Understanding Airport Slots

Airport slot coordination is the process that allocates scarce airport capacity to airlines in advance of each scheduling season. It ensures airline schedules can be planned according to the airport capacity that’s available, preventing unnecessary delays on the day and optimizing the efficient use of this heavily demanded infrastructure when fully implemented. We have looked at future growth of congested airports; realistically there could be another 100 airports declared full in 10 years. For airports already facing a capacity crunch, slots allocation serves to manage the scarce airport capacity and prevent chaos. Learn more: https://www.iata.org/en/programs/ops-...