slot allocation, there is a central tenet – the so-called ‘80-20’ or ‘use it or lose it’ rule. Under normal circumstances, this principle requires airlines to operate flights on at least 80% of their allocated slots, or face losing their rights to operate the slot in the next equivalent. These guidelines are a comprehensive set of procedures for the allocation and management of slot administration. The principal users of these guidelines are airlines, airport coordinators and airport facilitators. Rules on the allocation of airport slots have big ramifications for airline competition and market access for low-cost carriers, which were making ever deeper inroads before the pandemic. The Worldwide Airport Slot Guidelines (WASG), provide the industry with a single set of guidelines for airport slot management and allocation. The slot planning process is the essential back bone to allow the industry to plan operations to the world’s most congested airports, avoiding what would otherwise be chaos. The new governance for the WASG opens a new era of collaboration between the airlines, airport operators and slot coordinators in setting and maintaining a harmonized slot allocation process. And it ensures the WASG will continue to evolve to meet the ever-changing demands of the aviation industry, to the benefit of passengers the world over.
In a resolution, the Airports Council International (ACI) World Annual General Assembly has declared that airport slot allocation policies should support the recovery of air transport.
Airport connectivity is essential for the recovery of air transport, and will be a key driver of the wider global economic recovery and ACI World urges airport operators, airlines and slot coordinators to work together and to increase their collaboration in setting and maintaining a harmonized slot allocation process.
Historically, more than 200 airports worldwide have declared insufficient capacity to meet airlines’ demand for flights, especially at peak times and airports may be subject to capacity reduction in the recovery phase of the COVID-19 pandemic because of government regulations, physical infrastructure limitations, or commercial considerations.
ACI World has called upon aviation oversight authorities to recognize the Worldwide Airport Slot Guidelines when designing, implementing and evaluating slot allocation policies and promote an evidence-based and data-driven approach to determine slot policies that support the recovery of air traffic.
“Increased air connectivity will be an important driver of the global economic recovery and it is important that future slot allocation policies do not constrain the industry’s capacity to sustain recovery,” ACI World Director General Luis Felipe de Oliveira said. “While slot allocation policies ensure the most efficient use of available airport capacity and manage airlines’ requests for slots in an orderly manner, the prime objective is to optimize benefits to consumers.
“Governments and regulators should recognise the Worldwide Airport Slot Guidelines when creating slot allocation policies and we urge capacity-constrained airport operators to define the most efficient level of capacity and for airlines to use available capacity to avoid wasting scarce airport capacity.”
The First Edition of the Worldwide Airport Slot Guidelines (WASG) was jointly published by ACI World, the International Air Transport Association, and the Worldwide Airport Slot Coordinators Group (WWACG) on June 1.
“We want to promote an evidence-based and data-driven approach to determine slot policies that support the recovery of air traffic,” Luis Felipe de Oliveira said.
Air connectivity recovery will be a key driver of global economic recovery
Montreal, 13 November 2020 – In a resolution, the Airports Council International (ACI) World Annual General Assembly has declared that airport slot allocation policies should support the recovery of air transport.
Airport connectivity is essential for the recovery of air transport, and will be a key driver of the wider global economic recovery and ACI World urges airport operators, airlines and slot coordinators to work together and to increase their collaboration in setting and maintaining a harmonized slot allocation process.
Historically, more than 200 airports worldwide have declared insufficient capacity to meet airlines’ demand for flights, especially at peak times and airports may be subject to capacity reduction in the recovery phase of the COVID-19 pandemic because of government regulations, physical infrastructure limitations, or commercial considerations.
ACI World has called upon aviation oversight authorities to recognize the Worldwide Airport Slot Guidelines when designing, implementing and evaluating slot allocation policies and promote an evidence-based and data-driven approach to determine slot policies that support the recovery of air traffic.
Slot Allocation Guidelines 2019
“Increased air connectivity will be an important driver of the global economic recovery and it is important that future slot allocation policies do not constrain the industry’s capacity to sustain recovery,” ACI World Director General Luis Felipe de Oliveira said. “While slot allocation policies ensure the most efficient use of available airport capacity and manage airlines’ requests for slots in an orderly manner, the prime objective is to optimize benefits to consumers.
“Governments and regulators should recognize the Worldwide Airport Slot Guidelines when creating slot allocation policies and we urge capacity-constrained airport operators to define the most efficient level of capacity and for airlines to use available capacity to avoid wasting scarce airport capacity.”
The First Edition of the Worldwide Airport Slot Guidelines (WASG) was jointly published by ACI World, the International Air Transport Association, and the Worldwide Airport Slot Coordinators Group (WWACG) on 1 June 2020.
“We want to promote an evidence-based and data-driven approach to determine slot policies that support the recovery of air traffic,” Luis Felipe de Oliveira said.
Notes for editors
- More information on the ACI World Annual General Assembly Resolutions.
- Stay up to date with ACI World’s COVID-19 communications through its dedicated news hub.
- Airports Council International (ACI), the trade association of the world’s airports, was founded in 1991 with the objective of fostering cooperation among its member airports and other partners in world aviation, including the International Civil Aviation Organization, the International Air Transport Association and the Civil Air Navigation Services Organization. In representing the best interests of airports during key phases of policy development, ACI makes a significant contribution toward ensuring a global air transport system that is safe, secure, customer-centric and environmentally sustainable. As of January 2020, ACI serves 668 members, operating 1979 airports in 176 countries.
Slot Allocation Guidelines 2013
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