Slots
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UK To Reinstate ‘Use It Or Lose It’ Slot Rules
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Pre-pandemic slot rules will return during the summer 2023 season.
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European Lawmakers Set Winter Slot Threshold At 75%
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The European Parliament has approved the introduction of a 75/25 slot rule for winter 2022/23, ahead of returning to the standard 80/20 ‘use it or...
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United Threatens To Leave JFK Unless More Slots Are Granted
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CEO Scott Kirby has urged the FAA to grant additional permanent slots to the carrier.
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EasyJet Builds Up Lisbon Base After Slot Allocation
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The LCC will station three additional Airbus A321neos in the Portuguese capital, as well as opening more than a dozen new routes.
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European Commission Plans Return To Normal 80/20 Slot Rules
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The rules will revert at the end of current summer schedules in late October.
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Spirit Airlines Wins Former Southwest Slots At Newark
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The carrier beat out JetBlue Airways and Alaska Airlines for the runway timings.
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UK Outlines Summer 'Amnesty' On Slots
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The UK government has outlined plans to offer a one-off “amnesty” on airport slots rules to help airlines minimize disruption during the northern...
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EasyJet’s Seasonal Flexibility ‘Here To Stay’
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Director of network and airports Neil Slaven says the LCC is making far more in-season network changes than it did previously, stressing that the...
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Wizz Air Gains More London Luton Slots
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The carrier has had a base at LTN since 2017.
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US Extends Slot Waiver Protection For International Flights
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The US government is extending pandemic relief that allows airlines to cut international flights.
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Ryanair Cancels 19 Lisbon Routes After Slots Row
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The decision affects flights to destinations in France, Germany, Spain, and the UK among others.
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UK Increases Minimum Slot Usage Threshold For Summer 2022
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The threshold is higher than the EU's, meaning the UK is no longer shadowing Brussels on slot rules as it has until now post-Brexit.
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Europe ‘Ghost Flight’ Debate Intensifies
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Major carriers say they are being forced to fly low load-factor flights to maintain airport slots.
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Airlines, Airports Praise EU Slot Threshold Rise
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The European Commission will require airlines to use-or-lose more EU airport slots in the 2022 summer.
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United Airlines Urges DOT Not To Reassign Newark Slots
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The carrier objects to giving eight peak-time slot pairs to low-cost operators.
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Editorial: EU slot relief strikes a fine balance
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The European Commission had an unenviable task of trying to please incumbent airlines, airports and opportunistic LCCs when it came to establishing...
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IATA and ACI Europe react to European winter slots decision
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IATA has slammed the move to set the winter slot use threshold at 50%, but ACI Europe has described the decision as a “first and crucial step” in...
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WestJet, Delta to submit revised JV application
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WestJet's CEO says his LCC remains fully committed to the idea of a joint venture and believes Delta Air Lines is too.
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Airlines invited to apply for oneworld London-US slots
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A process has begun to reallocate oneworld slots for routes between London and three cities in the US.
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IATA: Slot system essential to rebuilding global airline networks
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The northern summer travel season is the first since the COVID-19 pandemic hit in which full slot waivers are not in place at airports globally.